And unlike some envoys, MacMurray was convinced tariff autonomy would become az actual ithin the few years specified in that treaty, and advised his government to act' accordingly It is known now that the United States was ready to negotiate a new tariff treaty granting China autonomy long before the treaty was actually, wlopted, and it is believed that Mr. MacMurray lo for this attitude. concluded between a and a major power granting tariff autonomy, were so skilfully arranged that the announcement the treaty came as an entire sur-very happy his relations with, newspaper correspondents, He has heer uniformly cord: and willing to tell in confidence what he could not tell for publication. He has been the most accessible Minister in Peking, ard has trusted the American correspondents -implicitly to respect his confidences. In. the
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