Survey of Haw It Came into Existence: The Only Conditions on Which It Could be Relinquished: Those Conditions Still Far from Being Met The text of the British repl to Nanking on the abolition of extraterritoriality has been received from Peking.
It deals historically with the origins of extraterritoriality and emphasizes that the Treaties were only designed to secure equality of treatment in China for British subjects.
It dwells on the sympathy with which Great Britain views China's aspirations and what she has done to meet them.
But the reply clearly sets out the conditions on which extraterritoriality might be safely abolished, and emphasizes that those conditions are still far from being fulfilled, The several documents following throinght Reuter'
Peking, Aug. 10, abolition of extraterritorial jaris-
His Execlleney.
Dr. 0. T, Wane Minister for Foreign Atairs, Nanking.
Sit,—T have the honour to acknow. ledge the receipt of your Note of April 27, in which you informed me of the desire of the Nationalist Gov. ernment of the Republic of China. that the restrictions imposed on the: Jurisdictional sovereignty of China by the system of extraterritoriality now in force should be removed the earliest possible date with a view to the assumption of jurisdic tion by China over all nationals in her domain.
T have communicated the contents of your letter to my Government, and T am now instructed to tran: mit to'you a reply in the following sense,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.