Evening star., 1941-05-09
Peace Treaty Signed
In Toxic by Thai|and
And |ndo-China
March II Agreement
Changed in Only One
Essential Point
b. the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press
TOXIC, MAY 9.-Thailand and
French Indo- China signed a jap
anese-sponsored peace treaty to-
day. implementing a two-month-old
agreement which ended their long
border conflict.
Three protocols affixed to the
treaty also we're signed by repre-
sentatives of the two former foes, at
ceremonies In which French Am
bassador Charles Arsene Henry de-
scribed Foreign Minister Yosuke
Matsuoka as the peace maker"
One article of the treaty specified
that IF any dispute arises in the
future concerning this treaty 1t
: shall be submitted to Japan's
mediation"
Japan stepped into the undeclared
war between Thailand and French
Indo-C China early this year and
brought about an arnistice which
ended hostilities' January 81. Fight
ing had been under way since last
September.
Payment Provided For.
The treaty signed today provides
that Thailand must pay Indo-C China
100000 piastres for ceded territory,
which was understood to include
about Is 900 square miles under the
agreement signed March II in Toxic.
r (The piastre, no longer quoted
IN the foreign exchange market,
4. was linked to the French franc
: by a decree in 1880 at the rate
! of 10 francs to the piastre. The
/, quotation of the franc, before
, dealings were suspended, was
. zoos cents)
. An official japanese announce
ment telling of the treaty and the
protocols said the March II agree
ment was changed in but one
essential point by today's action.
The change:
Under the March II pact the
islands of Khong and Khone, in the
Mekong River where it marks the
frontier between Thailand and Indo-
: China, were placed under Thai
sovereignty but to be administered
!: Jointly. The new treaty, however,
said Khong should remain French
and that only Khone went to Thai
land.
: Annexed to this treaty of peace
a board of information announce
ment said, "are three protocols. The
flrst concerns the evacuation and
delivery of territories affected. The
second concerns the composition
and operation of a commission for
delimitation of the boundary. The
third concerns fulfllment of terms
stipulated with respect to demili-
tarized zones"
Terms of Treaty.
The terms of the treaty, as listed
by the announcement:
Article 1-"Friendly relations be-
tween Thailand and France are re-
stored"
Article 2-Provides for readjust-
ment of frontiers and the ceding of
districts around Pak-Lay and Bas-
sac as we'll as the greater part of
Cambodia to Thailand.
Article 3-Not mentioned.
Article 4-Establishes a commits
sion to delimit boundaries.
Article 5-Lists conditions for in
corporation of ceded territories
into Thailand and provides for de-
n1intarization of that part of the
ceded territory which hitherto was
Cambodia; provides for equal treat
ment of French and Thai nationals
In ceded territories and for respect
to be paid to the royal mausoleum
of Luang- g-Prabang, which is in
ceded territory.
Article 6-"Thailand in the de-
militarized zones may not maintain
fortif1cations, military aviation
fields. etc"
Article Mot mentioned.
Article 8-Provides principles of
governing. change of nationality
and transfer of domicile and prop
erty of inhabitants in ceded terri
tories.
Article 9-Settles financial claims