The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-17
TEXT OF THE PEACE TREATY.
The Convention as Signed at Toxic
and st. Petersburg.
CBy the Associated Press.

London, Oct. 16.-The Reuter- Tele-
gram Company furnishes the text Of
the treaty of peace concluded by Rus
STA and Japan at Portsmouth, n. H.,
September 5, and signed by Emperor
Nicholas and the Emperor of Japan.
october IA. as follows:
Article There shall henceforth
be peace and amity between their
majesties, the Emperor of Japan and
the Emperor of all the RussiaS, and
between their respective States and
subjects.
Article 2.-The imperial Russian
government acknowledging that ia
pan possesses in Korea paramount
political. military and economical in
tereStS engages neither to obStruct
nor interfere with measures for guild
ance, protection and control which
the imperial government of Japan may
find necessary to take in Korea.
1T is understood that Russian sub
jects in Korea shall be treated in eX-
actly the same manner as the SUBJ
jects and citizens Of other foreign
powers. that is TO say they. shall be
placed on the same footing as the
subjects and citizens of the most ia
vored nation. 1t is also agreed that
in order to avoid causes of misunder-
standing the two high contracting
parties will abstain on the Russian
Korea frontier from taking any mill
tary measure which may menace the
security of Russian or Korean terri
tory.
Article 3.-JaDan and Russia mu-
tualiy engage
'FirSt-to evacuate completely and
simultaneously Manchuria. except the
territory affected by the lease of the
Liaotung peninsula in conformity
with the provisions of the additional
article one annexed to this treaty, and
'Second-to restore entirely and
completely to the exclusive admins
tration of China and the portions of
Manchuria now in occupation or un-
der the control of the japanese or
Russian troops with the exception o.
the territory above mentioned.
THE imperial government of Rus
sia declare that they have not in
Manchuria any territorial advantages
or preferential or exclusive conces-
sions to the impairment of Chinese
sovereignty or inconsistent with the
principle of equal opportunity.
article 4.-Japan and Russia re-
ciprocally not to obstruct any general
measures common 20 all countries
which China my take for develop
ment of the commerce or industry of
Manchuria.
article 5.-The imperial Russian
government transfer and assign to the
inlpeEldl government OF Japan WITH
the consent of the government of
China the lease of Port Arthur Tai
ienwan and the adjacent territory and
territorial waters and all rights. priv
ileges and concessions, connected with
or forming part of such lease, and
they also transfer and assign to the
imperial government of Japan all pub
lie works and properties in the terri
tory affected by the above mentioned
lease
"The two contracting parties mu-
tually engage 10 obt2in the consent
of the Chinese government mentioned
IN the foregoing stipulation.
1.-The imperial government of Japan
O ntheir part undertake that the pro-
prietary rights Of Russian subjects in
the territory above referred to shall
be pcHreAIv reSpected.
article 6.--The imperial Russian
government engage to transfer and
assign to the imperial ,r,r,yernment of
japan without compensation and with
the consent Of the Chinese govern
ment the railway between Chang
Chun-Fu and -Chang-Tsu and
Port Arthur, and all the branches to-
gether with ali the rights. privileges
and properties appertaining thereto in