Evening star., 1921-11-30

far eastern questions of the arms
conference:
The committee on Pacific and far
eastern questions met in the Pan
American building. Washington, u T.,
| Tuesday morning, November 20. 1921.
at II o'clock.
except Sir Robert Borden, Ambas-
, sador Ricci, Signor Media and Ambas-
| sador Shidehara-
Senator Lodge whose report on be-
! half of the subcommittee on foreien
post offices in China was accepIeo
yesterday, today presented resolu-
tions of the subcommittee on extra
territorial rights in China, Which
were unanimously adopted by the
committee, as follows:
! Resolution for the establishment OF
a commission to investigate ana
report upon eXtraterritoriailtY ana
the administration of justice IN
China.
The representatives of the powers
, hereinafter named, participants :"
the discussion of Pacific and tar east
crn questions in the conference on
! the limitation of armament. I" VII,
I The United States OF America, hei
gium the British empire trah'e;
Italy, Japan, the Netherlands anu
Portugal.
Prepnred to Yield Rights.
Having taken note of the tact tha'
in the treaty between Great BRITAIN
and China dated September ., lso-;
in the treaty between the ohi.ea
States of America ana emma 49, 49,
| October s, 1903, these several po"el
have agreed to give every assistance
! toward the attainment by the Chliicse
: government of its Expressed ueS', :.
to reform it's judicial system ana 70
bring it into accord Win
western nations. and have declareu
| that they are also prepared TO re
linuuish extraterritorial rights When
"a listed that the state of the CnlhesS
Laws. the arrangements for their ad-
ministration and other cohsioei ''''o"S
warrant" them in so DONG ,,.o,od
Reinr sympathetically disposed
| toward furthering in this regard the
aspiration to which the Chlnese utio
CATION gave expression on NJ ..;,,,o-
| is 1921, to the effect that e ii'iliie
diatelv or as soon as circumstances
| ,,;u nermit existing limitations upon
c.hina's political. jurisdictlonal anu
| administrative freedom Oh aclloh "ie
| to be removed: ,+;op
! Considering that any determln I a,ipii !, y
| in regard to such action as l'i.E nv W
| annronriate to this end upon the as
| certainment and appreciation OF com
\ nlicated states of fact in REGARD ~
| the laws and the judicial system anu anu
the methods of judicial administrator
/ of China, which this conference -
not in a position 10 deter ih'ie'
! Have resolved:
| Tbat the Governments of the powers
| above named shall establish com
| mission (to which each OF such gov
ernments shall appoint one mehhptl
| to INQUIRE into the present prac'i.s
Of extraterritorial jurisdiction III
china. and into the laws and the Ju-
dicial system and the methouS oi
| judicial administration of emma, win
| a view to reporting to the govern
ments of the several powers ABOVE
named their findings of fact IN regard
| to these matters. and their recon-
| mendations as to such means as theS
NAV find suitable to improve the eN-
| isfing conditions of the adm1nlstra
| ton Of justice in China, and TO asslst
and further the efforts of the Chlnese
| government to effect such isslsiaenoi ",
and judicial reforms as would warrant
| the several powers in relinqulshlng
| either progressively or otherwise
! their respective right of extraterri-
| toriality:
To BE Named In Three Months.
That the commission herein contem
plated shall be constituted Wlthlr
three months after the adjournment OF
| the conference with detailed arrange
| the governments of the powers above
named. and shall be instructed to sub
NIT its report and recommendations
within one year after the first meet
ing of the commission;
| That each of the powers above
named shall be deemed free to accept
or to reject all or any portion OF the
I Recommendations of the commlsslor
herein contemplated, but that In nc
case shall any of the said powers
make it's acceptance of all or any por-
| tion Of such recommendations either
| directly or indirectly dependent on
the granting by China of any special
| conce ssion, favor. benefit or immunity,
| whether political or economic.
Additional Resolution.-That the
J non-signatory powers, naEing pS
treaty extraterritorial rights in China,
NAV accede to the resolution affecting
extraterritoriality and the admins
tration of justice in China by de-
posting within three months after
the adjournment of the conference a
written notice OF accession WIN tne
government of the United States for
Communication by it to each of the
signatory powers.
Additional Resolution.-That China.
having taken note of the resolutions
affecting the establishment of a COM
mission to investigate ana report
unon extraterritoriality and the ad-
ministration of justice in China. eN-
presses it's satisfaction with the SYM
pathetic disposition of the powers
hereinbefore named in regard to the
aspirations of the Chinese govern
ment to secure the abolition of extra
territoriality from China, and de-
clares it's intention to appoint a rep
resentative who shall have the right
to sit as a member of the said COM
mission, it being understood that
China shall be deemed free to accept
or to reject any, or all of the recon-
menda tions of the commission. Fur
thermore, China is prepared to CO.
operate in the work of this commits
sion and to afford to it every possible
facility for the successful accomplish
ment of its tasks
Mr.. SEE spoke as follows:
Gentlemen: At the session held on
November q the conference declar-
ed that it was the firm intention of
the powers represented to respect the
sovereignty, the independence and
the territorial and administrative in
! tegrity of China. and to provide the
| fullest and most unembarras ssed op-
portunity to China to develop and
maintain for herself an effective and
| stable government.
i Asks Corrected Conditions.
] 1t will have already appeared that,
| in application of these two principles,
China is asking not merely that ex-
| listing treaty or conventional limita-
tions upon the autonomous and un-
embarrassed exercise by her of her
territorial and administrative pow
ers should be removed as rapidly and
as completely as circumstances will
| justify, but that conditions shall be
| corrected which now constitute a
continuing. violation of her rights as
an Independent state. The PROPOSE
ticn that these limitations upon the
| exercise of her sovereign powers
should be progressively removed was
stated in principle No. S, which the
Chinese delegation presented to the
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