File No. 3919/9.
Memorandum from the Japanese Embassy. a
Imperial Japanese Embassy,
Washington , August 14, 1907 .
Washington , August 14, 1907 .
The Government of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, and the Government of His Majesty of all the Russias, being desirous to consolidate relations of peace and good neighborhood which have happily been restored between Japan and Russia, and wishing to remove for the future all causes of misunderstanding in the relations of the two empires, have agreed upon following stipulations:
- Article I. Each of the high contracting parties engages to respect the actual territorial integrity of the other, and all rights due now both parties by virtue of treaties, conventions, and contracts now in force between them and China, copies of which have been exchanged between the contracting parties (so far as those rights are not incompatible with the principle of equal opportunity) as well as by virtue of the treaty signed at Portsmouth on August 23/September 5, 1905, and the special conventions concluded between Japan and Russia.
- Art. II. The two high contracting parties recognize the independence and territorial integrity of the Empire of China and the principle of equal opportunity for the commerce and industry of all nations in that Empire and engage to uphold and support the maintenance of status quo and the respect for the said principle by all pacific means at their disposal.
The undersigned, duly authorized by their respective Governments, have signed this convention and have affixed thereto their seals.
Done at St.
Petersburg this day July 17/30, 1907.
(Signed)
I.
Motono.
(Signed)
A.
Iswolsky.
- Same, mutatis mutandis, handed to the Secretary of State by the Russian ambassador, August 14, 1907.↩