January, 1908.

29 INTERNATIONAL. Promulgation by president of the United States of convention for the creation of an international institute of agriculture at Rome. United States, Treaty series, No. 489. Signed at Rome, June 7, 1905; ratification advised by the senate, June 27, 1906; ratified by the president, July 7, 1906; ratification of the United States deposited with the government of Italy, August 31, 1906. Ratifications by the following powers also have been deposited with or announced to the government of Italy: Argentine Republic, Belgium, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Egypt, Austria, Hungary, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands, Ecuador, Ethiopia, France, Japan, Great Britain, Italy, Luxemburg, Norway, Peru, Roumania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, China, Portugal, Russia, and Salvador. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and Mauritius have notified the Government of Italy of their adhesion to the said convention.

Art. 9. The institute, confining its operations within an international sphere, shall

(a) Collect, study, and publish as promptly as possible statistical, technical, or economic information concerning farming, both vegetable and animal products, the commerce in agricultural products, and the prices prevailing in the various markets;

(b) Communicate to parties interested, also as promptly as possible, all the information just referred to;

(c) Indicate the wages paid for farm work;

(d) Make known the new diseases of vegetables which may appear in any part of the world, showing the territories infected, the progress of the disease, and, if possible, the remedies which are effective in combating them;

e) Study questions concerning agricultural cooperation, insurance, and credit in all their aspects; collect and publish information which might be useful in the various countries in the organization of works connected with agricultural cooperation, insurance, and credit;

(f) Submit to the approval of the governments, if there is occasion for it, measures for the protection of the common interests of farmers and for the improvement of their condition, after having utilized all the necessary sources of information, such as the wishes expressed by international or other agricultural congresses or congresses of sciences applied to agriculture, agricultural societies, academies, learned bodies, etc.

All questions concerning the economic interests, the legislation, and the administration of a particular nation shall be excluded from the consideration of the institute.

The inauguration of the institute will take place on May 23, 1908, at the palace set apart for its headquarters, at Villa Umberto I.

February, 1908.

1 PORTUGAL. Assassination at Lisbon of the King and Crown Prince of Portugal. Carlos I. was born September 28, 1863, son of Luiz I. and Maria Pia who was daughter of Vittorio Emanuele, king of Italy; married May 22, 1886, Marie Amélie, daughter of Philippe Duc d'Orléans, Comte de Paris; succeeded to the throne October 19, 1889. The crown prince Luiz Philippe was born March 21, 1887. The second son of Carlos I., born November 15, 1889, succeeded to the throne as Manuel II. Marvaud: La situation actuelle du Portugal, Q. dipl., 25:1; Nation, 86:118; The assassination of the king of Portugal, Spectator, February 8. Sketch of Manuel II. in R. dipl., February 9. The young king of Portugal, Spectator, February 22; Times, February 3; de Caix: Le drame portugais, La nouvelle R., 2:25.

4 BELGIUM. Kongo treaty withdrawn and returned to plenipotentiaries. Cd., 3880; The future of the Congo state, Spectator, February 29; Belgium and the Congo, North China Herald, January 24.

5 The Governing Board of the International Bureau of American Republics unanimously adopted a resolution that the next conference of the American Republics be held at Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic, in 1910. B. A. R., February.

5 TURKEY. Note of the ambassadors to the Porte with regard to the renewal of the mandates of the foreign agents in Macedonia. Bernus: Le conflit balkanique, La nouvelle R., 2:49; Macedonia and Europe, Spectator, February 29; Stead: Great Britain and Turkey, Fortnightly R., 83:417; Britain and Macedonia, North China Herald, 86:302.

6 FRANCE

GERMANY-GREAT BRITAIN-NORWAY-RUSSIA. Ratifications deposited at Christiania of treaty signed at Christiania November 2, 1907. "If the integrity of Norway is threatened by any Power, the governments of Germany, France, Great Britain and Russia engage, after notice thereof from the Norwegian Government, to lend by the means judged most appropriate, their

February, 1908.

support to that government for the purpose of safeguarding the integrity of Norway." Takes effect on exchange of ratifications, and endures indefinitely in periods of ten years each until denounced at least two years before expiration of a period. J. O., February 13, 14; Treaty ser., 1908, No. 4.

7 MOROCCO. Sir Harry Maclean released by Raisuli. See June 29, 1907. The British government treated directly through the legation with Raisuli, who obtains £20,000 and the release of 53 prisoners and becomes himself, together with 28 of his relatives, a British protected subject. Of the money, £15,000 remains for three years deposited in the State bank, for which sum as interest. Raisuli will receive £50 monthly. In addition, his slave women have been returned to him who were taken soon after the destruction of his house at Zinat. Times, February 8.

8 TIBET. Evacuation of the Chumbi Valley by the British troops. begins. See January 29, 1908.

10 FRANCE-UNITED STATES. Arbitration convention signed at Washington; ratification advised by the senate, February 19, 1908; ratified by the President, February 27, 1908; ratified by France, March 3, 1908; ratifications exchanged at Washington, March 12, 1908; proclamation by President of the United States March 14, 1908. U. S. Treaty series, No. 490.

Art. 1. 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, 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.

Art. 2. 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, and on the part of France they will be subject to the procedure required by the constitutional laws of France.

February, 1908.

11 GERMANY-MONTENEGRO.

Ratifications exchanged of convention of commerce and navigation signed at Cettigne June 18, 1907. Reichs-G., 1908, No. 8. Takes effect on exchange of ratifications and endures until December 31, 1917, and one year after denouncement.

HENRY G. СВОСКЕВ.

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