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Show UTAH SENATOR MAKES PROTEST Chinese and Japanese Ac cept Agreement on Vooflimir CJiirrpfirlpv WASHINGTON, Jan. I. Tiy The Associated Tress ) Under a resolute, resolu-te, n offered today by Senator King. Democrat, Utah, the sensite would cx-pren cx-pren it disapproval of a proposal now beforo the members of the confer-em confer-em M which would rosult. the rMolll- Itlon Bald . In certain powers, Including Includ-ing the L'nlted SUtea. controlling the Chinaaa finances and t.-ixt-s and would .therwlso abridge the political and fiscal fis-cal autonomy of China. The resolu- : Uon wont over under the rules. The resolution would put the senate on record a Mying "that any attempt by other nutlons to control the Internal Inter-nal luxation of tnilna. Is in contra-v. contra-v. ntlOO of nettled pd!cy of the L'nlled States and nn unwarrnnted Interference Interfer-ence with the Independent powers and sovereign rights of the t'hlnese government, gov-ernment, nnd is in violation of inter-national inter-national lav and that international com!t which should cxlxt between free ami Independent states. AGREEMENT ACCEPTED. The text of the agroement reached by the Onine.so and Japanese delegates dele-gates on Saturday, concerning the ur-ri ur-ri nder by Japan of the Klaochow Il i rhold to China, wan formally ac-cepted ac-cepted by the two delegations today wlun the Shantung conversations were resumed. Tho question of all mines along the railroad and In Klaochow was touched upon In today's meeting-, but the discussion dis-cussion was not finished and will bo continued at. a session tomorrow. Ten memberi of the Japanese arms conference delegation will leave to- morrow or Wednesday for Japan, em- I barking at Pan Francisco ol the stenmr Shlnyo Muru. on January 24. Among these returning are Majoi Gen- I eral Otake, who came here from Ku- ' rope to asalat ileneral Tanaka, th chief artio- export for Japanese at the conference, I,)outcnant Colonel Moor-Itta, Moor-Itta, Major Nlsslhara. Professor N'cgl-shl N'cgl-shl of the Toklo Commercial university, univer-sity, who Is one of the advisors to the delegation: Dr. Tacbl, iin advisor to the foreign office on International law . and several secretari V IT Itl l'I V. Si ill awaiting the receipt by the Japanese delegation or Instructions from Tokio which are expected to permit per-mit completion of the naal limitation treaty, the arms conference today turned again to the study of the Far Eastern and Pacific questions The meeting of the Far Eastern committee was called, according to the understanding at tho Chinese delegation delega-tion headquarters for :he purpose of passing on the final draft of the Chl-nose Chl-nose tariff agreement. Tho question of the twenty -ono demands in the opinion of the Chinese would not come up at today's si-.s-.-lon Fnder the tariff agreement which wa put in final form orw Friday at 'a meeting of the Root committee on draft, tho Chinese would he permitted to levy a customs duty of 6 per cent effective in place of nuttonal 3',i per cent which is now received. In addition, addi-tion, tho powers have agreed to permit per-mit a surtax of 2)4 per t ent on necessities, neces-sities, and a 5 per cent surtax on luxuries Australia, lead? the world in tlr awSsl production of wool. ft fl |