Americans living in or traveling in China who committed a crime could not be tried by Chinese courts or punished under Chinese law. Americans. and for that matter Englishmen and certain other nationals. who committed crimes in China were tried in courts organized by their own country. Some months ago extraterritoriality was abrogated by Executive order. Thus this leg was pulled from under Japanese propaganda. Only the outmoded. no longer needed. discriminatory Chinese exclusion laws remain. Since Pearl Harbor the Japanese have greatly intensified this propaganda campaign. They have made and are continuing to make many overtures to the Chinese people.
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