...him at the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce. After referring to his long-time desire to "convert the area outside the foreign settlements into a model...demand for the abolishing of foreign concessions," the marshal added: "This has been one of my dearest dreams, for whenever I come to a treaty port I...

...Improve the Municipal Government, plan a new port, and settle long outstanding diplomatic disputes, gradually converting the area outside the foreign...This has been one of my dearest dreams, for whenever I come to a treaty port I feel thoroughly humiliated, not only because a treaty port is a standing...