CO129-564-12 Status of leased territories in China 29-9-1937 - 30-10-1937 — Page 19

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theoretical point of view, any adequate explanation of the position of these territories or any adequate classification of them. In practice, however, it is quite clear that the

governing factor for determining the belligerency or neutrality of the leased territory, as the case may be, during a war is the status of the lessee State and not that

of the lessor.

24th September 1937.