on Liukungtao (i. e., roads, wharves, police, sanitation and lighting), conserve the existing forests, permit no brothels, permit the sale of no liquors or intoxicants except in licensed premises, and maintain the present regulations as regards cultivation. The National Government undertakes that, in the event of the sale, or grant of leases, of Government land or buildings on Liukungtao, such conveyances or leases shall contain a clause enforcing the observance of the abovementioned stipulations. ARTICLE 3. (1) His Britannic Majesty's ships and auxiliaries visiting Liukungtao and its waters during the months of April to October, inclusive, will be accorded the use, after the Chinese Navy, of that portion of the anchorage that has been dredged by His Britannic Majesty's Navy. Nevertheless, in the event of war involving either His Britannic Majesty or the Chinese Republic, His Britannic Majesty's ships or auxiliaries shall withdraw from Liukungtao waters in accordance with international usage. (2) Ships of His Britannic Majesty's Navy will be accorded the privilege of towing targets from the aforementioned anchorage to the sea, reasonable care being taken to avoid damage to fishing nets. (3) During the period of the loan to the Government of the United Kingdom of a certain number of buildings and facilities on Liukungtao, as stated in Article 1 of the present Agreement, His Britannic Majesty's Navy will be accorded the privilege of landing men for drill or rifle practice on Liukungtao after obtaining permission from the Chinese authorities, which will be given on application, to be renewed yearly. In the event of local disturbances occurring, such privileges may be temporarily foregone on representations being made by the local authorities. ARTICLE 4. The importing, storing, shipping and transshipping at Weihaiwei of stores of all kinds for the purposes of His Britannic Majesty's Navy will be permitted according to the usage of the ports open to foreign trade. The Government of the United Kingdom will not store arms or ammunition on Liukungtao. ARTICLE 5. Existing buoys and moorings that have been laid by His Britannic Majesty's Navy in Weihaiwei waters shall be transferred, free of charge, to and maintained by the National Government of the Republic of China for the use of His Britannic Majesty's Navy after the Chinese Navy. All these buoys and moorings, however, may be removed from time to time as the Chinese naval or harbour authorities may deem expedient. ARTICLE 6. The present Agreement shall be ratified, and ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Nanking on or before the first day of October, 1930, which is the first day of the tenth month of the nineteenth year of the Republic of China. It shall come into force from the date of the exchange of ratifications. In faith whereof the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, duly authorized thereto, have signed the present Agreement in duplicate and have affixed thereto their seals. Done at Nanking this eighteenth day of April, nineteen hundred and thirty, corresponding to the eighteenth day of the fourth month of the nineteenth year of the Republic of China. For the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. For the National Government of the Republic of China. ANNEX TO THE AGREEMENT List of facilities to be granted and Land and Buildings on Liukungtao to be leased to the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by the National Government of the Republic of China. 1. Golf Club and golf club-house. 2. Royal naval canteen teahouse. 3. Naval cemetery. 4. Admiralty village. 5. Warrant officers' club and tennis courts. 6. Officers' and men's recreation grounds together with the buildings thereon and the hockey and cricket grounds and tennis courts; and the officers' squash courts. 7. That portion of the "hospital site," with buildings, &c., thereon, situated southward to the road traversing the site about its centre, together with the Commander-in-Chief's tennis courts, as shown on the accompanying plan (marked “A”).1 8. Commander-in-Chief's office (61) and house adjoining (62). 9. United Services Club and garden (57). 10. Residences Nos. (52), (54), (55), (58), (59), (60), (73) on plan with their gardens. 'Not printed. 11. Hospital (53), hospital store (50), residence for sick berth staff (49), and dynamo house (51). 12. Store-houses Nos. (70), (30-40), including (75), (47), (48), (68), (29a), and two bays of No. (29), i. e., sufficient for the storage of 6,000 tons of coal. 13. Royal Naval canteen (temporarily, pending the provision by the National Government of the Republic of a suitable building in lieu). NOTE. The numbers in brackets refer to the numbers on the plan (marked "B") attached.1 Joint use with the Chinese Navy of the following facilities, and land and buildings: 1. Rifle ranges, including land and buildings. 2. Two artesian wells. 3. Iron pier. Also accommodation in camber for naval coal lighters and facilities in respect of coaling coolies. As regards the quarries to be handed over under the provisions of the Convention for the Rendition of Weihaiwei the Government of the United Kingdom shall be permitted to obtain stone therefrom when required free of cost. Two plans (marked "A" and "B") showing the land and buildings, &c., above referred to are attached.1 'Not printed. RECENT PUBLICATIONS During June the following documents, of direct interest in connection with Treaty Information, were published by the Department of State and may be secured from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. Status of Aliens: Convention between the United States and Other American Republics. Signed February 20, 1928; proclaimed June 6, 1930. (Treaty Series, No. 815.) 5 pp. 5¢. London Naval Conference: Digest of the London Naval Treaty of 1930 with Fleet-Tonnage Tables. (Conference Series, No. 4.) 12 pp. 5¢. London Naval Treaty: Radio Address by the Honorable Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of State, June 12, 1930. 13 pp. Free. 27 |