The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-04
Complete Text of Chinese
Treaty on Oriental Tariffs

Washington, Feb. 4.-The text of
the Chinese customs treaty follows:
1.-THE United States of America, Belgium,
British empire, China, France, Italy,
Japan, The Netherlands, and Portugal:
with a view to increasing the revenues
of the Chinese government, have resolved
to conclude treaty relating to the re,
vision of the Chinese customs tariff and
cognate matters and to that end have ap-
pointed as their plenipotentiaries
who, having communicated to each
other their full powers, found to be in
good and due form. have agreed as FOL
lows:
Article 1.
THE representatives of the contracting
powers having adopted, on the fourth day
of February, 1922, III the city OF wash
ington a resolution which is appended as
an annex to this article, with respect to
the revision of Chinese customs duties,
for the purpose OF making such c GuI1eS
advalorem. in accordance with existing
treaties concluded by China with other
confirm the said resolution and under
take to accept the tariff rates fixed as
result of such revision The said tarlII
rates shall become effective as soon as
possible, but not earlier than two months
after publication thereof.
Annex.
with a view TO providing additional
revenue to meet the needs of the Chinese
government, the powers representa- at this
conference, namely, the United States of
America Belgium, the British empire,
lands and Portugal, agree:
THAT the customs schedule of duties on
/ imports into China adopted by the tariff
revision commission at Shanghai on De
cember 10. 1918. shall forthwith be re
vised so that the rates OF duty shan pc
equivalent to 5 per cent, effective. as pro
vided for in the several commercial treaties
to which China is party
| "a revision commission shall meet at
| Shanghai at the earliest practicable date to
] effect this revision forthwith and on the
| general lines of the last revision.
| This commission shall be composed of
representatives of the powers above named
and of representatives of any additional
I powers having governments at present
| recognized by the powers represented at
/ this conference and who have treaties with
China providing for a tariff on imports AMI
exports not to exceed per cent advaloren
and who desire to participate therein
| The revision shall proceed as rapidly as
| possible with a view to its completion
| within four months from the date of the
adoption of this resolution by the confer
ence on the limitation of armament and Pa
| cific and Far Eastern questions
| The revised tariff shall become effective
| as soon as possible but not earlier than
i two months after its publication by the re
| vision commission.
| as convener of the present conference, is
! requested forthwith to communicate the
| terms Of this resolution to the governments
| of powers not represented at this confer
| ence but who participated in the revision
of 1918, aforesaid.
Article 2.
| Immediate steps snail be taken. thru
! special conference TO prepare the way fol
the speedy abolition of likin, and for the
fulfillment of the other conditions lait
down in article VIII of the treaty of Sep
| TENDER 5, 1902, between Great Britain an;
China, in articles " and of the treat!
of October s, 1908. between the United
States and China, and in article 1 of tn,
| supplementary treaty of October g. 1905
between Japan and China with view &
levying the surtaxes provided for in thos'
| articles.
1.-The special conference shall be com
posed of representatives of the signatOry
powers and of such other powers as MAY
desire to participate and may adhere t.
the present treaty, in accordance with TIL
! provisions of article WILLIE sufficient TIM
TO allow their representatives to take part
1t shall meet in China within three month";
after the coming into force of the presen
treaty, on day and at place to be desiS
| mated by the Chinese government
Article 8.
| 1.-THE special conference provided for II
article II shall consider the interim pro
visions to be applied prior to the abolition