Important Resolutions Against Concessions to China As She Is At Present 'The American Associated Com bers of Commeres of China concluded their two-days' sessions in Shanghai on Wednesday evening with the following members and delegates in attendanee—Mr. - J. Harold Dollar, president, and' Mtr. V. G. Lyman, vice-president, presiding, Arnold Cady, Hankow; Messrs. F. J. Twogood and J. Fis tore, Peking and Tientsin; Messrs. SR. Brown, N. A. Viloudaki, McCloskey, and J. V. Murray, Shanghai; Mr. D. J. Lewis, seeretary, and J. B. Powell, hon. see. of the local Chamber, also attended. Harbin, though a member of the Association, was not represented, owing. to the unsettled conditions in the: North. Business, being well along, it mattered not, though the subject under discussion was the unsettled that an urgent call was received ordering three members to attend the mobilization of the American Company, S.V.C.
The following items received the attention of the session upon which resolutions were adopted:—
The special tariff conference, extraterritoriality, the disposi of the balance of the American share of the China Boxer Indemity, proposed amendments to the China Trade Act, payment -of claims and overdue obligations of the Chinese Government, disorder in China, '2 recommendation of the method of collecting tonnage dues in Chinese ports, recomniendation for new buildings for the housing of American consulates in China and illegal taxa tion, While discussing the subject of disorder in China concurrently with extraterritoriality, the Chambers voiced their appreciation of the acion of the American Government in the recent action of Congress providing for the construction of. speedy gunboats, designed for the Protection of American, and in-Jeidentally, ther commerce on the [Upper reaches of the Vangtae River, The Conference further declared [that it favoured and recommended that Washington should take steps toward the appointment of delegates to the proposed international conferences—referring to] China—on Special Tariff or the abolition or mitigation of the present status of extraterritoriality, until such a time as there is a strong: and stable Government in Peking, not subject to the whi tifoggeries of the provi chuns. Delegates, citing the pre-}sent disorder throughout the Celestial Republic, were of no uncertain mood in expressing their minds on this subject, and with unanimous mind opposed any relaxation in the firm attitude of the Powers—the military and naval forces of the United States should be Kept up to the standard provided by treaty.
Following the trend of commercial men of the Far East, who have been recommending the' formation of a body, representative of Ameri-Jean commerce in all sections of the Orient, the Conference formally firmed' its support of such an organization to be composed of the 'American Chambers in China, the 'American Merchants' Association of] Japan and the American Chamber. of Commerce of the Philippine Is-nds. A meeting of delegates for purpose is to be held in Manila Other resolutions dealt with the Avsociation's support of the Ameri-jean Governmental interest in direct, wireless communication with China,
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