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# CHINA TRADE.
(CONFIDENTIAL)
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No. 1.
RECO
20 JUN 08
[June 9.]
## SECTION 1,
Mr. Bryce to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received June 9.)
(No. 140. Commercial.)
Sir,
Washington, May 27, 1908.
I HAVE the honour to transmit herewith copies of a Convention between the United States and Japan, recently ratified, for the protection in China of the trade-marks of their respective nationals.
Copies have also been sent in the Treaty series.
I have, &c. (Signed)
JAMES BRYCE.
### Inclosure in No. 1.
60th Congress, 1st Session. Confidential.-Executive 0 0. PROTECTION OF TRADE-MARKS, &C., IN CHINA.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a Treaty between the United States and Japan, signed at Washington on May 19, 1908, for the Protection in China of Inventions, Designs, Trade-marks, and Copyrights of American Citizens and Japanese Subjects.
May 20, 1908.-Read. Convention read the first time and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and, together with the message and accompanying papers, ordered to be printed, in confidence, for the use of the Senate.
To the Senate:
I transmit, with a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to its ratification, a Treaty between the United States and Japan, signed at Washington on the 19th May, 1908, for the protection in China of inventions, designs, trade-marks, and copyrights of American citizens and Japanese subjects.
The White House, May 19, 1908.
The President:
(Signed)
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The Undersigned, Acting Secretary of State, has the honour to lay before the President, with a view to its transmission to the Senate to receive the advice and consent of that body to ratification, a Treaty between the United States and Japan, signed at Washington on the 19th May, 1908, for the protection in China of inventions, designs, trade-marks, and copyrights of American citizens and Japanese subjects.
(Signed)
ROBERT BACON.
Department of State, Washington, May 19, 1908.
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