ARTICLE I.—The High Contracting Parties engage to support each other reciprocally by all the land and sea force in any aggression directed by Japan against Russian territory in Eastern Asia, China or Korea.
ARTICLE II.—No treaty of peace with an adverse party can be concluded by either of them without the consent of the other.
ARTICLE III.—During military operations all Chinese ports shall be open to Russian vessels.
ARTICLE IV.—The Chinese Government consents to the construction of a railway cross the Provinces of Amur and Kirin in the direction of Vladivostok. The construction and exploitation of this railway shall be accorded to the Russo-Chinese Bank. The contract shall be concluded between the Chinese Minister at St. Petersburg and the Russo-Chinese Bank.
ARTICLE V.—In time of war Russia shall have free use of the railway for the transport and provisioning of her troops. In time of peace Russia shall have the same right for the transit of her troops and provisions.
ARTICLE VI.—The present treaty shall come force from the day on which the contract stipulated in Article IV shall have been confirmed. It shall have force for fifteen years.