Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-17

| Article 5-"The imperial Russian
! government 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 also transfer
and assign to the imperial government
of Japan all public works and proper
| ties in the territory affected by the
! above mentioned lease.
| The two contracting parties mutu-
ally engage to obtain the consent of
the Chinese government mentioned in
the foregoing stipulation.
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.
Article 6-"The imperial Russian
government engage to transfer and as
sign to the imperial government of jap
an without compensation and with the
consent of the Chinese government the
railway between Chang Chun Flu and
| Kuan Chang Tsu and Port Arthur
the rights, privileges and properties APP
pertaining thereto in that region as well
as all the coal mines in said region
belonging to or worked by the railway.
The two high contracting parties mutu-
ally engage to obtain the consent OF the
government of China mentioned in the
foregoing stipulation.
Article Russia and Japan engage
to exploit their respective railways in
Mancnuria exclusively for commercial
and Industrial purposes and nowise for
that this restriction does not apply to
the railway in the territory affected by
the lease Of the Liaotung peninsula.
Article S-"The imperial Russian
governments of Japan and Russia with
the view to promote and facilitate in
tercourse and traffic will so soon as
possible conclude separate convention
for the regulation oil their connecting
railway service in Manchuria.
Article 9-"The imperial Russian
government cedes to the imperial
government of Japan in perpetuity and
full sovereignty the southern portion
of the island of Sakalin and all islands
adjacent there to and the public
works and properties thereon.
lie nun ucSTee Oh 1OTIn Is
adopted as the northern boundary of
the coded territory. The exact align
ment Of said territory shall be deter
mined in accordance with the pro-
visions Of the additional Article IL, an
neXed 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 Notifications
or any similar military works. They
also respectfully engage not to take
any military measures which may i'm
pede the free navigation of the strait or
Laperouse and the strait of Tartary.
Article 10-'It is reserved to Russian
subjects inhabitants Of the territory coded
to Japan to sell their real property and
retire to their country, burt IL they pre-
fer 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 submitting
to the Japanese laws and Jurisdiction.
Japan shall have fun liberty to with
draw the right of residence in or to de-
port from said territory any inhabitants
who labor under political or administra-
tive disability. She engages. however,
that the proprietary rights Of such in
habitants shall be fully respected.
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