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II.
In its recommendations, the Commission has up to the present confined itself princi¬
pally to the investigation of the treatment of foreigners and of foreign undertakings,
from the point of view of taxes and dues. In the opinion of the Japanese Delegation,
it is likewise essential that the general commercial and industrial facilities to be granted
to foreigners by the various Members of the League should be taken into consideration,
and that the point as to whether foreigners should enjoy the same treatment as nationals
should be discussed.
III.
In the present recommendations mention is made of “States Members of the League .
This specification “States” occasionally unjustly limits the scope of stipulations which
might give rise, in certain cases, to very delicate problems, hence the Japanese Dele¬
gation ventures to suggest the deletion of the word “State”, leaving only the term
“Member”.
IV.
Following the custom now existing in certain regions, coast navigation sometimes
includes navigation between a country and its distant possessions, divided by the high
seas — a high road common to all humanity. This appears to the Japanese Delegation
to be little in harmony with the general spirit of equitable treatment of international
commerce. The Delegation expresses the hope that the Commission will continue to con¬
sider this question, by getting into touch with the Advisory and Technical Committee
for Communications and Transport for the purpose, and by basing its work in this con¬
nection on the investigations which have been carried out up to the present.
V.
The Japanese Delegation would have been happy to see these questions dealt with
in the report of the Second Committee of the Assembly; owing to lack of time, however,
the delegation confines itself to expressing the firm hope that the Economic and Financial
Commission, lately strengthened by the Council, will when convenient, consider in due
course the question cited above together with the many other questions which will
claim its attention.
With regard to this interesting communication, the Second Committee proposes for your
adoption Resolution No. 8.
The Second Committee unanimously congratulated the different bodies of the Economic
and Financial Organisation, so able presided over by MM. Ador, Brunet and Janssen, as well as
the Secretariat of the Organisation, supervised with such great competence by Sir Arthur Salter.
Hence the Committee has noted with gieat satisfaction the decision of the Council to prolong
until further notice the term of office of the Economic and Financial Commission.
On this subject, the Committee submits Resolution No. n for the approval of the Assembly.