ting parties shall jointly affix their seals (to the cheques)
before money is drawn for expenditure.

3. The Europe and Asia Trading Company shall secure a volunteer
force of 150 men, only retired officers of the Japanese army to be
eligible.

4. On leaving Japan the travelling expenses and personal effects of
the volunteers shall be borne by themselves. After reaching China,
Chang Yao-Ching and his associates shall give the volunteers the pay
of officers of the subordinate grade according to the established
regulations of the Japanese army.

5. If a volunteer is wounded while on duty Chang Yao-Ching and his
associates shall pay him a provisional compensation of not exceeding
1,000 yen. When wounded seriously a provisional compensation of
5,000 yen shall be paid as well as a life pension in accordance with
the rules of the Japanese army. If a volunteer meets with an
accident, thus losing his life, an indemnity of 50,000 yen shall be
paid to his family.

6. If a volunteer is not qualified for duty Chang Yao-Ching and his
associates shall have the power to dismiss him. All volunteers are
subject to the orders of Chang Yao-Ching and his associates and to
their command in the battlefields.

7. When volunteers are required to attack a certain selected place
it shall be their duty to do so. But the necessary expenses for the
undertaking shall be determined beforehand by both parties after
investigating into existing conditions.

8. The volunteer force shall be organized after the model of the
Japanese army. Two Japanese officers recommended by the Europe and
Asia Trading Company shall be employed.

9. The Europe and Asia Trading Company shall have the power to
dispose of the public properties in the places occupied by the
volunteer force.

10. The Europe and Asia Trading Company shall have the first
preference for working the mines in places occupied and protected by
the volunteer force.

And here ends this extraordinary collection of papers. Is fiction mixed
with fact--are these only "trial" drafts, or are they real documents
signed, sealed, and delivered? The point seems unimportant. The thing of
importance is the undoubted fact that assembled and treated in the way
we have treated them they present a complete and arresting picture of
the aims and ambitions of the ordinary Japanese;