CHINA AND JAPAN.
FORMER GERMAN RIGHTS. / AN AGREEMENT REACHED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Received Dec. 7. 12.10 a.m. Washington, Dee. 5. An official joint statement has been issued by the Japanese and Chinese delegation. M. Shidehara (Japan) declared Japan will renounce all her preferential rights in regard to foreign assistance in persons, capital and material stipulated in the Chino-German treaty of 1898. Japan decided that the maritime customs at Tsingtao shall be made an integral part, of the Chinese maritime customs, with an understanding that the Chinese Government recommend the inspector-General of Customs, firstly, to permit Japanese traders at Tsingtao to communicate customs in the Japanese language, and secondly, in selecting the staff of the Tsingtao customs consideration be given the divers needs of the trade of the port. With these two understandings the Japanese waived all privileges previously enjoyed by the Germans to maritime customs at Tsingtao. A provisional agreement between Japan and China, relative to Tsingtao customs was made in August. 1915, to be automatically abrogated when the above decision comes into effect.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 December 1921, Page 5
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174CHINA AND JAPAN. Taranaki Daily News, 7 December 1921, Page 5
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