ARTICLE VI. The present convention shall go into effect immediately on the exchange of ratifications, and in the event of either party giving the other notice of its intention to terminate the convention it shall continue to be in effect for one year more, to count from the date of such notice. The present convention shall be submitted to the approval and ratification of the respective appropriate authorities of each of the contracting parties, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at San Salvador or Washington within twenty-four months of the date hereof. Signed at the city of San Salvador, on the fourteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and eight. JOHN HANFORD GREGORY Jr. [SEAL.] SEAL. 1908. ARBITRATION CONVENTION. Signed at Washington, December 21, 1908; ratification advised by the Senate, January 6, 1909; ratified by the President, March 1, 1909; ratifications exchanged at Washington, July 3, 1909; proclaimed, July 7, 1909. I. Differences to be submitted. II. Special agreement. ARTICLES. III. Duration. The Government of the United States of America, signatory of the two conventions for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, concluded at The Hague, respectively, on July 29, 1899, and October 18, 1907, and the Government of the Republic of Salvador, adherent to the said convention of July 29, 1899, and signatory of the said convention of October 18, 1907; Taking into consideration that by Article XIX of the convention of July 29, 1899, and by Article XL of the convention of October 18, 1907, the High Contracting Parties have reserved to themselves the right of concluding Agreements, with a view to referring to arbitration all questions which they shall consider possible to submit to such treatment; Have authorized the Undersigned to conclude the following Convention: ARTICLE L Differences which may arise of a legal nature, or relating to the interpretation of treaties existing between the two Contracting Parties, and which it may not have been possible to settle by diplomacy, shall be referred to the Permanent Court of Arbitration established at The Hague by the convention of the 29th July, 1899, for the pacific settlement of international disputes, and maintained by The Hague Convention of the 18th October, 1907; provided, nevertheless, that they do not affect the vital interests, the independence, or the honor of the two Contracting States, and do not concern the interests of third Parties. ARTICLE II. In each individual case the High Contracting Parties, before appealing to the Permanent Court of Arbitration, shall conclude a special Agreement, defining clearly the matter in dispute, the scope of the powers of the arbitrators, and the periods to be fixed for the formation of the Arbitral Tribunal and the several stages of the procedure. It is understood that on the part of the United States such special agreements will be made by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and on the part of Salvador shall be subject to the procedure required by the Constitution and laws thereof. ARTICLE III. The present Convention is concluded for a period of five years and shall remain in force thereafter until one year's notice of termination shall be given by either party. ARTICLE IV. The present Convention shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof; and by the President of Salvador in accordance with the Constitution and laws thereof. The ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible, and the Convention shall take effect on the date of the exchange of its ratifications. Done in duplicate in the English and Spanish languages at Washington, this 21st day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eight. ELIHU ROOT [SEAL.] SAMOAN ISLANDS. 1878." COMMERCE. Concluded January 17, 1878; ratification advised by the Senate with amendments January 30, 1878; ratified by the President February 8, 1878; ratifications exchanged February 11, 1878; proclaimed February 13, 1878. I. Amity. II. United States vessels. III. Duties. IV. Disputes. ARTICLES. V. Differences between Samoa and VI. Most favored nation. VIII. Ratification. The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Samoan Islands, being desirous of concluding a treaty of friendship and commerce, the President of the United States has for this purpose conferred full powers upon William M. Evarts, Secretary of State; and the Government of the Samoan Islands has conferred like powers upon MK. Le Mamea, its Envoy Extraordinary to the United States. And the said Plenipotentiaries having exchanged their full powers, which were found to be in due form, have agreed upon the following articles: ARTICLE L. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Samoan Islands. ARTICLE II. Naval vessels of the United States shall have the privilege of entering and using the port of Pagopago, and establishing therein and on the shores thereof a station for coal and other naval supplies for their naval and commercial marine, and the Samoan Government will hereafter neither exercise nor authorize any jurisdiction within said. port adverse to such rights of the United States or restrictive thereof. The same vessels shall also have the privilege of entering other ports of the Samoan Islands. The citizens of the United States shall likewise have free liberty to enter the same ports with their ships and cargoes of whatsoever kind, and to sell the same to any of the in This treaty was annulled by treaty of December 2, 1899, between the United States, Germany, and Great Britain, page 1595. habitants of those islands, whether natives or foreigners, or to barter them for the products of the islands. All such traffic in whatever articles of trade or barter shall be free, except that the trade in firearms and munitions of war in the islands shall be subject to regulations by that Government. ARTICLE III. No import or export duty shall be charged on the cargoes of the vessels of the United States entering or clearing from the ports of the Samoan Islands, and no other than a tonnage duty of one-half of one per cent. per ton actual measurement shall be charged on the entrance of such vessels. ARTICLE IV. All disputes between citizens of the United States in the Samoan Islands, whether relating to civil matters or to offences or crimes, shall be heard and determined by the Consul of the United States at Apia, Samoa, under such regulations and limitations as the United States may provide; and all disputes between citizens of the United States and the people of those Islands shall be heard by that Consul in conjunction with such officer of the Samoan Government as may be designated for that purpose. Crimes and offences in cases where citizens of the United States may be convicted shall be punished according to the laws of their country; and in cases where the people of the Samoan Islands may be convicted, they shall be punished pursuant to Samoan laws and by the authorities of that country. ARTICLE V. If, unhappily, any differences should have arisen, or shall hereafter arise, between the Samoan Government and any other Government in amity with the United States, the Government of the latter will employ its good offices for the purpose of adjusting those differences upon a satisfactory and solid foundation. ARTICLE VI. The Government of Samoa agrees to allow to the Government and citizens of the United States free and equal participation in any privileges that may have been or may hereafter be granted to the Government, citizens, or subjects of any other nation. ARTICLE VII. The present treaty shall remain in force for ten years from its date. If neither party shall have given to the other six months previous • MEMORANDUM.-The words "one-half of one per cent. per ton actual measurement" in Article III, are understood to mean at the rate of one-half cent on each ton, and they are not deemed susceptible of any other meaning. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, MK. LE MAMEA. Washington, February 9, 1878. notice of its intention then to terminate the same, it shall further remain in force until the end of twelve months after either party shall have given notice to the other of such intention. ARTICLE VIII. The present treaty shall be ratified and the ratifications exchanged as soon as possible. In faith whereof the Plenipotentiaries have signed and sealed this treaty at Washington, the seventeenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight. WILLIAM MAXWELL EVARTS. GENERAL ACT PROVIDING FOR THE NEUTRALITY AND AUTONOMOUS GOV ERNMENT OF THE SAMOAN ISLANDS. Concluded at Berlin June 14, 1889; ratification advised by the Senate February 4, 1890; ratified by the President February 21, 1890; ratifications exchanged April 12, 1890; assented to by Samoa April 19, 1890; proclaimed May 21, 1890. ARTICLES. I. Declaration of the independence and neutrality of the islands. II. Modification of existing treaties. III. Establishment of supreme court of justice; jurisdiction. IV. Settlement of land titles. V. Municipal administration of Apia. VI. Taxation and revenue. VII. Sale of arms, ammunition, and intoxicating liquors. VIII. General dispositions. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR Of Germany, KING OF PRUSSIA, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, EMPRESS OF INDIA, Wishing to provide for the security of the life, property and trade of the citizens and subjects of their respective Governments residing in, or having commercial relations with the Islands of Samoa; and desirous at the same time to avoid all occasions of dissension between their respective Governments and the Government and people of Samoa, while promoting as far as possible the peaceful and orderly civilization of the people of these Islands have resolved, in accordance with the invitation of the Imperial Government of Germany, to resume in Berlin the Conference of Their Plenipotentiaries which was begun in Washington on June 25, 1887; and have named for Their present Plenipotentiaries the following: The President of the United States of America: Mr. John A. Kasson, Mr. William Walter Phelps, Mr. George H. Bates; • This general act was annulled by treaty of December 2, 1899, between United States, Germany, and Great Britain, page 1595. |