Evening star., 1932-10-03
TEXT OF LEAGUE GROUPS
SINO-JAPANESE REPORT
Lytton Commission Offers Suggestions De-
signed to Help Shape Definite Pro-
posals to Solve Problem.

in the declaration. Nationals Of small
states, as well as of the great powers,
would be eligible.
The appointment Of two foreigners
Of different nationalities to have super
vision of % the constabulary. and (2)
the fiscal administration, would be
made by the chief executive from .
panel submitted by the Council OF the
League These two officials would have
extensive powers during the periods Of
organization and trial Of the new
regime. The powers of the advisers
would be defined in the declaration.
The appointment Of one foreigner as
a general adviser to the central bank
Of the three eastern provinces would
be made by the chief executive from a
panel submitted by the board of direc-
tors Of the Bank for International Set
Elements
The employment Of foreign advisers
and officials is in conformity with the
policy of the founder Of the Chinese
Nationalist party and with that of the
present National government. 1t will
not we hope, be difficult for Chinese
opinion to recognize that the actual
situation and the complexity Of the
foreign interests. rights and influences
in these provinces require special meas
ures in the interests Of peace and good
government. But it cannot be too
strongly emphasized that the presence
Of the foreign advisers and officials
here suggested, including those who
during the period of the organization
of the new regime must exercise ex-
ceptionally wide powers, merely repre-
sentS form of international CO.
operation. They must be selected in
a manner acceptable to the Chinese
government and one which Is consist
ent with the sovereignty of China.
When appointed they must regard
themselves as the servants of the gov
ernment employing them, as has al
ways been the case in the past with
the foreigners employed in the customs
and postal administration or with the
technical organizations of the League
that have collaborated with China. In
this connection the following passage
in the speech of Count Uchida in the
Japanese Diet on August %, 1882, IS
of interest:
Our own government. since the
Meiji restoration, have employed many
foreigners as advisers or as regular OFF,
cialS, their number for instance, in the
year 1875 or thereabout exceeded 500"
A Chinese Civil Service.
The point must also be stressed that
the appointment of relatively large
number Of Japanese advisers in an
atmosphere of Sino-Japanese co-opera-
ton would enable such officials to con-
tribute the training and knowledge
specially suited to local conditions. The
goal to be kept in view throughout the
period of transition is the creation Of
q civil service composed entirely of
Chinese, who will ultimately make the
employment of foreigners unnecessary.
2. The Sino-Japanese treaty dealing
with Japanese interests:
Full discretion would of course, be
left to those who will negotiate the
three suggested treaties between China
and Japan, but it may be useful to in
dicate the matters with which it is
suggested that they should deal.
The treaty dealing with japanese
interests in the three eastern prov
inces and with some japanese interests
in the Province of Jehol would have to
deal principally with certain economic
rights of Japanese nationals and with
railway questions
Aims of the treaty:
The aims of this treaty should be:
/. The free participation Of Japan
in the economic development of Man
churia, which would not carry with 1t
a right to control the country either
economically or politically.
2. The continuance in the Province
| of Jehol Of such rights as japan now
enjoys there.
3. An extension to the whole Of Man
| churia of the right to settle and lease
of the principle Of extraterritoriality.