About treaty of shimonoseki.

first

China recognizes that North Korea is indeed a completely independent country, so its independent system, such as the ceremony of national contribution to China, will be abolished in the future.

The second paragraph

China will manage the local opening rights, and all forts and weapons factories and all public goods in this area will be ceded to Japan forever.

First, the southern part of Fengtian within the demarcation line traces the Yalu River to Anping Estuary, and the estuary is zoned to Fenghuang, Haicheng and Yingkou, and to the south of the dotted line. All the former cities are included in the demarcation line. After the line reaches the Liaohe River in Yingkou, it ends downstream in Haikou, with the center of the river as the boundary. The south bank of Liaodong Bay and the north bank of the Yellow Sea, all the islands belonging to Fengtian, are also within the ceded territory.

Two, the whole island of Taiwan Province Province and all affiliated islands.

3. Penghu Islands, that is, the islands in Green, England, ranging from 190 degrees east longitude to 120 degrees north latitude.

third segment

After this Agreement approves the exchange of borders drawn on the maps mentioned in the preceding paragraph and attached to their own maps, the two countries shall each appoint two or more officials to form a public border demarcation committee to conduct on-site investigation and determine the border demarcation. If difficulties and inconveniences are caused by the topography or geography of the national border, all members should make appropriate changes. All members should deal with border affairs as soon as possible with a view to completing their work within one year after their appointment. However, if the members have any further demarcation, the two governments shall make demarcation according to this agreement before they are recognized.

Section iv

China gave Japanese twenty-two thousand coppers of silver as military compensation. This payment is made in eight installments. The first payment of RMB 52 million shall be paid within six months after the exchange in this agreement is approved. The second payment of 52 million yuan shall be paid within 12 months after the exchange agreed in this agreement. The remaining amount shall be divided into six equal parts and paid annually. The method is as follows: the first equal part paid every year should be paid within two years. The second payment should be completed within three years, the third payment should be completed within four years, the fourth payment should be completed within five years, the fifth payment should be completed within six years and the sixth payment should be completed within seven years. The annual points shall be calculated from the date when the exchange is approved in this agreement. After the first payment of compensation, the unpaid amount shall be paid at the rate of 5% per year, but it is up to China to decide whether to pay the compensation in full or a few minutes in advance. If the swap can be fully paid off within three years from the date of ratification of the treaty, the interest paid will be deducted from the bank within two and a half years or less, and the rest will remain interest-free.

Section 5

After the exchange is agreed in this agreement, within two years, if the local people in China are willing to move outside the ceded place, they can sell all the industries and retreat out of bounds. However, those who have not moved after the expiration of the period should be regarded as Japanese subjects as appropriate. In addition, a province in Taiwan Province Province shall send ministers of the two countries to Taiwan Province Province immediately after the approval of this agreement, and the handover shall be limited to two months after the approval of this agreement.

Section 6

Therefore, all the covenants between China and Japan have been broken and abolished. After the approval of this agreement, China will send plenipotentiaries as soon as possible, and Japanese plenipotentiaries will send plenipotentiaries to conclude trade and navigation treaties and land trade regulations. The new contract between the two countries should be based on the agreement between China and Thailand. From the date when the exchange was approved by the state, before the implementation of the new contract, all Japanese officials and civilians traded with commercial craft ships and boats by land, which was the most preferential treatment for China.

China will cede the terms and conditions, which will be implemented six months after the date when the plenipotentiaries of the two countries affix their seals.

First, seeing that China has opened its commercial ports today, it should be allowed to set up new commercial ports for Japanese subjects to go to overseas Chinese residences and engage in commercial craft production. All additional ports shall be handled in accordance with the articles of association of Haikou, merchants or inland towns, and enjoy all the preferential conditions and benefits due. (1) Shashi, Jingzhou District, Hubei Province. (2) Chongqing, Sichuan Province. (3) Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. (4) Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. The Japanese government had to send consular officers to frontier ports.

2. As long as the Japanese ship enters the lower port, it will carry passengers and load: (1) from Yichang, Hubei to Chongqing, Sichuan. (2) sail from Shanghai into Wusong River and Canal, even Suzhou and Hangzhou. Before China and Japan reach an agreement on navigation regulations, the shipping at Shanghai Port will be carried out in accordance with the regulations on foreign ships entering China inland waterway.

Third, Japanese subjects who purchase materials in Chinese mainland can temporarily rent the inventory of warehouses if they want to temporarily store their own goods or goods shipped to the mainland by importers, in addition to paying all the travel expenses.

Fourth, Japanese subjects have the right to engage in all kinds of craft manufacturing in China's trading port cities, and to ship and import all kinds of machines at will, they only need to pay the prescribed import tax. All goods made by Japanese subjects in China, such as inland transportation tax, the distribution of tax bills in the mainland, and the benefits of storing pallets in the mainland of China, should be handled as a whole according to the goods imported by Japanese subjects to China, which should be excluded as a good example.

If there is any concession due to the above situation, the articles of association shall be added, which shall be included in the navigation and trade treaties referred to in this paragraph.

Section 7

The Japanese garrison in China shall be withdrawn within three months after the exchange is approved in this agreement, but it shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the next paragraph.

Section 8

In order to ensure that the provisions of the Covenant are seriously implemented, China allowed the Japanese to temporarily occupy and defend Ahava. In China, the first and second indemnities stipulated in this agreement have been paid, and trading vessels are allowed to exchange. After that, the China government and the Japanese government decided on a comprehensive and proper way, using the tariffs at the trading ports as collateral for the surplus interests, and Japan was allowed to withdraw its troops. If China did not determine the mortgage method immediately, the Japanese would not withdraw their troops before the reparations in the late Qing Dynasty.

Section 9

After the exchange is approved in this agreement, the two countries shall return all prisoners at that time. China will soon be returned by Japanese prisoners, and will not be abused or committed crimes. China promised to immediately release Japanese subjects who were thought to be military spies or suspected of being arrested, and promised to give loans to Japanese subjects involved in the exchange of fire in China, and told some companies not to make unauthorized arrests.

Section 10

From the date of approving the exchange of this agreement, the war should be stopped by soldiers.

Paragraph 1 1

As this agreement was approved by His Majesty the Qing Emperor and His Majesty the Great Japanese Empire, it was exchanged in Yantai on April 14th, the 21st year of Guangxu, that is, May 8th, the 28th year of Meiji in Japan. In witness whereof, the authorized representatives of the two countries signed and sealed it.

Li Hongzhang, first-class plenipotentiary of imperial envoys in Qing Dynasty, first-class earl of Su Yi, minister of Beiyang trade, and governor of Zhili (with seal).

Li, an imperial envoy and plenipotentiary of the Qing Empire, wears the former ambassador (with seal)

Minister Plenipotentiary of the Great Japanese Empire, Prime Minister of the Cabinet, from the Second Earl Ito Bowen (India)

Minister Plenipotentiary of the Great Japanese Empire, Minister of Foreign Affairs, from two honours to first-class viscount Lu Ao Guangzong (printing)

On March 23rd, the 21st year of Guangxu, I wrote two parts in Shimonoseki.

April 17 of Meiji 28th year

1895