Sir, (2.) The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston to the Japanese Chargé d'Affaires. Foreign Office, November 30, 1922. WITH reference to the Agreement which is being signed this day on behalf of the British and Japanese Governments in regard to the measurement of tonnage of merchant ships, I desire to place on record the fact that this Agreement is made with the consent of the self-governing Dominions and India. 2. It is understood, with regard to the last two clauses of the Agreement, providing for the power of separate termination in respect of the self-governing Dominions and India, that, while this power can equally be exercised by His Majesty's Government in respect of the Irish Free State at any time after its constitution, it shall be otherwise only applicable to those parts of His Majesty's Dominions which are specified in these clauses. I have, &c. CURZON OF KEDLESTON. (3.) The Japanese Chargé d'Affaires to the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston. My Lord, Japanese Embassy, London, I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's note of to-day, informing me of your desire to place on record the fact that the Agreement which is being signed this day on behalf of the Japanese and British Governments in regard to the measurement of tonnage of merchant ships is made with the consent of the selfgoverning Dominions and India. It is understood, with regard to the last two clauses of the Agreement, providing for the power of separate termination in respect of the self-governing Dominions and India, that, while this power can equally be exercised by the British Government in respect of the Irish Free State at any time after its constitution, it shall be otherwise only applicable to those parts of the British Dominions which are specified in these clauses. I have, &c. 1042 Wt. 1500 2/23 F.O.P. [9431] I. M. TOKUGAWA. TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND LATVIA. Signed at London, June 22, 1923. [Ratifications exchanged at London, November 5, 1923.] Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty. LONDON: PRINTED & PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE To be purchased through any Bookseller or directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses. Imperial House, Kingsway, London, W.C. 2, and 28 Abingdon Street, London, S.W.1; York Street, Manchester; 1 St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff; or 120 George Street, Edinburgh. 1923 Price 3d. Net. Cmd. 1995. Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the United Kingdom and Latvia. Signed at London, June 22, 1923. [Ratifications exchanged at London, November 5, 1923.] His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and the President of the Latvian Republic, being desirous of further facilitating and extending the commercial relations already existing between their respective countries, have determined to conclude a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation with this object, and have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say : His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India: the Most Honourable the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, K.G., His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and The President of the Latvian Republic: M. George Bisseneek, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Latvian Republic in London, who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles: ARTICLE 1. There shall be between the territories of the two Contracting Parties reciprocal freedom of commerce and navigation. The subjects or citizens of each of the two Contracting Parties shall have liberty freely to come, with their ships and cargoes to all places and ports in the territories of the other, to which subjects or citizens of that Party are, or may be, permitted to come, and shall enjoy the same rights, privileges, liberties, favours, immunities and exemptions in matters of commerce and navigation as are or may be enjoyed by subjects or citizens of that Party. The subjects or citizens of each of the Contracting Parties shall not be subject in respect of their persons or property, or in respect of their commerce or industry, to any taxes, whether general or local, or to imposts or obligations of any kind whatever, other or greater than those which are or may be imposed upon subjects or citizens of the other, or subjects or citizens of the most favoured nation. ARTICLE 2. The Contracting Parties agree that, in all matters relating to commerce, navigation and industry, any privilege, favour or immunity which either Contracting Party has actually granted, or may hereafter grant, to the ships and subjects or citizens of any other foreign State, shall be extended simultaneously and unconditionally, without request and without compensation to the ships and subjects or citizens of the other, it being their intention that the commerce, navigation and industry of each Party shall be placed in all respects on the footing of the most favoured nation. ARTICLE 3. The subjects or citizens of each of the Contracting Parties in the territories of the other shall be at full liberty to acquire and possess every description of property, movable and immovable, which the laws of that Party permit, or shall permit, the subjects or citizens of any other foreign country to acquire and possess. They may dispose of the same by sale, exchange, gift, marriage, testament, or in any other manner, or acquire the same by inheritance under the same conditions which are or shall be established with regard to the subjects or citizens of that Contracting Party. They shall not be subjected, in any of the cases mentioned, to any taxes, imposts, or charges of whatever denomination other or higher than those which are or shall be applicable to subjects or citizens of that Contracting Party. The subjects or citizens of each of the Contracting Parties shall also be permitted, on compliance with the laws of the other Party, freely to export the proceeds of the sale of their property and goods in general without being subjected as foreigners to other or higher duties than those to which the subjects or citizens of that Party would be liable under similar circumstances. ARTICLE 4. The subjects or citizens of each of the Contracting Parties in the territories of the other shall be exempted from all compulsory military service whatsoever, whether in the army, navy, national guard or militia. They shall similarly be exempted from all judicial, administrative and municipal functions whatever, other than those imposed by the laws relating to juries, as well as from all contributions, whether pecuniary or in kind, imposed as an equivalent for personal service, and finally from any military exactions or requisitions. The charges connected with the possession by any title of landed property are, however, excepted as well as compulsory billeting and other special military exactions or requisitions, to which all subjects or citizens of that Party may be liable as owners or occupiers of buildings or land. In the above respects the subjects or citizens of each of the Contracting Parties shall not be accorded in the territories of the other less favourable treatment than that which is, or may be, accorded to subjects or citizens of the most favoured nation. ARTICLE 5. Articles, the produce or manufacture of the territories of one of the Contracting Parties imported into the territories of the other, |