Apart from the events that take place daily in China,
it is desirable that We should understand the basis on which the foreigners are established as residents. We there- fore publish to-day an article on Extraterritoriality by the Rev. G. Warren, who has lived there for nearly forty years and has taken a prominent part in the public life of the Province of Hunan. Sir John Jordan has also sent us a clear statement issued by the China Association in London, describing the conditions and systems of admin- istration existing in the International Settlements at Shanghai and Amoy and in the Concessions at Canton, Hankow, Tientsin, Kiukiang and Chinkiang. It must be clearly realized that the Powers represented at the Washington Conference in the winter 1921-22 have not failed through any fault of their own to establish the Commission to which Mr. Warren refers " to inquire into the present practice of extraterritorial jurisdiction in China," and to recommend means to effect reforms that " would warrant the several Powers in relinquishing . . . . their respective rights of extraterritoriality."
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