The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-17

mines IN Sdlu region belonging TO or
worked for the benefit of the railway.
The two high contracting parties mu-
tually engage to obtain the consent
of the government of China mentioned
in the foregoing stipulation.
article Japan and Russia en-
gage to exploit their respective rail-
ways in ManchNria exclusively for
commercial and Industrial purposes,
'and no wise for strategic purposes.
1t is understood that this restriction
does not apply to the railway in the
territory affected by the lease of the
LiaOtung peninsula.
article S.-The imperial govern
ments of Japan and Russia with the.
view to promote and facilitate inter-
course and traffic will IS soon as pos
sible conclude a separate convention
for the regulation of their connecting
railway services in Manchuria.
article 9.-The imperial Russian
government cede to the imperial gov
crnment of Japan in perpetuity and
full sovereignty the Southern portion
of the Island of Sakhalin and all the
islands adjacent thereto, and the pub
lie works and properties thereon. The
50th degree of north latitude is adopt
ed as the northern boundary of the
coded territory. The exact alignment
OF such territory shall be determined
in accordance with the provisions OF
the additional article eleven annexed
to this treaty.
Japan and Russia mutually agree
not to construct in their respective
possessions ON the Island of Sakhalfn
or the adjacent islands any fOrtiflca-
tons or other similar military works.
They also respectively engage not TO
talsa any military measures which
may impede the free navigation of the
Strait of La PerouZ and the Strait of
Tartary.
article lot is reserved to Rus
sian subjects inhabitants of the terri
tory ceded to Japan, to sell their real
property and retire from the country,
but if they prefer to remain in the
ceded territory they will be main
tanned and protected in the full eX-
ercise of their industries and rights of
properly on condition of submitting
to the japanese laws and jurisdiction.
Japan shall have full liberty to with
draw the right of residence in or to
deport from such territory any in
habitants who labor under political or
administrative disability. She en-
cages. however, that the proprietary
rights of such inhabitants shall be
fully respected
Article 11.-Russia engages TO ar
DANCE with Japan for granting to
Japanese subjects rights of fishery
along the coasts of the Russion pos
sessions in the Japan, OkhotSk and
Behring seas.
at is agreed that the foregoing en-
gagement shall not affect rights al
ready belonging to Russian or foreign
subjects in those regions.
Article 12--The treaty Of conn
medce and navigation between Japan
and Russia, engage to adopt as a basis
for the commercial relations pending
the conclusion of a new treaty of COM
merce and navigation the basis Of the
treaty which was in force previous to
the present war and the system of re-
ciprocal treatment on the footing of
the most favored nation in which are
included import and export duties,
customs formalities. transit and tom
mage dues and the admission and
treatment of agents, subjects and YES
sells of one country in the territories
of the other.
article 13.-As soon as possible
after the present treaty come in force
all prisoners of war shall be recfpro-
cally restored. The imperial govern
ments of Japan srd Russia shall each
appoint a special commissioner to take
charge of the prisoners. All prison
ers in the hands of one government
shall be delivered to and be received
ny the commissioner VI lIle olHeI gov
eminent or by his duly authorized
representative in such convenient
numbers and at such convenient ports
of the delivering state as such deliv
ering state shall notify in advance to
the commissioner of the receiving
state.
THE governments of Japan and
Russia shall present each other as
soon as possible after the delivery of
the prisoners is cOmpleted, with a
statement of the direct expendI
respectively incurred by them for the
care and maintenance of the prison
erS from the date of capture or sur
render and up to the time of death or
delivery. Russia engages to repay
to Japan as soon as possible after the
exchange of statement as above pro-
vided the difference between the
actual amount SO expended by Japan
and the actual amount similarly dis
bursed by Russia"
Article IA and Is provide for the
ratification of the treaty and for the
signature of French and English text.