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States Delegation withdrawing it altogether.
I think it right to draw attention to what
took place in Shanghai because I notice that in Mr.
Adee's Circular Instruction of the 1st September
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it is stated after setting out the Resolutions
passed by the Commission that "although no formal
declaration was made it was a matter of discussion
and was recognized by the Commission as a whole that
the foregoing resolutions, however important morally
would fail to satisfy enlightened public opinion
unless by subsequent agreement of the Powers they and
the minor questions involved in them were incorporated
in an international convention".
In my opinion the Government of the United
States have been mis-informed as to the views of the
Shanghai Commission. The United States Delegation
came armed with the draft Resolution(No. 7) to the
Commission. I took every opportunity I could to
ascertain what was thought of it by the other Delega-
tions. I satisfied myself that there was a consensus
of opinion
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except perhaps on the part of the
Chinese and German Delegations which steadfastly
supported all the Resolutions emanating from the
United States adverse to the proposal, which was
not confined to the technical ground of which the
British Delegation availed itself. And of this I am
perfectly sure that the United States Delegation
would not have withdrawn it had there been the
slightest