The Peking Government issued formal invitations. They were layed down by her diplomats in the foreign offices of Great Britain, France, Italy, Portugal, Holland, Belgium, Japan and the U. S. They requested the honor of the presence of representatives of those governments in Peking on Oct. 26, at customs conference in accordance with the nine power treaties recently ratified (TIME, Aug. 17). The conference promises to be a milestone in the history of modern China.
The Agenda. The purpose of the conference will be to make new regulations for control of Chinese...
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