New-York tribune., 1922-02-05

charges or OF facilities on tho ground
Oh thc nationality OF passengers or tho
countries from which or to which thcv
are proceeding, or the origin or owner
snip OF goods or the country from
""'rn or TO winch they arc consigned,
or the nationality or owncrshin Of the
ship or other means Of convcv;nr s,,,l1
passengers or goods before or after
their transport on the Chinese rail
ways '"''
-, nc contracting powers. other than
Nn''a' assume a corresponding oblica
'lon IN respect Of any of the aforcsa;d ia
always over which they or their ma
tlonals arc in a position to exercise
any control in virtue of any conces-
s'oh' special agreement or otherwise.
1rticIe 6
inc contracting parties. other than
ohlna, agree fully to respect China's
r'ghts as neutral in time of war to
"h'ch emma is net party, and China
occiarcs that when she is neutral shc
VIII observe the obligations of neutral. .
ity.
article Z
nc contracting powers agree that.
Whcnever situation artises which. in
inc opinion of any one of them in
Voives the application of the stiru)a-
,'ons OF the present treaty, and rem
oc1s dcslrabie discussion Of such applj
catlon' there shall be frll and frank
com munlcatlon between the contract :
ing powers concerned,
IrticIc &
"Powcrs not siglatorv to tho nrosen+
treaty, which have governments roc
oSn'zed by the signatory powers and
winch have treaty relations with Chiua
S"aII DC invited to adhere to the nres
cht treaty. To this end the Govern
ment OF the United States wifi mako
inc necessary communications to non
s'gnatoTy powers and will inform The
contracting powers OF the replies re-
eeived, Adherence by any power SHAH
become effective on receipt of notice
thercof by the government Of The
Unite. States.
Article 9
The present treaty shall be Ratified
by the contracting powers in accord :
ancc with their respective constitu
.,onal methods, and shall take effect on
INC datc Of the deposit of all the rati
mcat,ons, which shall take place at
\ washington as soon as possible. The
government of the United States will
transmit to the other contracting DOW
ers certified copy of the process verbal
ol the deposit of ratiticatons.
zoe present treaty, of which the
hnellsr and French texts are both an
'hentlc, shall remain deposited in the
archives Of the government Of thc
United States, and duly certified comics
thereof shall be transmitted bv that
government to the other CONTRACTING
powers.
I'm faith whereof, the above named
p'enIpotentarics have signed the pres.
ent treaty.
Done at the City of Washington. the
sixth day of February, one Thousand
nlnc hundred and twenty two"
"A resolution adopted as a. supple
ment to the treaty follows:
1.-THE United States of America. Bel.
GUM, the British Empire, China
France. Italy, Japan, the Netherlands
and Portugal:
"Deslring to provide a procedure for
dealing with questions that may arise
in connection with the execution of the
provisions of articles and S of the
treaty to be signed at Washington on
February 6, 1922, with reference to
tnclr general poilcV, designed to Stabil-
lze conditions in the Far East, to safe
guard the rights and interests of
China, and to promote intercourse be-
tween China and the other powers
upon the basis Of equality of oppor-
tunity;
Resolved that there shall be cstab-
liohed in China board Of reference
to which any questions arising in con
aforesaid articles may be referred for
vestigation and report.
The special conference provided in
article . Of the treaty to be signed at
Washington on February 6, 1922, with
reference to the Chinese customs
tariff shall formulate for the approval
OF the powers concerned detailed
plan for the constitution of the board ~