I avail, etc.,
(Signed) HIOKI EKI.
His Excellency,
Lou Tseng-tsiang,
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
EXCHANGE OF NOTES RESPECTING THE MATTER OF HANYEHPING
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Peking, the 25th day of the 5th month of the 4th year of the Republic of China.
Monsieur le Ministre,
I have the honour to state that if in future the Hanyehping Company and the Japanese capitalists agree upon co-operation, the Chinese Government, in view of the intimate relations subsisting between the Japanese capitalists and the said Company, will forthwith give its permission. The Chinese Government further agrees not to confiscate the said Company, nor, without the consent of the Japanese capitalists to convert it into a state enterprise, nor cause it to borrow and use foreign capital other than Japanese.
I avail, etc.,
(Signed) LOU TSENG-TSIANG.