LIST OF PAPERS

CHINA

LVII

RESERVATION OF AMERICAN RiGcuHts IN PRorPposED CHANGES FOR CONTROL OF

PILOTAGE AT SHANGHAI—Continued

 

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From the Minister in China (tel.)

From Shanghai, October 14: Request for further clarification
of the Department’s views concerning control of pilotage;
division of opinion among colleagues as to the applicability of
references cited in support of the Department’s views.

To the Minister in China (tel.)
List of treaty citations for study in connection with regula-
tions governing pilots at Shanghai.

From the Minister in China (tel.)

From Shanghai, November 24: Report of meetings of the
Pilotage Board on October 23 and November 10 upon completion
of investigation of conditions of the Shanghai pilotage service; re-
quest for instructions as to the attitude to assume at the next
meeting on December 1, in view of a new proposal for compul-
sory pilotage of vessels of 450 feet.

To the Minister in China (tel.)

Reiteration of the Department’s opinion that the present sys-
tem of the Shanghai pilotage service may not be legally changed
without consent of the interested powers; instructions, however,
for Consul General at Shanghai to cooperate with his colleagues
and make no objection to proposed changes, but reserving rights
of American nationals under existing system.

From the Minister in China (tel.)

From Shanghai, December 5: Information that proposal con-
cerning compulsory pilotage of vessels over 450 feet would dis-
criminate against American ships; intention to propose that
compulsory pilotage, if it is desirable, should apply to all ocean-
going vessels.

From the Consul General at Shanghai (tel.)
Inquiry as to whether compulsory pilotage exists by law in
principal U. 8. ports for merchant vessels.

To the Consul General at Shanghai (tel.)
Advice that under the respective State laws pilotage is required
in principal U.S. ports for all vessels engaged in foreign trade.

To the Minister in China

Further comments in support of the Department’s opinion
that the General Pilotage Regulations of 1868 cannot be revised
by the Chinese Government without the consent of the powers
still possessing extraterritorial rights in China.

From the American Minister in China to the Chinese Acting
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Representations against the unilateral abrogation or modifica-
tion of the pilotage regulations by the Chinese Government;
U.S. willingness, however, to consider any reasonable proposals for
changes in the regulations provided certain safeguards are assured.

From the Minister in China
Information from Shanghai concerning efforts of the Ministry
of the Navy to negotiate through irregular channels the question
of pilotage authority to the exclusion of the Chinese Maritime
Customs, while the same question is under negotiation by the
interested Legations with the Foreign Office and the Ministry of
inance.

 

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