The Status of Aliens in China

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. Would amount to the admission of the con- tention now being raised by the Chinese authorities, that to such ports as Woosung, Chinwangtao, and Santuao, which have been voluntarily opened by China, the stipulations as to treaty ports are not necessarily applicable, and this ad- mission would but open the way for any further duties and taxes which the Chinese authorities at such ports might wish to impose on foreign commerce. " " All the foreign representatives present, except the German charge... d'af- ' M. Von Tanner, Customs Commissioner, to Viceroy Hsu of Fukien and Chekioug, May 24, 1899, Pari. Papers, China, no. I (1900), p. 251. - Mr. Bax Ironside to Marquis of Salisbury, June 10, 1899, Pari. Papers, China, no. I (1900), p. 211. 252 THE STATUS OF ALIENS IN CHINA [374 faires, agreed with' this view and pronounced the proposed tax as being illegal. The objections were recorded, and on November 2, the doyen of the diplomatic corps at Peking sent a note to the Tsungli Yamen, stating that while the foreign representatives were disposed to consider any op- portunity of levying an additional tax, which was moderate and just, they could not admit that a higher tax might be imposed on commerce and navigation than had been fixed by the treaties; and that consequently the surtax of two per cent on customs duties established at Santuao would not be fair without the consent of the diplomatic corps.

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