1926

•90 TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA
general post; and all such communications shall he most carefully respected. Tl|i|
Privy Council and Governors-General, as the case may be, shall in all cases cohskU
and acknowledge such communications promptly and respectfully.
Art. Y.—The Minister of the United States of America in China, whenever he ha
business, shall have the right to visit and sojourn at the capital of His Majesty th
Emperor of China and there confer with a member of the Privy Council or any oth«
high officer of equal rank deputed for that purpose, on matters of common intere?
and advantage. His visits shall not exceed one in each year, and he shall completj
his business without unnecessary delay. He shall be allowed to go by land or con*
to the mouth of the Pei-ho, in which he shall not bring ships-of-war, and he shal
inform the authorities of that place in order that boats may be provided for him to g;
on his journey. He is not to take advantage of this stipulation to request visits ti
the capital on trivial occasions. Whenever he means to proceed to the capital b
shall communicate in writing his intention to the Board of Bites at the capital, ant
thereupon the said Board shall give the necessary direction to facilitate his journey
and give him necessary protection and respect on his way. On his arrival at thi
•capital he shall be furnished with a suitable residence prepared for him, and he shal
defray his own expenses; and his entire suite shall not exceed twenty person!
exclusive of his Chinese attendants, none of whom shall be engaged in trade.
Art. VI.—If at any time His Majesty the Emperor of China shall, by Treat]
voluntarily made, or for any other reason, permit the representative of any friendly!
nation to reside at his capital for a long or short time, then, without any furthej
consultation or express permission, the representative of the United States in China
shall have the same privilege.
Art. VII.—The superior authorities of the United States and of China in
corresponding together shall do so on terms of equality and in form of mutual
communication (cliau-hwui). The Consuls and the local officers, civil and military,
in corresponding together shall likewise employ the style and form of mutual
communication (chau-hwui). When inferior officers of the one Government address!
the superior officers of the other they shall do so in the style and form of memorial
{shin-chin). Private individuals, in addressing superior officers, shall employ the;
style of petition (pin-ching). In no case shall any terms or style be used or suffered
which shall be offensive or disrespectful to either party. And it is agreed that no
present, under any pretext or form whatever, shall ever be demanded of the United!
States by China, or of China by the United States.
Art. VIII.-—In all future personal intercourse between the representative of:
the United States of America and the Governors-General or Governors the interviews'
shall be had at the official residence of the said officers, or at their temporary resi-1
dence, or at the residence of the representative of the United States of America,
whichever may be agreed upon between them; nor shall they make any pretext for!
declining these interviews. Current matters shall be discussed by correspondence!
so as not to give the trouble of a personal meeting.
Art. IX.—Whenever national vessels of the United States of America, in cruising
along the coast and among the ports opened for trade for the protection of the com¬
merce of their country, or the advancement of science, shall arrive at or near any
of the ports of China, the commanders of said ships and the superior local authorities I
of government shall, if it be necessary, hold intercourse on terms of equality and :
courtesy, in token of the friendly relations of their respective nations ; and the said \
vessels shall enjoy all suitable facilities on the part of the Chinese Government in
procuring provisions or other supplies, and making necessary repairs. And the
United States of America agree that in case of the shipwreck of any American vessel!
and its being pillaged by pirates, or in case any American vessel shall be pillaged or
captured by pirates on the seks adjacent to the coast, without being shipwrecked, the
national vessels of the United States shall pursue the said pirates, and if captured
deliver them over for trial and punishment.
Art. X.—The United States of America shall have the right to appoint Consuls
and other commercial agents for the protection of trade, to reside at such places in the