The Japanese view is that the Sino-Japanese Commercial Treaty lapsed about a year ago and that it rines for another ten years as China has failed within six months ion to notify the Japanese of an intention to make a new} treaty. The Japanese interpretation, then, is that the old treaty continues and that there is no change. It is locally believed in portant Jepanese circles that the Japanese "Government will take strong measures to enforce its interpretation of the Treaty.
In Chinese circles, it is suggested that the urgency in cancelling treat ies has not a little to do with the forthcoming Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Executive Committee The report from a Japanese news agency which appeared in the Sunday newspapers, purporting to be a strong note sent to Nanking by the Japanese Minister, is said to be untrue as the local Japanese consulate had not received such a note.
The only two incidents that have thus far occurred are the refusal of Mr. Yoshizawa, Japanese Minister in Peking, to attend General Chiang Kaivshek's reception to the Diplomatic Cotps in Peking on July 21 and an instruction' from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Japanese Government to Japanese consuls throughout China scrutinize with the greatest care the attitude of the Nationalist Govern ment and Chinese officials towards Japanese subjects and to send detail. ed reports thereon to Tokyo,
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