Now At to-day's committee-meeting of the Tariff Conference, an attempt }was made to ensure the progress of proceedings on the basis of the proposals made by the British delegation. But Dr. C. T. Ws RIB the Chinese delegate, disquieted the tendency to reverse the recogni= tion of China's Customs autonomy, given by the Powers, put forward 'a proposal that the Powers should a resolution to recognize Customs autonomy unconditionally; for, he declared, China would voluntarily. abolish likin and enforce her specific tariffs. In reply, the British fates stated that they would urge upon their Government to insert in the articles of a new Treaty the purport of the proposition sub mitted by the Chinese delegate—Enstern News Agency.
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