Those who are tempted to feel any great concern over the proposed Surrender of extraterritoriality in Manchoukvo by Japan should exa mine the reported conditions with some care. It is not, the imposing step that it would at first Appear, and in the long run it may mean that Japan ix. surrendering Tittle or nothing. Withdrawal, itis suggested, should commence in the big cities first, after which the rest of the country should be gradually Included, Manchoukuo should thrown open unconditionally to. the Japanese in. view of the historical relations existing between the two countries, and finally the withdrawal of extraterritorial rights from railway areas should be effected I te Since the establishment of the Mi choukuo. republic under the com-late dominance of Japan Manchou-(no civil services, codes and the administration of justice have been or are being remodelled along Japa ese lines, with Japanese officials Folding high rank tu every depart ment the state fe maybe hat tome tinge of an independent sovercigpty is existing, but ext it can hard~ ly" be gain said thet the Japanese infaenee'in the administration of the country is very litle Tess, than that Stich exists in Korea. 'The reten= 1d tion of Manchoukue, s0 far as the are' concerned, would be ly, for i woul be alealog Suggest' that Japanese "resident inEEein could not submit to a code prepared. with the assistance. Brel own people and. administered Under precluely' the same type of uldance. There. in really no necessity for asking' for those fafeguards which are required. in eoRfection with this question in other Dlisted those safeguards so far as ces, for the Japanese have esta their own nationals are concerned, ud' are in'a_ position to. see" that they are adequately enforced, But exchange for this empty gesture Manchoulsto is. required. to throw ihe" country. open to. the Japanese Srconddonaly that che linilations Manchoukuo under the former Chie faced upon foreigners. resident nese. regime, relating the right To own land; ete, shall be abolished in Japan's favour and {at she shall occupy the position. of a. most hil favoured nation, In addition forths the withdrawal of extratertorial rights from the "railway reas shall be effected last—undoubs tedly for the completest possible protection of the Japanese interests Therein—and when that "fast" shall come, probably only. the Japanese fealty now." The: Japanese offer Should establish na. precedent "in Ghina, for" no parallel exists or ould possibly. exist unless Japan exercised the same control in Nan+ king as she dees in Changehun,
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