One of the most important of the foreign interests that would bea Yersely fected: by" the prematoce abottlon of extrstertopaliy Of the. 110210000. tons which tered and cleared Chinese ports Inder the Chinas og In addition to ocean-going shipping, foreign companies engage ly" the coat and land trae, 6 which some 67 percent i erie! Under foreign ape they do a0 unr detnite Treaty rights, though tu places at whtek they may land and ship cargo are ited by Hveatiy an? apeclat This to forge, enter prise that China owes the opening of the Yangtse and West sve An there ave frequently been occasions during the turmoil of the pant few yours vhen none but. for Sign ahipring, under adeqeats naval protection, "Could engages in the Tnnaportation of passengers and cargo on important inland routes, Chinese shipping companies have fered enormous losses from the of their vessels by rival mi and Government autho recent statement in the Chinese Press estimated the losses of one ompany—the China Merchants team Navigation Company—from these causes alone, during the frst! six months of 1920, at Tls. 1,400,000 or, more, For months on. and upriver traffic beyond Hankow, has only been possible in foreign vessels under naval convoy.
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