Article Second: The Chinese and English text of this treaty have been carefully compared and verified. In ease of discrepancy meaning the English text shall be held as the authori tive text.
The contracting parties shall ratify this treaty according to the procedure specified in the constitutions of the respective countries at the earliest possible date.
The treaties shall be exchanged and ratified at. Washington.
This treaty is made in English and Chinese and has been signed, sealed by the Plenipotentaries of the contracting parties.
Dated and signed July 25, 1928, 17th year of the Chinese Republic. T. V. Sooxe, J.V. A, MacMurray.
Chinese Enthusiasm, In'Chinese circles, there is considerable enthusiasm over this Treaty, in spite of the fact that it clearly understood that the Treaty hardly changes anything at the present time. It is felt. that Mr. T. V, Soong has succeeded in breaking the ice, if nothing more, and that the United States has recognized the Nanking Government as the de facto Government of China.
This recognition was inevitable, because the United States is placed differently from Great Britain, on account of the MacMurray-Huang settlement of the Nanking incident. As a matter of fact before this recognition was tacitly accorded, the Sino-American Commission to assess damages for the Nanking Incident had been appointed and this Com mission is expected to begin its meetings this week.
The procedure of de facto recogni-ion of Chinese Governments is unusual in diplomatic procedure, because relations are never wholly broken off, even when there is no formal recognition of any ature. Consular authorities throughout China are constantly dealing with local officials as though they de facto Governments. The Peking Government, after the arrest of President 'Tsao Kun, was never recognized as a de' jure Government and, during the past two or three yeats, it has been the universal experience for all Powers to treat with any Chinese who bad effective authority. Examples of this are the Chen-O'Malley Agreement and Mr. Yada's visit to Nanking to discuss the Tsinan settlement with Dr. 'T. Wang. De facto recognition, therefore, does not afford a startling revolution in diplomatic pragedure.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.