Article 3. (Changed to an exchange of notes.)

The Chinese Government declares that within the Province of Shantung
and along its coast no territory or island will be ceded or leased
to any Power under any pretext.

Article 4. The Chinese Government consent that as regards the
railway to be built by China herself from Chefoo or Lungkow to
connect with the Kiaochow-Tsinanfu railway, if Germany is willing to
abandon the privilege of financing the Chefoo-Weihsien line, China
will approach Japanese capitalists for a loan.

Article 5. The Chinese Government engage, in the interest of trade
and for the residence of foreigners, to open by herself as soon as
possible certain suitable places in the Province of Shantung as
Commercial Ports.

(Supplementary Exchange of Notes)

The places which ought to be opened are to be chosen, and the
regulations are to be drafted by the Chinese Government, but the
Japanese Minister must be consulted before making a decision.

Article 6. If the Japanese and German Governments are not able to
come to a definite agreement in future in their negotiations
respecting transfer, etc., this provisional agreement contained in
the foregoing articles shall be void.

GROUP II[15]

The Chinese Government and the Japanese Government, with a view to
developing their economic relations in South Manchuria, agree to the
following articles:--

Article 2. Japanese subjects in South Manchuria may, by arrangement
with the owners, lease land required for erecting suitable buildings
for trade and manufacture or agricultural enterprises.

Article 3. Japanese subjects shall be free to reside and travel in
South Manchuria and to engage in business and manufacture of any
kind whatsoever.

Article 3a. The Japanese subjects referred to in the preceding two
articles, besides being required to register with the local
authorities passports which they must procure under the existing
regulations, shall also observe police rules and regulations and pay
taxes in the same manner as Chinese. Civil and criminal cases shall
be tried and adjudicated by the authorities of the defendant
nationality and an officer can be deputed to attend the proceedings.
But all cases purely between Japanese subjects and mixed cases
between Japanese or Chinese, relating to land or dis