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TREATY BETWEEN FRANCE AND SIAM
Art. IV. In the zones mentioned in Article 3 the police service will bo car- ried on as usual by the local authorities with the contingent forces that are strictly necessary. No regular or irregular armed force is to be maintained.
Art. V.-The Siamese Government binds itself to open negotiations with the French Government, within six months, with a view to regulating the customs and commercial system of the territories mentioned in Article 3, and to the revision of the Treaty of 1865. Until the conclusion of that agreement no customs duties will be established in the zone referred to in Article 3. Reciprocity will continue to be granted by the French Government to the products of the said zone.
Art. VI.—As the development of the navigation of the Mekong may render necessary certain works on the right bank or the establishment of relay stations for boits for wood and coal depôts, the Siamese Government binds itself to give, on the request of the French Government, all the necessary facilities for this purpose.
Art. VII.-French citizens, whether actual subjects or political dependents, may travel about freely and carry on their business in the territories mentioned in Article 3, on being provided with a pass from the French authorities. Reciprocity will be accorded to the inhabitants of the said zone.
Art. VIII.-The French Government reserves the right of establishing Con- sulates where it shall think proper in the interest of its citizens, subjects, or depen- denta, and particularly at Kborat and at Muang Nam. The Siamese Government will grant the sites necessary for the erection of the said Consulates.
Art. IX. In case of difficulties, the French text will be the sole authority. Art. X. The present treaty must be ratified within four months from the date of its signature.
Convention
The Siamese military posts established on the left bank of the Mekong and on the islands in the river must be evacuated within a mouth from the date of the signing of the present Convention. Those situated in the province of Angkor and Battambang, or on the right bank of the river within 15 miles thereof, must be evacuated at the same time and the fortifications razed.
The authors of the incidents of Tong-Kieng-Khan and Cammon will be judged by the Siamese authorities. A representative of France will be pest at the trial, and will see that the sentences pronounced are carried out. The French Govern- ment reserves the right of judging whether the penalties are sufficient, and, if necessary, of demanding a fresh trial before a mixei tribunal, the composition of which it will itself determine.
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The Siamese Government will deliver up to the French Minister at Bangkok or to the French authorities on the frontier all French subjects, whether Annamites, Cambodians, or Loatians of the left bank now detaiued for any cause whatever. will throw no obstacle in the way of the return to the left bank of the former inhabit- ants of that region.
The Bang-Bien of Tong-Kieng-Khan and his suite will be taken by a delegate of the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the French Legation, and also the arms and the French flag seized by the Siamese authorities.
The French Government will continue to occupy Chantaboon until the execu tion of the stipulations of the present Convention, and particularly until the complete and pacific evacuation of the Siamese posts established both on the left bank of the Mekong and on the islands in the river, as well as those in the provinces of Battam- bong and Siem Reap, and within 15 miles of the right bank of the Mekong.
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