NATIONALIST CHINA INSISTENT POWERS TREAT AS AN EQUAL

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6668, 23 July 1928, Page 7

NATIONALIST CHINA INSISTENT POWERS TREAT AS AN EQUAL

Renewals Refused of Extraterritorial Rights %XODUS OF FOREIGNERS ■ ; PROBABLE United Press Association—By Electric . ; Telegraph—Copyright. Received Sunday, 5.5 p.m. < ■, ( * - SHANGHAI, July 20. Special' interim regulations governing the relations of China with' foreign countries’ with which treaties have expired win be drafted by the Nationalist . Government. ' The letter recently informed the Powers; that dll Sino-foreign treaties .must be revised on terms of equality. Already the Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Danish, and Japanese commercial treaties have expired. \ Instancing the Chinese determination to. enforce' a revision this afternoon a Chinese Judge ordered from the Court an Italian Consular Deputy watching the appeal of' a Greek'sentenced to 15 years' for rubbery. . The Judge based his authority on the •expiration of the Smo-Italian treaty and informed* the deputy he was no longer an"’extraterritorial foreigner. - The announcement was received with dismay. It was generally believed China would allow the Italians to maintain their former status, ponding a revision ’ of the Sino : ltaliaM treaty. Diplomatic intervention is being •sought. •The removal of extraterritorial rights •will bo tho signal for an exodus of foreigners from China, which is believed to. ho the aim of the Nationalists. -