Dr. Wang on Concessions to Be Got from the Powers anking Jan, jewing China's Treaty situs and economic rehabilitation, Dre. T. Wang, Minister for Foreign AMifairs, made a lengthy statement yesterday. in an lew granted to the Kuo Min News Agency correspondent. arita amtenomy for China, "he is no longer an aspiration; a fact. Although Japan has not yet put on a treaty basis her recognition of the justice in storing to China tari' autonomy, the delay is due to reasons enrively estranoous to the matter, In fact Japan, at the Special Customs Conference gave unequivocal assent to the principle of taridl autonomy for any rate, the Sino-Japanese Treaty of 1896 in which the unilateral conventional tari! expired over two countries that new treation with five, namely—Italy, Belg Denmark, and Portugal—ledged to' relinquish oxtraterritoriality by January. 1, 1930. earnestly expect. that arrange: ments with all the Powers coneernwill have have been made by that time, Before then, the National Government, on its part, will duly promulgate the Civil Code and the Commercial Code, in addition to other codes anid laws now in force. regard the question of unila= toral privileges of inland and const al navigation as a comparatively easy one to settle in view of the fact that it involves but a few foreign Powers. I may say with confidence that it can be. settled h no difficulty when the time comes for concluding new com= mercial treaties.
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