Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30

capital will involve total expenditure
of the equivalent of $4,000, 000..
On May the Duke of York will
dedicate the new Australian Houses OF
Parliament In the new Federal Dis
trict of Canbera, the area Of which Il
900 square miles.
Russia--one hears with satisfaction
that the Office of political commisar
in the Red army has been abolished.
These pleasant people were attached
to military commands to make sure
that there should be no deviation from
the gospel OF Lenin and in particular
to spy on the officers.
Dancing hitherto forbidden to Com
munist youth as immoral is to be per
mitted provided the attempt. nov
Amazing, is successful, namely, tf
devise a dance that shall at once be
interesting and innocent, in contrast
to those Immoral manifestations of
bourgeois .luxury,,s the tango, the
Charleston and the black bottom.
x ** Af sysyts.
China.-C congress is about to debate
the resolution offered on. January by
Representative Porter, chairman OF
the House foreign affairs committee
which ] think i do well to quote In
full:
Resolved by the House of Repre-
sentative the Senate concurring} thai
the President of the United States be
and he hereby is, respectfully request
ed forthwith to enter into negotia
tions with duly accredited agents Of
the republic Of China, authorized tt
speak for the people Of China. with a
view to the, negotiation and the draft
ing OF treaty or of treaties between
the United States OF America and thf
republic of China which shall take the
place Of the treaties now In force be
tween the two countries, which pro
vide for the exercise in China Of
American extraterritorial or jurisdie
tional rights or limit her full au
tonomy with reference to the ievyint
of customs dues or other taxes. or Of
such other treaty provisions as may
be found to be unequal or nonrecipro
cal in character. to the end that hence
forth the treaty relations between the
two countries shall be upon an
equitable and reciprocal basis and will
be such as will in no way offend thu
sovereign dignity of either of tho
PARTIES or place obstacles In the way
of. realization by either of their sew
eral national aspirations, or the main
tenence by them OF their several legiti
mate domestic policies"
Mr.. Porter is, 1t Is understood, foi
our playing a lone hand IN the
Chinese business.
on Wednesday Secretary Kellogg
| issued a very important statement
respecting China.
"The United States" says he, Is
now and has been ever since the 4nego
tiation OF the Washington treaty, pre-
pared to enter into negotiations with
any government of China or delegates
| who can represent or speak for China
not only for the putting into force
of the surtaxes of the washington
treaty, but entirely releasing tariff
control and restoring complete tarlfl
autonomy to China"
AS matter of fact. the Washing
/ ton treaty recognized the principle OF
unqualified Chinese sovereignty anC
| provided for machinery gradually Il
| give full effect to the principle. The
commission on extraterritoriality, in.
stituted pursuant to the treaty, has
recommended immediate notifications
| In respect of the extraterritorial priv
leges enjoyed by the powers and grad
| uai REIMBURSEMENT of those privi
leges pari passu with indicated i'm
provements In Chinese Judicial ar
engagements, Mr.. Kellogg, It would
seem, favors negotiation OF treat,
ernbodying the recommendation Of
the commission. Ii negotiators com
petent to represent all China car
be found. Apparently Mr.. Porter /.
| for negotiating a treaty providing fol
immediate complete remuneration bs
this country Of extraterritorial right.
in China. "a
Mr.. Kellogg's proposal is entirely
within the framework of the Wash
| ington treaty.
The conference on Chinese custom.
convened at Peking pursuant to tn,
Washington treaty reached preiimi
nary agreement contemplating China
| recovery Of complete tariff AUTONOMY
on january A, 1929. on reasonable
conditions (of which the most impor
tant relates to abolition Of the prepos
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