711.93/190: Telegram
The Minister in China (MacMurray) to the Department of State
Peking, July 16,
1928—4 p.m.
[Received July 16—10:11 a.m.]
[Received July 16—10:11 a.m.]
537. Your number 221, July 13, noon.18 In addition to the declaration of July 7th made by the Nationalist Minister of Foreign Affairs concerning new treaties, Wang also announced the following:
“Provisional rules are applicable during the interim between the abrogation of old treaties and the conclusion of new treaties between the Republic of China and foreign states.
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- The terms [“]foreign countries[”] and [“]foreigners,[”] as hereinafter used, refer only to those foreign countries and their nationals whose old treaties have been terminated and with whom new treaties have not yet been renewed.
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- Diplomatic and consular officers of foreign countries resident in China shall be accorded such treatment as is granted by international law.
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- The persons and property of foreigners in China shall be subjected to the regulations of the Chinese law and subject to the jurisdiction of Chinese.
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- [sic] Pending enforcement of the national tariff, the customs duties payable on commodities imported into China from foreign countries or by foreigners, and on those exported from China to foreign countries shall be collected in conformity with the regulations now in force.
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- All taxes and impositions which Chinese citizens are in duty bound to pay shall be paid likewise by foreigners in China in accordance with the regulations.
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- Matters not hereby covered shall be dealt with according to international law and the law of China.”
In reporting the foregoing, Shanghai states that while substantially correct, it cannot be guaranteed with respect to entire accuracy of text or translations.
MacMurray