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administration and control of the Diplomatic Quarter will make provision for the assumption and discharge of the oficial obligations and liabilities of the Diplomatic Quarter and for the recognition and protection of all legitimate rights therein 7.
The Government of the Republic of China hereby accords to the Government of the United States of America a continued right to use for official purposes the land which has beɛn allocated to the Government of the United States of America in the Diplomatic Quarter in Peiping, on parts of which are located buildings belonging to the Government of the United States of America.
ARTICLE III
The Government of the United States of America considers that the International Settlements at Shanghai and Amoy should revert to the administration and control of the Government of the kepublic of China and agrees that the rights ac orded to the Goverment of the United States of America in relation to those Dettlements shall 06886.
The Government of the United States of America will cooperate with the Government of the Republic of China for the reaching of any neces: ary agreements with other governments concerned for the transfer to the Government of the Republic of China of the administration and control of the International Settlements at Shanghal and Amoy, including the official assets and the official obligations of those Settlements, it being mutually understood that the Government of the Republic of China in taking over administration and control of those Settlements will make provision for the assumption and discharge of the official obligations and liabilities of those settlements and for the recognition and protection of all legitimate rights therein.
ARTICLE IV
In order to obviate any questions as to existing rights in respect of or aa to existing titles to real property in territory of the Republic of China possessed by nationals (including corporations or associations), or by the Government, of the United States of America, particularly questions which might arise from the abrogation of the provisions of treaties or agreements am stipulated in Article I, it is agreed that such existing rights or titles shall be indefeasible and shall not be questioned upon any grouna except upon proof, established through que process of law, of fraud or of fraudulent or other ul: honest practices in the acquisition of such rights or titles, it being understood that no right or title shall be rendered invalid by virtue of any subsequent change in the f.icial procedure through #hich it was acquired. It is also agreed that these rights or titles shall be subject to the laws and regulations of the ke, ublic of China concerning taxation, national defense, and the right of eminent domain Z, and that no such rights or titles may be alienated to the government or nationals (including corporations and associations) of my thire country without the express consent of the Government of the kepublic of China_
It is also agreed that if it should be the desire of the Government of the Republic of China to replace, by new deeds of ownership, existing 1-ases in perpetuity or other documentary evidence relating to real pro crty
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