Evening star., 1922-01-06

to adhere thereto.
| abolished was granted in return Tor
] some local economic favor.
Uniform Rate.
"Tn the meantime any increase in
| the rates Of customs duties or surtax
| imposed in pursuance Of the present
| agreement shall be levied at a uni
form rate ad valorem on all frontiers
| land and maritime. ,.
''VII. That the charge for T 9ransi.
| passes shall be at the rate OF "a per
| cent ad valorem except when the ar
| rangements contemplated IN para
graph are in force.
win. That the treaty powers not
here represented shall be invited 10
"IX. That this agreement shau
override all provisions Of treaties ,te,, pc,
| tween China and the powers Wnich
! accept it which are inconsistent win
its terms"
the following communication, which:
II was unanimously agreed. shoula
| form part Of the foregoing agreement
! as an appendix thereto:
] Declaration OF intention .tion not 20 o'o1 ~
turb the present administration Oh
| the Chinese maritime customs.
| .aThe Chinese delegation mas tne
honor to inform the commlttee on the
far eastern questions OF the confer.
| ence on the limitation OF armament
| that the Chinese government have no
| intention to effect any change WnIcA
may disturb the present administra-
tion OF the Chinese maritime GUS
TOMS. .,..
"a the foregoing agreement tncluoes
provisions relating to two distinct
matters. namely:
I1). The Immediate revision Of the
present tariff in accordance with ex-
isting treaties. and Cd other mattels
involving the modification OF existing
treaties,
This report, after consideration by
the full committee. be referred TO the
drafting committee, with view TO
putting the agreement into hnal torm
and separating the PROVISIONS "n,Sn @
those which are dependent on ratifi-
cation by the powers.
'"That completes the main report.
but, In addition to the main report
affecting Chinese customs tarins your
subcommittee realized that one OF the
came before us was not merely an ad-
justment Of the border revenue as to
the powers dealing with China, but
that a matter of supreme importance
was to secure to the Chinese govern
ment suficient revenues to properly
ment, and at the same time your COM
! mittee realized that maintenance In
China of large military forces was a
serious drain on the finances OF China
and materially affected the question
of raising revenue, and at the same m
great principles Of this convention
| looking to the disarmament of nations
and securing the peace Of the world !;
and, therefore, with the consent OF
the Chinese delegation, the other
members of the committee agreed to
the resolution that Will now READ:
Resolution Adopted.
The Chinese delegate not voting.
the following resolution was adopted
January 5, 1922, to be annexed to the
report of the subcommittee on Chi
nese revenue and tariff:
"The members of the subcommittee
in studying the question Of increas-
] ing the customs tariff rates to meet
the urgent needs of the Chinese gov
ernment have been deeply impressed
with the severe drain on China's pub
| lie revenue through the maintenance
Of excessive military forces in vari-
Gus parts Of the country. Most or
these forces are controlled by the
military chiefs of the provinces, and
to be mainly responsible for China's s
present unsettled political conditions.
| It is felt that large and prompt re-
duction of these forces will not only
advance the cause of Chind's polit-
| ical unity and economic development,
ton. Therefore, without any inten-
ton to interfere in the internal prob
lens of China, but animated by the
sincere desire to see China develop
and maintain for herself an effective
| and stable government alike In her
ina nd n UanaFal
| est of trade, and inspired by the spir-
| it of this conference, whose aim Is to
reduce through the limitation of the
armament the enormous disburse-
ments' which 'manifestly constitute
the greater part Of the incumbrance
| ity.' the subcommittee venture to
suEgest for the consideration Of the
committee the advisability of laying
{; before the conference for its adop-
ton q resolution. expressing the
earnest hope Of the conference and
tion to China that Immediate and ef-
fective steps be taken by the Chinese
government to reduce the Aforesaid
military forces and expenditures"
Nov, Mr.. Chairman, that completes
the work Of the committee, and I ask
the adoption OF the report and after
its adoption its reference to the COM
mittee on drafting, to be put in treaty
FORM" g..
| Mr. Zoo. read tho following state
ment:
Mr.. KOo Reads Statement.
"on November 2alast. I had the
honor, on behalf me Chinese dele
CATION, to lay the tariff question Of
China before the committee. Three
PROPOSITIONS were submitted. The
principal one of them was for the
RESTORATION to China Of her tariff au-
tonomy, the other two being intended
merely as provisional measures to
prepare the ground for the early con-
summation Of the main object AT
the intention Of the Chinese govern
ment to effect any change that might
disturb the present Administrations OF
tho chinese maritime customs, though
this statement obviously could not be
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