Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-12-29 | Page 17 | U. S. Will Keep Special Treaty Rights in China

UI US SI Will KP KEEP SPECIAL TREATY TRAll RIGHTS IN CHINA Violence e Not Nat Expected as Result of ot New Chinese Policy Polky By LYLE c. c WILSON United U Press Prel Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON ASI Dec Dc-c. 28 8 8 UP UP- UP The U United States will maintain special treaty rights in In China re regardless rio ro card less of of the nationalist gove governments govern govern- 1 tents ments reported Intention to cancel extraterritoriality privileges January Janu Janu- to ary 1 Violence Is not expected d result from front such a policy it Isle is le learned earned Dispatches frd i say the new year gear ear will be begun I with wholesale salo llo n of specIal special ipe I cial cia privileges enjoyed enjoy d by citizens of Great Britain Holland Franco France and the Unit United d States Other treaty tr Lt powers powers except ex ept Japan have with China foregoing forego forego- log ing special privileges when hen those rights rights' aro withdrawn from all nH enJoying enjoying en en- them Japans Japan's treaty rights have been the s subject oZ of of controversy el since cc 1 1926 26 Technically Japanese citizens d do not pos possess ss treaty privileges Actual Actually they enjoy tho the same privileges nc accorded other foreign foreigners ers era ANNOYANCE LOOMS The practical effect of or Chinese cancellation of special rights to foreigners is expected hero to be a a- crop of ot annoying and continuing in incidents In in which American citizens in the interior of ot China will suffer sutter from Chinese efforts to make them amenable to Chinese courts In the principal cities the p present system is expected expect 1 without major ma ron- jor changes This interpretation is based on the thOl I belief betler the announced Chinese intention to cancel treat privileges s sis sis' is' is Isas AS much for tor or domestic as for for for foreign chin eign effect So far fir the United Press Is la In Informed informed in- in formed China has ms h s not advised ls d' d the United States of an intention to c cancel ri el Am American privileges on any particular date dale The subject was raised in fn an exchange of ot notes this year car Secretary Stimson Informed government would negotiate negotiate negotiate gradual abolition of ot extraterritorial privileges at any time b but t that relinquIshment would have 1111 to tobe tobe be acc accompanied by corresponding modernization of f Chinas China's l legal g 11 JI 8 tern tem DATE OF REVISION The Chinese American treat treaty of ot amity containing the lal ial provision will be subject for revision ro- ro vision islon in n 1934 Am American policy polley tho tile United Press la is informed willbe will willbe be lie to cot consider that treaty fri lh eUe effect t until It ft is altered In th the th prescribed d manner manner The Tho Chinese government Is aware d of t this which has been outlined outlined outlined out out- lined by C. C C. C Wu Chinese minister min ister r at the state department nt In In response to repeated inquiries from Wu the Wu the deportment department invariably cites Stimsons Stimson's note as its last word on the subject S