The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-29
JAPAN ISSUES
STATEMENT ON
THE ANNEXATION
Declares That Tranquility and
Public Safety Demanded
the Change
FOREIGNERS WILL BECOME
QUASI RESIDENTS OF JAPAN
All Treaty Rights and Tnriif Regula.
tons Between Japan and Interested
Nations Will BE Made Applicable
So Far as Possible to Korea.

Washington, Aug. 29-Thc treaty
between Japan and Korea by which
the hermit kingdom is annexed as Il
sovereign part of Japan, was made
public at the state department today.
In addition to the text of the con-
vention, a declaration of the Japanese
government concerning the effect of
the annexation upon powers enjoying
treaties with Japan, is made public.
Existing Korean schedules cover
ing imports from foreign countries
and regulations governing coasting
trade, will be continued ten years. The
United States specifically is acquaint-
ed with the fact that the copyright
and patent laws of Japan will be
extended to Korea. The statement,
together with the treaty, follows:
THE Japanese government has
made the following declaration in re-
spect to the annexation of Korea to
the Japanese empire:
Notwithstanding the earnest and
laborious work of reform in the adj
ministration of Korea. in which the
governments of Japan and Korea
have been engaged for more than
four years since the conclusion of
the agreement of 1905, the existing
system of government in that coun-
| try mas not proved entirely equal to
the duty of preserving public order
and tranquility, and, in addition, the
spirit of suspicion and missiving domi-
mates the whole peninsula.
i I'm order to maintain peace and
stability in Korea. to promote to the
prosperity and welfare of the kor-
cans. and at the same time to insure
! the safety and repose If the foreign
residents. it has been made abundant
! ly clear that the fundamental changes
in the actual regime OF government
are absolutely essential. The gov
ernments of Japan and Korea, being
convinced of the urgent necessity Of
introducing reforms responsive to the
requirements OF the situation and of
furnishing sufficient guarantee for the
future. have. with the approval of his
.najesty. the emperor of Japan and
! his majesty. the emperor of Korea,
concluded through their respective
plenipotentiaries, treaty providing
for the complete annexation of Korea
to the empire of Japan.
by virtue Of that important act
which shall take effect on its promul-
cation on the twenty-ninth day Of
August, 1910, the imperial government
of Japan undertakes the entire gov
ernment and administration of Korea
and they hereby declare that matters
relating to foreigners and foreign
trade in Korea shall be conducted in
accordance with the following rules:
81. Treaties hitherto concluded by
Korea with foreign powers ceasing to
be operative, Japans existing treaties
will so far as practicable be applied
to Korea. Foreigners resident in
Korea will, so far as conditions per-
nit, enjo ythe same rights and I'M
munities as in Japan proper, and the
protection of their legally acquired
rights. subject in all cases to the
jurisdiction of Japan. The imperial
government of Japan is ready to con-
sent that jurisdiction in respect of
cases actually pending in any foreign
consular courts in Korea at the time
the treaty of annexation takes effect
shall remain in such courts until hnal
decision.
"2 Independently of any conven-
tional engagements formerly existing
on the subject, the imperial govern
ment Of Japan will for period of ten
years levy upon goods imported into
Korea from foreign countries. or ex-
ported from Korea to foreign coun-
tries and upon foreign vessels enter
ing any of the open ports of Korea,
! the same import or export duties and
the same tonnage dues as under the
existing schedules. The some import
or export duties and tonnage duties as
to be levied upon the aforesaid goods
and vessels will also. for period
of ten years. be applied in respect to
goods imported into Korea from Japan
or exported from Korea to Japan and
Japanese vessels entering any Of the
open ports of Korea.
"3. The imperial government of
Japan will also permit for a period
of ten years, vessels under the flag
|of powers having treaties with Japan
to engage in the coasting trade be-
tween the open ports of Korea and
between those ports and any open
ports Of Japan
~. The existing open ports Of ko-
rea with the exception of Masampa.
will he continued as open ports, and
in addition Shinwiju will be newly
opened, so that vessels foreign as
we'll as Japanese will be admitted and
goods may be imported into and ex-
ported from those ports"
The Treaty Text
The text of the treaty of annexation
is as follows:
"Article 1. His majesty. the em-