THE NATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
mental charges adjusted to cover the cost of the service rendered,
and insurers be enabled to obtain from authorized companies in
any state the coverage which their individual necessities require.
(Resolution, Fifteenth Annual Meeting, 1927.)
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
REcoGNITION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA
We regard the foundation of the Republic of China as having
deep international significance and as calling for the sympathy and
cooperation of all civilized nations whose experience in modern
methods of government can aid the Republic of China in meeting
her vast problems of readjustment.
Therefore, The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of
America unanimously commends our Government for having been
prompt to recognize the Provisional Government of China, and
urges early recognition of the Permanent Government now about
to be organized. (Resolution, First Annual Meeting, 1913.)
Economic REsuLTs oF THE WAR AND AMERICAN Business
There should be action to secure conferences among neutral
countries, on the initiative of the United States, for the purpose of
defining and enunciating rules which will at all times give due
protection to life and property upon the high seas.
For the decision of questions which arise between nations and
which can be solved upon the application of established rules or
upon determination of facts the United States should take the
initiative in joining with other nations in establishing an Interna-
tional Court.
For consideration of questions which arise between nations and
which do not depend upon established rules or upon facts which can
be determined by an International Court the United States should
take the initiative in joining with other nations in establishing a
Council of Conciliation.
The United States should take the initiative in joining with
other nations in agreeing to bring concerted economic pressure to
bear upon any nation or nations which resort to military measures
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