Minister to Tokyo, will be promoted as the first Chinese Ambassador to. the Court of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Japan.
In this connection, it is interest ing to note that, contrary to the ing, almost uni rrsal practice with countries of any importance, China has hitherto sent only Ministers Extraordinary as her accredited representatives to all the Foreign Powers, with the sole exception of Soviet Russia, While the state of comparative th seclusion in which China lived when her first Ministers were accredited might have rendered it unnecessary to send ambassadors, the evergrowing importance of the world position of China as well as her increasingly intimate relations with other Powers renders it advisable for her to accredit ambassadors to at least the more important Powers. It is therefore expected that while specia considerations may temporarily. Drevent the realization of such a desirable step, the promotion to the rank of Ambassador of her te presentative to Japan will lead to a similar elevation of the status of her Ministers to America and Great Britain—Kuo Min,
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