ARTICLE XI.

The Governments of Japan and China engage that in all that relates to frontier trade between Manchuria and Corea most favoured nation treatment shall be reciprocally extended.

ARTICLE XII.

The Governments of Japan and China engage that in all matters dealt with in the treaty signed this day or in the present agreement the most favourable treatment shall be reciprocally extended.

The present agreement shall take effect from the date of signature. When the treaty signed this day is ratified, this agreement shall also be considered as approved.

In witness whereof, the undersigned, duly authorized by their respective governments, have signed the present agreement in duplicate in the Japanese and Chinese languages and have thereto affixed their seals.

Done at Peking, this 22nd day of the 12th month of the 38th year of Meiji, corresponding to the 26th day of the 11th moon of the 31st year of Kuang Hsü.

(Signed)

BARON KOMURA JUTARO, [L. S.] Jusammi, Grand Cordon of the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Special Ambassador of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan.

Jushii, Second Class of the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan.

Presiding Minister for Foreign Affairs, Councillor of State and Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of China.

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Councillor of State and Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of China.

Viceroy of the Province of Chihli, Junior Guardian of the Heir-Apparent, Minister Superintendent of Trade for the Northern Ports and Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of China.

ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN

CONCERNING THEIR

FRANCE AND JAPAN
POLICIES IN CHINA.1

Signed at Paris, June 10, 1907.

The Government of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan and the Government of the French Republic, animated by the desire to strengthen the relations of amity existing between them, and to remove from those relations all cause of misunderstanding for the future, have decided to conclude the following arrangement:

"The Governments of Japan and France, being agreed to respect the independence and integrity of China, as well as the principle of equal treatment in that country for the commerce and subjects or citizens of all nations, and having a special interest to have the order and pacific state of things preserved especially in the regions of the Chinese Empire adjacent to the territories where they have the rights of sovereignty, protection or occupation, engage to support each other for assuring the peace and security in those regions with a view to maintain the respective situation and the territorial rights of the two high contracting parties in the Continent of Asia."

In witness whereof, the undersigned: His Excellency Monsieur Kurino, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of His Majesty. the Emperor of Japan to the President of the French Republic, and His Excellency Monsieur Stephen Pichon, Senator, Minister for Foreign Affairs, authorized by their respective Governments, have signed this Arrangement and have affixed thereto their seals.

Done at Paris, the 10th of June, 1907.

The two Governments of Japan and France, while reserving the negotiations for the conclusion of a convention of commerce in regard to the relations between Japan and French Indo-China, agree as follows:

The treatment of the most favoured nation shall be accorded to the officers and subjects of Japan in French Indo-China in all that concerns their persons and the protection of their property, and the same treatment shall be applied to the subjects and protégés of French Indo-China in the Empire of Japan, until the expiration of the treaty of commerce

1 Rockhill, Supplement 1904-1908, p. 30.

and navigation signed between Japan and France on the 4th of August, 1896.

Paris, the 10th of June, 1907.

[L. S.] S. KURINO. [L. S.] S. PICHON.

CONVENTION OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND MONTENEGRO.1

Signed at Cettinje, January 11, 1910; ratifications exchanged at Cettinje, June 21, 1910.

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and His Royal Highness the Prince of Montenegro, being desirous of extending and facilitating still further the commercial relations. between their respective countries, have resolved to conclude a convention of commerce and navigation, and have named as their plenipotentiaries for this purpose:

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, Mr. Henry Beaumont, His Charge d'Affaires at Cettinje;

And His Royal Highness the Prince of Montenegro, His Excellency Dr. L. Tomanovitch, President of His Council of Ministers, His Minister for Foreign Affairs;

Who, having communicated to each other their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles:

ARTICLE 1.

The subjects and the produce of the soil and industry of each of the two high contracting parties shall enjoy reciprocally in the territory of the other the same treatment as that accorded to the subjects and produce of the soil and industry of the most favoured foreign nation. In particular this treatment shall be accorded in all matters concerning the establishment of the nationals of each of the high contracting parties in the territory of the other, and as regards the exercise of commerce or industries and the payment of taxes connected therewith; also in all matters of commerce and navigation both as regards importation, exportation, and transit, and, in general, in all that concerns customs duties and commercial operations.

1 Great Britain, Treaty Series, No. 19, 1910.

ARTICLE 2.

The stipulations of the present convention shall not be applicable to any of His Britannic Majesty's colonies, possessions, or protectorates beyond the seas, unless notice of accession shall have been given on behalf of any such colony, possession, or protectorate by His Britannic Majesty's representative at Cettinje before the expiration of one year from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present convention.

Nevertheless, the produce of the soil or industry of any of His Britannic Majesty's colonies, possessions, and protectorates shall enjoy in Montenegro complete and unconditional most-favoured-nation treatment, so long as such colony, possession, or protectorate, shall accord to the produce of the soil or industry of Montenegro treatment as favourable as that accorded to the produce of the soil or industry of any other foreign country.

ARTICLE 3.

The present convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Cettinje as soon as possible. It shall come into force immediately upon ratification, and shall be binding during ten years from the day of its coming into force. In case neither of the high contracting parties shall have given notice to the other, twelve months before the expiration of the said period of ten years of its intention to terminate it, it shall remain in force until the expiration of one year from the day on which either of the high contracting parties shall have denounced it.

As regards, however, the British colonies, possessions, and protectorates which may have acceded to the present convention in virtue of the provisions of Article 2, either of the high contracting parties shall have the right to terminate it separately at any time on giving twelve months' notice to that effect.

It is understood that the stipulations of the present and of the preceding article referring to British colonies, possessions, or protectorates apply also to the Island of Cyprus.

In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the present convention, and have affixed thereto their seals.

Done in duplicate at Cettinje the 29th December, 1909.

11th January, 1910.

CONVENTION WITH RESPECT TO THE INTERNATIONAL CIRCULATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES.1

Signed at Paris, October 11, 1909.

[TRANSLATION]

The undersigned plenipotentiaries of the governments hereinafter specified, assembled in conference at Paris from the 5th to the 11th October, 1909, with a view of facilitating, as far as possible, the international circulation of motor vehicles, have concluded the following convention :

ARTICLE 1.

Conditions to be fulfilled by motor-cars in order to be allowed to be driven on the highway.

Every motor-car, in order to be allowed to be driven on the highway, in a foreign country, must either have been recognized as suitable for use on the highway after an examination before the competent authority or before an association authorized by that authority, or must belong to a type approved in the same manner.

The examination must be directed specially to the following points:

(1) The machinery must be such as can be trusted to work efficiently, and must be so designed as to prevent, as far as possible, all danger of fire or explosion; as not to frighten by its noise animals, whether ridden or driven; and as not to give rise to any other cause of danger to traffic or seriously to inconvenience by the emission of smoke or vapor any persons using the road.

(2) The motor-car must be provided with the following:

(A) A strong steering apparatus, which will allow the car to be turned readily and with certainty.

(B) Two brakes, each independent of the other and adequate for its purpose. One at least of these brakes must be capable of acting rapidly and directly upon the wheels or upon brake-drums immovably fixed thereto.

(C) A mechanism which is capable of preventing even on steep gradients any backward movement, if one of the brakes is not of itself sufficient for the purpose.

Every motor-car whose weight unladen exceeds 350 kilogrammes must

1 Great Britain, Treaty Series, No. 18, 1910.