Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-17
TERMS Of PEACE
TREATY KNOWN
JAPAN'S INTEREST IN KOREA
PARAMOUNT
Both to EVacuate ManchurIa, Except
as Lao Tung Lease Provides.
MIkado Retains Port
Arthur

of Japan or Russian troops, with thu
exception of the territory above NEIL
toned.
The imperial government of Russie
declare that they have not in Mali
churia any territorial advantage or pre-.
ferential or exclusive concessions In
the impairment of Chinese sovereignty
or inconsistent with the priciple OF
equal opportunity.
Article 4.-Japan and Russia recip-
rocally engage not to obstruct any gen
eral measures common to all countries
which China may take for the deVel-
opment of the commerce or industry of
Manchuria.
Article 5.-The imperial Russian gov
ernment transfers and assigns to the
imperial government of Japan, with the
consent of the government of China,
the lease of Port Arthur, Talien and
the adjacent territory and territorial
waters and all rights, privileges and
concessions connected with or forming
part of such lease, and they also trans
fer and assign to the imperial govern
ment of Japan all public works and
properties in the territory affected by
the above mentioned lease.
The two contracting parties mutually
engage to obtain the consent of the
Chinese government mentioned in the
foregoing SIlpuldIlOn.
The imperial government of japan
on their part undertake that the pro-
prietary rights of Russian subjects in
the territory above referred to shall
be perfectly respected.
Transfer of Railway
Article 6.-The imperial Russian gov
ernment engages to transfer and assign
to the imperial government of Japan
without compensation and with the con-
sent OF the Chinese government the
railway between Chang Chun Flu and
Kuan Chang Tsu and Port Arthur, and
all the branches, together with all the
rights, privileges and properties ap-
pertaining thereto in that region, as
we'll as all the coal mines in said
region belonging to or worked for the
benefit of the railway. The two high
contracting parties mutually engage to
obtain the consent of the government
of China mentioned in the foregoing
stipulation.
Article Japan and Russia engage
to exploit their respective railways in
Manchuria exclusively for commercial
and industrial purposes, and in no wise
for strategic purposes. 1t is UNDER
stood that this restriction does not
apply to the railways In the territory
affected by the lease Of the Lao Tung
peninsula.
Article 8.-The imperial governments
of Japan and Russia with the view to
promote and facilitate intercourse and
traffic will as soon as possible con-
clude a separate convention for the
regulation of their connecting railway
services in Manchuria.
Article 9.-The imperial Russian gov
ernment cedes to the imperial govern
ment of Japan in perpetuity and full
sovereignty the southern portion of the
island of Sakhalin and all the islands
adjacent thereto, and the public works
and properties thereon. The fiftieth
degree of north latitude is adopted as
the northern boundary of the ceded
territory. The exact alignment of such |
territory shall be determined in con-
nection with the provisions in addi- |
tional article II annexed to this treaty. |
Japan and Russia mutually agree not |
to construct in their respective pos
sessions on the island of Sakhalin or
the adjacent islands any fortifications
or other similar military works. They
also severally engage not to take any
military measures which may impede
the free navigation of the strait of La
Peruse and the strait of Tartary.
Russians in Japanese Territory
1t is reserved to Russian subjects,
Inhabitants of the territory ceded to
Japan, to sell their real property and
retire to their country, but if they
prefer to remain in the ceded territory
they will be maintained and protected
in the full exercise of their Industries
and rights of property on condition of
to the Japanese laws and
jurisdiction. Japan shall have full
liberty to withdraw the right of resi-
dence in or to deport from such terri
tory any inhabitants who labor un-
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ity. She engages, however, that the
rights of such inhabitants
shall be fully respected.
Article 11,-Russia engages to ar
range with Japan for granting to
Japan subjects rights of fishery along
the coasts of the Russian portions in
the Japanese, Ohkotsk and Behring
seas.
It is agreed that the foregoing en-
gagement shall not affect rights al
ready belonging to Russia or foreign
subjects in those regions.
Article 12.-The treaty of commerce
and navigation between Japan and
Russia having been annulled by the
war, the imperial governments of
Japan and Russia engaged to adopt as
a basis for their commercial relations,
pending the conclusion of a treaty of
commerce and navigation, the basis
of the treaty which was in force pre-
vious to the present war, the system of
treatment on the footing OF
the most favored nation in which are
included import and export duties. Gus,
toms, formalities, transit and tonnage
duties and the admission and treatment
Of agents, subjects and vessels of one
in the territories of the other.
Prisoners of War
Article 13.-As soon as the principles !
Of the present treaty come in force all