Article IX.—The Board of Diree~ tors shall revise as soon as possible the statutes of the Chinese Eastern Railway Company, approved on December 4, 1896, by the Tsarist Government, in accordance with the present agreement and the Agreement on General Principles for the settlement of the questions between the Republic of China and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics of May B1, 1924, and in any ease, not later than six months from the date of the constitution of the Board of Directors. Pending their the aforesaid statutes, they do not conflict with the present Agreement on General Principles for the settlement of the questions between the Republic of China and the Union of Soviet Socialist Re Publies and do not prejudice the rights of sovereignty of the Republic of China, shall continue to be observed.
Article X.—'The present, agreement shall cease to have effect as soon as the question of the Chinese Esstern Railway is finally settled at the conference as provided in Article TI of the Agreement General Principles for the Settlement of the Questions between the Republic of China and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics of May 31,1024, Article XI—The present agreement shall come into effect from the date of signature.
In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present agreement in duplicate and have affixed thereto theft sea Done at the city of Peking, ete.
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