responding to such changes would contribute to general stability and repose, have agreed upon the following stipulations to replace the Agreement above mentioned, such stipulations having the same object as the said Agreement, namely:

A. The consolidation and maintenance of the general peace in the regions of Eastern Asia and India.

B. The preservation of the common interests of all the Powers in China by insuring the independence and integrity of the Chinese Empire and the principle of equal opportunities for the commerce and industry of all nations in China.

C.-The maintenance of the territorial rights of the High Contracting Parties in the regions of Eastern Asia and of India and the defense of their special interests on those regions:

Article I.-It is agreed that whenever, in the opinion of either Japan or Great Britain, any of the rights and interests referred to in the preamble of this Agreement are in jeopardy, the two Governments will communicate with one another fully and frankly, and will consider in common the measures which should be taken to safeguard those menaced rights and interests.

Article II.-If by reason of an unprovoked attack or aggressive action, wherever arising, on the part of any other Power or Powers, either of the High Contracting Parties should be involved in war in defense of its territorial rights or special interests mentioned in the preamble

of this Agreement, the other High Contracting Party will at once come to the assistance of its ally and will conduct the war in common and make peace in mutual agreement with it.

Article III.-The High Contracting Parties agree that neither of them will, without consulting the other, enter into a separate agreement with another Power to the prejudice of the objects described in the preamble of this Agreement.

Article IV.-Should either of the High Contracting Parties conclude a treaty of general arbitration with a third Power, it is agreed that nothing in this Agreement shall impose on such contracting party an obligation to go to war with the Power with whom such an arbitration treaty is in force.

Article V.-The conditions under which armed assistance shall be afforded by either Power to the other in circumstances entered into the present Agreement, and the means by which such assistance is to be made available, will be arranged by the military and naval authorities of the High Contracting Parties, who will from time to time consult one another fully and frankly upon all questions of mutual interests.

Article VI.-The present Agreement shall come into effect immediately after the date of its signature, and remain in force for ten years from that date (same proviso as first Agreement as to expiry).

In faith whereof the undersigned, duly authorized by their respective Governments,

have signed this Agreement and have affixed their seals thereto.

Done at London, July 13, 1911.

Τ. ΚΑΤΟ,

The Ambassador of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan at the Court of St. James.

EDWARD GREY,

H. B. M.'s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

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SENATE RESOLUTION 103

64th Congress, 1st Session

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 21, 1916

Mr. Stone submitted the following resolution, which was considered and agreed to."

RESOLUTION

Resolved, That the President be requested, if not incompatible with the public interests, to transmit to the Senate the correspondence, or so much thereof as in his opinion may be made public, had between the official representatives of the Government of the United States and the representatives of the Government of Korea re

1 Senator Stone of Missouri was the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations.

lating to the occupation of Korea and the establishment of a protectorate over said country by Japan during, or as an incident of, the RussianJapanese War of nineteen hundred and four and nineteen hundred and five.

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

To the Senate:

In response to the resolution adopted by the Senate on February 21, 1916, requesting the President, if not incompatible with the public interests, to transmit to the Senate the correspondence, or so much thereof as in his opinion may be made public, had between the official representatives of the Government of the United States and the representatives of the Government of Korea, relating to the occupation of Korea and the establishment of a protectorate over said country by Japan, during, or as an incident of, the Russian-Japanese War of 1904-05, I transmit herewith a report by the Secretary of State on this subject.

The report of the Secretary of State has my approval.

The White House,

WOODROW WILSON.

Washington, February 23, 1916.

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TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND COREA

Peace, Amity, Commerce, and Navigation

Signed at Yin-Chuen (Gensan), May 22, 1882. Ratification advised by the Senate, January 9, 1883.

Ratified by the President, February 13, 1883. Ratifications exchanged at Seoul, May 19,

1883.

Proclaimed, June 4, 1883.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

Whereas a treaty of peace and amity and commerce and navigation between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Corea or Chosen was concluded on the twenty-second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, the original of which treaty being in the English and Chinese languages is word for word as follows:

TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE KINGDOM

OF CHOSEN

The United States of America and the Kingdom of Chosen, being sincerely desirous of establishing permanent relations of amity and