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The special correspondent of the Times says that it is

probably a " record " for a Foreign Minister to have discussed and concluded seven Treaties within twenty days. All this was done by Mr. Wang in spite of his house being wrecked by demonstrators whO disapproved of his policy. The British Treaty does not touch the question of extra-territoriality, but we hope that the sound of the salute from H.M.S. ' Suffolk,' which hoisted the Chinese national flag and fired twenty-one guns, will reverberate for a long time in friendly echoes. As the Times correspondent says, there have not been naval courtesies of this sort in China for many years. The Japanese Treaty is delayed by a dispute over the presence of Japanese troops in Shantung.

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