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 TRUTH ABOUT CHINA AND JAPAN

troops shall be entitled to receive assistance from China regarding the establishment of hospitals and resting stations, etc.

Article 4. Eegarding the transportation of Chinese troops and war supplies through the South Manchuria Railway, China shall first convey such materials to Dairen, Yingkow or Fengtien, whence their trans- portation to Changchun shall be undertaken by the Japanese troops.

If China wishes a body of Japanese troops to be sent to join the Chinese troops going from Urga to carry on operations in the Baikal regions the trans- portation of these Japanese troops and war supplies to Taku, Chinwantao or Fengtien shall be undertaken by the Japanese troops themselves ; but henceforward it shall be undertaken by the Chinese troops.

Eegarding transportation through the Chinese Eastern Railway it shall be undertaken by the author- ities of the said railway administration. And with a view to facilitating negotiations with the said authori- ties and making systematic and regular the trans- portation of Chinese, Japanese and Czecho-Slovak troops, China and Japan shall establish joint organs. If the Allied troops operating in these regions want their appointed officers to participate in these organs they may be allowed to do so.

Article 5. Regarding the appointment of com- munication officers, if future circumstances necessitate the appointment of other officers than those whose ap- pointment has already been mutually agreed upon

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