New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-11
PROTOCOL OR TREATY?
4GREEsMENT WITHsCHTN4.
Riuer Improvement Conuention,May
Cause Stir an Sexate.
-, rhe Tr.bane Bureau. ]

washington Jan. 10-A protocol entered into
.at,veen China and the repres altatives of eleven
<o-aign poweas including w. W. Rockhill. rep
..senting the United States. promises to pre-
.,nitate a lively debate III soa1e forthcoming ex-
..,,,4re session Of the Senate Some members of
tbe minority maintain that this protocol. which
srovs1es for certain Improvement by the Chinese
roz,srnrnent OF the Huangpou River above and
sslou- Shanghai. is in fact treaty, so desig-
o+ed in German official documents. and should
-. therefore have been concluded by the State
T,onartnert without the advice and consent of
the Senate ...o
aa-art 11ert cannot however, be denied. as the
--asan+ agreement replaces the protocol of 1901,
sea1ing with the same subject, which was never
e,br,;fted TO the Senate The new protocol
srs,icb was signed by the representa- of the
,o-.ers on September - 1868 consists of twelve
articles as follows:
,-.sc,a nrovides that the Taotai of Shanghai
N eee1n3e entire charge of removing the bar
eboz,e and beloSv Woo-SunS-
81 sr+3cIs > thaa within three months after the
10 If the agreement China shall select an
giTeer to have charge of the Improvements III
eng nerE,osl River and when such selection Is
onv,roIed by the representatives, OF the powers
siPPo+orv 10 the treaty he shall be duly com
Tn1issoned and placed in charge. rms artl o,l
IlsL- yroyi les for the replacement OF Sucn en-
III should zhat course for any reason become
Necessary: -, 49,. to-, ,,-orl- shall he pros-
rTn
.c1+ed nv duly advertised contracts awarded 10
the lowest biHlers. - +,,,o, Months a
srTicle provides that every three NOUNS , d
s,u ond complete report showing eNpeiAuItuI,
lu i Trogress shall be submitted TO the consular
EN- lives of the interested powers 49,,
trticie provides that the Iaotai ana Gle rl.1
r,,,Tnissioner of Customs shall have run poWeI
"a construct Iontoons, coHeIdaiiLS eto-' ~ ~
river -, eorr,e authorities the
.rbt 10 dred,e the river.
Tign rt;c, a9Ithorfzes the same authorities to
a-ire nv condemnation and purchase any lahd
1eoessarv to the prosecution OF the improve
IT, -iro,-il5ns thai If any lands within the for
- concession shall be required their Faiue
sbeu he determined by arbitration. ana IuI lIiel
tbst owners of the river frontage Shan No, nay
asora7,oa SRI the right to purchase any iahuS
IF which the Taotai and the Commissioner OIL
CUSTOMS shall have occasion TO dispose
I-4icla Q stimulates that the Chinese govern
,,a--t shall defray all expenses of the improve
roe-4 with1ut the imposition of any speclai IaA
on conuelN5e or navigation -.
A5-+i7la 10 binds the Chinese government 70
deT1ote +, the improvements the sum of 4bu'ooo
bail-U.an tiaels tS360O00l, to be segregated from
the customs receipts on OPIUM Ior lhtS poI 20
and further that China may contract d loa- Sc
cIraj nv such future customs. if that course be-
a-ticn II provides that If the improvements
era moi conducted with due expedition or in a
roenrar satisfactory to the several powers a ma
iorit, Of the consular corps may demand III,
Y,rove nent. and even recommend the dismissal
of tho engineer in charge and suggest a SubSu-
int. hui that in the event of an otherwise I'M
adjustable difference. such dIIlerence slali pc
come the subject of negotiation by the dipio-
Tnaric representatives Of the powers
Article L provides that when the o protocol sad
shall have been duly signed ana executed me
stin1Ifa-ions contained in Article II and in Annex
II Of The rsrotoeol Of 1901 shall he thereby sus-
nended: but IN the event that China shall de-
fault or fail properly to finance the proposed
irnprc,ar7 ats or otherwise fail TO carry out the
provisions of the new protocol such suspended
articles 81 the previous agreement shall again De-
in force.
m, ,.ooo, % c.,+a,7,,er 81 1905 hears in
addition TO the signatures Of the representatives
Of the eleven powers including W. W. Rock
hyrs. the. great seal Of Wai-Wu Pu4on the part
OF China