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TREATY BETWEEN FRANCE AND CHINA.
for the salvage of the ship and the pres rvation of the cargo. The whole shall then be brought to the knowledge of the nearest Consul or Consular Agent, in order that the latter, in concert with the competent authority, may provide means for the reliel of the crew and the salvage of the debris of the ship and cargo.
Art. XXXI.-Should China be at war with another power, this circumstance shall not in any way interfere with the free trade of France with China or with the opposing nation. French vessels may always, except in the case of effective blockade, sail without obstacle from the ports of the one to the ports of the other, trade in the ordinary manner, and import aid export every kind of merchand se not prohibited.
Art. XXXII.-Should sailors or other persons desert from French ship-of-wars, or leave French trading vessels, the Chinese authority, on he requisition of the Consul, or failing the Consul that of the captain, shall at once use ev ry means to discover and restore the aforesaid fugitives into the hands of one or the other of them.
In the same manner, if Chinese deser ers or pisons accused of any crime take refuge in French houses or on board of French vessels, the local authority shall address the Consul, who, on proof of the guilt of the accused, shall immediately take the measures neces-ary for their extradition. Each party shall car fully avoid
cor.cealment and connivance.
Art. XXXIII.-When sailors come on shore they shall be under special dis- ciplinary regulatious framed by the Consul and communicated to the local authority, in order to prevent as far as possible all occasion of quarrel between French sailors and the people of the country.
Art. XXXIV.—In case of French trading vessels being attacked or pillaged by pirates within Chinese waters, the civil a ad military authorities of the nearest place, upon learning of the occurre ce, shall actively pursue the authors of the crime and shall neglect nothing to secure their arrest and punishment according to law. The pirated goods, in whatever place or state they may be found, shall be placed in the hads of the Consul, who shall restore them to the owners. If the criminals cannot be seized, or the whole of the stolen property cannot be recovered, the Cinese officials shall suffer the penalty inflicted by the law in such circum-tances, but they shall not be held pecuniarily responsible.
Art. XXXV.—When a French subject shall have a complaint to make or claim to bring against a Chinese, he shall first state his case to the Consul, who, after having examined the affair, will endeavour to arrange it amicably, In the 8 me mann r, when a Chinese has to complain of a French subject, the Consul shall attentively hear his claim and en 'eavour to bring about an amicable arrangement. But if in either case this be impossible, the Consul shall require the assi tance of a competent Chinese official, and these two, after having conjointly examined the affair, shall decide it equitably.
Art. XXXVI.—It hereafter French citizens suffer damage, or are the subjects of any insult or vexation on the part of Chinese subjects, the latter shall be pursued by the local authority, who shall take the necessary measures for the defence and protection of French subjects; if ill-doers or any vagrant part of the population com- meuce to pillage, destroy, or burn the houses or warehouses of Freuch subjects or any other of their establishments, the same authority, either on the requi-ition of the Consul or of its own motion, shall send as speedily as possible an armed force to disperse the riot and to arrest the crimina's, and shall deliver the latter up to the severity of the law; the whole without prejudice to the claims of the French subjects to be indemnified for proved losses.
Art. XXXVII.-If Chinese become, in future, indebted to French captains or merchants and involve them in loss by fraud or in any other manner, the latter shall no longer avail themselves of the combination which existed under the former state of things; they may address themselves only through the medium of their Consul to the local authority, who shall neglect nothing after having examined the affair to compel the defaulters to satisfy their ergagements according to the laws of the country. But, if the debtor cannot be found, if he be dead, or bankrupt, and is not able to pay, the French inerchants cannot claim as against the Chinese authority.