Interrupted Demareation to be Resumed Shortly M, Leong Vu-koh, of the Sino-British Commission for the denareation of the Yunnan-Burma boundary, left for Yunnan on November 20 by, aeroplane. In April this year, when the rainy season set in, the work of the Commission temporarily "discon-Unued, with only "half the task accomplished. The Boundary Commission is_'composed of five mem: bess—two Chinese, two Britons, and 'a Reutral appointed by the League of Nations, who serves aa chairman and is empowered to settle all dit-utes on an equitable basis.
Mr. Leong explained on Nov. 10] that the work of the Commission is based on the old Treaty and the object is to obtain a logical inter~ pretation thereof; not to abolish the realy. The work is confined investigations on the spot only. The resolutions of the Commission, upon adoption by @ majority vote, merely represent the views of the majority fof the members on certain factual Questions. It is not to be assumed that, once a decision Is rendered, the boundary "immediately is delimited, for the power of delimitation still rests with the two Governments. Future direct negotiations between the Chinese and British Governments, have nothing to do with the immediate work of the Commission. The Feport of the Commission naturally Wil exercise a certain amount Influence, but it cannot restrict the negotiations between the two Gove ernments.
Final demarcation. by the erection of boundary posts, must follow its delimitation. The " power of the Commission does not extend to the Feports last, spring that, ion with the British members, the Chinese "erected boundary" pasts at several places, were absottely The work of the Commission will bbe resumed late in December and should' be concluded before the arrival of the rainy season next spring.
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