Evening star., 1922-01-21

is estimated, would cost about: $500,
900 annually. Younger ofhcera should
be granted one years pay. This
w ould cost $1.200.000
that in any case in which the atten-
ton of the Japanese government had
1 been directed to a mistranslation II
would not be ayerse to calling atten.
ton thereto in connection with the
reference. But, of course. it was not
desired that there should be any un-
necessary Inconvenience. and IN case
that at any time it were found that
there was some error in the publish
cd translation he supposed that an
Immediate correction could be maze.
He saw no reason why the reference
to translations should not be suo1ect
to any correction that might be fouho
necessary.
Answers Second Point.
The second point related to the sec.
ond paragraph Of the resolution. ana
was in substance that the Japanese
government might not be fuilS an
vised of the contracts Of the character
described between their nationals and
1.-THE Chinese government or ltS au
iministrative divisions. ihere @e,e
cnrtaIn qualifications in the resoiu-
| tion itself with respect to the CON
tract to be di disclosed; they were to oe
contracts on which the respective
! governments proposed TO rsiy; tnsy xs
were contracts which. involved tea.
tures in which the governments nau
| sorna interest. or on which they de-
sired to place reliance. Tnat rs 70 sas
| he assumed that they were contracts
which were in accord with some ma
tional policy which it was desired ~
support. ,,,.. that
the list should be as nearly compiste
as might be possible. When ms sas
! rested the substance of the resoiu-
tion on the previous day ne took tue
liberty of saying that 1t was 70 IN
clude contracts either oecwseh one
governments. or in which the gov
/ ernments had an interest. or OF wnlcn
| they had knowledge. OF course. ~
was not intended that government
should be charged with the duty OF
| putting in the list contract 70
did not have an interest, and or wnich
/ it had no knowledge.
! He assumed that in providing the
lisr it would be tantamount TO an
assurance that the governments naA
i made it as complete as possible: rte
did not think there would be found
! anything impracticable in this plan
when carried out with the purpose in
| dicated, namely, to have governments
| in good faith state what they knew
! with regard to contracts of the class
described.
/ Refers to Special interests.
! There was, however. a different sit
uation in connection with the second
| paragraph of article IL; at least. he
| wished to suggest the point to the
sidsred. or course. whssr the, plan
! was adopted. it would be generally
known. Now. what were the con-
tracts to which the second article
applied? They were concessions.
with respect to railway construction.
mining. forestry. navigation, river
lconservancy, harbor works, reclama-
tions, electrical communications. or
other public works or public services,
or for the sale Of arms or munitions,
or which involved either liens upon
any of the public revenues or prop
critics of the Chinese central govern
! ment or of the several provinces, or
! financial obligations on the part of
that government or of the provinces
! exceeding s1.000.000 silver They
/ character described. between the ma
! tionals Of a government on one part
and the Chinese government or any
of its administrative subdivisions on
the other
In other words. from the Chinese
i, was government contract in rela-
tion to these classes Of works Of q,
Very important character. OF course,
with the information that this policy
had been adopted. which could hardly
fail to come to the attention of any
concern seeking a concession or con-
tract of this sort from the Chinese
government or it's political subdivi-
sions. he supposed that 1t might we'll
be understood that the governments
| of the nationals concerned would be
informed. If 1t were to be expected
that they would later dip!omatically
support the undertaking.
Also. as had Just been pointed out
| to him. there was a further point that
should be mentioned: the govern
ment whose nationals were concerned.
! as well as the other governments rep
at once informed by China Of the
| making of the contract. So he felt
/ that. SO far as the future was con-
/ cerned. their japanese colleagues
would not be In any danger Of being
| taken by surprise.
I Weald suopoRt Legal Contracts,
Baron Shidehara said that perhaps
! ne had not made his meaning entirely
; clear. There might be some contracts
of the nature specified in article II
| of which the Japanese government
| had at present no knowledge, but
with regard to which questions might
later arise. II these contracts were
legitimate the Japanese government
would have to support them. Ac-
cording to this article each power
would be required to supply a list
OF these contracts as nearly complete
as possible. The Japanese govern
ment would do everything in its
J power to supply such a list, but II
could not guarantee that this, would
be complete. He also wished to call
attention to the fact that the first
paragraph Of article II specified that
the several powers were to file with
the secretary general Of the confer
" ence. at thei rearliest convenience, for
transmission to the participating
powers list. as nearly complete as
: might be possible, Of all those con-
! tracts between their nationals, etc.
| while the second paragraph Of this
same article did not contain such a
/ limitation,
| Mr.. Balfour said that the two reso-
lutions that the chairman had placed
| before the committee although, of
| course, they were closely allied in
subject matter, really dealt with
different points. All the discussion
| so far, he thought, had taken place
| at the initiative Of the Japanese dele
cation upon the second resolution.
| and nothing had been said upou the
l ArBt. Perhaps II would bo convenient