Evening star., 1922-01-25

| uon presented by the subcommittee
! on Chinese revenue, over which his
friend. Senator Underwood, had pre-
He wished to remind the committee
| that the Importation into China OF
arms and material for their manu-
facture (even of arms and munitions
for the purposes mentioned by Baron
i de Cartier) was not permitted except
under license of the Chinese govern
| rnent. The Chinese government and
| the Chinese people hoped for internal
| tranquility In China at an early date
and return to strong and united
positive, the genius Of the Chinese
people and their experience of 1000
years made them capable of evolving.
In closing his remarks, Mr.. SEE
again expressed the hope that as
| the resolution was correct.
Aid to China Sole Motive.
| Mr.. Balfour said: "My Chinese COL
| league has made an appeal to me as
/ to whether the motive underlying this
resolution is that Of aiding China to
! obtain for herself-and in no other
way can it be obtained-a strong and
stable government.
II can assure him that, SO far as
the British empire delegation is con-
cerned, that is our motive and our
sole motive. Nor is there anything
new in the general policy expressed
Nay sn. lsi s doyen of 5af the eash dplo
| matte body at Peking made the fol-
lowing notification to the Chinese
government-which is almost exactly
in the terms of the first paragraph
of this resolution. 1t ran as follows:
The governments Of Great Britain.
Portugal, the United States. Russia.
Brazil, France and Japan have
agreed effectively to restrain their
subjects and citizens from exporting
to or importing into China arms and
munitions of war and material des-
tined exclusively for their manu-
facture until the establishment of a
government whose authority is rec
ognized throughout the whole coun-
try. and also to prohibit, during the
above period, delivery of arms and
munitions for which contracts have
already. been made but not executed.
The general motive underlying the
resolution which Is now before us
was, therefore, most clearly ex-
pressed two years ago. In that mo-
tive there is no change. There have
cry and of wording. but the general
policy is now what it was. and it is
designed and devised purely in the
| interest of China herself.
Senator Schanzer said: I'm the name
of the italian delegation I can only
! resolution presented by Mr.. Balfour.
but we are not ready today to act
upon it. The Italian government has
signed the convention of Ste. Germain
+, and is ready to bring 1t before the
Italian parliament for ratification.
Nevertheless. l am not at the present
time able to state whether the Italian
government. in the absence of an m
irrational agreement approved BY
the Italian parliament. is allowed by
the actual legislation to impose the
necessary restrictions on this COM
merce. For this reason we must ask
our government for instructions be-
fore we can accept the formal engage
ments which the resolution implies"
Italy's Previous Action.
Mr.. Balfour said: May I call the at
tention Of my Italian colleague. Mr..
Schanzer, to the fact that Italy ac-
ceded to the resolution which just
read out: that is to say, the resolu-
! tion Of May S. 1919. with a reserva-
tion which I will now read:
Italy also acceded. but with the
| important reservation that all con-
tracts already concluded by Italians.
| all the powers had signifed their as
sent to the resolution, should be ex-
cluded.'
"That was two years ago. and I
suppose that state of things may be
regarded as having come to an end
special value for the Italian govern
ment. On the broad question / un-
| derstand that the Italian government
have already given their consent"
! senator Schanzer said that ne
thanked Mr., Balfour for his explana-
tion, which confirmed the suitability
| of his own declarations. The reser-
vations which Mr.. Balfour had just
read must, however. also be exam
ined from the point of view of their
with the proposed resolution For
this reason the Italian delegation
must ask instructions from the
Italian government. ..
Mr.. Lodge said: "Mr. Chairman,
we have a law in the United States,
which has been on the statute books
for some time, which gives special
power to the President to stop, IN
his discretion. all export OF arms TO
any American country. That statute
has been amended by incluolns
china-that is. we give to the Presio
dent the power, in his discretion, to
stop shipments of arms or munitions
of war to China. This bill. which
was q Senate bill. contained an
amendment to that effect, which
Concur in the amendments Of the
House last week, and take II that
the BILL has now been signed and
has become a law.
Lodge Urges Adoption.
"I mention this because the United
States already gives tho President
the power which Is asked for in
these resolutions, which are, think.
very wise and should be adopted"
1onkheer Beelaerts Van Blokland
said that, while heartily indorsing
| the spirit underlying the resolution:
he must express doubt as to the legal al
aspect Of this matter IN relation to
the laws Of Holland. The resolution
had rather Unexpectedly been laid
before the committee and there had
heen no opportunity for the other
delegations to study the subject. he
was, therefore. unaware OF the atti.
understand whether or not his gov
eminent was q party to the resolu-
t;on presented by the dean Of the
dipIon1atic body at Peking.
Nj. Balfour begged to interrupt MI.
Raefaerts to say that he had read tho
iist Of countries which were repre-
sented and that he might have ADDED
that the Netherlands, Denmark and
Pair,unn subsequently adhered to this
arrangement. Therefore subsequent
, ly, thought not at the time, the Meth
eriands did agree to the resolution: H..
from the further Information ad-
vanced by Mr.. Balfour It was clear to
hirn that the Netherlands minister at
Pek,ng did not at the time feel au-
thorized to adhere to the resolution
u,fthout referring the matter to The
Ha1,,e. Jonkheer Beelaerts thought
- woi1id also be necessary for him to
consult his government before acting
upon the proposal.
Cnntinuing, he drew attention to q
dfffsrenoe In wording between the
Pe5Sinr resolution, referring both to
ASnsrto<fen from the various coun.