nances and taxation of China.

Civil and criminal cases in which the defendants are Japanese shall be
tried and adjudicated by the Japanese Consul: those in which the
defendants are Chinese shall be tried and adjudicated by Chinese
Authorities. In either case an officer may be deputed to the court to
attend the proceedings. But mixed civil cases between Chinese and
Japanese relating to land shall be tried and adjudicated by delegates of
both nations conjointly in accordance with Chinese law and local usage.

When, in future, the judicial system in the said region is completely
reformed, all civil and criminal cases concerning Japanese subjects
shall be tried and adjudicated entirely by Chinese law courts.

Art. 6. The Chinese Government agrees, in the interest of trade and for
the residence of foreigners, to open by China herself, as soon as
possible, certain suitable places in Eastern Inner Mongolia as
Commercial Ports.

Art. 7. The Chinese Government agrees speedily to make a fundamental
revision of the Kirin-Changchun Railway Loan Agreement, taking as a
standard the provisions in railway loan agreements made heretofore
between China and foreign financiers.

When in future, more advantageous terms than those in existing railway
loan agreements are granted to foreign financiers in connection with
railway loans, the above agreement shall again be revised in accordance
with Japan's wishes.

Art. 8. All existing treaties between China and Japan relating to
Manchuria shall, except where otherwise provided for by this Treaty,
remain in force.

Art. 9. The present Treaty shall come into force on the date of its
signature. The present Treaty shall be ratified by His Excellency the
President of the Republic of China and His Majesty the Emperor of Japan,
and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Tokio as soon as
possible.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries of the two High
Contracting Parties have signed and sealed the present Treaty, two
copies in the Chinese language and two in Japanese.

Done at Peking this twenty-fifth day of the fifth month of the fourth
year of the Republic of China, corresponding to the same day of the same
month of the fourth year of Taisho.

EXCHANGE OF NOTES

_Respecting the Terms of Lease of Port Arthur and Dalny and the Terms of
South Manchurian and Antung-Mukden Railways_.

Peking, the 25th day of the 5th month of the 4th year of the Republic of
China.