WELCOMED BY CHINA

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20914, 14 October 1942, Page 3

WELCOMED BY CHINA

BRITISH-U.S. OFFER CANCEL FOREIGN RIGHTS (British Official Wireless.) (11 a.m.) RUGBY, Oct. 13. An official statement by the secretary-general of China’s Supreme National Defence League says that the Chii ese people welcome with great enthusiasm the British and American announcement of their readiness to negotiate for the immediate relinauishment of extra-territorial rights in China. The statement adds- “This opens a new chapter in the history of China’s relations with the Western countries and will be hailed by all liberty-loving peoples as a concrete example of the United Nations’ sincere efforts to create a new world order, based on freedom, justice, and equality.” The Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, has received the following message from Marshal Chiang KaiShek: “China appreciates deeply the gesture of friendship and goodwill Britain has made in determining to abrogate 'extra-territoriality in China. I feel certain that this expressive evidence of Sino-British friendship, based on equal and mutual. trust, will inaugurate a new and significant era not only in the Far East but throughout the entire world. By this voluntary abandonment of obsolete privileges, Britain has won a great moral victory.” . „ , The Chinese ambushed and fiercely attacked Japanese, killing and wounding 200 and destroying 12 of 30 trucks on the road from Chienshan to Hankow.