Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-10-20

! the island of Sakhalfn or the adjacent is
lands any f9rtifica 4;I or other similar
| engage not to take any military measures
| which may impede tie free navigation ef
| the Strait of La Perouse and the Strait OF
/ 9artary.
Regarding the Inhabitants.
Article 10 1t is reserved to Russian sub
| jects, inhabitants of the territory ceded to
| Japan, to sell their real property and
tire 20 their country, but if they prefer TO
remain in the ceded 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
| Japanese laws and Jurisdiction. Japan shall
residence in or to deport from such terri
tory of any inhabitants who labor under
political or administrative disability; such cn
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
| jects rights of fishery along the coasts OF
| the Russian possessions in the Japan, Ok
hotsu and Behring seas.
ment shall not affect ri.hts 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 hav-
|
ial governments of Japan and Russia en-
| gage to adopt as a basis for their COM
| mercial relations pending the conclusion Of
| q new treaty of commerce and navigation
| the basis of the treaty which was in force
previous to the present war, the system or
| 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 ad-
| 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
! ers 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 All
| 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
| yenient 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 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 similarly dsbursed 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
M "a ty fn no 70 ~,
| 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
| force. The formal exchange Of Publications
| 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 abso-
| lutte conformity, but in case of a discrep-
ancy in the Interpretation, the French text
| shall prevail.
IN conformity with the provisions of ar
ticles and 8 of the treaty of peace be-
tween Japan and Russia of this date, the
| undersigned plenipotentiaries have conclud-
ed the following additional articles:
Sub article to article 8. The imperial
governments of Japan and Russia mutually
engage to commence the withdrawal Of
their military forces from the territory of
after the treaty of peace comes into opera
ton and within a period of eighteen months
after that date the armies of the two coun-
tries shall be completely withdrawn from
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 exceed fifteen kilOmGtpr
within that maximum number the com
manders of the Japanese and Russian
number OF such guards to be employed
small as possible while having in view the
actual requirements
The commanders of the japanese and
Russian forces in Manchuria shall agree
upon the details of the evacuation in con-
formtty 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-article to Article 8. As soon as pos
sible after the present treaty comes into
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 consfdera-
Of north latitude, as the boundary line, and
in case any reflections from that line at
any points are found to be necessary
compensation will be made by corelative
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 coded terri
tory. The work of the commission shall be
subject to the approval of the high con-
tracing parties.
The foregoing additional articles are to be
considered ratified with the ratification of
the treaty of peace to which they are
amended.
Portsmouth, the fifth day of the ninth
month of the thirty-eighth year of Meijei
corresponding TO the 23d of August, 1905
September 3, 1905.
In witness whereof the respective pleni-
potentiaries have signed and affixed seals
to the present treaty of peace.
Done at Portsmouth. New Hampshire.
this fifth day of the ninth month of the
thirty eighth year of the Meijei correspond
ing to the twenty-third day of August, one
thousand nine hundred and FIVE
FINDS $3.50 ON HIS PLATE.