extrerritoriality, but being, as stated in the agreement,
en enlargement of British territory is in an entirely
different category from the concessions and settlements in
China in which we are relinquishing our special rights.
His Majesty's Ambassador at Chungking has therefore
bcen instructed to inform the Chinese Goverment that His
Majesty's Government regard the leased territory as
outside the scope of the present treaty.
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