Attacked Shanghai, July 20, Alleging" Vaal "Totelgn settlements Jand concessions in China ad drifted Jaway from the original purpose of their establishment' to" constitute threats to existing Chinese administrations, Mr, Liang, Hung-chih, chairman of the Executive Yuan of the "Reformed Government" in Nanking, fon July 18 expressed hopes for an arly solution of the question on [such areas.
"The original purpose of the establishment of settlements and concessions was three-fold, Mr. Liang told Japanese and Chinese reporters on his return from 'Tsingtao on July 18, "Those areas were to provide a sat place of residence for foreign resients; they were to guarantee the safely of foreign property, and to provide a suitable place for the ex-Pansion of foreign' commercial incrests. But at present, they seem {to have turned into hotbeds of political agitation against existing authority. "This was not intended in the original agreements under which such [concessions were created."
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