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From CHINA.
Telegram from Sir M. Lampson (Nanking)
D.
It.
No. 230.
(TOUR).
IMPORTANT
26th May 1931.
My telegram No. 228.
Following is text which I am today presenting
to Minister for Foreign Affairs, begins:
Article 16.
Subjects of His Majesty in the area of greater
Shanghai as shown on the attached map shall not be
amenable to the jurisdiction of the Chinese courts
during a period of ten years from the date of the
coming into force of the present treaty, provided
always that a settlement of the question of juris-
diction in the said area may be reached by nego-
tiation and arrangement between the two high
contracting parties at any time after the expiry of
five years from the same date. Subjects of His
Majesty in the area at Tientsin shown on the
attached map shall not be amenable to the juris-
diction of the Chinese courts during a period of
ten years from the date of the coming into force of
the present treaty, provided always that a settle-
ment of the question of jurisdiction in the said
area may be reached by negotiation and agreement
between the two high contracting parties at any time
after the expiry of five years from the said date.
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