Evening star., 1921-11-26
TERRITORIALITY IN CHINA
WITH DISADVANTAGES OUTLINED
DR.. Chune-Hui-Wang of Supreme Court
Tells Conference of It's Workings-For-
eign Post Offices Are Also Opposed.

4 tHIs conference VIII. Al date to b.-
agreed upon, desisna representatives
70 enter into negotiations with China
ior tne adoption of a plan for pro-
gressive modification and ultimate
abolition OF the system Of extrater-
| ritorial!ty IN China. the carrying out
or which plan is 10 be distributed over
the aforementioned period
The Chinese minister. Mr.. Szc told
| the conference that the Chinese dele
gation requested that the powers
, agree AT once to abolish all postal
services now maintained by them in
China. Their request. he said, WAS
| based upon the following reasons:
| !. Ihat China has organized and is
! now conducting postal system COW
| erlng tn" entire country. and main
| tanning relations with all foreign
| countries adequate to meet all re
quirements. The transmission Of pos
/ tai matter is government monopoI,
! ihe first paragraph Of the postal
statutes of October 12, 1921. reading
/ The postal business is exclusively
conducted by the government
[ That the existence Of these for
| eign post Offices interferes with and
| makes more difficult the development
| Of this system and deprives the sys-
| TEN OF revenue which legally and
| equitably should belong To il.
| Rests ON NJ Treaties.
: - That the maintenance by for
eien governments of post offices in
! China is in direct violation OF the
| latters territorial and administrati,.
integrity, and rests upon no treaty or
other legal rights.
Early IN the COS OF the last cen
tury. Mr.. SEE said. foreign post Of
| fices began to open branches and
agencies in the particular treaty ports
Of China. The opening of these Of
fices was not based on any treaty
provision or concession. Their eS-
istence and gradual increase WAS
merely tolerated by the Chinese gov
ernment
! IAbout the same time regular
service for the carriage of mails was
established on foreign lines in con
f, necfion with the customs operating
! chiefly between the numerous ports
on the coast of China and those far
up the Sangtxe river. This service
continued to work and improved lis
i machinery year by year. BY imperial
decree or March 20. 1896 this system
was erected into a distinct Chimes
| postal system and placed under the
general direction Of the inspector gen
| eral OF customs. Finally. by imperial
decree of May Is. 1871. the system
was taken from under the administrs-
ton OF the inspector general of GUS
toms ana erected into an independent
system operating directly under th..
I Since that date the system has op.r-
ated wholly as on. oil III. administra-
I tive services of tn. Chinese govern
ment.
Approved Postal Convention.
"On March !. 1914. china gave her
adherence to the universal postal
/ convention. and since September of
that year China has continued as 4
| member. in good standing. of the
Universal Postal Union.
In spite of these very cheap rates
and very high transportation costs Of
maintaining long courier lines wher-
! no modern facilities are availabl.
! the surplus of receipts over expendi-
lures has been steadily increasinp
All profits are being put into i'm
! provements in the service. particu-
| larly in new offices and extension Of
! the service {" the smaller villages
! inland. It's income in 1920 was sla-
| 679.1 21.@S. and its expenditures $40
! i6'.053.01, thus leaving a surplus for
/ the years opera alton of s2,2l2.06S.9l-
Notwithstanding the fact that
| China now has an efficient postal
system. certain foreign governments
| this order in China. At the present
time Great Britain. France. America
and Japan are maintaining and oper-
ating Offices of This kind al a large
number of places. The alien postal
establishments in China. they
stand at present. are as follows:
Great Britain, IL: France. l3. Japan,
ia. United States, /.