893.05/259
The Chinese Commissioner of Foreign Affairs for Kiangsu (Hsu Mou) to the Senior Consul at Shanghai (Cunningham)35
Sir: I have the honor to inform you of the receipt of the following instruction dated the 30th instant from the Kiangsu Provincial Government:
“As the record shows, it was declared by this Provincial Government that the Provisional Agreement for the Rendition of the Shanghai Mixed Court was deemed inapplicable, and you were instructed to notify accordingly the various consuls concerned. The said agreement will expire on December 31st of the present year. All matters pertaining to the Provisional Court of the Shanghai International Settlement will, thereafter, be submitted by this Provincial Government to the Central Government to be dealt with.”
In view of the foregoing instruction, I have to transmit the same for your information.
With my compliments,
- Copy transmitted to the Department by the Consul General at Shanghai, in his despatch No. 6669, December 31, 1929; received January 30, 1930.↩