June, 1907.

5 COLOMBIA ECUADOR. Convention signed at Bogotá, supplementary to the treaty signed at Bogotá, November 5, 1904 (For. rel., 1905). Creates an arbitration tribunal and a technical commission for the purpose of determining and delimiting the boundary between the two countries. B. A. R., October, 1907; Diario oficial (Bogotá), July 6, 1907.

15 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Decree ratifying treaty signed at Rio de Janeiro August 23, 1906, for the creation of an international commission of jurists. Approved by Dominican Congress June 14, 1907. Ga. oficial, October 12.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Decree ratifying convention signed at Mexico January 27, 1902, for protection of literary and artistic property. Approved by national congress April 24, 1907. Ga. oficial, October 5.

25 GUATEMALA HONDURAS. Decree of Honduras extending boundary convention of March, 1895, for one year from March 1, 1907. La Gaceta, July 13, 1907.

25 FRANCE-KONGO-PORTUGAL. Agreement by exchange of notes modifying article 2 of the protocol of April 8, 1892, increasing export duty on caoutchouc from four to six francs a kilogram. Arch. dipl., 104:1.

July, 1907.

15 NETHERLANDS. Laws approving three conventions signed at The Hague July 15, 1905, relative to (1) civil procedure, (2) marriage, (3) lunatics. Lagemans: Recueil des traités et conventions conclus par le royaume des Pays-Bas, 16:9, 19, 24. These conventions were results of the fourth conference on private international law. The latter two were signed by Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Roumania, and Sweden; the first one by the same powers together with Spain, Luxemburg, and Russia. Staatsb., 1907, Nos. 197, 198, 199. On the 1904 conference see Actes de la quatrième conférence de la Haye pour ie droit international privé, The Hague, 1904; and Official report of the universal congress of lawyers and jurists....1904, St. Louis, 1905, in which are papers by Professors Jitta and Meili on A review of the four Hague conferences on private international law, the objects of the conferences, and their probable results,

July, 1907.

accompanied by discussion with bibliography, p. 375, by Judge Simeon E. Baldwin; also Baldwin: The Hague conference of 1904 for the advancement of private international law, Yale law J., 14:1.

23 FRANCE-ROUMANIA. Ratifications exchanged at Paris of convention of commerce and navigation signed at Paris, March 6, 1907. J. O., July 14, August 1; J. du dr. int. privé, 34:1235.

29 ITALY

SAN MARINO. Ratifications exchanged at Rome of convention signed at Rome June 14, 1907, additional to the convention of friendship and good neighborhood (State Papers, 90:960; Trattati e conv. fra il regno d'Italia ed i governi esteri, 15:326), signed at Florence June 28, 1897. The new provisions, more suited to the close economic relations of the states, are based on the Hague conventions on international law of November 14, 1896, July 17, 1905, and June 12, 1902. R. di dr. int. 2:392. The 1897 treaty thus modified with the additional convention signed February 16, 1906, q. v., runs for ten years and until denouncement, from July 29, 1907.

31 COLOMBIA ECUADOR. Ratifications exchanged at Quito of treaty signed at Quito June 18, 1903. Proclaimed in Ecuador July 31, 1907. Private international law. Text, B. del ministerio de rel. ext. (Quito), 1:281; also in B. del ministerio rel. ext. (Bogotá), 1:143.

August, 1907.

3 COLOMBIA ECUADOR. Protocol signed at Quito. To constitute a tribunal of two to fix amount of indemnity for Colombian citizen Campuzano under arbitral decision rendered October 2, 1897. B. del ministerio de rel. ext. (Bogotá), 1:49.

7 LUXEMBURG. Grand ducal order. Ratification of the postal conventions and arrangements concluded at Rome May 26, 1906. Mémorial du Grand-Duche de Luxemburg, 1907, No. 49 and Annexe.

18 GUATEMALA SALVADOR. Ratifications exchanged at San Salvador of general Central American treaty signed at San José September 25, 1906. Diario oficial, August 29, 30, 31.

19 SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL CONGRESS, at Boston. journed August 23.

Ad

August, 1907.

23 COLOMBIA-ITALY. Protocol signed at Bogotá.

Indemnification

$10,000 for injuries to Italians at Cartagena December 28, 1906. B. del ministerio de rel. ext. (Bogotá), 1:43.

24 GREAT BRITAIN-NICARAGUA. Expiration of period for notification of accessions of British colonies to treaty of commerce and friendship signed at Managua, July 28, 1905. The British colonies which have acceded to the treaty under article XX: British Honduras, Gambia, Hong Kong, Jamaica (with the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Cayman Islands), Leeward Islands, New Zealand, Northern Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Southern Nigeria, Straits Settlements, Windward Islands. Treaty ser.,

1907, No. 43.

26 ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS Opened at Copenhagen. Zimmermann-Braunschweig: Die XI Tagung des internationalen statistischen instituts zu Copenhagen, 1907, Zeitschrift für die gesamte staatswissenschaft, 63:772; for prior sessions, id. 58:98 and 60:531. Adjourned August 31. Established in 1885 at London.

27 GREAT BRITAIN-SALVADOR. Postal money order convention signed at San Salvador; signed at London June 27, 1907. Decree of Salvador approving, September 5, takes effect same day. Diario oficial, October 28, 1907; B. A. R., December.

29 ECUADOR-FRANCE. Ratifications exchanged at Quito of protocol signed at Quito July 1, 1905, additional to convention signed May 9, 1898. Literary and artistic property. J. O., November 24, 1907. French decree promulgating November 20, 1907. Ratified by Ecuador, October 23, 1905. Registro oficial, February 21, 1906; Droit d'auteur, 20:149. The 1898 convention which entered into force November 6, 1898, did not contain a mostfavored-nation clause, as did the convention signed June 30, 1900, in force January 15, 1905. The present protocol "with the aim of fixing the meaning " of the 1898 convention grants authors the most-favored-nation treatment. Dr. d'auteur, 18:42; 19:79. 29 FRANCE-GREAT BRITAIN. Exchange of notes. Arrangements under article X, § 4, of convention signed at London October 20, 1906 (Treaty ser., 1907, No. 3) respecting the New Hebrides. Treaty ser., 1908, No. 3.

September, 1907.

3 FRANCE

GERMANY. French

decree promulgating convention signed at Paris, April 8, 1907, respecting protection of literary and artistic property. Dr. d'auteur, August and October, 1907; J. du dr. int. privé, 34:1221; J. O., September 5, 1907. April 8 and July 31, 1907. The relations between France and Germany before the promulgation of this treaty were ruled (1) by the convention of 1883, (2) by the convention of Berne of 1886, and the additional act of 1896, and (3) by the exchange of notes of 1903 confirming to the French the benefits of the mostfavored-nation clause. See also July 12 and 31, 1907. Les effets du traité littéraire et artistique franco-allemand, Bibliographie de la France, November 22, 1907.

4-6 GREAT BRITAIN-UNITED STATES. Agreement effected by exchange of notes at London. Cd., 3734, 3765. Times, September 17, 26, 30, October 16 1907. Treaty ser., 1907, No. 35; Nation, November 21. Modus vivendi in regard to inshore fisheries on the treaty coast of Newfoundland. Documents, ante, 1:375.

5 ANNAM. Duy Tan recognized by governor-general, M. Beau, in name of France as king of Annam. For description of ceremonies, R. dipl., October 20; Min. dipl., October 6. See July 29, 1907.

7 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON DERMATOLOGY. Sixth meeting at New York. Adjourned September 14. Proceedings in El Guatemalteco (Guatemala), December 2 to 6.

7 JAPAN-RUSSIA. Treaty of commerce and navigation, and fisheries convention ratified. Receuil de documents diplomatiques concernant les négociations en vue de la conclusion d'une convention de pêche entre la Russie et le Japon. Août 1906-Juillet 1907. St. Petersburg, 1907.

7 CANADA. Attack on Japanese in Vancouver. Mem. dipl., 45:580; Stead: Racial prejudice against Japan, Fortnightly R., 82:637; Canada and Japan, North China Herald, 85:573; The riots in Vancouver, North China Herald, 85:604; The Asiatic question in British Columbia, Times, September 21; Aubert: Les Japonaise, le Canada et l'Amérique du Sud, La R. de Paris, 1907, 6:195; Canada and Japanese immigrants, Times, September 23, October 24. Respecting Japanese immigration into the United States, see March 14, 1907. Additional references: Lewis: Can

September, 1907.

the United States by treaty confer on Japanese residents in California the right to attend the public schools, American Law Register, 55:73; Japanese immigration-an exposition of its real status, Seattle, 1907; Viallate: Américains, Japonais et Californiens, R. bleue, April 16, 1907; Tardieu: Le Japon et les Etats-Unis, R. des deux mondes, 43:326; Japan and Canada, Spectator, January 25, 1908.

7 GREAT BRITAIN. Royal commission issued to five commissioners "to enquire into the relations now existing for financial and administrative purposes between the Supreme Government and the various Provincial Governments in India, and between the Provincial Governments and the authorities subordinate to them, and to report whether, by measures of decentralization or otherwise, those relations can be simplified and improved, and the system of Government better adapted both to meet the requirements and promote the welfare of the different provinces, and, without impairing its strength and unity, to bring the executive power into closer touch with local conditions." London Ga., September 10; Cd., 3710; Pirion: L'Inde contemporaine et le mouvement national, Paris; Zumbro: India-A nation in the making, R. of R., 36:432; Times, September 13, October 22; Skrine: India's Awakening, No. Am. R., 185:711; The Riots in Calcutta, Spectator, October 14; Signs of the times in India, Edinburgh R., 206:265; Imp. and Asiatic Quart. R., 24:428; National R., 50:493; Ameer Ali: Some racial characteristics of northern India and Bengal, Nineteenth Century, 62:699; Ilbert: The government of India (2d edition, Clarendon Press, 1907); Fuller: The claims of sentiment upon Indian policy, Nineteenth Century, 62:987; The strong hand in India, North China Herald, 85:330; Karkaria: Thoughts on the present unrest in India, Calcutta R., 124:463; Future problems in Bengal, Times, September 24.

8 THIRD INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM CONGRESS, at Bucharest. Next congress at Lemberg in 1910. R. dipl., September 22.

8

FOURTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF FREE THINKERS opened at Prague. Proceedings, Mem. dipl., September 15. Next Congress at Brussels, 1911. Organized at Brussels in 1880.