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1. That Russia recognize Japan's preponderating influence in Korea.

2. That Russia and Japan evacuate Manchuria.

3. That Japan restore Chinese sovereignty and civil government in Manchuria.

4. That both powers respect Chinese sovereignty in Manchuria and the principle of equal commercial opportunity there for all nations.

5. That the island of Sakhalin be ceded to Japan.

6. That Russia surrender to Japan all rights accruing under Chinese leases of the Liaotung peninsula, including Port Arthur, Dalny, and the Blonde and Elliott islands.

7. That Russia surrender to China by arrangement with Japan the branch of the Chinese Eastern railway from Harbin to Port Arthur and Newchwang, with retrocession of all privileges under the concession of 1898.

8. That the Russian concessions obtained in 1896 by which the short route connecting the Trans-Siberian and Ussuri railways in northern Manchuria be given to the Chinese Eastern railway, Chinese imperial police to be substituted for the Russian guards.

9. That Russia pay Japan the substantial costs of the war.

10. That Russia surrender to Japan all warships interned in far Asiatic waters.

11. That Russia limit strictly the naval establishment maintained in neutral waters of the far East.

12. That Russia grant fishing rights to Japan along the Russian littoral in Siberia.

After the agreement by Russia to certain of these articles, and skilful manœuvring by the Russian envoys until the demand by Japan for an indemnity was practically the one remaining cause for dispute between them, the world was startled on August 29 by the surrender of the Japanese of all demand for indemnification and the consequent declaration of peace. As amended the treaty grants to Japan all that Japan contended for before the declaration of war except the maintenance of the territorial integrity of China, with the addition of the valuable