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The contracting Powers, other than China, assume a corresponding obligation in respect of any of the aforesaid railways over which they or their nationals are in a position to exercise any control in virtue of any concession, special agreement or otherwise.
ARTICLE 6
The contracting Powers, other than China, agree fully to respect China's rights as a neutral in time of war to which China is not a party; and China declares that when she is a neutral she will observe the obligations of neutrality.
ARTICLE 7.
The contracting Powers agree that, whenever a situation arises which, in the opinion of any one of them, involves the application of the stipulations of the present treaty, and renders desirable discussion of such application, there shall be full and frank communication between the contracting Powers concerned.
ARTICLE 8.
Powers not signatory to the present treaty, which have Governments recognised by the signatory Powers and which have treaty relations with China, shall be invited to adhere to the present treaty. To this end the Government of the United States will make the necessary communications to non-signatory Powers and will inform the contracting Powers of the replies received. Adherence by any Power shall become effective on receipt of notice thereof by the Government of the United States
ARTICLE 9.
The present treaty shall be ratified by the contracting Powers in accordance with their respective constitutional methods and shall take effect on the date of the deposit of all the ratifications, which shall take place at Washington as soon as possible. The Government of the United States will transmit to the other contracting Powers a certified copy of the procès-verbal of the deposit of ratifications.
The present treaty, of which the French and English texts are both authentic, shall remain deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States, and duly certified copies thereof shall be transmitted by that Government to the other contracting Powers.
In faith whereof the above-named plenipotentiaries have signed the present treaty.
Done at the City of Washington the 6th day of February, 1922.
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ANNEX XXII.
(1.)
Extracts from Treaty of Nanking (August 29, 1842).
ARTICLE 2.
Amoy, Canton, Foochowfoo, Ningpo, and Shanghae opened to British Subjects and their Trade.
His Majesty the Emperor of China agrees, that British subjects, with their families and establishment, shall be allowed to reside, for the purpose of carrying on their mercantile pursuits, without molestation or restraint, at the cities and towns of Canton, Amoy, Foochow foo, Ningpo, and Shanghae; and Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, &c., will appoint Superintendents, or Consular Officers, to reside at each of the above-named cities or towns, to be the medium of communication between the Chinese authorities and the said merchants, and to see that the just duties and other dues of the Chinese Government, as hereafter provided for, are duly discharged by Her Britannick Majesty's subjects.
ARTICLE 5.
Abolition of Privileges of Hong Merchants at Ports open to British Merchants.-- Payment by China of 3,000,000 dollars for Debts due to British Subjects by Hong Merchants.
The Government of China having compelled the British merchants trading at Canton to deal exclusively with certain Chinese merchants, called Hong Merchants (or Co-Hong), who had been licensed by the Chinese Government for that purpose, the Emperor of China agrees to abolish that practice in future at all ports where British merchants may reside, and to permit them to carry on their mercantile transactions with whatever persons they please; and His Imperial Majesty further agrees to pay to the British Government the sum of three millions of dollars, on account of debts due to British subjects by some of the said Hong Merchants, or Co-Hong, who have become insolvent, and who owe very large sums of money to subjects of Her Britannick Majesty.
ARTICLE 10.
Tariff to be issued of Import, Export, and Transit Duties,
His Majesty the Emperor of China agrees to establish at all ports which are, by the Second Article of this Treaty, to be thrown open for the resort of British merchants, a fair and regular Tariff of export and import customs and other dues, which Tariff shall be publickly notified and promulgated for general information; and the Emperor further engages, that when British merchandize shall have once paid at any of the said ports the regulated customs and dues, agreeable to the Tariff to be hereafter fixed, such merchandize may be conveyed by Chinese merchants to any province or city in the interior of the Empire of China, on paying a further per cent. on the tariff value of amount as transit duties, which shall not exceed*
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES.
HENRY CABOT LODGE.
(L.S.) (L.S.)
OSCAR W. UNDERWOOD.
(L.S.)
ELIHU ROOT.
(L.S.)
BARON DE CARTIER DE MARCHIENNE.
(L.S.)
ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR.
(L.S.)
LEE OF FAREHAM.
(L.S.)
A. C. GEDDES.
(L.S.)
such goods.
R. L. BORDEN.
(L.S.)
G. F. PEARCE.
(L.S.)
JOHN W. SALMOND.
(L.S.)
ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR.
(L.S.)
V. S. SRINIVASA SASTRI.
(L.S.)
(L.S.)
SAO-KE ALFRED SZE.
(L.S.)
V. K. WELLINGTON KOO.
(L.S.)
CHUNG-HUI WANG.
(L.S.)
A. SARRAUT
(L.S.)
JUSSERAND.
(L.S.)
CARLO SCHANZER.
(L.S.)
V. ROLANDI RICCI,
(L.S.)
LUIGI ALBERTINI
(ii.)
Extracts from Treaty of Tien-tsin (June 26, 1858).
ARTICLE 11.
Opening of Ports of New-Chwang, Tang-Chow (Chefoo), Tai-Wan (Formosa), Chau-Chow (Swatow), and Kiung-Chow (Hainan) to British Subjects and their Trade.
In addition to the cities and towns of Canton, Amoy, Fuchow, Ningpo, and Shanghai, opened by the Treaty of Nanking,† it is agreed that British subjects may
• See declaration on this subject which follows the treaty.
† See Article 2.
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