Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1906, (In two parts), Part II

The Japanese Chargé to Acting Secretary Adee.

Japanese Embassy,
Washington, August 27, 1906.

memorandum.

The Japanese Government will open the port of Tairen (Dalney) to the commerce of all nations on September 1. That port will be a “free port,” and no import or export duty shall be levied on merchandise imported into or exported from Kwan-to-shu (Kwantung) through that port. From the same date foreign vessels, no less than Japanese-owned vessels, will be permitted to engage in traffic between Tairen and those ports of Japan that are open to foreign commerce.