Demarches British, French presentations made to the Japanese Government recently over the iinposition by the "Provisional Government" ing at Peiping of regulations governing exchange purchases against North-China exports will be rejected, well-informed circles here indicated today.
The contention that the regulations run counter to the principle of equal opportunity and infringe upon the treaty rights of the Powers, by stricting the freedom of commerce, upon which the representations of the three governments were based, will be declared unfounded.
Tu the view of Japanese officials, Domei understood, the regulations being included in an adjective statute Ido not infringe upon the basic trad-Ing rights of the Powers, nor do they constitute a discriminatory measure.
The principle of equal opportunity it was pointed out here, is not violate a by the regulations, since Japanese nationals are subject to the same exchange restrictions as others in effecting shipments abroad—Domel.
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