Nanking, Sept. 5.
The following is the English} translation of the reply of the Norwegian Government to China's. Note concerning.the abolition of extra-
Legation de Norvoge Peking, Aug. 14, 1029, Monsieur lo Ministre, T have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Exeellency's note of April 27 expressing on behalf of the Chinese Government the desire of China to have the restrictions on her jurisdictional sovereignty ro-moved and the hope that the Norwegian Government will take this desire into immediate and sympathetic consideration in order to enable China to assume jurisdiction over all nationals within her domain.
Having communicated the contents of the Note to my Government im now fhstructed to recall to Your Excellency that the Norwegian Government has already, in concluding, on November 12 last year, 4 new treaty with the Chinese Government, given conerete evidence of the friendly feeling which Norway has always entertained towards China and the Chinese people.
My Government now desires me to reiterate the assurance, already gx7tessed on that occasion, that the ume friendly feelings will not be found to have changed when the question of revising other clauses of the treaty of 1847 between Norway and China is brought up for discussion.
As to the question of removing the restrictions on China's jurisdictional sovereignty (by _relinguishing the consular jurisdiction) this question was already givem sympathetic consideration when, in 1926, a Norwegian delegate joined national commission to inquire into jurisdiction in China.
T may add that the of the Norwegian jurisdiction in China has never been extended Leyond the purpose for which it was introduced, and I am directed to state in conclusion that my Government has no desire to maintain the Consular Court longer than considered necessary and is prepared to abolish the same when all the other Treaty Powers will do'so.
I avail myself ote.
(Spa) Ne Aact Charge @'Affaires. ai. His Excellency Dr.. T. Wang, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Nanking.
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