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TREATY FOR THE SETTLEMENT RELATING TO SHANTUNG
X. —All questions relating' to the existing contracts or commitments made by
the Japanese authorities in charge of the Railway shall be settled by the Joint Rail¬
way Commission ; and, prior to the transfer of the Railway, the said Japanese-
authorities will not make any new contracts or commitments calculated to be harmful
to the interests of the Railway.
Opening of the Former German Leased Territory of Kiaochoiv
XI. —The term “ lawful pursuits” used in article XXIII. of the Treaty shall not
be so construed as to include agriculture, or any enterprise prohibited by Chinese
law or not permitted to foreign nationals under the treaties between China and
Foreign Powers, it being understood that this definition shall be without prejudice
to the question of the salt industry provided for in Article XXV. of the Treaty or to
any question relating to vested right which shall be determined in accordance with
Article XXIV. of the Treaty.
Post Offices
XII. —All the Japanese Post Offices outside of the former German Leased
Territory of Kiaochow shall be withdrawn simultaneously with the transfer of the
Tsingtao-Tsinanfu Railway, if such transfer shall take place before January 1st,
1923, and, in any case, not later than the said date.
XIII. —All the Japanese Post Offices within the former German Leased
Territory of Kiaochow shall be withdrawn simultaneously with the transfer of the
administration of the said Territory.
Claims
XIV. —The omission of any reference in the Treaty to the question of claims
which Chinese citizens may have against Japanese subjects for the restitution
of real property in Shantung or for damages to the person and property of Chinese
citizens in Shantung shall not prejudice such claims.
XV. —The Chinese authorities shall furnish the Japanese authorities with a
list of such claims, together with all available evidence in support of each claim.
Justice shall be done through diplomatic channel as regards the claims against the
Japanese authorities, and through ordinary judicial procedure as regards the claims
against Japanese subjects. With respect to the latter class of claims, the investiga¬
tion into actual facts of each case may, if necessary, be conducted by a Joint Com¬
mission of Japanese and Chinese officials, in equal number, to be specially designated
for that purpose.
XVI. —The Japanese Government shall not be held responsible for any damage
which may have been directly caused by the military operations of Japan during
the late war.
Washington, D.C., Feburuary 4th, 1922.