File No. 6351/18–19.
Ambassador White to
the Secretary of State.
[Extract]
American Embassy,
Paris
,
June 19,
1907
.
No. 43.]
Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith a
translation of the treaty recently concluded between this country and
Japan.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure.—Translation.]
arrangement.
The Government of the French Republic and the Government of His
Majesty the Emperor of Japan, animated by a desire to fortify the
friendly relations existing between them and to avert for the future
all cause of misunderstanding, have decided to conclude the
following arrangement: The Governments of France and of Japan have
agreed to respect the independence and integrity of China, as well
as the principle of equality of treatment in that country for the
trade and subjects of all nations; and, having a special interest in
seeing that [Page 755] order and a
pacific state of things be guaranteed, notably in the regions of the
Chinese Empire in the vicinity of the territories where they have
rights of sovereignty, of protection, or of occupation, undertake to
support each other in order to assure peace and security in those
regions, in view of maintaining the respective position (la situation respective) and the territorial
rights of the two contracting parties on the Asiatic continent.
declaration.
The two Governments of Japan and France, reserving the right to
engage in pourparlers with a view to the
conclusion of a commercial convention concerning the relations
between Japan and French Indo-China, agree as follows: The most
favored nation treatment will be granted to the officials and
subjects of Japan in French Indo-China for everything concerning
their persons and the protection of their property, and the same
treatment will be applied to the subjects and protégés of French
Indo-China in the Empire of Japan, and this until the expiration of
the treaty of commerce and navigation signed between Japan and
France on August 4, 1896.
