Evening star., 1922-01-19

hira. asssmbassador OF Of japan. In the
light OF these reiterated stateme nts.
which conld hardly be regarded as
ambiguous. the chairman could not
assume that the statement Of prin-
ciples recorded in the resolution be-
ment. He rather regarded II as a
| more definite and precise statement
| Of the principle that had long been
admitted, and to which the powers
concersed had given their unqualified
In saying this. he not wish at
i statement made by IN Shidehara.
\ as the chairman unL ood it-that
| is. in the complete acceptance Of the
| He did not desire to deal with the
question which was discussed. so far
| as he was concerned, yesterday, with
respect to the true construction and
application of article Nv. He wished
simply hi. ye,osgn to sag that "a he believed that
stated a principle which had been
| operative all through the period he
| had named, and had been binding
| upon the governments concerned, and
that It was important that. At this
! time, they should have a reaffirmation
| of that principle statement of it
with increased definitions. and should
devise. so far as might be practicable.
some machinery for giving 1t effective
| application.
Sir Robert Borden said that the
principal dihiculties in connection
with this resolution appeared to have
arisen over the fourth article. He
was of opinion that the powers con-
cer&ed could act with equal effect II
the fourth article We're omitted alto
Sether. Under that article there gould
| be no effective action except with the
consent of the parties concerned. II
the fourth article were omitted 1t
would still be open to the powers. If
! they saw At. to give the like consent
and to utilize for the determination
tion the board of reference TO be es-
tablished under article III.
He offered that as a suggestion
which might help. perhaps. to bring
them to an understanding and con-
clusion.
Opposed 10 Jurists.
There was one other observation
which he would like to make. He
could hardly bring himself to agree
that the board Of reference, when con-
stituted. should be composed of ju-
,, rists. 1t should rather be composed Of
persons having knowledge of eco
nomlc conditions. a knowledge Of the
conditions Of China and the trade Of
China. With all due respect to the
PROFESSION OF which he was humble
member 1t might be passed over with
advantage in this connection and othe-
persons might be selected who cou.c
accomplish the task with perha Js
even higher degree Of knowledge
and capacity than could be- expected
from members OF the bar for such a
purpose.
Mr.. See asked the indulgence of
the COMMITTEES. on behalf Of the Chi
nese delegation, to be permitted to
add one or two words to the discus
sion. Mr.. SEE said he first desired TO
| thank the chairman for his very gear
and well drawn draft resolution. And
for the very lucid explanation which
had accompanied his presentation OF
II. MT. SEE felt equally grateful for
the Illuminating debate which h~d
taken place in the committee in re-
gard to 1t. The fact that the subject of
the open door" had occupied nearly
tee showed that the Importance OF
| this principle had not been diminished
by the passage of years.
He supposed that the committee
would first like to know China's po-
sition in regard to the draft resolu-
tion. In regard to this he thought
he could do nothing better than to
refer to the second OF the proposals
presented by the Chinese delegation
on November 16, namely: China. be-
Ing in full accord with the principle
| of the open door Or equal opportunity
for the commerce and industry of all
| nations having treaty relations with
China is prepared to accept and apply
1t in all parts Of the Chinese republic
| without exception" In this proposal
| the. position of the Chinese delegation
was put very simply and clearly and
he did not believe there was any use
in his taking up the committees time
ef sy it, offering any further explanation
Partly Restricted.
He desired, however, to say one
word in regard to 1.-The open door"
The rendering of that expression into
Chinese. some years ago. had given
rise to some doubt in the minds of
those who only read Chinese. He
| would therefore like to state that
"the open door" did not mean the
opening up of all parts Of China to
foreign trade. commerce and indus
misapprehension in the matter which
had existed in China.
In regard to article Ib, his esteemed
colleague, Baron de Cartier had sug-
gested on the previous day that the
words provincial soyernmennt" be
procedure at present observed in
China by the central government.
with reference to concessions given
by provincial authorities. he stated
would remain the same irrespective
Of which phrase was used, and this
practice was too well known to need
further elucidation.
In regard to article III he wondered
whether 1t would not be better to
eliminate the words 'in principle"
II the committee reached an agree
ment 1t was probable that 1t would
made this as suggestion In the be-
lief that it would make the para
graph more clear.
He had q few minutes be-
fore on the great Importance OF the
principle of "the open door," which
Of the Root resolutions" as follows:
ITO use their influence for the pur-
pose Of effectually establishing and
maintaining the principle of equal
opportunity for the commerce and in
dustry of all nations throughout the
territory of China"
this resolution-which had been ac-
.cepted by all the powers represented
at the table-that the. words "estab-
fishing and maintaining" were used.
His knowledge Of English was lin
tied, but he thought that the two
words had different meanings, to es-
tablish meaning to create and to
maintain meaning to continue in
operation; taken together these two
undertakings could mean nothing else
than the bringing into existence Of a
regime under which the principles Of
the open door could be effectually
applied. 1t therefore seemed that
section " Of the draft resolution could
safely be adopted. Questions In re-
gard to concessions had arisen in the
part and would doubtless arise IN the
future: II questions should arise in
the future it would be better, as the
chairman had remarked. that the ne.