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SISTO-JAPANESE TREATY RESPECTING SOUTH MANCHURIA, ETC.
Art. Y.—With respect to the three preceding Articles, the subjects of Japan
shall produce before the local authorities the passports duly issued for the purpose
of registration, aod shall also submit themselves to the police laws and regulations
and taxes of China.
In civil and criminal suits, the Japanese consular officer, where a Japanese
subject is the defendant, and the Chinese official, where a Chinese citizen is the
defendant, shall respectively try and decide the case, both the Japanese consular officer
and the Chinese official being permitted each to send his agent to attend the trial of
the other to watch the proceedings; provided that in civil suits arising out of land
disputes between Japanese subjects and Chinese citizens the cases shall be tried and
decided by the joint tribunal composed of the properly authorized officials of the two
countries, in accordance with the laws and local usages of China.
In the future when the judicial system in the said regions shall have been com¬
pletely reformed, all civil and criminal suits involving Japanese subjects shall be wholly
tried and decided by the law-courts of China.
Art. YI.—The (xovernment of China engage to open of their own accord, as early
as possible, suitable cities and towns in Eastern Inner Mongolia for the residence
and trade of foreigners.
Irt. VII.—The Government of China agree to a speedy fundamental revision of
various agreements and contracts relating to the Kirin-Changchun Railway, on the
basis of the terms embodied in railway loan agreements which China has heretofore
entered into with various foreign capitalists.
If in future the Chinese Government grant to foreign capitalists, in matters
that relate to railway loans, more advantageous terms than those in the various
existing railway loan agreements, the above-mentioned Kirin-Changchun Railway
Loan Agreement shall, if so desired by Japan, be further revised.
Art. VIII.—Except as otherwise provided in this Treaty, all existing treaties
between Japan and China with respect to Manchuria shall remain in force.
Art. IX.—-The present Treaty shall take effect on the day of its signature.
The present Treaty shall be ratified by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan and
by His Excellency the President of the Republic of China, and the ratifications thereof
shall be exchanged at Tokyo as soon as possible.
In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this Treaty made
in duplicate, in Japanese and in Chinese, and have hereunto affixed their seals.
Done at Peking the 25th day of the 5th month of the 4th year of Taisho,
corresponding to the 25th day of the 5th month of the 4th year of the inaugura¬
tion of the Republic of China.
Eki Hioki,
Etc., etc., etc.
Ltr Cheng-hsiang,
Etc., etc., etc.