EMIGRATION CONVENTION BETWEEN SPAIN AND CHINA.
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Likewise all the Chinese subjects who might have been detained in the Govern- ment depôts on the island of Cuba will be set at liberty as soon as the present con- vention comes into force; they will be furnished with such documents as the regula- tions provide for, and treated in the same way as other Chinese,
From the preceding clause are excepted all those who are found in the Govern- ment prisons either in consequence of a judgment or of an accusation.
Art. XV.-The Government of H.M. the Emperor of China and the Govern- ment of H.M. the King of Spain agree that if hereafter one of them thinks it convenient to make modifications of some of the articles of the present convention or to cancel them, negotiations to this effect can only be opened at the expiration of at least one year after the notification of such wish shall have been made by one of the high contracting parties to the other.
It is also understood if hereafter the Chinese Government shall grant to any other power advantages not mentioned in the present convention regarding the emigration of Chinese subjects such advantages will also be acquired by the Spanish Government.
Art. XVI. The present convention will be ratified and the ratifications ex- changed in Peking within a period of eight months, or sooner if possible.
The present convention is made in Spanish, French, and Chinese, in two copies which have been compared and found correct.
Signed and sealed on the 13th day of the 10th moon of 3rd year of Kwangsü (17th November, 1877).