thas been received but Nanking has. of made any communication to Japan with respect to it.
Tt is understood that the Govern-mont has decided to take no steps unless events arising from the Edict necessitate action—Reuter.
Holy Reaffirms Rights, Rome, Jan, 4, An instruction was cabled to-day to the Italian Minister in Peking, ordering him to send a note to Nan-King reaffirming Italy's extraterritoriality rights as recognized in the Sino-italian treaty of 1020—
United Press.
"P, & 7, Times!" Comment i Tientsin, Dee. 81, The "P, & TT. Times," in the course of a leading article to-day, points out that Nanking's decree for the abolition of extra-territoriality not merely n violation of the old treaties, but is of the new treaties with European States, including Italy and Belgium, concluded by the pro-Sent Government only yesterda; stipulating that extra-territoriality may only be abolished provided detailed arrangements regarding the assumption of jurisdiction are made with the other parties before Jan-'Mary 1, 19305 or, alternatively, that should' such detailed arrangements mot be negotiated, the article in the treaties would only become operative after either a majority of the Powers possessing extraterritorial privileges, or all the signatories of the Washington treaties, have agreed or come to an agreement for abolition.
The paper points out that the Chinese Government has not proached any of these parties to the new treaties with proposals for detailed arrangements, but has merely fellowed the advice of M. Karakhan, on Soviet Ambassador to China, to tear up the treaties, even the new oni ""'phis," says thie paper, "is a more glaring' broach of faith than the Fepudiation of the old treaties, as it intimation to the civilized world that the National Government does not recognize the validity even of treaties which it has dvafted, signed and ratified."—Reuter.
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