Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-10-18
For Future Treaty.

connecting railway services in Manchuria
Division of Sal1hs i'm.
Article g. The imperial Russian govern
ment cede to the imperial government of
Japan in perpetuity and full sovereignty,
the southern portion Of the island of SAX,
halin and all the islands adjacent thereto
and the public works and properties there
on. The 50th degree of north latitude is
adopted as the northern boundary of the
ceded territory. The exact alignment of
such territory shall be determined in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the addi-
tiOnal article II, annexed to this treaty
Japan and Russia mutually agree not to
construct in their respective possessions on
the island Of Sakhalin or the adjacent is
military works. They also respectively
engage not to take any military measures
which may impede the free navigation of
the Strait of La Perouse and the Strait of
Iartary.
Regarding the Inhabitants.
Article TO- 1t is reserved to Russian sub
jects, inhabitants of the territory ceded to
Japan, to sell their real property and re-
remain in the coded territory they will be
maintained and protected in the full exer-
else of their industries and rights of prop
erty on condition of submitting to the
have full liberty to withdraw the right Of
residence in or to .deport from such terri
tory Of any inhabitants who labor under
political or administrative disability. Such
changes, however, that the proprietary
rights of such inhabitants shall be fully re.
spected.
Fishing Rights Granted.
Article II. Russia engages to arrange
with Japan for granting to Japanese sub
1ects rights of fishery along the coasts Of
the Russian possessions in the Japan, Ok
hotsu and Behring seas.
1t is agreed that the foregoing engage
ment shall not affect rights already be-
longing to Russian or foreign subjects in
those regions.
To Resume Commercial Relations.
Article u The treaty of commerce and
navigation between Japan and Russia hay
ing been annulled by the war the imper-
ial governments of Japan and Russia en-
gage TO adopt as q basis for their COM
mercial relations pending the conclusion Of
new treaty of commerce and navigation
the basis of the treaty which was in force
previous to the present war, the system OF
reciprocal treatment on the footing of the
most favored nation in which are included
import and export duties customs formal
tiles, transit and tonnage dues and the adj
mission and treatment OF agents subjects
and vessels of one country in the terri
tories Of the other.
Pay for Care of Prisoners.
Article 10. As soon as possible after the
present treaty comes into force, all prison
prS of war shall be reciprocally restored.
The imperial government of Japan and Rus
STA shall each appoint special commits
sioner to take charge Of the prisoners. Al,
prisoners in the hands of one government
shall be delivered TO and be received by
the commissioner of the other government
or by his duly authorized representative IN
such convenient numbers and at such con-
venient ports of the delivering state as
such delivering state shall notify in adj
vance 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 com
pleted, with a statement of the direct eX-
penditureS respectively incurred by them
for the care and maintenance of the pris
OnerS from the date of capture or surrender
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 provided the difference between
the actual amount so expended by Japan and
the actual amount similarly disbursed by
Russia.
Ratification of Treaty
Article IA. The present treaty shall be
ratified by their majesties, the Emperor Of
Japan and the Emperor of all the Russias.
Such ratification shall be with as little de-
lay as possible, and in any case no later
than fifty days from the date of the sigma
ture of the treaty, to be announced to the
imperial governments of Japan and Russia,
respectively, through the French minister
at Toxic and the ambassador of the United
States at St Petersburg, and from the date
of the latter of such announcements this
treaty shall in all its parts come into full
shall take place at Washington as soon as
possible.
French Text Shall Prevail.
Article 10. The present treaty shall be
signed in duplicate in both the English and
French languages The texts are in ahso-
lutte conformity, but in case of q discrep.
ancE in the Interpretation. the French text
shall prevail.
In conformity with the provisions of ar
ticles 3 and Of the treaty Of peace be-
tween Japan and Russia of this date the
undersigned plenipotentiaries have conclud-
ed the following additional articles:
arfjaln n no al
governments of Japan and Russia mutually
engage to commence the withdrawal of
their military forces from the territory of
Manchuria simultaneously and Immediately
after the treaty Of peace comes into opera
ton and within period Of eighteen months
after that date the armies of the two coun-
Manchuria, except from the leased ter
ritory of the Lao Tung peninsula. The
forces Of the two countries occupying the
front positions shall first be withdrawn
The high contracting parties reserve to
themselves the right to maintain guards
to protect their respective railway lines
In Manchuria The number of such guards
shall not exceed fifteen per kilometer and
within that maximum number the COM
manders of the japanese and Russian
armies shall by common accord fix the
number Of such guards to be employed as
small as possible while having in view the
actual requirements.
Russian forces in Manchuria shall agree
upon the details Of the evacuation in con-
f0rm1ty With the above principles and shall
take by common accord the measures nee
essary to carry out the evacuation as soon
as possible and in any case no later than
the period of eighteen months.
To Mark Boundary.
Sub-articIe to Article 8. AS soon as pos
sible after the present treaty comes into
force commission of deimitation com
posed of an equal number of members, to
be appointed respectively by the two high
contracting parties, which shall on the spot
mark the exact boundary between the Japa-
nese and Russian possessions on the island
of Sakhalin. The commission shall be
bound so far as typographical considera-
tons permit to follow the iftieth parallel
of north latitude, the boundary line. and
in case any reflections from that line st
any points are found to be necessary,
compensation will be made by coreIative
reflections at other points. It shall also
be the duty of said commission to prepare
a list and q description of the adjacent
islands included in the cession, and finally,
the committee shall prepare and sign maps
showing the boundaries of the ceded terri
tory. The work Of the commission shall be
subject to the approval Of the high CON
tracing parties.
The FOREGOING additional artioInc ,,o - l,o