"As regards the claim that Japan took the lead in restoring to China her customs autonomy and proclaimed her sympathy toward Chin: aspirations for the abolition of extraterritoriality, all recorded facts prove that the contrary was the case. In 1928 China had concluded with the other Powers treaties providing for the unconditional restoration of her customs autonomy but it was not until 1930 that Japan consented to conclude a similar tariff agreement subject to certain conditions favourable to herself, In the past two years Japan has inspired and given protection to large scale smuggling in China and actively interfered with her customs preventive service, causing enormous losses in China's revenue and dislocation of her customs administration, "With regard to extraterritoriality, Japan has of late taken every advantage of this specíal privilege to carry on numerous illegal activities in China, such as unauthorized flying over Chinese territory, the establishment of espionage organizations, the supplying of ammunition to bandits and the protection of the drug traffic. Such cing the case, it is inconceivable how these facts could be recon-oiled with the claim that Japan had pursued a policy designed to satisfy the legitimate wishes of the Chinese people.
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