November, 1906. Luxemburg, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Servia, 30 GREAT BRITAIN-PERU. Ratifications exchanged at Lima of treaty of extradition signed at Lima, January 26, 1904. "Each of the High Contracting Parties reserves the right to grant or refuse the surrender of its own subjects or citizens." B. Min. Rel. Ext., Lima, Year 3, No. 15. December, 1906. 4 COSTA RICA. Ratified Central American bureau convention. See September 15. 4 MEXICO SALVADOR. Parcels-post convention signed at San Salvador; signed at Mexico, October 12. 7 Costa RICA. Ratified Pedagogical Institute convention. See September 15. 10 GREAT BRITAIN-HONDURAS. Postal money-order agreement signed at Tegucigalpa; signed at London, October 12; took effect February 1, 1907. Cd. 3355. 11 FRANCE ITALY. Ratifications exchanged at Paris of arrangement signed at Paris, January 20, 1906. Transfer of funds between Italian and French savings banks. French law authorizing ratification, August 3. Promulgation by president of France, December 28. J. O. August 8, p. 5645; id. January 4, p. 69; Arch. dipl. 97:147. 21 FRANCE-NORWAY. Declaration signed at Christiania, to take effect, January 1, 1907. Reciprocal communication of births, marriages and deaths of citizens of each state in the domain of the other. French decree proclaiming, January 13, 1907. J. O., January 16, p. 334; Annales dipl. et cons: 5:21. 24 HONDURAS-NICARAGUA. Arbitral decision of king of Spain on boundary question. The dividing line is traced from Portillo de Teotecacinte to the confluence of the Guineo and Poteca rivers, thence along the Segovia to the Atlantic. Mensaje dirigido al Congreso Nacional per el presidente, January 1907; Memoria rel. ext. (Tegucigalpa), January, 1907; Ga. de Madrid, December 25. 26 BULGARIA-FRANCE. Ratifications exchanged at Sofia of treaty of commerce and navigation signed at Sofia, January 13, 1906. December, 1906. J. O., January 19, 1907, p. 409; id. January 20, p. 450. See 26 COSTA RICA. Ratified general treaty of peace and friendship 29 FRANCE. Decree restricting title of ambassador to those actually representing the Republic of France in a foreign state. The honorary title cannot be conferred. J. O., January 1, p. 3; Mem. dipl., January 6. The title has for some years been conferred upon ministers plenipotentiary who, especially at retirement, were judged worthy of particular distinction. 31 NETHERLANDS. Ratification of protocol signed at Paris, May 18, 1904, respecting suppression of white slave traffic. Mem. dipl., January 6; Staatsb. 1906, No. 369. Ratification deposited at Paris, January 14. Monit., January 31. 31 NETHERLANDS. Ratification of international sanitary convention signed at Paris, December 3, 1903. Staatsb. 1906. No. 370. 31/January 2, 1907. BRAZIL PERU. Exchange of notes extending for one year from January 15, 1907, the existence of the arbitral tribunal under the treaty signed at Rio de Janeiro, July 12, 1904. This tribunal commenced proceedings January 15, 1906, at Rio de Janeiro to adjudicate claims suffered on the upper Juruá and upper Purús in 1902. For the treaty and list of claims before the tribunal, see B. Min. Rel Ext., Lima, Year 3, No. 15; For. rel. 1904, p. 111. January, 1907. 1 INTERNATIONAL. Donation of $750,000 by Andrew Carnegie for the erection of a new building for the use of the Bureau of American Republics. B. A. R. January and February. At a special meeting held January 30, the governing board of the Bureau of American Republics passed resolutions of acceptance. 2 FRANCE. Act concerning public worship modifying law of December 19, 1905. JO., January 3, p. 34; B. de statistique, 31:5; R. du dr. public, 24:102. See January 6, 1907. 2 UNITED STATES. First term of the United States court for China begins, at Shanghai. North China Herald, 81:676. See June 30, 1906. January, 1907. 3 FRANCE-GREAT BRITAIN. Dedication of the site of Franco English exposition to be opened at London (Shepherd's-bush) in May, 1908. Mem. dipl., January 6; Times, January 4 and 21. 5 BULGARIA-FRANCE. Convention signed at Sofia for the reciprocal protection of trade-marks. French law authorizing ratification, March 29, 1907. J. O. March 31, p. 2545; Mem. dipl. March 31. 6 FRANCE. Third encyclical of Pius X. on the separation of church and state. Times, January 12; R. de deux mondes, 37:468, 480; Spectator, January 19; Sauvage: The religious situation in France, Catholic University B. 13:5; Olivi: De las relaciones entre la Iglesia y Francia en el tiempo actual, R. de dr. int. y pol. ext., 2:48. For text, Mem. dipl. January 13 and 20. See February 11, 1906. 7 BRAZIL. Decree relating to expulsion of foreigners. B. A. R., February. 7 PERU-SPAIN. Ratifications exchanged at Madrid of convention signed at Lima, April 9, 1904. Ga. de Madrid, January 20. Ratified by congress of Peru, December 29, 1905; proclaimed by president of Peru, January 15, 1906. B. Min. Rel. Ext., Lima, Year 3, No. 9. Liberal professions. 8 PERSIA. Death of Shah, Muzaffar-ed-dîn. Born March 25, 1853; succeeded his father Nâsr-ed-din, May 1, 1896. Succeeded by his son Mohammed Ali Mirza, born 1872, crowned January 19. Times, January 10 and 21; R. de deux mondes, 37:478; Mem. dipl., January 27. Idhem-ab Fâni: His Imperial Majesty the late Shah of Persia, Imp. As. Q. R. 23:225. 9 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC CONGRESS opened at London. Times, January 10. 9 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. An act to provide for the holding of elections in the Philippine Islands, for the organization of the Philippine assembly and for other purposes. Official Gazette, Manila, February 13. The first elections for members of the assembly, eighty-one in number, are set for July 30, 1907. Sec. 13. Qualifications of voters.-Every male person twenty-three years of age or over who has had a legal residence for a period of six months immediately preceding the election in the municipality in which he exercises the suffrage, and who is not a citizen or subject of any foreign power, and who is comprised within one of the following three classes: (a) Those who, prior to the thirteenth of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, held the office of municipal captain, gobernadorcillo, alcalde, lieutenant, cabeza de barangay, or member of any ayuntamiento; January, 1907. (b) Those who own real property to the value of five hundred pesos, or who annually pay thirty pesos or more of the established taxes; (c) Those who speak, read, and write English or Spanish-shall be entitled to vote at all elections: Provided, That officers, soldiers, sailors, or marines of the Army or Navy of the United States shall not be considered as having acquired legal residence within the meaning of this section by reason of their having been stationed in the municipalities for the required six months. Disqualified are delinquents in taxes, and persons guilty of offenses against the sovereignty of the United States since April, 1901. 9 FRANCE-GREAT BRITAIN. Ratifications exchanged at London of convention concerning the New Hebrides signed at London, October 20, 1906. J. O., January 15, p. 309; Treaty ser., 1906, No. 3; Documents, post. 11 The Group * * * shall form a region of joint influence, in which the subjects and citizens of the two signatory powers shall enjoy equal rights of residence, personal protection, and trade, each of the two powers retaining jurisdiction over its subjects or citizens, and neither exercising a separate control over the Group. Times, January 8, February 18; Parliamentary Debates, February 13; Louis-Jaray: La question des Nouvelles-Hébrides, Q. dipl. See October 20. DENMARK-GERMANY. Treaty concluded respecting the optants in Schleswig. The treaty between Austria, Denmark and Prussia signed at Vienna, October 30, 1864 (State Papers, 54:522), gave the Danes in Schleswig-Holstein annexed to Prussia, the right of choosing their nationality; by the treaty between Austria and Prussia signed at Prague, August 23, 1866 (State Papers, 56:1050), the population of the northern districts of Schleswig were to be ceded to Denmark, if, by a free vote, they should express a wish to be united to Denmark; by the treaty between Austria-Hungary and Germany signed Vienna, October 11, 1878 (State Papers, 69:773), this latter provision was canceled. The children of the the Schleswig Danes have not been regarded as subjects by either. Denmark or Prussia, excepting, under the Danish nationality law of 1898, those born subsequent to its enactment. By the present treaty, Denmark will not refuse the children of Schleswig optants who have not sought to acquire or who could not acquire Prussian nationality permission to reside in Denmark, and the Prussian government will allow all children of Danish optants to acquire Prussian nationality on the usual conditions and on January, 1907. their own application. Times, January 24; Manuel historique de la question du Sleswig, Copenhagen. 11 CUBA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Ratifications exchanged at Havana of extradition treaty signed at Havana, June 29, 1905. Approved by senate of Cuba, January 10, 1906. Proclaimed at Havana, January 12, 1907. Ga. Oficial, January 16, 1907; B. oficial del dep. de estado, Havana, January, 1907. 12 BULGARIA-TURKEY. Commercial agreement signed at Constantinople. Imperial iradé (Turkey) approving, promulgated January 8. Times, January 10 and 14. 14 ECUADOR. Executive decree. Orders publication of a tri-monthly "Boletin del ministre de relaciones exteriores." Registro oficial, Quito, January 15. 14 ITALY-SERVIA. Treaty of commerce signed at Belgrade. Mem. dipl., January 20. Approved by Skupshtina, March 1. Mem. dipl., March 3. 15 BERMUDA-UNITED STATES. Parcels-post convention signed at Bermuda. Signed at Washington, December 13, 1906, by postmaster-general; approved by president, December 18. Stats. at L., vol. 34. 15 ECUADOR-PERU. Decree of king of Spain making appointments to the boundary commission created by decree of April 17, 1905. The commission is now composed of D. Pío Gullón Iglesias, president; D. Ricardo Beltrán y Róspide; D. Antonio Blázquez Delgado; D. Manuel Tores Campos; and D. Luís Valera y de Delavat, secretary. Ga. de Madrid, January 16. 15 SERVIA-TURKEY. Treaty of commerce published at Belgrade. Contains most favored nation clause. Mem. dipl., January 20. See January 2, 1906. 16 MEXICO-UNITED STATES. Ratifications exchanged at Washington of convention signed at Washington, May 21, 1906. Ratification advised by the senate, June 26; ratified by the president, December 26; ratified by Mexico, January 5, 1907; proclaimed in United States, January 16, 1907. Stats. at L., vol. 34. Equitable distribution of the waters of the Rio Grande. 16 FRANCE. 17 Decree respecting admission to diplomatic and consular careers. J. O., January 20, p. 448. FRANCE. Decree repealing decree of July 10, 1902. Entrance to diplomatic and consular service. Mem. dipl., January 27. |