Arizona republican., 1921-12-13
B|G 4 AGREE T0' GIVE UP CONT NTRO[. IF CHINESE POST. OFFICES IN YEAR
Powers Retain Postal Agen- cies In Leased Territory; Will Aid Custom Author ities Effect Change
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IRepubIIcar A. p. Leased Wire1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 12-The Pa | ciffc and Far Eastern committee to- day in a cominunique said: The committee on Pacific and Far Eastern questions today adopted the resolution on Chinese postoffices as follows:
 Resolution
 (a) Recognizing the justice Of the desire expressed by the Chinese gov ernment to secu"- abolition of for eign postal agencies in China, save or except ir ieas q territory or as otherwise specifically provided by treaty, it is resolved:
 CD The fo' powers having such postal agencies agree to their aban- donment, subject to the following conditions:
 (a) That an efficient Chinese postal service is maintained. (b- That an assurance is given by | the Chinese government that they contemplate no change in the pres ent postal administration so far as l the status oi the foreign co-director 1 general is concerned.
 CD To enable China and the pow l CTS concerned to make the necessary ] dispositions this arrangement shall not come into force and effective not | later than January 1. 1723. l (b) Pending complete withdrawal | for foregp postal agencies, the four | powers concerned severally under 1 take to afford full facilities to the l Chinese customs authorities to eX- anime in those agencies all postal | matter (except ordinary letters whether registered or not, which upon 1 external examination appear plainly | to contain onl. written matter), pass 1 ing through them, with a view to as- certainine wh> ther they contain arti- cles dutiable or contraband or which | otherwise contrav enc the customs | regulations O. laws of China. 1 Japane-e View
 | Senator Lodge read this letter: | Japanese Delegation. Washington, Dec. 1. | Dear Sir: With regard to the pro posed abolition of foreign postal 1 agencies, I am happy to inform you | that my government have no objec- tion. to the initiation of the arrange 1 ment as from the date in the draft resolution that is. not later than Jan uary 1, 1923.
 l "On announcing this agreement of my government, I am instructed to state before the committee their desire concerning the maintenance of eff cient Chinese postal service substan- tially to the following effect:
 Taking into account the fact that the proposed change in the postal re- gime in China can not fail practically to affect the Japanese to a much greater exten- than any other na- tionals, the Japanese government wish to place Q, record their desire that a suitable>number of experienced Japanese postal offices be engaged by China in he interest of the eff , ciency of the Chinese postal admin istration. The reasonableness of thi. . desire will readily be appreciated when it is considered that the pow ! CTS concerned have recognized thu i need of effective foreign assistanc, , in the Chinese postal administration and that no less than 70 British sub . | jects and 20 Frenchmen are in tha service, while only 2 Japanese ex perts are employed in it.
 Yours respectfully,
 "(Signed) NJ ZANZIBAR" : Chine. Statement U Mir. Sze made this statement: ' Since tho establishment of he
 national postal service China has |, handled with efficiency all foreigl II mail She appreciated that, with tn . withdrawal of foreign postoffices. tn 7 amount of foreign mail to be han S He'd by her postal sy stem will be in . 1reased. This increase she under 't akes to handle with the same eff ~ iency by making additions to tn
 'ersonnel and equipment as will b U required. As soon as the Siberia U route is reopened for the transporta = tion of foreiF mail matter betwee ! AZt. T T. s-41 ! 4..1~n to make arrangements for the trans
 portatlon ot srcn mail as was fol
 merly transported by this route. 4
 regards actual railway transportatic
 of such mail China will hold herse
 responsible fo' uninterrupted serl
 ice upon those railways or section
 of railways within her jurisdictic
 which are under her own control ar
 operation"
 The committee also entered on Il
 discussion of matters relating
 radio stations in China which WI
 postponed for further considerable
 It then took up the spheres of infl1
 ence in China. in connection wi
 which Dr. Wang made the followil = statement and the discussion of t
 matter was postponed to the ne
 session.
 re- The phrase sphere of interest" ". sphere of influence" as it is som 'ys times called, is a more or less vag n germ which implies that the powe s sh. making such claims in China are e
 titled within their respecti
 spheres" to enjoy reserved, prefe s ential, exclusive or special rigf
 and privileges of trade, investme
 and for other purposes.
 Germany Had First Claim
 Germany was the first to claim
 sphere of influence or of interest
 it's crystallized form over Shantun
 later the other powers made simil
 claims over other portions of Chil
 These claims are either based
 agreements between the powers
 which China is not a party such
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