Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-12-15
TREATY WITH JAPAN.
Main Points in the Instrument Now Awaie-
ing Ratification.

ing Ratification.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-The new
treaty between the United States and
japan was signed by Secretary Gres-
ham and Schinichiro Kurino, the
japanese minister, November -, and
was transmitted to the senate for
ratification and referred to the COM
mittee on foreign affairs December 6.
President Cleveland in transmitting
the treaty makes no comments Sec
retary Gresham's note to the president
is of the same character. A synopsis
is as follows:
The citizens ard subjects OF each Of the two
high contracting parties shall have full liber-
ties to travel or reside in any part of the terri
tories of either contracting parties and shall
enjoy full and perfect protection for their per-
sons and property. They shall have free
cess to the courts of Justice In pur-
suit and defense of their rights. They
shall enjoy in the territories of the
other the same privileges, liberties and
rights, and shall be subject to no higher i'm
posts or charges in these respects than native
citizens or subjects or citizens or subjects OF
the most favored nation. They shall en-
JOY in the territories OF the other en-
tire liberty OF conscience and. subject to
the laws ordinances and regulations,
shall enjoy the right OF private or public exer-
else of their worship, ana also the right of
burying their respective countrymen accord
Ing to their religious customs in such suitable
and convenient places may be established
and maintained for that purpose
The citizens or subjects OF either of the con-
tracing parties residing in the territories OF
the other shall be exempted from all COM
pulsory military service whatsoever, whether
In the army, navy, national guards or militia,
and from all forced loans or military exnctions
or contributions.
There shall be reciprocal freedom of COM
merce and navigation between the territories
OF the two high contracting parties. They,
shall have liberty freely to come with their
ships and cargoes to all places, ports and riv-
ers in the territory of the other, which are or
may be open to foreign commerce, and shall
enjoy, respectively, the same treatment in
matters of commerce and navigation as native
citizens or subjects of the most favored nation.
No other or higher duties shall be imposed
on importations into the territory of the
United States of any article the produce or
manufacture Of the territory of his majesty
the emperor Of Japan, from whatever
place arriving, and no other or higher
duties shall be imposed on the importa-
tions into the territories OF his majesty
the emperor Of Japan Of any article. the pro-
duce or manufacture of the territories of the
United States, from whatever place arriv-
ing, than on the like articles produced or
manufactured in any foreign country; nor
shall any prohibition be maintained or i'm
posed on the importations OF any article No
other or higher duties or charges shall be i'm
posed in the territories of either of the high
contracting parties on the expectation of any
article to the territories OF the other than
such as are, or may be, payable on the ex-
portation OF the like article to any other for
eign country.
The coasting trade of both the high con-
tracting parties is excepted from the provis-
! ions of the present treaty and shall be regu-
lated according to the laws. ordinances and
! regulations OF the United States and Japanese
| governments respectively.
Any ship OF war or merchant vessel Of either
of the high contracting parties which may be
compelled by stress OF weather or by reason OF
any other distress to take shelter in port OF the
other shall be at liberty to retit therein to pro-
cure all necessary supplies: and to put to sea
again without paying any dues other than such
| rs would be payable by national vessels. In
| case, however, the master of a merchant ves-
| nel should be under the necessity of disposing
| of part of his cargo in order to defruy ex-
| penses, he shall be bound TO conform to the
regulations and tariffs of the place to which he
may come.
The citizens or subjects of each OF the high
| contracting parties shall enjoy in the terri
| tories of the other the same projection ma
tive citizens or subjects in regard to patents
trade marks and designs upon the fulillment
of the formalites prescribed by law.
lElS UTeGJy SHall, lTOul tut udIe III COHeS lUUC
force, be substituted in place of the foul
treaties OF peace an amity previously con
cluded, and shall go into operation July
H. 1899, and shall remain in force
for the period of twelve years from thai
date Either high contracting party
shall have the right at any time after clever
years shall have elapsed from the date it goe:
into operation to give notice to the other of it.
intention to terminate the same, and ut tn,
expiration Of twelve months after such notice
is given this treaty shall wholly cease and de-
termine.
The protocol of the treaty provides that th,
import tariff now in operation in Japan in re
spect of goods and merchandise imported intC
Japan by citizens or the United States shall
cease to be binding From the same dat,
the general statutory law of Japal
shall. subject to previous conventions, be ap
plicable to goods and merchandise being tn,
growth. produce manufacture of the terri
tories of the United States upon importation
into Japan But nothing contained in thi
protocol shall be held to limit qualify tn,
right of the Japanese government to restric
or prohibit the Importation of any article
which for sanitary reasons or in view of public