actuel, Envoyé extraordinaire et Ministre plénipotentiaire à Stockholm, Délégué plénipotentiaire; M. Chapiroff, Médecin honoraire de la Cour de Sa Majesté l'Empereur, Médecin inspecteur du Corps des Gardes frontières, Délégué. Le Siam: son Excellence Phya Akharaj Varadhara, Envoyé extraordinaire et Ministre plénipotentiaire à Londres, La Haye, et Bruxelles, Délégué plénipotentiaire; Mr. Wm. J. Archer, C.M.G., Conseiller de Légation, Délégué plénipotentiaire ; Dans une série de réunions tenues du 1er décembre, 1911, au 23 janvier, 1912, la conférence a arrêté la texte de convention ci-annexé. La conférence a en outre émis les vœux suivants : 1. La conférence estime qu'il y aurait lieu d'attirer l'attention de l'Union postale universelle : (1.) Sur l'urgence de réglementer la transmission par la poste de l'opium brut; (2.) Sur l'urgence de réglementer autant que possible la transmission par la poste de la morphine, de la cocaïne et de leurs sels respectifs, et des autres substances visées à l'article 14 de la convention; (3.) Sur la nécessité de prohiber la transmission par la poste de l'opium préparé. 2. La conférence estime qu'il y aurait lieu d'étudier la question du chanvre indien au point de vue statistique et scientifique, dans le but de régler, si la nécessité s'en fait sentir, par la législation intérieure ou par un accord international, les abus de son emploi. En foi de quoi les plénipotentiaires ont revêtu le présent protocole de leurs signatures. Fait à La Haye, le 23 janvier, 1912, en un seul exemplaire, qui restera déposé dans les archives du Gouvernement des Pays-Bas, et dont des copies, certifiées conformes, seront remises par la voie diplomatique à toutes les Puissances représentées à la conférence. Pour l'Allemagne : F. DE MÜLLER. DELBRÜCK. GRUNENWALD. Pour les Etats-Unis d'Amérique : CHARLES H. BRENT. HAMILTON WRIGHT. HENRY J. FINGER. Pour la Chine: LIANG CHENG. Pour la France: H. BRENIER. Pour la Grande-Bretagne : W. S. MEYER. W. G. MAX MÜLLER. WILLIAM JOB COLLINS. Pour l'Italie : G. DE LA TOUR CALVELLO. Pour le Japon: AIMARO SATO. Pour les Pays-Bas : J. T. CREMER. C. TH. VAN DEVENTER. A. A. DE JONGH. J. G. SCHEURER. Pour la Perse: MIRZA MAHMOUD KHAN. Pour le Portugal: ANTONIO MARIA BARTHOLOMEU FERREIRA. Pour la Russie : A. SAVINSKY. Pour le Siam : WM. J. ARCHER. COLOMBIA. COLOMBIAN LAW respecting Foreigners and Naturalization. Bogotá, November 15, 1888. (Translation.) THE Congress of Colombia decrees: ART. 1. Those persons are foreigners in Colombia who are not included in the cases specified in Article 8 of the Constitution.* * See Vol. 19, page 176. 2. For the purposes of this Law foreigners are classified as migratory or domiciled. 3. Those foreigners are migratory who, being in the Republic, have no domicile therein. 4. Those foreigners are domiciled who reside within Colombian territory, with the intention, expressed or presumed, of remaining in the country. 5. An expressed intention of remaining is constituted by a formal declaration made by a foreigner before a political authority of the Republic, and in presence of two witnesses, that he intends to become domiciled in Colombia. 6. The following circumstances shall be held as presumptions of an intention to remain in the country, and therefore as proofs of domicile : (a.) Voluntary and continuous residence within the territory for more than four years. (b.) Residence combined with the possession of real property. (c.) Residence combined with engagement in commercial pursuits with an established house of business, or in any other industry which cannot be considered as temporary. (d.) Marriage with a Colombian woman and residence in the country for more than two years. (e.) The holding of any office, employment, or public appointment in the service of the Government. 7. Domiciled foreigners are liable to pay all public contributions of a general nature, whether ordinary or extraordinary. 8. Migratory foreigners are liable to pay indirect contributions. 9. Foreigners are subject to the constitution, laws, jurisdiction, and police of the Republic. 10. Foreigners are not obliged to render any services on account of war, except in those exceptional cases recognized by the law of nations, or in the case mentioned in Article 33 of the Constitution. 11. The nation is only responsible to foreigners for expropriations and other actions made or done by the Government itself or by its agents, and will in no case pay indemnity for contingent losses or injuries arising from such expropriations. 12. A foreigner who exercises electoral privileges, or who is performing any duty or holding any office or appointment involving any political authority or jurisdiction, or who takes part in any seditious plot, rebellion, or civil war, loses his right to the exemptions which this Law recognizes in his favour; and in all cases where his actions render him. responsible, such responsibility shall be thrown upon him to the same extent and in the same manner as in the case of natives. 13. The Government is authorized to expel any foreigner from Colombian territory who interferes in the politics of the country, whenever it deems such a course necessary for the public order. 14. The authorities of the Republic being instituted for the protection and defence of all persons residing in Colombia, the property, rights and privileges of foreigners shall be protected by the same Judges, Courts, or administrative authorities which protect those of natives. Those cases are excepted where, in conformity with Treaties or recognized principles, foreigners are allowed to enjoy the benefit of a special jurisdiction. 15. In consequence, contracts made in Colombia between the Government and foreign persons, whether individuals or Corporations, shall be subject to the Colombian law; and the obligations and rights arising out of such contracts shall be defined exclusively by the local Judges or Courts. §. Every contract of this nature shall contain an express condition that the foreigner shall not attempt to make any diplomatic claim with respect to the obligations and rights arising from the contract, except in case of denial of justice. 16. In conformity with section 3 of Article 8, and section 19 of Article 120 of the Constitution, the Government may issue letters of citizenship or naturalization to foreigners who request it. 17. The naturalization of the husband involves that of the wife and of the children under 21 years of age. 18. The request for letters of naturalization shall be made to the Executive Power in a memorial in which the petitioner shall state of what nation he is a native, and of what Government he is a subject; as also the number, ages, and sex of the persons dependent upon him, and to which of them the naturalization will extend, according to Article 17 of this Law. This memorial shall be directed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, through the Government of the department in which the interested party resides. 19. The Governor (of the department) as soon as he has received the letters of naturalization, signed by the person exercising the executive power, shall require from the petitioner, before giving them to him, that he swear (or solemnly protest, if his religion does not permit him to swear) that he will renounce for ever all ties binding him to any other Government, and sustain and obey the constitution and laws of the Republic. 20. When Spanish-Americans petition to be inscribed as Colombians, according to section 2 of Article 8 of the Constitution, a Report shall be drawn up on ordinary paper, signed by them, and by the President and Secretary of the respective Municipality, in which the following details shall be set forth : : (a.) The State of which the petitioner is a native, and the Government of which he considers himself to be a subject. (b.) That he has sworn the oath or made the affirmation mentioned in Article 19. (c.) The number, names, ages, and sex of the persons dependent upon him, and to whom the naturalization will extend. 21. The Municipalities shall not carry out the provisions. of the preceding Article without the authority of the Government, to whom they must previously explain the circumstances. of the petitioner. 22. A register of the names and circumstances of the foreigners naturalized in Colombia shall be kept in the Foreign Office. 23. Section 9 of Article 5 of Decree No. 480 of 1886, concerning stamped paper and national stamps, is repealed. In consequence the letters of naturalization shall be drawn up. on ordinary paper. 24. The provisions of this Law shall be subject to the restrictions which may be deduced from Article 11 of the Constitution, and from public Treaties and Conventions. 25. This Law repeals all provisions of the same nature which may be in opposition to it. Given at Bogotá, November 15, 1888. J. A. PARDO, President of the Senate. MANUEL J. ORTIZ D., President of the House of |