Nebraska advertiser., 1867-03-28
TREATY
Coa4eusion between che Baitod STATES and TIE En-
pire ef Japno; Concluded October 22,1s64; Pro-
claimed April Q, 1865 ArU
By the President Of the United States Of America.

lCOa7susion between The United States and tie Eu
pire Of Japno; Concluded October 22,1864s Pro-
| claimed April Q, 1855. Agak~U
By the President Of the United States OF America
APR0CLAMATI0N.
Whereas a. Convention between the United
Estates of America ane the Empire Of Japan, for
Great Britain, France, and Holland, providing for
the payment to, said gOyetnnentf the sum Of 3d.
loco, 900 for indemnities and exeneses, was cOnelu-
ded andsigned by their respective plenipOtentia
ries. on the % day Of October, 1854, which Con-
F~entiou being in the English, Dutch and Japa-
nese, languages is word for word as follows
CONVENTION.
The Representatives Of the United States Of
America, Great Britain, France, and the Neither
lands. In Wow Of the hostile acts OF Aori Daizen-
prince of Nagato and SuWo, which were assuming
such formidable proportions as to make 1t dl1ieYlt
for the Tycoon faithfully to observe the treaties,
having been obliged to send their combined forces
10 the Straits Of SimouOseki in order to DESTROY
the battaries erected by that drimio for the des-
truction Of foreign vessels and the stOppage of
trade; and the g~overnmsnt Of the Tycoon on whom
devolTed the dnty Of ehastising this rebellious
prince, being held responsible for any damage re-
sulting to the interests of treaty powers, as well
az the expenses occasicned by the expedition.
The Undersigned representatives Of treaty pow :
ers, and Sakai ,Hida. no kamis a member Of his
second council INVESTED with plenipotentiary pow
Lers by the Tycoon Of Japan, animated with the de-
sire to put an end to ali reclamrtions concerning
the ACTS OF aggression ana 0Olllilby COullLICu DJ
the said Mori Daizen since the first Of the acts, in
Jue, 1858 against the flags Of divers treaty pow
eTs, and a. the same time to regulate dShnltlVely
the question Of indemnities Of war Of whatever
kind, in respect te the aliied expedition TO Simon-
oseki, have agreedand determined upon the four
TTtieieS following
l. Tho AMOUNT payable to the four powers is
liked AT 3 Oe0 600 of dOllars. This sum TO include
all claims Of whatever nature, Tor past aggreS slens
on the pas Of Nagato, whether lndemnltles, ran
c0On for SfrnangpE n pXnpneeS GOlale0 by the
operation Of the allied sqaadrOns.
III. The whole sum TO be payable quarterly In
;nstallments Of one sixth, or half q million dollars,
to begin from the date when the representatives OF
said powers shall sake known to the Tyeoons gov
erRme1t the ratification Of this Convention and
the instructions Of their respective g0Vsramsnti.
III. Inasmueh as the receipt of money has new
er been the object of said powers, but the estab-
lishmen Of better relations with japan, and tho
desire to place these on a more satist1etOry sand
mutually advantageous footing is still the leading
Obje0ti in view therefor, if his Majesty the Iy-
coon wishes to offer in lieu of payment OF the sum
claimed and as a material compensation for loss
andin&ury sustained, the opsning o. Simonosekl
or some other eligible port in the Island sea, it
shall be at the option Of the said foreign govern
ments to accept the same, or insist on the payment
Of the indemnify in money, under the conditions
above stipulated.
~. This Convention to be { ornally ratified by
the Tycoon's government within fifteen days from
the date thereof.
ln.token Of which the representative pIoni POI
t~entiaries have signed and sealed this Convention
In quin duplicate, with English Dutch, and Japan
csc versions, whereof the English shall be consid-
eredthe original. ~
Done at Yokohama, this 22Dd day of October,
1864, corresponding to the 22d day Of the nineth
month Of the first year of Gengi.
ROBERT II. PRUYE,
u mister ResidInt0f the United States in japan .
RUTHERFORD ALCOCK,
BIB. Ms Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary In Japan.
LEON ROCKIES.
MinistFe Plenipotentiarie De s. II. L'Empereur
u des Francis au Japan
q Ode GRAEFF VAN P0LSBROEK,
Il. n. Ms Consu l-general and Political Agent
in Japan.
(Signed Il of Sakai Hida nc Karni.)
And whereas the said Convention has been du ly
ratified on both parts
Now, therefore, be it known that / Andrew
johnson. President If the United Sta ties of Am
erica, have caused the said Convention to be made
public to the end that the same and every clause
and article thrreof may be observed and FULFILLED
with good faith by the United States and the citi-
zens thereof
In witness whereof, have bereuuto set my hand
aad caused the seal of the United States to be af-
fixed.
Done at the city of Washin6tou this ninth day
April, in the year Of cur Lord enc thousand eight
hundred and ~sixty-six and Of the Independence of
the United Seates of Ameriss tha 10Th
y. ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
WILLIAM H. SEwARD, Secretary of State.