1.Japan claims no right of sovereignty in Shantung Province.
2.Japan will restore the Lease of Kiaochow and will relinquish to China all rights, titles and privileges acquired by Japan from Germany within the Leased Territory, except as regards railways and other physical properties.Japan will arrange with the Chinese Government for the location of an exclusive Japanese concession on the Bay of Kiachow and for the disposal of former German properties with the Leased Territory.
3.Japan will endeavor to make this restoration complete within two years from the signing of the Peace Treaty.
4.Japan relinquishes the benefit of any provision or provisions in the conventions and agreements between Germany and China which gave an exclusive preferential position in the Province of Shantung.
5.In the administration of the existing railways which have been conceded to her, Japan will not discriminate against the trade of China or of other nations.
6.The new railway lines, for the construction of which concessions have been accorded to Japan, shall be built by the Japanese for the Chinese Government.
7.Japan will use special police only along the railways and only to ensure security for traffic. These police shall be Chinese, with such Japanese instructors as the Directors of the Railway may select, these instructors to be appointed by the Chinese Government.
8.Japan will withdraw all military forces from Shantung as soon as practicable, it being the intention, if conditions permit, that the withdrawal shall be completed within a period of not more than two years.
Unknown, “Draft Settlement of the Shantung Question,” No date, R. Emmet Condon Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.
