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should be embodied in four separate
instruments:
/. A declaration by the government
of China constituting a special admins
tration for the three eastern provinces,
in the terms recommended by the ad-
visory conference.
2. A Sino- Japanese treaty dealing
with Japanese interests
g. Sino-Japanese treaty of con-
Citation and arbitration. non aggression
and mutual assistance
A. A Sino Japanese commercial
treaty.
1t is suggested that. before the meet
ing of the advisory conference, the
broad outlines of the form of admins
tration to be considered by that body
should be agreed upon between the
parties, with the assistance Of the coun-
Gil Among the matters to be con-
sidered at that stage are the following:
The place of meeting of the advisory
conference, the nature of the repre-
sentation, and whether or not neutral
observers are desired.
The principle Of the maintenance of
the territorial and administrative in
tegrity of China and the grant of a
large measure of autonomy to Man
churia;
The policy Of creating a special
gendarmerie as the sole method of
maintaining internal order.
The principle of settling the various
matters in dispute by means of the
separate treaties suggested
The grant of an amnesty to all those
who have taken part in the recent
political developments of Manchuria.
When once these broad principles
have been agreed upon beforehand. the
fullest possible discretion as regards
the details would be left to the repre-
sentatives of the parties at the ad-
Nsory conference or when negotiating
the treaties Further reference to the
Council of the League Of Nations would
only take place in the event of failure
10 agree.
Advantages Claimed.
Advantages claimed for the pro-
cedure:
Among the advantages of this pro-
cedure, it is claimed that, while it is
consistent with the sovereignty of
China, it will enable effective and prac-
tical measures to be taken to meet the
situation in Manchuria as it exists today,
and at the same time allow for such mod
ifications hereafter as the changes IN the
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rant Notice, for instance, has been
taken in this report of certain admins
trative and fiscal changes which have
either been proposed or actually car
ried out in Manchuria recently, such
as the reorganization of provincial
governments, the creation of central
bank, the employment of foreign ad-
yiSerS. These features might be with
advantage retained by the advisory
conference. The presence at the con-
ference of representatives of the in
habitantS of Manchuria, selected in
some such way as we have suggested.
should also facilitate the passage from
the present to the new regime.
the autonomous regime contemplated
for Manchuria is intended to apply to
the three provinces of Liaoning (Feng-
item, ISirin and Heilungkiang only.
in the province of Jehol Eastern Inner
Mongolia) would be dealt with in the
treaty ON the subject of Japanese in
terests.
The four instruments can now be
considered seriatim
/. The declaration:
The final proposals of the advisory
conference would be submitted to the
Chinese government, and the Chinese
government would embody them in a
declaration which would be transmitted
to the League of Nations and to the
signatory powers of the nine-poWer
treaty. The members of the League
and the signatory powers of the nine
power treaty would take note Of this
declaration, which would be stated to
have for the Chinese government the
binding character of an international
engagement.
The conditions under which subse-
quent revision of the declaration, if
required, might take place would be
laid down in the declaration itself as
agreed to in accordance with the pro-
cedure suggested here above.
The declaration would distinguish
between the powers of the central
government of China in the three east
ern provinces and those of the au-
tonomous local government
Powers to be reserved to the central
government:
1t is suggested that the powers to be
reserved to the central government
should be the following:
l. The control Of general treaty and
foreign relations not otherwise pro-
vided for; it being understood that the
central government would not enter
into any international engagements in
consistent with the terms of the dec
laration.
2. The control Of the customs, the
possibly Of the administration of the
stamp duty and the tobacco and wine
taxes. The equitable division, between
the central government and the three
eastern provinces, Of the net income
from these revenues would be determ-
ined by the Advisory Conference.
8. The power of appointment, as least
in the first instance, Of the chief ex-
ecutive Of the government Of the three
eastern provinces In accordance with
the procedure to be laid down in the
declaration. Vacancies would be f1lled
in the same way, or by some system OF
selection In the three eastern provinces,
to be agreed upon by the Advisory Con-
ference and inserted in the declaration:
4. The power of issuing to the CHIEF
executive Of the three eastern provinces
such instructions as might be neces-
sary to insure the carrying out Of the
international engagements entered into
by the central government OF China
In matters under the administration OF
the autonomous government Of Ine
three eastern provinces.
S. Any additional powers agreed
upon by the conference.
Local Government Powers.
Powers Of the local government:
All other powers would be vested IN
the autonomous government OF the
three eastern provinces.
Expression of local opinion:
Some practical system might be de-
vised to secure an expression OF the
oninion of the people on the policy OF
the government, possibly through the
traditional agency of the chambers Of
commerce, guilds and other civil organ
izations.
Minorities:
Some provision should also be made
to safeguard the interests of White
Russians and other n,inorities