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And For the Dominion of Canada : The Right Honourable Sir Robert Laird Borden, G.C.M.G., K.C. : For the Commonwealth of Australia : , Senator the Right Honourable George Foster Pearce, Minister for Home and Territories : For the Dominion of New Zealand : The Honourable Sir John William Salmond, K.C, Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand : For the Union of. South Africa : The Right Honourable Arthur James Balfour, 0.M., M.P. : For India : The Right Honourable Valingnian Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Sastri, Member of the Indian Council of State : The President of the Republic of China : Mr. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Washington : Mr. V. K. Wellington Koo, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at London :■ Mr. Chung-Hui Wang, former Minister of Justice. The President of the French Republic : Mr. Albert Sarraut, Deputy, Minister of the Colonies : Mr. Jules J. Jusserand, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour : His Majesty the King of Italy : The Honourable, Carlo Schanzer, Senator of the Kingdom : The Honourable Vittorio Rolandi Ricci, Senator of the Kingdom, His Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Washington : The Honourable Luigi Albertini, Senator of the Kingdom : His Majesty the Emperor of Japan : Baron Tomosaburo Kato, Minister for the Navy, Junii, a member of the First Class of the Imperial Order of the Grand Cordon of the Rising Sun with the Paulownia Flower : Baron Kijuro Shidehara, His Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Washington, Joshii, a member of the First Class of the. Imperial Order of the Rising Sun : Mr. Masanao Hanihara, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jushii, a member of the Second Class of the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun : Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands : Jonkheer Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, Her Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary : Jonkheer Willem Hendrik de Beaufort, Minister Plenipotentiary, Charge d'Affaires at Washington : The President of the Portuguese Republic : Mr. Jose Francisco de Horta Machado da Franca, Viscount dAAlte, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Washington : Mr. Ernesto Julio de Carvalho de Vasconcellos, Captain of the Portuguese Navy, Technical Director of the Colonial Office: Who, having communicated to each other their full powers, found to be in good and due, form, have agreed as follows : — Article 1. The contracting Powers, other than China, agree — (1.) To respect the sovereignty, the independence, and the territorial and administrative integrity of China ; (2.) To provide the fullest and most unembarrassed, opportunity to China to develop and maintain for herself an effective and stable Government,; (3.) To use their influence for the purpose of effectually establishing and maintaining the principle of equal opportunity for the commerce and industry of all nations throughout the territory of China ; (4.) To refrain from taking advantage, of conditions in China in order to seek special rights or privileges which would abridge the rights of subjects or citizens of friendly States, and from countenancing action inimical to the security of such States. Article 11. The contracting Powers agree not to enter into any treaty, agreement, arrangement, or understanding, either with one another, or, individually or collectively, with any Power or Powers, which would infringe or impair the principles stated in Article I. -~.,. Article 111. With a view to applying more effectually the principles of the " open door " or equality of opportunity in China for the trade and industry of all nations, the contracting Powers, other than China, agree that they will not seek, nor support their respective nationals in seeking— (a.) Any arrangement which might purport to establish in favour of their interests any general superiority of rights with respect to commercial or economic development in any designated region of China ;