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The Japanese Government and the Chinese Government with the object of effectively preserving the territorial integrity of China agree to the following special Article:

The Japanese Government and the American Government with the object of effectively preserving the territorial integrity of the United States agree to the following special Article:

The Chinese Government engages not to cede or to lease to a third Power any harbor or bay or island along the coast of China.

The American Government engages not to cede or to lease to a third Power any harbor or bay or island along the coast of the United States.

1. The Chinese Central Government shall employ inﬂuential Japanese as advisers in political, ﬁnancial and military affairs.

1. The American Government at Washington, D. C., shall employ inﬂuential Japanese as advisers in political, ﬁnancial and military affairs.

2. Japanese hospitals, churches and schools in the interior of China shall be granted the right of owning land.

2. Japanese hospitals, churches and schools in the United States shall be granted the right of owning land.

3. Inasmuch as the Japanese Government and the Chinese Government have had many cases of dispute between Japanese and Chinese to settle, cases which caused no little misunderstanding, it is for this reason necessary that the police departments of important places (in China) shall be jointly administered by Japanese and Chinese, or that the police departments of these places shall employ numerous Japanese to that they may at the same time help to plan for the improvement of the Chinese police service.

3. Inasmuch as the Japanese Government and the American Government have had many cases of dispute between Japanese and Americans (in America) to settle, cases which caused no little misunderstanding, it is for this reason necessary that the police departments of important cities in America shall be jointly administered by Japanese and Americans, or that the police departments of these places shall employ numerous Japanese to that they may help to plan for the improvement of the American police service.