Tokyo, June 27.
Asked by a foreign correspondent regarding extraterritoriality in China, a spokesman of the Foreign Office today gave his private opinion on the subject.
Reviewing the origin and development of extraterritoriality in China, he said it was not a right claimable by countries on an equal footing but was a benefit enjoyed by foreign Powers at the expense of Chinese sovereignty.
Despite: extraterritoriality granted foreign Powers by the Chinese Government during the Ching dynasty, which found it convenient to do so, the spokesman expressed the opinion that it did not exempt the Chinese Government of its obligations of. giving full protection to foreign lives. and property nor did it make foreign Powers depend o £1 @ 8iid.=$1 US$100 @ 18:\c.=S1.,
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