Nanking, May 12, Requesting the presence of Dr. Wang, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Mr. F. Chang, Director of Customs. Administration, the Committee of the Legislative Yuan held extraordinary meeting this morning regarding the conclusion of the provisional Sino-Japanese Tariff Agreement, At the meeting the Committee requested the answer of of Dr. Wang to the following submissions:—
1. That the Minister for Foreign Alfairs failed to consult the Legislative Yuan as regards the signing of the agreement and he should. be blamed accordingly. As to the enforcement of the agree of Article 5, it is in procedure.
2 The provision for the read: justment of China's loans is very ambiguous in its expression which may be interpreted to involve the so-called Nishihara oan, In reply Dr, Wang stated that it was much to be regretted if the agreement left a great deal to be desired in the procedure of signing, the Foreign Minister desired peel naerpay Ppa pees een: restored completely. as soon earnestly to. see tari" autonomy ber of the family of nations. Re- Possible. construction work should now be in swing if we are to make China a strong and wealthy country. But, in order to start reconstruction, domestic loans must first -be raised because money is of the first im-
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