Treaties and Extraterritorial Rights Must Go and Settlements]
Be Returned: Memorandum to Kuomintang Conference Nanking, Aug. 10.
In a lengthy memorandum to the Sth Plenary Session on foreiga policy, Messrs. Tan Yen-kai and) Teal Yuan-pei urge the wholesale and unconditional abrogation of all the unequal treaties in order to carry out the principles of the Revwlution and free China from the shackles of foreign imperialism.
The unequal treaties, they have shackled. China for over or political and economic deveorand have greatly handicapped
ment. Among these unequal treaties, the mest oppressive and harmful' stipulations are undoubtedly the one-sided conventional tariff schedule and consular jurisdiction, No International Conference During the past few years, there has been much talk of tari' autonomy and a tariff conference was actually convoked at Peking, but upon one pretext or another, the Imperialists have prevented us from carrying out our object. Des-Fubstantial result has been obtained, ite the lapse of many years, no
Now that the country is bei unified and the principle of tariff autonomy is generally recognized, we should at once publicly declare Tarigl Autonomy and fix the date for its enforcement on January 1, 1929, as the matter is too important to permit of further delay. At the: same time, we should also make to the Powers announ-ingness to conclude tariff treaty with any country upon the principle of equality and mutual respect. But if the Powers attempt to settle the question by means of International Conferences, we shoul eject such proposals for such eonferences only ten to strengthen the grip of the Powers on China, Secondly, Consular jurisdiction should be unconditionally abolished id we must adopt a decisive and uncompromising policy to attain this end. In carrying out our decision, should follow. the precedent and. procedure of Turkey, not the example of Siam.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.