Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-10-17
THE JAPAN TREATY.
Continued from Page One.)

Article 11-"Russia engages to arrange
with japan for granting to japanese SUD
i.cts rights of fishery along IN" coasts
of the Russian possessions III the Japan
Okhotsk and Behring seas.
n; is agreed that the foregoing en-
EagrmrGt shall not affect rights alread!
belonging to Russian or foreign subjects
in those regions.
Article l2-"The treaty of commerce and
navigation between Japan and Russh'
having been annullcd by the war, ihe , iiii
pciial governments Of japan ana tuS
STA engage to adopt as . basis LOT Nhtlt
commercial relations pending the con con,
clusOn OF Il new treaty OF commerce 'th.'
navigation the basis Of the treaty whlcil
was in force precious TO the present "al
the system of reciprocal treatment VI.
the footing of the most favored nalio'.
in which are included import ana tAp'i :
duties customs formalitieS. transit anu
tonnage dues and the admission ana
| treatment Of agents. subjects ana Nts
srIs Of enc country in the tcrrItores -
the other. ,,r ~
| p,,srrt treaty come in force all prisoner
| of war shall be reciproc:tlly restored. i no
imuc:iaI governments OF japan ''iiu ~
sia shall each appoint Il sprca'i .'S,,nn,.v
NIl prisoners in the hands OF one gov
crum mt Shall be delivered to anu re
| criycd by the commissioner ol tne otIt'
onr,,nmcut or by his duly auth"fiz"u
Tn,r,.srntItivc and at such convenient
norris of the. delivering state SNAIL n''iiS
| in advarcc to the commissioner vi tnc It.
CviI .:ie; state. ,, ,,,I pus
si. snail present each other 50 soon as
pussiblc after the delivery 81 me prls-
nnrrs il completed with a statement oi
| nj. direct expenditures n spcctlNcly IL
| ,r,rrrd by them for the care ana nam
t,rancc of the prisoners from the datc
nf ,;lltlIrr or surrender and up to th'
tim, of death or delivery. RUSSIA en-
cages to repay to Japan 50 soon as pos
sIbl" after the exchange OF statements rs
above provided the diff rene" between IN
actual amount 50 expended by Japan ah'i
thc actual amount similarly d'sp'rSe9
by Russia. u
ratified bv Their Nj jcstitS. the emperor
OF Japan and the Emperor of al the itu3
las Such raticati1nl sm md in D ;MI mt'n cas- -
no later than ~ lays from tn" date or
| tlc signatures OF til" treaty, I" he an
uolIItccd to thu imperial GuNcrn'lrntS oi
| Jaran ana Russia respectively through
| III, French minister at Toxic and tn"
ambassador of the United States ut st.
| Petersburg and ire IN the date OF the lat
| Ter of such announcements TINS trc'ti
| shall in al its parts come into tuil iurct.
| 'I'b,. formal exchange of rdtifIcatlOnS Sl I'll
| take place at Washington rs soon as pos
Shlc.
signed III duplicate i'll both the Englisl,
and French languages. The texts are III
absolute conformity but IN case of a dlS-
crcJancy in the Interpretation the French
tent shall prevail.
..In conformity with the provisions of
Artdiclcs 3 and 3 of the treaty Of pcac'
between Japan and Russia of this d 4"
the undersigned plcnipotenlihrics hav'
concluded the following additional arti-
ClcS:
"Sub-articlc to ArtiCl" 3:
The imperial government OF Japan
and Russia mutually engage to commcnr'
the withdrawal Of their military torc"H
from the territory OF ManChurI1 simulii-
neouSly and Immediately after the treaty
of peace comes into operation and with
in i riod of IS months after that dat
the armies OF tho two countries shall t''
completely withdrawn from ManChuri /
except from the leased territory ol the
NiaottmS peninsula. The forces OF thu
two countries occupying the 'front.' pos
tions shall he withdrawn
Tho high contracting parties reserve
to themselves the right to maintain
guards to protect their respective rail
way lines in Manchuria. The number Of
such guards shall not exceed IL per kll'-
meter and within that maximum number
the commanders of the japanese ana
Russian armies shall by common accord
fix the number of such guards TO be em-
plOycd as small as possible while having
in view the actual requirement.
The commanders of the japanese ana
Russian forces in Manchuria shall agrc"
upon the details Of the evacuation in
conformity with the above principles and
shall take by common accord the meas
urcS necessary to carry out the cVaCua-
ton so soon as possible and in any cas-"
no later than the period of IS months
'.Sub-artiCle to Article 3:
80 soon as possible after the present
treaty. comes into force Il commission OF
drlinitation composed of an equal num-
bci Of members is to be appointed rcspec-
lively by the two high contracting par
ties which shall on the spot mark in n
permanent manner the exact boundary
bet Hr,n the japanese and Russian pos
sessions on the island of Sakha!in. The
commission shall be bound so far ~
torograDhical considerations permit to
follow the JOth parallel Of north latitude
as the boundary line in case any dct"c-
tinng from the line at any points ar"
found to he necessary compensation VIII
be made by CCrrclativc dctlcctions at 9th
or points 1t shall also be the duty OF the
said commission to prepare list ana Il
description of the adjacent islands m
cludcd in the cnSSiOn and finally th''
commission shall prepare and sign maps
showing tn" boundaries of the coded ter
ritnry The work of the commission shall
be- subject to the approval Of the high
contracting parties.
The foregoing additional articles are
to he considered ratified with the ratlh-
cation Of the trcnty of peace to which
they are annexed.
month OF tn" 3Sth year of Mcijci. cores
pOnding to The Sd Of August 1908, tScpt.
In with, S. whereof the respective
plcnipotcntiarics have signed and affixed
seals to the present treaty of peace.
| Done at Portsmouth. New Hampshire,
| this lth day of IT," 9Th month Of the 3Nth
wear Of the Meiici corresponding to th''
Da.t Il ,,f A,tut thousand