The Chinese Government with a view to preserving the peace of the Far East hereby accepts, with the exception of those five articles of Group V postponed for later negotiation, all the articles of Group I, II, III, and IV and the exchange of notes in connection with Fukien Province in Group V as contained in the revised proposals presented on the 26th of April, and in accordance with the Explanatory Note of seven articles accompanying the Ultimatum of the Japanese Government with the hope that thereby all the outstanding questions are settled, so that the cordial relationship between the two countries may be further consolidated. The Japanese Minister is hereby requested to appoint a day to call at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to make the literary improvement of the text and sign the Agreement as soon as possible.
Thus ended one of the most extraordinary diplomatic negotiations ever undertaken in Peking.
FOOTNOTES:
[ [13] ] Refers to preaching Buddhism.
[ [14] ] The reader will observe, that the expression "Hanyehping enterprises" is compounded by linking together characters denoting the triple industry.
[ [15] ] Six articles found in Japan's Revised Demands are omitted here as they had already been initialled by the Chinese Foreign Minister and the Japanese Minister.