to establish radio-telegraphic stations on the Island by the United States or its nationals shall be suspended.

Article IV

In connection with the rights embraced by Article III, specific rights, privileges, and exemptions, in so far as they relate to electrical communications, shall be enjoyed in the Island of Yap by the United States and its nationals in terms as follows:

(1) Nationals of the United States shall have the unrestricted right to reside in the Island, and the United States and its nationals shall have the right to acquire and hold on a footing of entire equality with Japan or any other nation or their respective nationals all kinds of property and interests, both personal and real, including lands, buildings, residences, offices, works and appurtenances.

(2) Nationals of the United States shall not be obliged to obtain any permit or license in order to be entitled to land and operate cables on the Island, or to establish radio-telegraphic service, subject to the provisions of Article III, or to enjoy any of the rights and privileges embraced by this Article and by Article III.

(3) No censorship or supervision shall be exercised over cable or radio messages or operations.

(4) Nationals of the United States shall have complete freedom of entry and exit in the Island for their persons and property.

(5) No taxes, port, harbor, or landing charges or exactions of any nature whatsoever, shall be levied either with respect to the operation of cables or radio stations, or with respect to property, persons or vessels.

(6) No discriminatory police regulations shall be enforced. (7) The Government of Japan will exercise its power of expropriation in the Island to secure to the United States or its nationals needed property and facilities for the purpose of electrical communications if such property or facilities cannot otherwise be obtained.

It is understood that the location and the area of land so

to be expropriated shall be arranged between the two Governments according to the requirements of each case. Property of the United States or of its nationals and facilities for the purpose of electrical communication in the Island shall not be subject to expropriation.

Article V

The present Convention shall be ratified by the High Contracting Parties in accordance with their respective constitutions. The ratifications of this Convention shall be exchanged in Washington as soon as practicable, and it shall take effect on the date of the exchange of the ratifications.

INDEX

America: War with Japan, 18-20; American trade in China and
Korea, 163-165; American cotton trade in Manchuria, 173;
American railway enterprises in China, 211-212; American
expansion, 228; annexation of Hawaii, 229; attitude towards
Kolchak, 236; towards Siberia, 246, 247, as stated by Mr. Hughes,
359-364; American withdrawal from Siberia, 250, 251; American
Siberian policy criticised by Siberian Russians, 252; interest in
Siberian railway, 261; interest in Manchurian railway, 262.
American International Corporation : 134, 211.
Anglo-Japanese Alliance: First treaty, 43; second treaty, 44; Ameri-
can interest in, 45; third alliance, 46; its recent unpopularity in
Japan and England, 47; India and alliance, 53; New Zealand
and Australia on alliance, 54; Chinese objection to, 74.

Balfour, Arthur J., British delegate to Washington Conference:
Proposes plan for restricting Pacific naval bases, 38; proposes
to include Japan proper in Pacific Treaty, 67; on British lease-
holds in China, 146, 327; on listing foreign obligations of China,
154; his good offices concerning Shantung controversy, 196; on
treaties affecting China, 349.

Bland, J. O. P.: On China, 81; On factional feuds in China, 117.
Bliss, General Tasker Howard: On international fear of armaments,
20.

Bolsheviki: Japan's attitude towards, 244, 251; American attitude,
250.

Bonin Islands: Distance from Japan, 36; affecting naval treaty, 37.

California question: Influence on Anglo-Japanese alliance, 45.
Chang Tsolin, General, 103, 114.

Cheng, S. G.: On Chinese customs system, 93, 94; on Chinese rail-
ways, 208.

China: Her program at Washington Conference, 73 et seq.; her people
indifferent to Washington Conference, 76; her chaotic finances,
82 et seq.; Japan's interest in China's finances, 82-83; national
loans of, 86; revenue and expenditure, 87; customs tariff, 91 et
seq.; 311, 313; extraterritoriality in, 97 et seq.; 318-322; instances
of recent internal disorder, 100-102; politico-military factions in,
103 et seq.; factional feuds in, 114 et seq.; resolution of Wash-
ington Conference on military expenditure of, 120; what Wash-
ington Conference did for, 123; foreign concessions in, 149-150;
foreign leased territories in, 324-329; new diplomacy in, 151 et
seq.; International Consortium for, 157 et seq.; Japan's "twenty-
one demands" on, 176-186; policy as to Shantung question, 192-
195; foreign control of railways in, 206 et seq., 352; foreign

railway loans for, 212-215; foreign radio stations in, 284, 345-
347; foreign troops in, 287, 330-337; foreign post offices in, 288,
339-344; "Open door" in, 300-311.

China Year Book: Quoted on Chinese finances, 83, 86.

Chinese delegation_at_Washington Conference: Proposal of, 73;
text of same, 77-79;' on tariff revision, 91, 94, 311; its attitude
criticised, 119 et seq.; its conduct of Shantung negotiations, 200;
its victory concerning Shantung, 216; statement on "twenty-one
demands," 293; on extraterritoriality in China, 318-322; on for-
eign troops in China, 330; on foreign post offices in China, 338;
on foreign radio stations, 345; on railways in China, 352.
Chita, representing Far Eastern Republic of Siberia: Its forces in
Mongolia, 143; delegation to Washington, 234; organization of
its government, 235; Dairen conference between Chita and
Tokyo, 239, 242, 357; Japan's proposal to Chita, 239; note to
American government, 249.

Continental and Commercial Bank of Chicago: Chinese loan from,
90.

Dairen: 167, 177, 184, 239, 242, 357.

Eastern Chinese Railway: Control by China, 241, 267; Washington
Conference on, 263; effect of interallied expedition in Siberia,
265, 266; inefficiency of Chinese management, 268; resolutions
adopted by Washington Conference on, 358.

Edison, Thomas A.: On Japan and Siberia, 225.

England: Alliance with Japan, 44-46; recent attitude towards alliance,
51; India and England, 53; her Chinese trade, 54; treaty with
China, 91 et seq.; her sphere of influence in China, 132; interest
in Tibet, 143-144; her railway enterprises in China, 209-211; aid
to Kolchak, 236.

Extraterritoriality in China: Japan's attitude towards, 98; British
Chambers of Commerce in China on, 98-99; China unprepared
for abolition of, 126; Japan Advertiser on, 127; Chinese conten-
tions on, 318-322.

Ferguson, Dr. John C., 73.

Fortifications and naval bases in the Pacific: Kato approaches
Hughes on, 35; original article 19 of naval treaty, 36; Tokyo
government seeks alteration of same, 36; Balfour's proposal, 38;
Japan concedes on Bonin Islands, 39; final article 19, as adopted
by Washington Conference, 38-39.

France: Her interest in Pacific Treaty, 60; her sphere of influence
in China, 132; her leased territories in China, 146; her coopera-
tion with Russia in China, 148.

Geddes, Sir Auckland, British delegate to Washington Conference:
On Board of Reference for China, 154; text of his resolution
on "open door," 302.

Germany: Her sphere of influence in China, 132; her assistance to
Russia, 141.

Guam: Distance from Japan, 5; fortifications and naval base, 25, 26.