Evening star., 1922-01-21

be absorbed by other nations. In my
judgment, they are more likely to abb
serb than to- be absorbed The mere
passive resistance Of that vast nation
of four hundred millions Is powerful
to protect it. Out of the present dis.
nent system of stable government and.
China will take her deserved and well
recognized place among the great
powers of the world.
This cannot be accomplished for China
by any other nation or group OF nations.
External beneficent influences may aid;
but in the end the Chinese people must
work out thefr' own political salvation;
there is abundant reason to believe that
they can and will accomplish this.
I'm the meantime it is the duty of other
nations. and that duty has, been exein-
plified in the work of this conference.
to lend helping. hand wherever that
may be possible to remove hampering-
restrictions as soon as practicable and
to give every assistance and encourage
ment for the political regeneration of
this illustrious people,
Chinese stand Unchanged.
Mr.. koo said that. with reference to
the subject Of the resolution which Sem
ator Underwood had presented to the
committee. the views Of the Chinese
delegation had been stated at previous
meeting. when IT was brought up for
consideration. He and his colleagues
had no new observations to- offer. AS
the chairman of the subcommittee on
Chinese tariff had stated. an amends
ment had been suggested which was
ing the original draft Of the resolution;
this amendment had been suggested by
the Chinese delegation only to meet the
difficulties brought up by one of the
delegations.
with regard to Sir Robert Borden's re-
marks, Mr.. Koo wished to express in
the name of the Chinese delegation
deep appreciation of the spirit anmating
them. Sir Robert BoUlen's serene faith
in the Chinese people and in the future
of China only confirmed the understand
ing of the Chinese delegation of his
familiarity with the sentiments of the
people of China
The chairman then asked the COM
mittee whether, having heard the re-
port of the subcommittee recommend.
ing the adoption Of this resolution
and the clear and admirable state-
nent made by Sir Robert Borden, re-
lating to conditions in China, setting
forth the reasons for the adoption
Of d the resolution 50 they they , were ready to to
said, was in the form which had
been circulated, with the exception of
the first paragraph of the recitals.
and that had been amended to read
as follows:
conference have been deeply Impress
ed with the severe drain on the public
revenue of China through the main
tenance in various parts of the coun-
try of military forces, excessive in
number and controlled by the mill
tary chiefs of the provinces without
coordination"
Resolution Unanimously Adopted.
The resolution. as thus amended,
was unanimously adOpted.
The chairman said that the next
matter that might be considered by
the committee was the resolution.
copies of which had been distributed.
concerning publicity with respect to
matters affecting the political and
other international obligations of
China, and of the several powers in
relation to China. This resolution
visers. and was intended to present.
for the consideration of the commit
tee the matters which were to some
extent discussed at the last meeting.
He then read the proposed resolu-
tion, as follows:
Draft resolution on the tablnS OF
existing commitments.
The powers represented in this con-
ference. considering it desirable that
there should hereafter be full pub
icity with respect to all matters at
fecting the political and other inter-
national obligations Of China and. of
the several powers in relation to
China, are agreed as follows:
l. The several powers will at their
earliest convenience file with the
for transmission to the participating
powers a list Of all treaties. conven-
tions. exchange of notes, or other in
ternational agreements. which they
may have with China. or with
any other power or powers in relation
to China, which they deem to be still
in force and upon which they may de-
sire to rely. In each case. citations
will be given to any official or other
publication in which an authoritative
text of the documents may be found.
In any case in which the document
may not have been published. a copy
of the text Gin its original language
or languages) will be file1 with the
acknowledgement of the conference.
Every treaty or other international
shall hereafter be notified 10 the
powers here represented wi.h.l sixty
(60) days of it's conclusion.
Would List Contracts.
2. The several powers will file with
the secretariat- at-general of the confer
ence at their earliest convenience for
transmission to the participating
powers a list. as nearly complete as
may be possible, of all those contracts
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part. and the Chinese government or
any of its administrative subdivisions,
of the other part, on which their re-
spective governments propose to re-
ly. which involve any concession.
franchise. option or preference with
respect to railway construction, min
ing. forestry, navigation, river con-
servancy, harbor works, reclamation,
electrical communications, or other
public works or public services or for
which involve either a lien upon any
of the public revenues or properties
of the Chinese central government or
of the several provinces. or a: finan-
cial obligation on the part of that
government or Of the province ex-
(peinyang s1,o00,00o). There shall be,
in the case of each document so list
ed. either citation to published
text or copy Of the text itself.
dicated shall hereafter be notified to
sixty (60) days of its conclusion.
Baron Shidehara thought that the
general idea of this resolution would
no doubt be of great value to all con-
matter must also be considered. The
texts of a great many treaties and
other international agreements be-
tween Japan and China were in the
Japanese and Chinese language. They
had been published from time to time
in the Official Gazette Of the japanese
government, but no authentic trans
lation had as yet been made. Mr.. Mac
Murray's book contained trans1ations
Of most of these documents, but these
could not be regarded as authorities
or official. So far as the Japanese
delegation was concerned. therefore,
they could only give citations from
MacMurray or any other compilation