a, 23rd October, 1913.

Art. 4. The title: "Bogdo Djembzonn Damba Khoutoukhtou Khan of Outer
Mongolia" is conferred by the President of the Republic of China. The
calendar of the Republic as well as the Mongol calendar of cyclical
signs are to be used in official documents.

Art. 5. China and Russia, conformably to Article 2 and 3 of the
Sino-Russian Declaration of the fifth day of the eleventh month of the
second year of the Republic of China, 23rd October, 1913, recognize the
exclusive right of the autonomous government of Outer Mongolia to attend
to all the affairs of its internal administration and to conclude with
foreign powers international treaties and agreements respecting
questions of a commercial and industrial nature concerning autonomous
Mongolia.

Art. 6. Conformably to the same Article III of the Declaration, China
and Russia engage not to interfere in the system of autonomous internal
administration existing in Outer Mongolia.

Art. 7. The military escort of the Chinese Dignitary at Urga provided
for by Article III of the above-mentioned Declaration is not to exceed
two hundred men. The military escorts of his assistants at Ouliassoutai,
at Kobdo, and at the Mongolian-Kiachta are not to exceed fifty men each.
If, by agreement with the autonomous government of Outer Mongolia,
assistants of the Chinese Dignitary are appointed in other localities of
Outer Mongolia, their military escorts are not to exceed fifty men each.

Art. 8. The Imperial Government of Russia is not to send more than one
hundred and fifty men as consular guard for its representative at Urga.
The military escorts of the Imperial consulates and vice-consulates of
Russia, which have already been established or which may be established
by agreement with the autonomous government of Outer Mongolia, in other
localities of Outer Mongolia, are not to exceed fifty men each.

Art. 9. On all ceremonial or official occasions the first place of
honour is due to the Chinese Dignitary. He has the right, if necessary,
to present himself in private audience with His Holiness Bogdo Djembzoun
Damba Khoutoukhtou Khan of Outer Mongolia. The Imperial Representative
of Russia enjoys the same right of private audience.

Art. 10. The Chinese Dignitary at Urga and his assistants in the
different localities of Outer Mongolia provided for by Article VII of
this agreement are to exercise general control lest the acts of the
autonomous government of Outer Mon