ARTICLE IX. The present Convention shall be ratified as soon as possible. The first deposit of ratifications shall be recorded in a procès-verbal signed by the Representatives of the Powers which take part therein and by the Netherland Minister of Foreign Affairs. The subsequent deposits of ratifications shall be made by means of a written notification addressed to the Netherland Government and accompanied by the instrument of ratification. A duly certified copy of the procès-verbal relative to the first deposit of ratifications, of the notifications mentioned in the preceding paragraph, as well as of the instruments of ratification, shall be at once sent by the Netherland Government, through the diplomatic channel, to the Powers invited to the Second Peace Conference, as well as to the other Powers which have adhered to the Convention. In the cases contemplated in the preceding paragraph, the said Government shall inform them at the same time of the date on which it received the notification. ARTICLE X. Non-Signatory Powers may adhere to the present Convention. The Power which desires to adhere shall notify its intention to the Netherland Government, forwarding to it the act of adhesion, which shall be deposited in the archives of the said Government. This Government shall immediately forward to all the other Powers a duly certified copy of the notification, as well as of the act of adhesion, mentioning the date on which it received the notification. ARTICLE XI. The present Convention shall come into force, in the case of the Powers which were a party to the first deposit of ratifications, sixty days after the date of the procès-verbal of that deposit, and, in the case of the Powers which ratify subsequently or which adhere, sixty days after the notification of their ratification or of their adhesion has been received by the Netherland Government. ARTICLE XII. In the event of one of the contracting Powers wishing to denounce the present Convention, the denunciation shall be notified in writing to the Netherland Government, which shall at once communicate a duly certified copy of the notification to all the other Powers informing them of the date on which it was received. The denunciation shall only have effect in regard to the notifying Power, and one year after the notification has reached the Netherland Government. ARTICLE XIII. A register kept by the Netherland Minister for Foreign Affairs shall give the date of the deposit of ratifications made in virtue of Article IX, paragraphs 3 and 4, as well as the date on which the notifications of adhesion (Article X, paragraph 2) or of denunciation (Article XII, paragraph 1) have been received. Each Contracting Power is entitled to have access to this register and to be supplied with duly certified extracts from it. In faith whereof the Plenipotentiaries have appended their signatures to the present Convention. Done at The Hague, the 18th October, 1907, in a single copy, which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Netherland Government, and duly certified copies of which shall be sent, through the diplomatic channel, to the Powers which have been invited to the Second Peace Conference. MARSCHALL. JOSEPH H. CHOATE. WILLIAM I. BUCHANAN. ROQUE SAENZ PEÑA, C. RÚEZ LARRETA. Bon MACCHIO. A. BEERNAERT. J. VAN DEN HEUVEL. GUILLAUME. CLAUDIO PINILLA. E. LISBOA. GÉNÉRAL-MAJOR VINAROFF. IV. KARANDjouloff. AUGUSTO Matte. JORGE HOLGUIN. S. PEREZ TRIANA. 12. Pour la République de Cuba: ANTONIO S. DE BUSTAMANTE. 13. Pour le Danemark: 14. Pour la République Domini caine: 15. Pour l'Equateur: 16. Pour l'Espagne: GONZALO DE QUESADA. C. BRUN. DR. HENRIQUEZ Y CARVAJAL. VICTOR M. RENDÓN. E. DORN Y de Alsúa. 17. Pour la France. Sous ré- MARCELLIN PELLET. serve du deuxième alinéa de alinéa de l'article I: 18. Pour la Grande-Bretagne. Sous réserve du second alinéa de l'article I: EDw. FRY. ERNEST SATOW. HENRY HOWARD. X. 1907." CONVENTION FOR THE ADAPTION TO NAVAL WAR OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE GENEVA CONVENTION. Concluded October 18, 1907; ratification advised by the Senate March 10, 1908; ratified by the President February 23, 1909; ratifi cation deposited with the Netherlands Government November 27, 1909; proclaimed February 28, 1910. I. Military hospital ships. ARTICLES. II. Hospital ships equipped at private expense. III. Conditions of exemption from IV. Relief by private hospital ships. signs. XIV. Prisoners of war. XV. Wounded landed in neutral XVI. Protection against pillage XXII. Convention not to apply in war between land and sea. XXIII. Ratification. XXIV. Nousignatory powers. [Translation.] His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia; the President of the United States of America; the President of the Argentine Republic;. His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, &c., and Apostolic King of Hungary; His Majesty the King of the Belgians; the President of the Republic of Bolivia; the President of the Republic of the United States of Brazil; His Royal Highness the Prince of Bulgaria; the President of the Republic of Chile; His Majesty the Emperor of China; the President of the Republic of Colombia; the Provisional Governor of the Republic of Cuba; His Majesty the King of Denmark; the President of the Dominican Republic; the President of the Republic of Ecuador; His Majesty the King of Spain; the President of the French Republic; His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India; His Majesty the King of the Hellenes; the President of the Republic of Guatemala; the President of the Republic of Haïti; His Majesty the King of Italy; His Majesty the Emperor of Japan; His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxemburg, Duke of Nas a The ratifications of this convention were deposited at The Hague November 27, 1909, by Germany, the United States of America, Austria-Hungary, China, Denmark, Mexico, the Netherlands, Russia, Bolivia, and Salvador. sau; the President of the United States of Mexico; His Royal Highness the Prince of Montenegro; His Majesty the King of Norway; the President of the Republic of Panamá; the President of the Republic of Paraguay; Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands; the President of the Republic of Peru; His Imperial Majesty the Shah of Persia; His Majesty the King of Portugal and of the Algarves, &c.; His Majesty the King of Roumania; His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias; the President of the Republic of Salvador; His Majesty the King of Servia; His Majesty the King of Siam; His Majesty the King of Sweden; the Swiss Federal Council; His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans; the President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay; the President of the United States of Venezuela: Animated alike by the desire to diminish, as far as depends on them, the inevitable evils of war; And wishing with this object to adapt to maritime warfare the principles of the Geneva Convention of the 6th July, 1906; Have resolved to conclude a Convention for the purpose of revising the Convention of the 29th July, 1899, relative to this question, and have appointed the following as their Plenipotentiaries: @ Sa Majesté l'Empereur d'Allemagne, Roi de Prusse: a Son Excellence le baron Marschall de Bieberstein, Son ministre d'état, Son ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire à Constantinople; M. le dr. Johannes Kriege, Son envoyé en mission extraordinaire à la présente Conférence, Son conseiller intime de légation et jurisconsulte au ministère Impérial des affaires étrangères, membre de la cour permanente d'arbitrage. Le Président des États-Unis d'Amérique: Son Excellence M. Joseph H. Choate, ambassadeur extraordi- Son Excellence M. Horace Porter, ambassadeur extraordinaire; M. Charles S. Sperry, contre-amiral, ministre plénipotentiaire; Son Excellence M. Roque Saenz Peña, ancien ministre des affaires étrangères, envoyé extraordinaire et ministre plénipotentiaire de la République à Rome, membre de la cour permanente d'arbitrage; Son Excellence M. Luis M. Drago, ancien ministre des affaires étrangères et des cultes de la République, député national, membre de la cour permanente d'arbitrage; Son Excellence M. Carlos Rodriguez Larreta, ancien ministre des affaires étrangères et des cultes de la République, membre de la cour permanente d'arbitrage. "The names of the Plenipotentiaries in the President's proclamation appear in French only. |