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ARTICLE X.
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The officers and people of either nation residing in the other shall have the right to employ natives for all kinds of lawful work.
Should, however, subjects of Chosen, guilty of violation of the laws of the kingdom, or against whom any action has been brought, conceal themselves in the residences or warehouses of British subjects, or on board British merchant-vessels, the Consular authorities of the British Government, on being notified of the fact by the local authorities, will either permit the latter to dispatch constables to make the arrests" or the persons will be arrested by the Consular authorities and handed over to the local constables. British officials or subjects shall not harbour such persons.
ARTICLE XI.
Students of either nationality who may proceed to the country of the other in order to study the language, literature, laws, or arts, shall be given all possible protection and assistance, in evidence of cordial good-will.
ARTICLE XII.
This being the first Treaty negotiated by Chosen, and hence being general and incomplete in its provisions, shall, in the first instance, be put into operation in all things stipulated herein."
As to stipulations not contained herein, after an interval of five years, when the officers and people of the two Powers shall have become more familiar with each other's language, a further negotiation of commercial provisions and regulations in detail, in conformity with international law, and without unequal discriminations on either part, shall be had.
ARTICLE XIII.
This Treaty and future official correspondence shall be made on the part of Chosen in the Chinese language. The British Government shall either use the Chinese lan- guage, or, if English be used, it shall be accompanied with a Chinese version in order to avoid misunderstanding.
ARTICLE XIV.
The High Contracting Powers hereby agree that, should at any time the King of Chosen grant to any nation, or to the merchants or citizens of any nation, any right, privilege, or favour, connected either with the navigation, commerce, political, or other intercourse which is not conferred by this Treaty, such right, privilege, or favour shall freely inure to the benefit of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its public officers, merchants, and citizens; provided always that whenever such right, privilege, or favour is accompanied by any condition or equivalent concession granted by the other nation interested, the British Government, its officers, and people, shall only be entitled to the benefit of such right, privilege, or favour, upon complying with the conditions or concessions connected therewith.
In faith whereof the respective Representatives have signed and sealed the foregoing at Jiu Chuen in English and Chinese, being three originals of each test of even tenour and date, the ratifications of which shall be exchanged at Jin Chuen within one year from the date of its execution, and immediately thereafter this Treaty shall be in all its provisions publicly proclaimed, and made known by both Governments in their respective countries, in order that it may be obeyed by their subjects respectively.
Dated this sixth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.
(L.S.) (Signed)
(L.S.)
GEORGE O. WILLES,
Vice-Admiral, Commander-in-chief. Signatures of () Plenipotentiaries.
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