The vice president of china presents the league of nations a document, in which the Chinese government would like to know , why the mandate on the Nansha Dao / Paracel-Islands and Hainan-Dao still persists.
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Since centuries, if not even thousands of years, Chinese fishermen and merchants sailed over the oceans.
On their journeys they advanced into far areas.They did not only reached the coast of Africa, no also references in the Mediteranean sea were found,that China traded at that time already with the countries in the Mediterranean by the sea route.
Not only in the distance there is proof for the advanced culture of China, no also directly before the “door” there is referring to early settlements.As can be proved Chinese inhabited the above named islands and drew also first maps of their situation. The islands were used by Chinese fishermen for the fresh water admission in the last century.
We think it is now at the time, to give the islands back to the legal owners.
Naturally China is ready to grant both nations (Iberia; Philippines) stay-rights in the ports of the islands.
However the islands should be subordinated sovereignty finally by China again.
Many inhabitants of the islands feel the mandates as an "occupation", and that is a good fertile soil for criminal elements, such like pirates.
Therefore we have the fear, that the pirate-troubles in the south chinese sea only is finally fought, if this unfairness is eliminated.
There is no reason to keep up the two mandates.
How does the league of the nations stand to it? Wasn't the “L.o.N.” straight created to prevent and/or waive such “illegitimate occupations”? China would not like to appear as an aggressor, which tries to increase its sphere of influence ,it only would like to make its legal requirements valid.
Which always belonged to China should also again to China belong!
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Faithfully
Li Hoi
Vice President of China