Memorandum submitted to the Representative OIL EXPLORATION OPERATIONS I. The exploration operations are being conducted by the Hokushiakai & Co. on behalf of the Government. A. For communication: Telephone lines connecting the several operations, wireless stations at Cha and Chaivo. B. For transportation: One small steamer and several motor boats which are used in summer time for connecting the several operations, besides a dozen lighters and junks. A trolley line extending for two and half miles between Urkt Bay and works at Cha and another trolley line extending for about 3 miles between Katangli and Nabil. VII. Exportation of oil: None. II. Doue mine: The Mitsubishi & Co. is working it on behalf of the occupation army. Rogatui mine: Is worked by the Staheeff & Co. and Mitsubishi as a joint enterprise. Location of the mines: Doue mine: About six miles south of the harbor of Alexandrovsk, in the valley of Postvaya close to the sea. There are two level pits now in operation, but no shaft. The output for 1923 was about 50,000 tons. Rogatui mine: About ten miles south of Alexandrovsk harbor toward the sea. Two pits now in operation. No shaft. The output for 1923 about 30,000 tons. III. The number of experts and workers: V. At Doue mine small locomotives are used for the purpose of transportation of coal. In Rogatui mine no machinery is used, both digging and transportations being carried on by man power and on horseback. Establishments. No special establishments for colliery purpose except a little more than a mile of trolley line leading from the Doue mine to the seashore, and another trolley line, less than a quarter mile, at Rogatui. VI. Exportation. The output of the Doue mine is consumed by the occupation area, no part of it being taken out of the island. About 30,000 tons of the output of the Rogatui mine is said to have been exported in 1923 by Mitsubishi & Staheeff. K. YOSHIZAWA. OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND BELGIUM CONCERNING THE MANDATE OVER THE TERRITORY OF RUANDA-URUNDI, WITH PROTOCOL1 Signed at Brussels, April 18, 1923, and January 21, 1924; ratifications exchanged, November 18, 1924 Whereas by Article 119 of the Treaty of Peace signed at Versailles the 28th of June 1919, Germany renounced in favor of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers all her rights and titles over her oversea possessions; and Whereas by Article 22 of the same instrument it was provided that certain territories, which as a result of the war had ceased to be under the sovereignty of the states which formerly governed them, should be placed under the mandate of another Power, and that the terms of the mandate should be explicitly defined in each case by the Council of the League of Nations; and Whereas the benefits accruing to the United States under the aforesaid Article 119 of the Treaty of Versailles were confirmed by the treaty between the United States and Germany, signed on August 25, 1921, to restore friendly relations between the two nations; and Whereas four of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers, to wit: the British Empire, France, Italy and Japan, agreed that the King of the Belgians should exercise the mandate for part of the former Colony of German East Africa; and Whereas the terms of the said mandate have been defined by the Council of the League of Nations as follows: ARTICLE 1 The territory over which a mandate is conferred upon His Majesty the King of the Belgians (hereinafter called the Mandatory) comprises that part of the territory of the former colony of German East Africa situated to the west of the following line: From the point where the frontier between the Uganda Protectorate and German East Africa cuts the River Mavumba, a straight line in a south-easterly direction to point 1640, about 15 kilometres south-south-west of Mount Gabiro; Thence a straight line in a southerly direction to the north shore of Lake Mohazi, where it terminates at the confluence of a river situated about 2 kilometres west of the confluence of the River Msilala; If the trace of the railway on the west of the River Kagera between Bugufi and Uganda approaches within 16 kilometres of the line defined above, the boundary will be carried to the west, following a minimum distance of 16 kilometres from the trace, without, however, passing to the west of the straight line joining the terminal point on Lake Mohazi and the top of Mount Kivisa (point 2100), situated on the Uganda-German East Africa frontier about 5 kilometres southwest of the point where the River Mavumba cuts this frontier; Thence a line south-eastwards to meet the southern shore of Lake Mohazi; 1U. S. Treaty Series, No. 704. Thence the watershed between the Taruka and the Mkarange rivers and continuing southwards to the north-eastern end of Lake Mugesera; Thence the median line of this lake and continuing southwards across Lake Ssake to meet the Kagera; Thence the course of the Kagera downstream to meet the western boundary of Bugufi; The frontier described above is shown on the attached British 1:1.000.000 map G. S. G. S. 2932. The boundaries of Bugufi and Urundi are drawn as shown in the Deutscher Kolonialatlas (Dietrich-Reimer) scale 1:1.000.000 dated 1906.2 ARTICLE 2 A boundary commission shall be appointed by His Majesty the King of the Belgians and His Britannic Majesty to trace on the spot the line described in Article 1 above. In case any dispute should arise in connection with the work of these commissioners, the question shall be referred to the Council of the League of Nations, whose decision shall be final. The final report by the boundary commission shall give the precise description of this boundary as actually demarcated on the ground; the necessary maps shall be annexed thereto and signed by the commissioners. The report, with its annexes, shall be made in triplicate; one copy shall be deposited in the archives of the League of Nations, one shall be kept by the Government of His Majesty the King of the Belgians and one by the Government of His Britannic Majesty. ARTICLE 3 The Mandatory shall be responsible for the peace, order and good government of the territory, and shall undertake to promote to the utmost the material and moral well-being and the social progress of its inhabitants. ARTICLE 4 The Mandatory shall not establish any military or naval bases, nor erect any fortifications, nor organize any native military force in the territory except for local police purposes and for the defence of the territory. The Mandatory: ARTICLE 5 (1) shall provide for the eventual emancipation of all slaves, and for as speedy an elimination of domestic and other slavery as social conditions will allow; (2) shall suppress all forms of slave trade; (3) shall prohibit all forms of forced or compulsory labor, except for public works and essential services, and then only in return for adequate remuneration; (4) shall protect the natives from measures of fraud and force by the careful supervision of labor contracts and the recruiting of labor; (5) shall exercise a strict control over the traffic in arms and ammunition and the sale of spirituous liquors. ARTICLE 6 In the framing of laws relating to the holding or transfer of land, the Mandatory shall take into consideration native laws and customs, and shall respect the rights and safeguard the interests of the native population. No native land may be transferred, except between natives, without the previous consent The maps attached to the original treaty and protocol are not here reproduced. of the public authorities. No real rights over native land in favor of non-natives may be created except with the same consent. The Mandatory will promulgate strict regulations against usury. ARTICLE 7 The Mandatory shall secure to all nationals of states members of the League of Nations the same rights as are enjoyed by his own nationals in respect of entry into and residence in the territory, the protection afforded to their person and property, the acquisition of property, movable and immovable, and the exercise of their profession or trade, subject only to the requirements of public order, and on condition of compliance with the local law. Further, the Mandatory shall ensure to all nationals of states members of the League of Nations, on the same footing as to his own nationals, freedom of transit and navigation, and complete economic, commercial and industrial equality; provided that the Mandatory shall be free to organize public works and essential services on such terms and conditions as he thinks just. Concessions for the development of the natural resources of the territory shall be granted by the Mandatory without distinction on grounds of nationality between the nationals of all states members of the League of Nations, but on such conditions as will maintain intact the authority of the local government. Concessions having the character of a general monopoly shall not be granted. This provision does not affect the right of the Mandatory to create monopolies of a purely fiscal character in the interest of the territory under mandate, and in order to provide the territory with fiscal resources which seem best suited to the local requirements; or, in certain cases, to carry out the development of natural resources, either directly by the state, or by a controlled agency, provided that there shall result therefrom no monopoly of the natural resources for the benefit of the Mandatory or his nationals, directly or indirectly, nor any preferential advantage which shall be inconsistent with the economic, commercial and industrial equality hereinbefore guaranteed. The rights conferred by this article extend equally to companies and associations organized in accordance with the law of any of the members of the League of Nations, subject only to the requirements of public order, and on condition of compliance with the local law. ARTICLE 8 The Mandatory shall ensure in the territory complete freedom of conscience and the free exercise of all forms of worship which are consonant with public order and morality; missionaries who are nationals of states members of the League of Nations shall be free to enter the territory and to travel and reside therein, to acquire and possess property, to erect religious buildings and to open schools throughout the territory; it being understood, however, that the Mandatory shall have the right to exercise such control as may be necessary for the maintenance of public order and good government, and to take all measures required for such control. ARTICLE 9 The Mandatory shall apply to the territory any general international conventions applicable to contiguous territories. ARTICLE 10 The Mandatory shall have full powers of administration and legislation in the area subject to the mandate: this area shall be administered in accordance with the laws of the Mandatory as an integral part of his territory and subject to the preceding provisions. The Mandatory shall therefore be at liberty to apply his laws to the territory under the |