Immediate steps shall be taken, through a Special Conference, prepare the way for the abolition of {iin and Yor the fulflment of the other conditions laid down in Article VIII of the Treaty. of the Sth September, 1902, between Great Britain and China, in Articles IV and V of the Treaty of the Sth October, 1903, between the: United States and China, and in Article I of the Supplementary Treaty of the 8th October, 1903, between Japan and China, with a view to levying the surtaxes provided for in those Articles.
'The Special Conference shall be composed of representatives of the Signatory Powers, and of such thor Powers as' may desire to participate and may adhere to the present Treaty, in accordance with the provisions of Article VIM, in sufficient time to allow their representatives to take part. It shal eet in China within three months after the coming into force of the present Treaty, on a day and at a place to be designated by the Chinese Government.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.