September, 1907. 9 INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF PEACE. Sixteenth congress opened at 9 GREAT BRITAIN. Proclamation ordaining that on and after Sep- 13 16 15. INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF AERONAUTS. Conference opened at Brussels. Next Conference at London, 1908. Times, September 14. Organized at Berlin, October 15, 1906. BOLIVIA BRAZIL. Brazilian decree approving protocol signed at Rio de Janeiro containing instructions concerning the reconnaissance of the river Verde and its headwaters. February 5, 1907, there were signed at Rio de Janeiro protocols for verification of the Rio Verde and respecting arbitral tribunal provided by the treaty signed at Petropolis, November 17, 1903 (For. rel., 1904), to adjudicate claims arising from administrative acts and events in the territories exchanged, tribunal to begin work within one year of date of protocol. Mem....rel. ext., 1907 (La Paz). 16 BRAZIL. Decree approving universal postal convention signed at Rome, May 26, 1906. 16 17 INTERNATIONAL MINERS' CONGRESS, at Salzburg. The next congress will meet at Paris in 1908. Times, September 17-21. 17 THIRD INTERNATIONAL DAIRY CONGRESS opens at Scheveningen. The second congress was held at Paris, 1905. Cd., 3689. COSTA RICA-GUATEMALA HONDURAS NICARAGUA-SALVADOR. Protocol signed at Washington, arranging for a conference for the purpose of agreeing upon a general treaty of arbitration and friendship. Text: Boletín oficial de la secretaría de las relaciones exteriores (Mexico), October, 1907, and B. A. R., October and December. See November 14, 1907. 17 BELGIUM-GREAT BRITAIN. Convention signed at London; ratifications exchanged at London, October 5, 1907; in force October 15, 1907. Postal money orders. Monit.. October 11; Treaty ser., 1907, No. 36; B. Usuel, September 17. September, 1907. 18 ARGENTINE REPUBLIC-ITALY. General treaty of arbitration signed at The Hague. Times, September 19. The parties will submit to arbitration all disputes that cannot be settled by diplomatic means, except those touching constitutional arrangements in force in differences for settlement of which the judiciary is competent. The right to submit a dispute to arbitration arises only after the national jurisdiction shall have pronounced definitely on the subject. Shall be submitted: differences concerning the interpretation or application of conventions, or of a principle of international law. Whether a dispute is such a difference will be submitted to arbitration. Disputes regarding the nationality of an individual are expressly withdrawn. In each case a special compromis will be signed determining the constitution and procedure of the tribunal and the object of the suit; otherwise the arrangements established by The Hague convention of 1899 shall rule. 18 FRANCE-LIBERIA. Arrangement signed at Paris, to fix definitively the limits of French West Africa. Provisional sketch of new boundary in Geographical J., 31:105. The Franco-Liberian Delimitation Commission begins work this dry season. 19 BELGIUM-NETHERLANDS. Postal convention signed at The Hague. Ratifications exchanged at The Hague September 27, 1907. Monit., September 29, 1907. Supersedes convention signed June 23, 1892, and the supplementary convention signed November 25, 1898. B. Usuel, September 19; Staatsb., 1907, No. 259. Takes effect October 1, 1907. 19 CANADA-FRANCE. Treaty of commerce signed at Paris; superseding treaty signed February 6, 1893. Times, September 20; Q. dipl., 24:470; text, Cd., 3823. In force for ten years from exchange of ratifications and until one year from denouncement. Applies to "France, Algeria, the French colonies and possessions, and the territories of the protectorate of Indo-China," and may subsequently, by agreement, be extended to Tunis. Natural and manufactured products of Canadian origin (schedule A) shall enjoy French minimum tariffs and the lowest customs rates applicable now or in future to like products of other countries. Schedule B of articles of French and French colonial produce are allowed the Canadian intermediate tariff and the lowest duties September, 1907. applicable, now or hereafter, to like products of other foreign. 20 CHINA. Decree of Empress Dowager acknowledging that a constitution is necessary, and declaring that as the two houses of parliament cannot at once be inaugurated, it will be necessary first to establish an Assembly of Ministers to confer on State matters and to prepare the foundations of constitutional government. Prince P'u Lun and the Grand Secretary Sun Chia-nai are appointed to preside over the said Assembly and they are commanded to confer with the Grand Council on details and modes of procedure. Having settled upon these, details are to be presented to the Throne for imperial sanction. North China Herald, 85:734. 20 AUSTRIA-UNITED STATES. Proclamation of the President of the United States that the first of the conditions specified in section 13 of the act of March 3, 1891 (Stat. at L., 26:1106), is fulfilled in respect to the subjects of Austria. The said copyright act therefore applies to subjects of Austria. The condition referred to is that a foreign state shall permit citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as its own citizens. Stat. at L., vol. 35. February 26, 1907, Austria passed a law extending to the works of foreign authors in the absence of treaties, under condition of reciprocity, the provisions of the law of December 26, 1895. Dr. d'auteur, February, March, April, and June, 1907. Order of Austrian minister of justice, dated December 9, 1907, took effect December 14, 1907. See Dr. d'auteur, January, 1908, on legal effect of the difference in dates of the two proclamations. September, 1907. 21 INTERNATIONAL EARTHQUAKE CONFERENCE at The Hague. Adjourned September 25. The first conference held since the complete organization of the International Seismological Association. The first conference of this kind, held at Strasburg in 1901, led to the decision to work for the establishment of an association of states to be officially represented at future conferences. A first meeting of such official representatives was held at Strasburg in 1903, and led to the organization of the association on definite lines by the acceptance of a series of regulations, a full reprint of which is in Petermann's Mitteilungen for 1903, p. 201. The central bureau has since been inaugurated at Strasburg. Geographical J., 28:81. 21 BELGIUM-LUXEMBURG. Act signed at Luxemburg additional to the postal convention signed March 6, 1879. Monit., September 29; B. Usuel, September 21. 22 ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL PRESS CONGRESS opened at Bordeaux. Adjourned September 24. Proceedings, Mem. dipl., September 29. Next Congress at London, 1909. 23 DENMARK-NORWAY-SWEDEN. Convention of delegates at Copenhagen, ten from each of the interparliamentary groups of the three Scandinavian parliaments. Purpose, to effect a Scandinavian interparliamentary union. Mem. dipl., October 6. 23 FOURTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF HYGIENE AND DEMOGRAPHY opened at Berlin. Mem. dipl., 45:611. Adjourned September 29. Times, September 24. Report of Cuban delegate is an appendix to B. oficial del departemento de estado, December. 23 GREAT BRITAIN-RUSSIA. Ratifications exchanged at St. Petersburg of treaty signed at St. Petersburg, August 31, 1907, respecting Persia, Afghanistan and Thibet. See August 31, 1907. Vambery: The Anglo-Russian Convention, Nineteenth Century, 62:895; Fraser: The position in the Persian Gulf, National R., 50:624; de Noirmont: La convention anglo-russe, Q. dipl., 24:596; Rouire: La fin d'une rivalté seculaire-La dernière convention anglo-russe, R. des deux mondes. 48:107; Yate: The Anglo-Russian convention, Imp. Asiatic Quart. R., 25:1; Views on the Anglo-Russian agreement, Fortnightly R., 82:725; Spectator, October 26: The Anglo-Russian convention. North China Herald, 85:329, 355; text, Cd., 3760; R. di dr. int., 2:401; Sykes: September, 1907. A travers la Perse orientale, Paris, 1907; Nuova Antologia, October 16, p. 709; The confusion in Persia, Spectator, December 28; Browne: The Persian view of the Anglo-Russian agreement, Albany R., 2:287; Times, September 24, 25, 26, 28; Chirol: The middle Eastern question, London, 1903; Whigham: The Persian problem, London, 1903; L. de St. Victor de St. Blancard: L'accord anglo-russe du 31 août 1907, Am. Sc. Pol., 23:36. For Persia's note of November 2 to British legation respecting this treaty, see Times, November 25. 24 FRANCE-SALVADOR. French decree promulgating convention signed August 24, 1903, at San Salvador respecting reciprocal protection of industrial property. Ratifications exchanged at San Salvador, June 8, 1907. Text, J. O., October 1, 1907. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME CONFERENCE opened at Venice. Adjourned September 28. Times, October 5. 25 25 NETHERLANDS PERU. Convention signed at Lima, admitting Peruvian consuls in Dutch colonies. This is a right which Netherlands recognizes only by special treaties. 26 KOREA. Imperial rescript charging Koreans to disarm and return home. North China Herald, 85:32. The Korean mutiny Japanese official report, North China Herald, 84:388. 28 BADEN. Death of Grand-duke Friedrich I at Mainau. Born September 9, 1826; second son of Grand-duke Leopold and of Grandduchess Sophie, Princess of Sweden; regent April 24, 1852; took title of Grand-duke September 5, 1856; married September 20, 1856, Grand-duchess Luise, daughter of Wilhelm I, Emperor of Germany. Succeeded by his son as Friedrich II; born July 9, 1857; married September 20, 1885, Hilda, daughter of the Grandduke of Luxemburg, Duke of Nassau. The ruler of Baden took the title of Elector in 1803, and of Grand-duke in 1806. Baden was a member of the Confederation of the Rhine, and, from 1815 to 1866, of the German Confederation. Times, September 30, 1907. 28 CHILE COLOMBIA. Protocal signed at Bogotá modifying convention signed at Bogotá October 17, 1902, respecting form of payment of value of steamer Lantaro. Colombia pays £20,000 instead of £37,000. B. del ministerio de rel. ext. (Bogotá), 1:44. 30 CHINA. Two decrees respecting constitutional government. North China Herald, 85:24. |