I avail, etc.,
(Signed) HIOKI EKI.
His Excellency,
Lou Tseng-tsiang,
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
EXCHANGE OF NOTES RESPECTING THE EXPLANATION OF "LEASE BY NEGOTIATION" IN SOUTH MANCHURIA
—Note—
Peking, the 25th day of the 5th month of the 4th year of Taisho.
Excellency,
I have the honour to state that the term lease by negotiation contained in Article 2 of the Treaty respecting South Manchuria and Eastern Inner Mongolia signed this day shall be understood to imply a long-term lease of not more than thirty years and also the possibility of its unconditional renewal.
I avail, etc.,
(Signed) HIOKI EKI.