of the 31st December, 1895,* as well as the Additional Convention of the 11th April, 1903, both of which will cease to have effect as from the 13th December of this year. LAMBERTINI PINTO, Director-General. Directorate-General of Commercial and Consular Affairs, January 3, 1920. AGREEMENT between Portugal and the United States of America further extending the duration of the Arbitration Convention between the two Countries, signed at Washington, April 6, 1908.-Lisbon, September 14, 1920. [Ratifications exchanged at Lisbon, September 29, 1921.] THE Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Portuguese Republic, being desirous of extending for another five years the period during which the Arbitration Convention concluded between them on the 6th April, 1908, § extended by the Agreement concluded between the two Governments on the 28th June, 1913,|| shall remain in force, have authorised the undersigned, to wit: The President of the United States of America: His Excellency Colonel Thomas H. Birch, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America near the Portuguese Republic; The President of the Portuguese Republic: His Excellency João Carlos de Mello Barreto, Minister for Foreign Affairs; to conclude the following Agreement: ART. I.-The Convention of Arbitration of the 6th April, 1908, between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Portugal, the duration of which by Article III thereof was fixed at a period of five years from the date of the exchange of ratifications of the said Convention on the 14th November, 1908, which period, by the Agreement of the 28th June, 1913, between the two + Vol. XCVI, page 1151. "United States Treaty Series," No. 656. Signed also in the Portuguese language. * Vol. LXXXVII, page 534. § Vol. CI, page 1041. | Vol. CVIII, page 539. Governments, was extended for five years from the 14th November, 1913, is hereby renewed and continued in force for a further period of five years from the 14th November, 1918. II. The present Agreement shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by the President of the Portuguese Republic, in accordance with the constitutional laws of the Republic, and it shall become effective upon the date of the exchange of ratifications, which shall take place at Lisbon as soon as possible. Done in duplicate, in the English and Portuguese languages, at Lisbon, this 14th day of September, 1920. (L.S.) THOS. H. BIRCH. (L.S.) JOAO CARLOS DE MELLO BARRETO. DECLARATION of the Accession of Roumania to the Treaties signed at Sèvres, August 10, 1920, (1) by the British Empire, Czecho-Slovakia, France, Italy and Japan, relative to Frontiers, and (2) by Czecho-Slovakia, Italy and Poland relative to the New States.-Paris, October 28, 1920.. LE soussigné, Délégué plénipotentiaire de Sa Majesté le Roi de Roumanie, agissant en vertu de ses pleins pouvoirs, dûment reconnus bons et valables, déclare que Sa Majesté le Roi de Roumanie accède, au nom de la Roumanie, sans aucune condition ni réserve : 1. Au Traité entre les principales Puissances alliées et associées et la Pologne, la Roumanie, l'Etat serbe-croateslovène et la Tchéco-Slovaquie, signé à Sèvres, le 10 août 1920, par l'Empire britannique, la France, l'Italie, le Japon et la Tchéco-Slovaquie ; * 2. Au Traité entre l'Italie, la Pologne, la Roumanie, l'Etat serbe-croate-slovène et la Tchéco-Slovaquie, signé à Sèvres, le 10 août 1920, par l'Italie, la Pologne et la Tchéco-Slovaquie. En foi de quoi le soussigné a signé la présente Déclaration d'Accession et y a apposé son cachet. Fait à Paris, le 28 octobre 1920. * Page 866. (L.S.) TAKE JONESCO. † Page 959. TREATY between Siam and the United States of America revising the Treaties hitherto existing between the two Countries. Washington, December 16, 1920.* [Ratifications exchanged at Bangkok, September 1, 1921.] THE President of the United States of America and His Majesty the King of Siam, being desirous of strengthening the relations of amity and good understanding which happily exist between the two States, and being convinced that this cannot be better accomplished than by revising the treaties hitherto existing between the two countries, have resolved to complete such revision, based upon the principles of equity and mutual benefit, and for that purpose have named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: The President of the United States of America: Norman H. Davis, Acting Secretary of State of the United States; His Majesty Majesty the King King of Siam : Phya Prabha Karavongse, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Siam to the United States; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in, good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles: ART. I. There shall be constant peace and perpetual friendship between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Siam. The citizens or subjects of each of the High Contracting Parties shall have liberty to enter, travel and reside in the territories of the other, to carry on trade, wholesale and retail, to engage in religious, educational and charitable work, to own or lease and occupy houses, manufactories, warehouses and shops, to employ agents of their choice, to lease land for residential, commercial, religious and charitable purposes and for use as cemeteries, and generally to do anything incident to or necessary for trade upon the same terms as native citizens or subjects, submitting themselves to the laws and regulations there established. They shall not be compelled, under any pretext whatever, to pay any internal charges or taxes other or higher than those that are or may be paid by native citizens or subjects. The citizens or subjects of each of the High Contracting Parties shall receive, in the territories of the other, the most constant protection and security for their persons and property, and shall enjoy in this respect the same rights and privileges as are or may be granted to native citizens or "United States Treaty Series," No. 655. subjects, on their submitting themselves to the conditions imposed upon the native citizens or subjects. They shall, however, be exempt in the territories of the other from compulsory military service either on land or sea, in the regular forces, or in the national guard, or in the militia; from all contributions imposed in lieu of personal military service, and from all forced loans or military exactions or contributions. The citizens and subjects of both of the High Contracting Parties shall enjoy in the territories and possessions of the High Contracting Parties entire liberty of conscience, and, subject to the laws, ordinances and regulations, shall enjoy the right of private or public exercise of their worship. II. The dwellings, warehouses, manufactories and shops and all other property of the citizens or subjects of each of the High Contracting Parties in the territories of the other, and all premises appertaining thereto used for purposes of residence or commerce, shall be respected. It shall not be allowable to proceed to make a domiciliary visit to, or a search of, any such buildings and premises, or to examine or inspect books, papers, or accounts, except under the conditions and with the forms prescribed by the laws, ordinances and regulations for nationals. III. There shall be reciprocally full and entire freedom. of commerce and navigation between the territories and possessions of the two High Contracting Parties. The citizens or subjects of either of the High Contracting Parties shall have liberty freely and securely to come with their ships' cargoes to all places, ports and rivers in the territories of the other, which are or hereafter may be opened to foreign commerce and navigation; except as regards spirituous, distilled or fermented drinks or alcoholic liquors or alcohol, and opium and the derivatives thereof and cccaine, heroin and other narcotic drugs, included within the scope of the International Opium Convention signed at The Hague, the 23rd January, 1912,* and arms and ammunition, the trade in all of which may, subject to the principle of most-favoured-nation treatment, be regulated and restricted at will by each of the High Contracting Parties within its territories and possessions, the sale and resale, by any person or organisation whatsoever, of goods which are the produce or manufacture of one of the High Contracting Parties, within the territories and possessions of the other, shall be exempt from all governmental restrictions and limitations designed or operating to create or maintain any monopoly or " farm" for the profit either of the Government or of a private individual or organisation. IV. The citizens or subjects of each of the High Con. tracting Parties shall have free access to the Courts of Justice of the other in pursuit and defence of their rights; they shall be at liberty, equally with the native citizens or subjects, and with the citizens or subjects of the most favoured nation, to choose and employ lawyers, advocates and representatives to pursue and defend their rights before such Courts. There shall be no conditions or requirements imposed upon American citizens in connection with such access to the Courts of Justice in Siam, which do not apply to native citizens or subjects or to the citizens or subjects of the most favoured nation. V. Limited liability and other companies and associations, already or hereafter to be organised in accordance with the laws of either High Contracting Party and domiciled in the territories of such Party, are authorised, in the territories of the other, to exercise their rights and appear in the Courts either as plaintiffs or defendants, subject to the laws of such other Party. There shall be no conditions or requirements imposed upon American corporations, companies or associations, in connection with such access to the Courts of Justice in Siam, which do not apply to such native corporations, companies, or associations, or to the corporations, companies associations of the most favoured nation. VI. The citizens or subjects of each of the High Contracting Parties shall enjoy in the territories and possessions of the other a perfect equality of treatment with native citizens or subjects and with citizens or subjects of the most favoured nation, in all that relates to transit duties, warehousing, bounties, facilities, and the examination and appraisement of merchandise. VII. The United States of America recognises that the principle of national autonomy should apply to the Kingdom of Siam in all that pertains to the rates of duty on importations and exportations of merchandise, drawbacks, and transit and all other taxes and impositions; and subject to the condition of equality of treatment with other nations in these respects, the United States of America agrees to assent to increases by Siam in its tariff to rates higher than those established by existing treaties-on the further condition, however, that all other nations entitled to claim special tariff treatment in Siam assent to such increases freely and without the requirement of any compensatory benefit or privilege. VIII. In all that concerns the entering, clearing, stationing, loading and unloading of vessels in the ports, basins, docks, roadsteads, harbours or rivers of the two |