Huan-shang, the chief Chinese avthority in, that area, issued a. proclamation declaring. void all Jeas in the territory of the Railway zone, which includes a considerable portion of Harbin city. He de-anded the handing in of all title cods, whereupon new leases, for 10 to 0 years from the cucreat date, would be issued, whereas the greater portion of the land in the Railway zone was held under leases ne to expire in 1083, The proclamation also stated that now leases would be. transferable only to persons not enjoying extraterritorial rights, The protest draws attention to the Dictator's repented declarations that foreign rights inthe territory under his control would always be respected.
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