New Orleans Republican., 1871-08-05


pire. signed at Tientsin, the eighteenth day
of June. eighteen hundred and ffty-eight,
were concluded and signed by their pieni-
potentiaries at Washington, on the twenty
eighth day of July, eighteen hundred and
4 sixty-eight which additional articles are,
| word for word, as follows:
Additional Articles to the Treaty Between
the United States Of America and the
Ta-Tsing Empire of the eighteenth of
June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight.
WHEREAS, Since the conclusion of the
| treaty between the United States of Amer
| lea and the Ta-Tsing Empire (China) of the
have arisen showing the necessity of addi-
/ tional articles thereto, the President of the
| United States and the august sovereign of
| the Ta-Tsing Empire have named for their
plenipotentiaries, to wit: the President of
the United States of America, William H.
Seward, Secretary of State; and his Majesty
| the Emperor of China, AnsOn Burlingame
accredited as his Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary, and Chih-Kang
and Sun Chia-ku, of the second Chinese
rank, associated high ENJOYS and ministers
| of his said Majesty; and the said plenipo-
tentiaries, after having exchanged their
full powers, found to be in due and proper
form, have agreed upon the following arti-
| cles:
ARTICLE I. His Majesty the Emperor of
| China, being of thespinion that in making
| concessions to the citizens or subjects of
| foreign powers of the privilege of residing
| on certain tracts of land, or resorting to
certain waters of that empire for pur-
| poses of trade, he has by no means relin-
| quished his right of eminent domain or
| dominion over the said land and waters,
hereby agrees that no such concession or
| grant shall be construed to give to any
| power or party which may be at war
| with or hostile to the United States the right
| to attack the citizens of the United States
or their property within the said lands or
I waters. And the United States, for them
selves, hereby agree to abstain from often
sively attacking the citizens or subjects of
any power or party or their property with
which they may be at war on any such tract
l of land or waters of the said empire But
| nothing in this article shall be construed to
| prevent the United States from resisting an
attack by any hostile power or party upon
their citizens or their property. 1t is further
agreed that if any right or interest in any
| tract OF land in China has been or shall
| hereafter be granted by the government of
China to the United States or their citizens
for purposes of trade or commerce, that
| grant shall in no event be construed to di-
vest the Chinese authorities of their right
| of jurisdiction over persons and property
| within said tract of land, except so far as
/
| quished by treaty.
ARTICLE II. The United States Of America
and his Majesty the Emperor of China, be-
| lieving that the safety and prosperity of
commerce will thereby best be promoted
| agree that any privilege or immunity in re-
| spect to trade or navigation within the Chi
nese dominions which may not have been
stipulated for by treaty, shall be subjectto
! the discretion of the Chinese government,
and may be regulated by it accordingly,
but not in a manner or spirit Incompatible
| with the treaty stipulations of the parties
ARTICLE HI. The Emperor of China
shall have the right to appoint consuls at
ports OF the United States, who shall enjoy
the same privileges and immunities as those
which are enjoyed by public law. and treaty
in the United States by the consuls of Great
| Britain and Russia, or either of them.
ARTICLE ". The twenty-ninth article of
the treaty of the eighteenth of June, eight
cen hundred and fifty-eight, having 'stipu-
lated for the exemption of Christian citi-
zens of the United States and Chinese con-
verts from persecution in China on account
of their faith. it is further agreed that citi-
| zens of the United States in China, of every
religious persuasion, and Chinese subjects
| in United States shall enjoy entire liberty of
conscience, and shall be exempt from all
disability or persecution on account of their
religious faith or worship in either country.
| Cemeteries for sepulture of the dead, of
whatever nativity or nationality, shall be
| held in respect and free from disturbance
or proclamation.
ARTICLE V. The United States of America
and the Emperor of China cordially recog
nize the inherent and inalienable right of
man TO change his home and allegiance, and
also the mutual advantage of the free mi
| grafton and emigration of their citizens and
| subjects, respectively, from one country to
| the other, for purposes of curiosity, of
| trade, or as permanent residents. The
| high contracting parties. therefore. join in
| reprobating any other than an entirely vol
untary emigration for these purposes. They
| consequently agree to pass laws making it a
| penal otfense for citizen of the United
States or Chinese subjects to take Chinese
| subjects either to the United States or to
any other foreign country, or for a Chinese
subject or citizen of the United States to
take citizens of the United States to China
or any other foreign country, without their
free and voluntary consent respectively.
ARTICLE VI. Citizens of the United
! States, visiting or residing in China, shall
! enjoy the same privileges, immunities or
| exemptions in respect to travel or residence
| as may there be enjoyed by the citizens or
| subjects of the most favored nation. And,
reciprocally, Chinese subjects, visiting or
| residing in the United States, shall enjoy
| lne SAME pIlNHegtS, lIluluIllltS anu cA6Llp-
tons in respect to travel or residence, as
may there be. enjoyed by the citizens or
| subjects of the most favored nation. But
nothing herein contained shall be held to
confer naturalization upon citizens of the
| United States in China, nor upon the sub
| jects of China in the United States.
ARTICLE VII. Citizens of the United
States shall enjoy all the privileges of the
public educational institutions under the
| control of the government of China, and,
reciprocally, Chinese subjects shall enjoy
all the privileges of the public educational
institutions under the control of the gov
ernment of the United States, which are en-
| joyed in the respective countries by the citi-
| zens or subjects of the most favored nation.
| The citizens of the United States may freely
establish and maintain schools within the
Empire of China at those places where for
eigners are by treaty permitted to reside,
and, reciprocally, Chinese subjects may en-
| Joy the same privileges and immunities in
| the United States. -,
ARTICLE VIII. The United States, always
| disclaiming and discoura ging all practices
| of unnecessary dictation and intervention
by one nation in the affairs or domestic ad-
| ministratiOn of another, do hereby freely
disclaim and disavow any intention or
right to intervene in the domestic
administration of China in regard to
| the construction of railroads, telegraphs,
or other material internal improvements.
| On the other hand, his Majesty, the EN-
peror of China reserves to himself the right
| to decide the time and manner and circum-
! stances of introducing such improvements
! within his dominions. With this mutual
| understanding it is agreed by the contract
| ing parties that if at any time hereafter
his imperial Majesty shall determine to con-