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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31ST, 1926.

FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS CHINA

· 1858.

(CONTD.)

HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE..

CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

latest instance of this is the failure.

Powers Misunderstanding.

Dxaxxham SÜTH. “Park of the attempt to alter the tarif of A considerable interchange of Bong Kong Bank āizk20 sek.

DOM

London...£15 kom. His Majesty's Government views has however taken place he

Chartered Bank

om. tween the Foreign Office and the

Mercantile Bank A.&B.£3. DOM. Fattach the greatest importance to delegation in regard to the proceed-

Doy

19 4 the sanctity of treaties, but they ings of the Conference on the sub-

P.&O. Bank

if hay. believe that this principle may best ject of unsecured debts, and it is at Aap bapk do

probable that the misunderstand Canton Insurance........3640 buy. be maintained by a sympathetic ad-ing to which a reference is made China Underwriters

****.1.43 nom. justment of treaty rights to the above, has arisen in consequence of North Chins Lose The. 145 nuña.

the attitude which the Delegation Union Insurance...3290

1990 BOUL. equitable claims of the Chinese.

has been instructed to take on this

Innaraneo Yangtze Protests should be reserved for cases

$45 nom. matter, and which was formally Ohine Fire Insurpuca ...........

$200 buy where there is an attempt at whole stated by the Chief British Delegate Hong Kong Fire La... $15 day. sale repudiation af treaty obliga

at the meeting at the Netherlands Donglas tions or an attack on legitimate and Legation on May 6th. vital interesta of foreigners in. China, and in these cases protests should be made effective by united action of the Powers.

** 15.

Indo-Chinas (Frei.) .......

Kong Taga

(Det.)

gbaya

bay buy.

/ Hou

Dom

Shell Transport Star Ferriak.............$57 Waterbosts. China Sugar

Bel. Malabon Sugars 3d nom. Benguets..

$1.40 num. Kailan Mixing Ad.........38/ Dom Langkat (combined)....... buy.

150. (single) „***

12 noin Sha Explorations .....Tia, denum,."

Thanam.

"The United States Government will no doubt recollect that his Ma- jesty's Government were from the first averse to the imposition on the Hope for United Action, Chinese Government of any scheme His Majesty's Government of consolidation of unsecured debt have consistently carried out the as part of the work of the Tarif obligation to full sad frank con- Conference and that they only sultation imposed on all Powers agreed later and with great reluc- alike by Article of the Nine tance to discuss any such scheme at Power Pact and it has been their the Conference. If the schemes of constant sim-sometimes even when the foreign delegations for con- this involved a sacrifice of their solidating unsecured debt should Shanghai Loane

opinion-ta maintain the postulate too strict "control over Bau olidarity of the Powers. It is in China's Customs revenues (shortly Tronoh Mines pursuance of this aim that his to be increased by tariff autonomy)} Ural Carpisias

Majesty's Government Majesty's Government are now com- his

are E.K. & K." Wharfa, municating to the Powers this state-afraid that a dangerous deadlock H.K. W. Dock. ment of the principle by which they may arise, for discussions on this Hangers believe policy should be guided in subject show that the Chinese,

Now kingáineeringu.. Sbanghar the future. They feel assured that though willing to bind themselves to the Powers will share the anxiety devote a proportion of their re- of his Majesty's Government to act venues to unsecured debt consolida towards Chins in the spirit which tion to be dealt with on the lines of inspired the Washington treaties secured debts, have declined to allow and it is their earnest hope that the the details to be settled by the tariff Powers will agree that the spirit conference and will refuse to sub-

own

1/-bay.

„8/- dom

$115 nom.. $45 sol.

Tia, 170 nome

Tla. 5 buy,

Ads. 171 bay. 39 sel. .....$55 sel.

36.15 buy.

143 102

Books HKUN Hotels Bong Kong

Lands Hong Kong Resitys ELE Territorial Prince's Building.........$99 nom. Hetator Humphreys Bol Lands

GOM.

.

cannot better be fulfilled than by mit to any foreign control for that Boro Cotton 61 ba2‡ sei.'

adopting the policy which is now presented for consideration.

Question of Banking,

or any other purpose over China's Customs revenues..

Foreign Control.

...

14

Amusements

$18 bay.

$5 noni.

$10 Bel

Canton less Cementa (combined)

Da (old) ....39 pou

(*@W).............. nom.

Do

(old)....$13 sel Do. (new)......$91 sal. China Proridants.35 nom Constructions. Lite bay. Dairy Farma............$18. nom. Der A Wingleter 18. bom.. Hong Kong Electric.57 Macko Electrics

.......$33, HK. Beper (old) .:$10 Bal.

Da (22) Lane Crawfords...... Mackintosha...

$5 BOL

now.

Orientala

TK 27 Hanghai Cottons (olu)...Tis. 34 buy.

Do. (now)......Th. 27 buy.. China Buse

11. 9 bay. 16. It seems to his Majesty's

His Majesty's Government after | HK Tramwaya .....

$21+ buy 12 COL Government that the first step to full consideration and prolonged Pear Trama (old) ..$15) bay. wards the carrying of this new consultation with their delegation Dai (107).... $7 nom. policy into effect should be the im- in Peking have come to the con- Singapore Tractiona......15je sel mediate unconditional grant of the clusion that while they are ready Tar Washington surtaxes Lest it be to agree to any reasonable scheme supposed that the grant of surtaxes. for dealing with unsecured debts, may favour one faction at the ax put forward by the Chinese and pense of others and so provide a agreed to by the other Powers, it further incentive to civil war, His would not be right for them to as- Majesty's Government dean it im-sociate themselves with any attempt China Lights (comb.)......815 sel portant to point out that as no con- to force upon the Chinese a greater ditions would be attached to the degree of foreign control of the re- grant, the proceeds of the surtaxes venues for that purpose than they would not necessarily be remitted by are prepared voluntarily to concede, Commissioners of Customs to the A, policy involving an increase of custodian bankers at Shanghai. If foreign control and capable of being would in each case be for the com-regarded as an encroachment on petent, Chinese authorities to decide that sovereignty and independence all questions as to the disposition of Chins which the Powers agreed and banking of these additional re- Fat Washington to respect," is 80 venues. His Majesty's Government fundamentally opposed to the tradi would be glad to learp at the car- tional policy of the United States liest possible moment whether the towards China that his Majesty's Powers agree to the unconditional Government are disposed to believe grant of the Washington surtaxes. that the State Department wili share their anxiety on the subject. It is true that his Majesty's Gavera ment originally desired to exact proper guarantees from China in regard to the abolition of likin as & condition" precedent to the grant of the Washington surtaxes, but they have come to the conclusion, in

altered

circumstances And the changed atmosphere, that to-day. any attempt to insist on guarantees against the will of the Chinese Gov- ernment would only result in post- poning indefinitely the liquidation of the Washington promises. They aré as taxious as the United States Government fully to implement these promises at the earliest pos-

Memorandum of May 28th. Following is the memorandum referred to above:

His Majesty's Government have received through the United States Embassy in London a message from the United States Government en- quiring whether his Majesty's Gov- ernment endorse the attitude ascrib ed to the British Delegation in Peking of desiring to abandon negotiations at Peking and break up the Tariff Conference; and ex- pressing the hope that his Majesty's Government will continue to com operate with the other interested Powers in bringing to a conclusion

the task which began last October. sible moment and believe that it His Majesty's Government de- would be contrary to the intentions sire to assure the United States of both Governments, both at and Government that the report receiv.

subsequent to the Washington Con-

ed by them that the British delega ference to subordinate the fulfil- tion desire to withdraw from thement of these promises to the in- negotiations at Peking appears to position upon China of a scheme.

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"Any failure to implement the ence. It is true that the question has been considered whether at the Washington Treaty might create a present junction it might not be very dangerous situation and his convenient to arrange for a brief Majesty's Government. now, there fore hold the view that if any suspension of the Conference over the summer months. It was realiz reasonable assurances are given by ed however that in the existing the Chinese Government as to the political circumstances the suspen-use which it proposes to make of the sion of the Conference might prove new revenues, the Powers should to be more prolonged than was in accept such assurances, abstain from tended and in order to prevent the any attempt to impose control or possibility of misunderstanding as exact guarantees, and forthwith to the sincerity of the Powers, his authorize the lavy of the surtaxes. Majesty's Government consider it They feel confident that a policy so to be of the greatest importance closely in accord with the friendship that before even such a suspension and generosity always displayed by na above contemplated took place, the United States of America to- there must be, Arstly, a complete wards the people of China will re- liquidation of the promises made at ceive the full and cordial support.

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