'Thirdly, the' foreign settlements and concessions in China violate and impair our territorial integrity, and therefore we must demand their immediate retrocession from the different foreign countries concerned. Although a stipulated period for the lease of the settlements ts specified in the Treaty, we can very well, on the ground of "changed conditions," declare their cancellation, The presence and stationing. of foreign troops and foreign gun-Boats in China constitute a most vivid instance of flagrant disregard of our sovereignty and we must demand their withdrawal frou China immediately. Lastly, we must also take measures to retrieve our rights of river and coastal naviga-strictly prohibit foreign and merchantmen navigate in our inland waters.
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