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TO THE
American Journal of International Law
VOLUME 3
1909
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
PUBLISHED FOR
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
BY
BAKER, VOORHIS & COMPANY
NEW YORK, U. S. A.
COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY
Stanford Library
OCT 5 1955
341.05
11512
CONTENTS
NUMBER 1, JANUARY, 1909.
BRAZIL-ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, Treaty of Arbitration between. September 7, 1905
DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE CONGO:
Declaration by the International Association of the Congo. April 22,
1884
Recognition of the flag of the Kongo Free State by the United States.
April 22, 1884..
PAGE
M. Strauch, President of the International Association of the Congo,
to M. Jules Ferry, President of the Council, Minister of Foreign
Affairs. April 23, 1884..
M. Jules Ferry, President of the Council, Minister of Foreign Affairs of
France, to M. Strauch, President of the International Association
of the Congo. April 24, 1884...
General Act of the Conference of Berlin. February 26, 1885..
Declaration of Neutrality of the Congo Free State. August 1, 1885..
The King's Testament. August 2, 1889....
Letter of the King to M. Beernaert. August 5, 1889.
General Act between the United States of America and other powers
for the repression of the African slave trade and the restriction of the
importation into, and sale in, a certain defined zone of the African
continent, of fire-arms, ammunition, and spirituous liquors. July 2, 1890 ...
1
5
6
7
26
27
29
Convention between Belgium and the Congo Free State. July 3, 1890... 61
Treaty between the United States of America and the Independent State of the Congo. Amity, commerce, and navigation. January 24, 1891.. 62
Arrangement giving the regulation of the right of preference of France
over the territories of the Congo Free State. February 5, 1895..
Adhesion of the United States of America to the convention for the
regulation of the importation of spirituous liquors into certain regions
of Africa. June 8, 1899 ...
69
Treaty of cession and annexation. November 28, 1907.
Provisional arrangement. November 28, 1907...
Bill providing for the government of the Belgian Congo.
Decree suppressing the foundation of the crown. March 5, 1908..
70
73
76
87
Bill approving the additional act to the treaty of annexation of the
Independent State of the Congo to Belgium. March 5, 1908......
Statement of Ministry...
Project of law..
Text of act.
Memorandum presented by American Minister at Brussels to the Belgian
Minister for Foreign Affairs. April 7, 1908...
94
NUMBER 2, APRIL, 1909.
BRAZIL-COLOMBIA. Treaty concerning boundary. April 24, 1907...
BRAZIL-COLOMBIA. Agreement of modus vivendi on the Putumayo. April
24, 1907
MOROCCAN QUESTION: Recognition Mulai Hafid.
......
97
100
101
103
105
106
Joint note of Spain and France. September 14, 1908...
Joint note of powers to Mulai Hafid. November 18, 1908..
Final note of recognition of Mulai Hafid. December 17, 1908.
PANAMA CANAL. Documents in reference to neutralization:
AUSTRIA-FRANCE-GREAT BRITAIN-PRUSSIA-RUSSIA. Convention for the
neutralization of Switzerland. November 20, 1815.......
GREAT BRITAIN-AUSTRIA-FRANCE-PRUSSIA-RUSSIA-NETHERLANDS, Annex
to treaty, establishing neutrality of Belgium. April 19, 1839...... 108
UNITED STATES-New GranadA. Treaty of peace, amity, navigation, and
commerce, establishing the neutralization of the Isthmus of Panama.
December 12, 1846......
UNITED STATES-GREAT BRITAIN. Convention for facilitating and protect-
ing the construction of a ship canal between the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans, and for other purposes. (Clayton-Bulwer treaty.) April
19, 1850
108
110
GREAT BRITAIN - AUSTRIA-FRANCE - PRUSSIA-RUSSIA-SARDINIA-TURKEY.
Provisions concerning the neutralization of the Black Sea and Danube
River contained in general treaty. March 30, 1856..
NEUTRALIZATION OF THE IONIAN ISLANDS:
114
GREAT BRITAIN-AUSTRIA-FRANCE-PRUSSIA-RUSSIA. Treaty concern-
ing the annexation of the Ionian Islands by Greece. November
14, 1863
116
GREAT BRITAIN-FRANCE-RUSSIA-GREECE.
Treaty concerning the
annexation of the Ionian Islands by Greece. March 29, 1864.... 117
LUXEMBURG, Treaty relative to the neutralization of the grand duchy
of. May 11, 1867.
118
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC-CHILE. Treaty establishing the neutrality of the
Straits of Magellan. July 23, 1881... .
121
CONVENTION respecting the free navigation of the Suez Maritime Canal.
October 29, 1888..
123
PANAMA CANAL. Documents in reference to neutralization
Continued.
UNITED STATES-GREAT BRITAIN. Treaty to facilitate the construction
of a ship canal. (Hay-Pauncefote treaty.) November 18, 1901..... 127
UNITED STATES-PANAMA. Convention for the construction of a ship
canal to connect the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
November 18, 1903......
UNITED STATES-BELGIUM. Note of the Secretary of State of the United States concerning the annexation of the Kongo by Belgium. January 11, 1909
130
140
UNITED STATES-OTHER POWERS. "Political offence" in extradition treaties. 144
UNITED STATES-OTHER POWERS. Arrangement for the establishment of the
international office of public health. December 9, 1907..
....
UNITED STATES-PORTUGAL. Naturalization treaty. May 7, 1908....
UNITED STATES-PORTUGAL. Extradition treaty and notes concerning the
death penalty. May 7, 1908....
UNITED STATES-GREAT BRITAIN. Special agreement for the submission of
questions relating to fisheries on the North Atlantic coast under the
general treaty of arbitration concluded between the United States and
Great Britain April 4, 1908. January 27, 1909....
152
159
160
168
Notes of ratification exchanged in accordance with article 11 of the above
treaty
176
NUMBER 3, JULY, 1909.
UNITED STATES-OTHER POWERS. The London Naval Conference. February 26, 1909
179
UNITED STATES-CHINA.
Arbitration convention. October 8, 1908..
221
UNITED STATES-AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. Arbitration Convention. January 15, 1909 ..
222
UNITED STATES-VENEZUELA. Agreement for the decision and adjustment
of certain claims. February 13, 1909......
224
NETHERLANDS-VENEZUELA. Protocol. April 19, 1909..
231
NETHERLANDS BRAZIL. Treaty establishing the boundary between Brazil and
the colony of Surinam. May 5, 1906.....
UNITED STATES-ITALY.
233
Supplementary commercial agreement.
March 2,
235
October 14, 1905.. 237
Conclusions of the Section on
252
253
UNITED STATES-OTHER POWERS. Sanitary convention.
FIRST PAN-AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS.
International Law. January 4, 1909...
TREATIES AND DOCUMENTS CONCERNING OPIUM..
INTERNATIONAL OPIUM COMMISSION. Final resolutions. February 26, 1909. 275