Nanking, Nov. 7, Within the last few days, the Nanking Government has been in receipt of the replies from the British, American, French and the Netherland Governments to the second Note of the Nanking Government regarding the abolition of the consular jurisdiction in China, While the exact nature of the contents of the replies of these Powers has not yet been published, it is said that the American reply expressed the readiness of the U.S. Government to begin no got ing the abolition of the con-Jurisdiction after China completed her judicial codes, while the British, French and the Dutch notes were practically identic in their contents, announcing their Governments' willingness to start negotia tions after the settlement of China's civil disturbances, Ik is believed that the Foreign Office of the Nanking Government will probably forward its third Note countries within a few days, The Provisional Court, Cognisant of the willingness of the Powers to begin ° negotiations for the reorganization of the Provisional Court in Shanghai, as revealed in the recent note' of the the Wai-
Powers in Pe~ king to-day, urging them their representatives to Nanking not later than November 19 in order to With regard to the personnel of the Powers' representatives sent to Nanking, the Notes asked the Ministers to' come to Nanking in person and expressed the reluetanee of the Nanking Government to deal with the consular representatives in Shanghai, If Ministers themselves are unable to come to Nanking in person, the notes asked that at least, staff diplomats of the Peking Legations of the various Powers should com to Nanking to attend the negoti jons.—Rengo.
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