This idealism has manifested itself in the abolition of slavery, the growth of democracy and the ande Your to establish a reign of universal peace, which has given new hope t0 the human race. It is this idealism that accounts for the standfastness of the American Government and people in th \dship for China through all vicissitudes of her fortune, Tt is again this idealism that' has prompted the American Government to give sympathetic consideration to the desire of the Chinese Government. in. connection with the question of jurisdiction, and to decide to enter into negotia. tions for the revision of the latter, leading to the eventual abolition extraterritorial privileges.
Tt seems (o me, however, from a careful consideration of your note, that the American Government is not yet freed from misgiving a8 to the safety of American life and property after the abolition of extraterritoriality, The American Gov. ernment fs undoubtedly awave of the fact that the liberty of American citizens and the security of their property rights, do not so. much depend upon the continued exercise of jurisdiction by their own Consular Courts as upon the timely remove? of hindrances to the free and full assertion of China's sovereign rights.
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