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Within sixty days from the expiration of the time designated for the filing of the counter cases, each government may, through its representative, make its arguments before the arbitral tribunal, either orally or in writing, and each shall deliver to the other copies of any arguments thus made in writing, and each party shall have a right to reply in writing, provided such reply be submitted within the sixty days last named.

ARTICLE VIII.

All public records and documents under the control or at the disposal of either government or in its possession, relating to the matters in litigation shall be accessible to the other, and, upon request, certified copies of them shall be furnished. The documents which each party produces in evidence shall be authenticated by the respective minister for foreign affairs.

ARTICLE IX.

All pecuniary awards that the arbitral tribunal may make in said cases shall be in gold coin of the United States of America, or in its equivalent in Venezuelan money, and the arbitral tribunal shall fix the time of payment, after consultation with the representatives of the two countries.

ARTICLE X.

It is agreed that within six months from the date of this protocol, the government of the United States of America and that of the United States of Venezuela shall communicate to each other, and to the Bureau of the Permanent Court at The Hague, the name of the arbitrator they select from among the members of the permanent court of arbitration.

Within sixty days thereafter the arbitrators shall meet at The Hague and proceed to the choice of the third arbitrator in accordance with the provisions of Article 45 of The Hague convention for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, referred to herein.

Within the same time each of the two governments shall deposit with the said bureau the sum of fifteen thousand francs on account of the expenses of the arbitration provided for herein, and from time to time. thereafter they shall in like manner deposit such further sums as may be necessary to defray said expenses.

The arbitral tribunal shall meet at The Hague twelve months from the date of this protocol to begin its deliberations and to hear the arguments submitted to it. Within sixty days after the hearings are closed its decisions shall be rendered.

ARTICLE XI.

Except as provided in this protocol the arbitral procedure shall conform to the provisions of the convention for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, signed at The Hague on October 18, 1907, to which both parties are signatory, and especially to the provisions of chapter III thereof.

ARTICLE XII.

It is hereby understood and agreed that nothing herein contained shall preclude the United States of Venezuela, during the period of five months from the date of this Protocol, from reaching an amicable adjustment with either or both of the claimant companies referred to in articles II and III herein, provided that in each case wherein a settlement may be reached, the respective company shall first have obtained the consent of the government of the United States of America.

The undersigned, William I. Buchanan and Francisco González Guinán, in the capacity which each holds, thus consider their conferences with respect to the differences between the United States of America and the United States of Venezuela as closed, and sign two copies of this protocol of the same tenor and to one effect, in both the English and Spanish languages, at Caracas, on the thirteenth day of February one thousand nine hundred and nine.

WILLIAM I. BUCHANAN.
F. GONZÁLEZ GUINán.

[SEAL.] [SEAL.]

PROTOCOL BETWEEN THE NETHERLANDS AND VENEZUELA.

Signed April 19, 1909.

The government of Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands and the government of the United States of Venezuela, actuated by the genuine desire to prevent in the future new difficulties like those that arose between the two countries in the course of the past year and to lay an enduring foundation for an entente cordial;

In consideration of the fact that the two governments declare themselves satisfied with the explanations reciprocally furnished in regard to the incidents that have trouble their good relations;

Considering that the interests of the two countries demand the prompt

conclusion of a treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation, as well as of a consular convention, offering the necessary guarantees for a real commerce between the colonies of the Netherlands in the Antilles and the Venezuelan continent;

Considering that the previous reestablishment of diplomatic relations is desirable to this effect;

Have agreed as follows:

The diplomatic relations between the kingdom of the Netherlands and the United States of Venezuela shall be reestablished from the day of the signing of this protocol and the two governments shall be able to establish their respective legations at Caracas and at The Hague;

The government of the Netherlands will continue to observe the protocol of August 20, 1894;

The Venezuelan Government engages:

1. Not to modify in any manner, until the conclusion of a treaty of commerce and a consular convention between the two states the laws and prescriptions actually in force in the Republic of Venezuela, to the detriment of the subjects of the Netherlands or of the commerce and navigation of the Netherlands and its colonies;

2. To extend immediately and spontaneously to the colonies of the Netherlands in the Antilles every concession to be made in the future to England in favor of the island of Trinidad or to any other power in favor of any other island whatever in the Antilles, especially in the matter of the 30 per cent additional duties at present levied by the Venezuelan Republic in virtue of the law of the month of June 1881, put in force on May 3, 1882.

The Venezuelan government engages to pay within the three months which follow the signing of the present protocol to the Netherlands government, as indemnity assessed by common accord for the damages caused by the seizing of the Netherlands vessels " Estela," "Penelope," "Justicia," "Carmita," and "Marion" the sum of twenty thousand bolivas (bs. 20,000).

As proof of the high appreciation by the Netherlands government of the sentiments of friendship shown by General Gomez, vice-president of the United States of Venezuela, since he was charged with the presidency of the Republic, the Netherlands government declares that the guardships seized by its warships will immediately be placed at Willemstad at the disposition of a delegate to be appointed for that purpose by the government of Venezuela.

In witness whereof the undersigned, Jonkheer R. de Marees van Swinderen, minister of foreign affairs of her majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, and Doctor J. de J. Paul, special delegate of the government of the United States of Venezuela, duly authorized by her majesty the Queen and by the vice president constitutionally charged with the presidency of the Republic have affixed their signatures to the present protocol, which shall be submitted to the ratification of the competent powers and of which an exact translation in Dutch and in Spanish shall be made and signed by the two plenipotentiaries.

Done in duplicate at The Hague, April 19, 1909.

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TREATY BETWEEN THE NETHERLANDS AND THE UNITED STATES OF BRAZIL, ESTABLISHING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN BRAZIL AND THE COLONY OF SURINAM.

Signed, May 5, 1906; proclaimed by the Netherlands, July 11, 1908.

Sa Majesté la Reine des PaysBas et le Président des États-Unis du Brésil, animés du désir de resserrer les liens d'amitié qui existent heureusement entre les deux nations et d'éviter les contestations qui pourraient s'élever si la frontière entre le Brésil et la colonie de Surinam n'était pas déterminée conventionnellement, ont résolu de conclure un traité à cet effet et ont nommé pour Leurs Plénipotentiaires, savoir:

Sa Majesté la Reine des PaysBas, Monsieur Frédéric Palm, Palm, Ministre-Résident des Pays-Bas au Brésil et

Le Président des Etats-Unis du Brésil, Monsieur José Maria da

Her Majesty, the Queen of the Netherlands, and the President of the United States of Brazil, desirous of strengthening the bonds of friendship which happily exist between the two nations, and of avoiding contests which might arise if the boundary between Brazil and the colony of Surinam was not conventionally determined, have resolved to conclude a treaty to this effect, and have named for their plenipotentiaries, to wit:

Her Majesty, the Queen of the Netherlands, Mr. Frederic Palm, minister resident of the Netherlands in Brazil and

The President of the United States of Brazil, Mr. Jose Maria

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