"In the consular field, Chinese! citizens abroad are not being proerly and fairly treated, and it Is high time that regulations of some kind should be applied. The Cuban Government has taken to ther istration of Chinese citizens with the consequences which that measure entails. The Chinese in the Dutch East Indies have always "received rigorous restrictions, such as the imitation of remittances, ete.
'Diplomatically, on September 1, 1984, the Sino-Turkish Treaty was signed and recently Gen. Ho Yao-ts0 was appointed Minister' to Turkey. More significant then that was the raising of the status of the legations to embassies between China and Naly which took place on September 26, 1984. Italy wishes to go on record that she, in consideration of China's old culture, is willing to treat China as her equal. Even more significant than that was the exchange of ambassadors between China and Japan on May 18, as the Fesult of the so-called Sino-Japanese ce-operation. Volumes might be written on the subject, but, as we engaged in a general survey. it suMces to say that Japan's action has induced Great Britain and America to do the same and possibly Germany and France also in the near future. By these acts, China has been finally admitted Into the family of mations as an equal."
"In the realm of trade, while there has been a general drop in the volume, the merchants in the difterent countries are looking to a resumption of commerce. On Aug. 0, the British Trade Mission visited "Manchuria to see if arrangement could be made with the authorities there enhance trade.
The Americ Economic Mission is at present still in Ching. They have visited Szechuen, Hankow. Canton, Tsingtao, Tientsin. and Peiping. Some of them have had an interview with General Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang Chengtt. Wherever they went. they were welcomed and shown all the
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