Questions connected with inland and coastal navigation. rights in China are now being discussed by the leaders of the National Government, and it is said that prepara tions' are being made for the taking over int the immediate future of all foreign steamship companies which are operating in China's waters, It will be recalled that, some time ago a committee including representatives of the Ministry of Com: 4 munications, The Ministry for Foreign Acairs, the Ministry Indastry, Labour and Commerce was established to study this subject. The proceedings of the committee have never been made public, but it {s learned that wholesale confisca: tion of the property of foreign shiping companies is not contemplated. The committee has Worked out complete programme in regard the methods of taking overt companies, and this prow eis being submitted to the National Government for final As-Japan and Britain have important shi interests in Chini this question will be taken up be. tween the Chinese Government and the two Powers in the forthcoming treaty negotiations. The first broached between Jap: China in their treaty revision negotiations in Peking, and was later discussed between Dr.
Wang, Minister for Foreign Affat and Mr. Sadao Saburi, the late Japanese Minister to China, No definite agreement, however, was reached.
"In the recent Chinese and British preliminary negotiations at Shanghai for the revision of their treaty of amity, commerce and navigation. the question of China's inland and coastal navigation rights was also brought up for discussion. Although in this case again decision was not reached, it was rumoured: that Britain had no objection to the proposal that either the Chindke Government or some Chinese privater {corporation should buy over British shipping interests, The purchasing of the' British power plant at Chinkiang by China before the formal retrocession of the British Concession at Chinkiang on Novem, ber 15, is being cited as precedent,—Reuter.
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