1917

AGBEEMENTS RESPECTING TIBET
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And whereas a Convention of ten articles was signed at Lhasa on September
7th, 1904, on behalf of Great Britain and Tibet, and was ratified by the Viceroy and
Governor-General of India on behalf of Great Britain on November 11th, 1904, a
declaration on behalf of Great Britain modifying its terms under certain conditions
being appended thereto;
His Britannic Majesty and His Majesty the Emperor of China have resolved to
conclude a Convention on this subject, and have for this purpose named Plenipoten¬
tiaries, that is to say:—
His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland :
Sir Ernest Mason Satow, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George, His said Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Emperor of China; and
His Majesty the Emperor of China:
His Excellency Tang Shao-yi, His said Majesty’s High Commissioner Pleni¬
potentiary and a Vice-President of the Board of Foreign Affairs ;
Who, having communicated to each other their respective full powers and find*
ing them to be in good and true form, have agreed upon and concluded the follow¬
ing Convention in Six Articles:—
Art. I.—The Convention concluded on September 7th, 1904, by Great Britain,
and Tibet, the texts of which in English and Chinese are attached to the present
Convention as an Annex, is hereby confirmed, subject to the modification stated in
the declaration appended thereto, and both of the High Contracting Parties engage-
to take at all times such steps as may be necessary to secure the due fulfilment of the-
terms specified therein.
Art. II.—The Government of Great Britain engages not to annex Tibetan
territory or to interfere in the administration of Tibet. The Government of China.
also undertakes not to permit any other foreign State to interfere with the territory
or internal administration of Tibet.
Art. III.—The concessions which are mentioned in Article 9 (d) of the Con¬
vention concluded on September 7th, 1904, by Great Britain and Tibet are denied to-
any State or to the subject of any State other than China, but it has been arranged
with China that at the trade marts specified in Article,2 of the aforesaid Convention
Great Britain shall be entitled to lay down telegraph lines connecting with India.
Art. IV.—The provisions of the Anglo-Chinese Convention of 1890 and
Regulations of 1893 shall, subject to the terms of this present Convention and
Annex thereto, remain in full force.
Art. V.—The English and Chinese texts of the present Convention have been
carefully compared and found to correspond, but in the event of there being any
difference of meaning between them the English text shall be authoritative.
Art. VI.—This Convention shall be ratified by the Sovereigns of both countries
and ratifications shall be exchanged in London within three months after the date
of signature by the Plenipotentiaries of both Powers.
In token whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed and sealed this
Convention, four copies in English and four in Chinese.
Done at Peking this twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred
and six, being the fourth day of the fourth month of the thirty-second year of the-
reign of Kuang Hsu.
[l.s.] Ernest Satow.
(Signature and Seal of the Chinese
Plenipotentiary.)