104
Sino-British Trade
Committee in Nanking and Sino-British
Trade Councils at important centres.
Settlement of Railway Loan
Defaults.
complaints in the many other countries that he had visited.
He desired that the whole subject should be further
investigated, and it was agreed that there should be a
further discussion at which Sir Alexander Cadogen might
be present.
SIR FREDERICK LEITH-ROSS explained that at Shanghai
and Hankow unofficial Sino-British Trade Councils had been
set up by the local British and Chinese Chambers of Commerce,
so as to give an opportunity for a friendly discussion of
questions of mutual interest between the leading trading
representatives on either side. This development was
greatly to be welcomed.
When it came to action on behalf of trade a good deal more
could often be done in China by private discussion with
the parties concerned than by official representations.
Some other centres had shown no enthusiasm for a similar
plan, and he thought it was no use forcing one on them for
the time being. He had further suggested that an official
Sino-British Trade Committee should be set up at Nanking,
and that this Committee should discuss complaints and
problems referred to it by the Trade Councils. He had
reported that General Chiang Kai-Shek, the Minister of
Finance, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, had
approved this suggestion in principle, subject to
examination of details, and had asked for the submission
of a definite proposal. It has been arranged that the
Commercial Counsellor at Shanghai should submit a
proposal. No further action need be taken until they
knew the result of the proposal to be made by the
Commercial Counsellor.
SIR FREDERICK LEITH-ROSS said that he had dealt in
his report with the question of Railway Loan defaults.
G
8-
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.