Article 1 the two contracting parties agree to settle at the aforementioned conference the question of the Chinese Eastern Railway in conformity with the principles as hereinafter pro-
(4) The Governments of the two contracting parties declare that the Chinese Eastern Railway is a purely commercial enterprise, The Governments of the two contracting parties mutubjly declare that with the exception of matters Pertaining to the business operation which are under the direct control of the Chinese Eastern Railway, all other matters affecting the rights of the National and the Local Governments of the Republic of China such judicial matters, matters relating to civil administration, military administration, police, municipal government, taxation, and landed property (with the exception of lands required by the said railway)
Eastern Railway incurred prior to the Revolution of March 9, 1917.
(5) The Governments of the t contracting parties: mutually age that the future of the Chinese Eastern Railway shall be determined by the Republic of China and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the exclusion of any third party oF par (6) The Governments of the two contracting parties agree to draw an arrangement for the prosional management of the Chinese Eastern Railway pending the settles vent of the question as provided under section (3) of the present Article.
(7) Until the various questions relating to the Chinese Eastern: Railway qre settled at the confer. fence as provided in article the present agreement, the rights of the two Governments arising out of the contract of Aug. 27-Sept. 8, 1896, for the construction and opera: tion of the Chinese Eastern Railway, which do not conflict with the present agreement and the agreement for the provisional management of the said railway and which do not prejudice China's rights of sovereignty, shall be maintained, Extraterritoriality, Concessions and
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