texts which have been duly compared and
found to agree, the French text shall be authoritative in the
interpretation of the Present Agreement.

Done at Kiachta the 7th day of the Sixth Month of the Fourth year of the
Republic of China, corresponding to the Twenty-fifth of May, Seventh of
June, One Thousand Nine Hundred Fifteen.

CHINO-JAPANESE TREATIES AND ANNEXES

COMPLETE ENGLISH TEXT OF THE DOCUMENTS

_The following is an authoritative translation of the two Treaties and
thirteen Notes exchanged between His Excellency the President of the
Republic of China and His Majesty the Emperor of Japan through their
respective plenipotentiaries_:

TREATY RESPECTING THE PROVINCE OF SHANTUNG

His Excellency the President of the Republic of China and His Majesty
the Emperor of Japan, having resolved to conclude a Treaty with a view
to the maintenance of general peace in the Extreme East and the further
strengthening of the relations of friendship and good neighbourhood now
existing between the two nations, have for that purpose named as their
Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:

His Excellency the President of the Republic of China, Lou Tseng-tsiang,
_Chung-ching_, First Class _Chia Ho_ Decoration, Minister of Foreign
Affairs.

And His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, Hioki Eki, _Jushii_, Second Class
of the Imperial Order of the Sacred Treasure, Minister Plenipotentiary,
and Envoy Extraordinary:

Who, after having communicated to each other their full powers and found
them to be in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the
following Articles:--

Article 1. The Chinese Government agrees to give full assent to all
matters upon which the Japanese Government may hereafter agree with the
German Government relating to the disposition of all rights, interests
and concessions which Germany, by virtue of treaties or otherwise,
possesses in relation to the Province of Shantung.

Art. 2. The Chinese Government agrees that as regards the railway to be
built by China herself from Chefoo or Lungkow to connect with the
Kiaochow-Tsinanfu railway, if Germany abandons the privilege of
financing the Chefoo-Weihsien line, China will approach Japanese
capitalists to negotiate for a loan.

Art. 3. The Chinese Government agrees in the interest of trade and for
the residence of foreigners, to open by China herself as soon as
possible certain suitable places in the Province of Shantung as
Commercial Ports.

Art. 4. The prese