August, 1908. 18 PORTUGAL. Chamber approved arbitration treaties with (1) United States, signed at Washington, April 6, 1908; (2) Denmark, signed at Copenhagen, March 20, 1907; (3) Austria-Hungary, signed at Vienna, February 13, 1906; (4) France, signed at Paris, June 26, 1906; (5) Switzerland, signed at Berne, August 18, 1905; (6) Norway and Sweden, signed at Lisbon, May 6, 1905; (7) Great Britain, signed at Windsor, November 16, 1904, and (8) Spain, signed at Lisbon, May 31, 1904. 19 MOROCCO. Abd-el-Aziz defeated near Marrakesh. De Peyerimhoff: Les forces nouvelles en formation dans l'Afrique du Nord, R. politique et parlementaire, 57:213; Ollivier: L'imbroglio marocain, R. d'Europe et d'Amérique, 20:84; Morocco - the bombardment of Casablanca, Imperial and Asiatic Quarterly R., 26:140; Germany, Morocco and the powers, Spectator, September 5; The Powers and Morocco, id., August 29; Lewis: French operations in Morocco, National R., 51:285; Diercks: Die Marokkofrage und die Konferenz von Algeciras, Berlin, 1906; Gutierrez: España y las demas naciones ante la conferencia de Algeciras, Madrid, 1906; Blennerhassett: German policy in Morocco, Fortnightly R., 84:537. 20 BELGIUM-KONGO. Belgian chamber ratified the Kongo annexation treaty. Ratified by the Senate September 9. Staatsarchiv, 75: 120; B. officiel de l'État indépendant du Congo, March-April, 1908; Mém. dipl., January 19; Payen: L'annexion de l'État Indépendent du Congo par la Belgique, Q. dipl., 26:269; Reeves: International beginnings of the Congo Free State, Baltimore, 1894; Goffart: Les concessions caoutchoutières du bassin du Congo, La R. générale, 88:235; Cd., 4135, 4178; Times, June 16; The annexation of the Congo State, Spectator, August 29; Morel: The Belgian parliament and the Congo, Contemporary R., 94:344; U. S. Senate doc. 139, 59 Cong. 2 Sess. Belgium takes over the Kongo, including the former crown domain, subject to the rights of third parties. A special fund of 45,500,000 francs is created to be spent on public works in Belgium, and one of 50,000,000 francs to be spent, subject to ministerial responsibility, on objects connected with the colony. For the amendments of the new colonial law directly affecting the Kongo natives, see Times, August 3. See March 5, 1908. Belgium and the Congo, Brussels, 1908. August, 1908. 23 MOROCCO. Mulai Hafid proclaimed sultan at Tangier. 24 JAPAN-UNITED STATES. Ratifications exchanged at Washington of arbitration convention signed at Washington, May 5, 1908; ratification advised by the Senate, May 13, 1908; ratified by the President, August 19, 1908; ratified by Japan, July 20, 1908; proclaimed, September 1, 1908. U. S. Treaty ser., No. 509; Documents, ante, 2:301. Provides for the submission to The Hague court of all differences "of a legal nature or relating to the interpretation of treaties, which may arise between the two countries and which it may not have been possible to settle by diplomacy." Stat. at L., vol. 35. 26 26 COLOMBIA-GREAT BRITAIN. Treaty of commerce signed. Mém. dipl., August 30. PORTUGAL. Upper house votes the surtax bill. To facilitate negotiations of commercial treaties. 27 CHINA. Decree acknowledging receipt of a code of constitutional laws drafted by the Department for the Investigation of the principles of Constitutional Government as well as constitutional reform schemes that should be carried into effect before the opening of a parliament. The decree orders the Department to promulgate the said constitutional reform schemes among the heads of the Yamêns in the capital, the viceroys and governors of provinces and their subordinates. The officials are to report to the throne every six months, and nine years are given to carry out the schemes. By that time the constitutional laws will be decided upon, and the date for opening parliament announced. North China Herald, 88:599; Changing and changeless China, Times, September 16, 1907; Mém. dipl., April 5 and 12, 1908. CHILE ECUADOR. Treaty of navigation and commerce signed at Santiago. Various Ecuador products, including sugar, coffee and cocoa, will be admitted to Chile free of duty, while Ecuador will grant free entry to saltpetre, guano, cereals and wood from Chile. The two governments agree to seek means of subsidizing a steamer service between Chile and Ecuador. Times, September 1. September, 1908. 1 AUSTRIA-HUNGARY-SERVIA. Treaty of commerce signed at Vienna, March 14, 1908, takes effect provisionally until December September, 1908. 31, 1908. Austro-Hungarian order to this effect August 29, 1908. Reichsgesetzblatt, 1908, p. 629. The ratifications are to be exchanged under the treaty by December 31, and the treaty to remain in force therefrom until December 31, 1917. The rates of duty on a large number of articles have been reduced by Servia, these reductions being applicable also to imports from the United States under the most favored nation treaty between the United States and Servia. The articles of interest to American commerce on which reductions have been made are as follows: Flour; cotton-seed oil, pure and mixtures of cotton-seed oil with other fatty oils (from $19.33 to $4.83 per 100 kilos); leather boots, shoes and gloves; manufactures of wood, furniture, paper, glassware; manufactures of iron, agricultural implements, safes and electric motors and apparatus. The reductions in the customs tariff of Austria-Hungary affect chiefly cereals, fruits and live stock. These reductions apply also to imports from the United States. 1 TURKEY. Opening ceremonies of the Hedjaz railway at Medina. The railway has been completed to Medina and will be continued to Mecca. Independent, September 17; Geographical J., 33 :305; Petermann's Mitteilungen, Erg. No. 161; Times, September 2. The line will eventually be linked up with the Bagdad railway when that line has been carried across the Taurus mountains. HENRY G. CROCKER. Vol. 1. P. 155. ERRATA Errata in the Chronicle of International Events 2 SERVIA-TURKEY. Strike out the entry. p. 166, line 17. No. 9 should read No. 15. 8 BRAZIL NETHERLANDS should read 5. P. 167. P. 173. 16 P. 176. 22 p. 178. 19 29 P. 661. GERMANY. Entry should be under 1906. FRANCE SPAIN. Entry should be under 1906. ITALY-RUSSIA should read 27. BRAZIL-COLOMBIA. Strike out the sentence mentioning the treaty of St. Ildefonso. On the tenor of the present treaty see B. del ministerio de rel. ext, Bogotá, 1:485. 15 GREAT BRITAIN-PANAMA should read 13. PUBLIC DOCUMENTS RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL LAW UNITED STATES 1 Canadian international boundary. Treaty between the United States and Great Britain. Signed at Washington April 11, 1908; proclaimed July 1, 1908. 15 p. Dept. of state. Chinese, Digest of treaty, laws, and regulations governing the admission of, their residence in, and transit through the United States and its walar possessions. By Frederick D. Cloud. May 5, 1908. 19 p. Dept. electr Paper, 5c. tariff of Treaty, laws, and regulations governing the admission of. stock. These proved February 26, 1907. Edition of June, 1908. 62 p. States. tion and naturalization. Paper, 10c. 1 TURKEY. Opening c States and Canadian waters. Treaty between the The railway has been Britain. Signed at Washington April 11, 1908: to Mecca. Independent, 5 p. Dept. of state. Petermann's Mitteilungen, between the United States and. ArbitraThe line will eventually be fpril 4, 1908; proclaimed June 5, 1908. when that line has been carried & ERRATA otice of meeting of] 4th congress, p. Bureau of fisheries. ons and notes, 1907. [By Cloth, 40c. |