"The Mandatory will promulgate strict regulations against usury.

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 organise 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 organised 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.

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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.

9. The Mandatory shall apply to the territory any general international conventions applicable to contiguous territories.

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 mandate subject to the modifications required by local conditions, and to constitute the territory into a customs, fiscal or administrative union or federation with the adjacent possessions under his own sovereignty or control: provided always that the measures adopted to that end do not infringe the provisions of this mandate.

11. The Mandatory shall make to the Council of the League of Nations an annual report to the satisfaction of the Council. This report shall contain full information concerning the measures taken to apply the provisions of the present mandate.

12. The consent of the Council of the League of Nations is required for any modification of the terms of this mandate. 13. The Mandatory agrees that, if any dispute whatever should arise between the Mandatory and another Member of the League of Nations relating to the interpretation or the application of the provisions of the mandate, such dispute, if it cannot be settled by negotiation, shall be submitted to the Permanent Court of International Justice provided for by Article 14 of the Covenant of the League of Nations";

Whereas the United States of America by participating in the war against Germany contributed to her defeat and to the renunciation of her rights and titles over her oversea possessions, but has not ratified the Treaty of Versailles; and

Whereas the Government of the United States and the Government of the King of the Belgians desire to reach a definite understanding with regard to the rights of the two Governments and their respective nationals in the aforesaid former Colony of German East Africa under mandate to the King of the Belgians;

The President of the United States of America and His Majesty the King of the Belgians have decided to conclude a Convention to this effect and have nominated as their Plenipotentiaries:

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His Excellency the President of the United States of America: Mr. Benjamin Thaw, Junior, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of the United States of America at Brussels; and His Majesty the King of the Belgians: M. Henri Jaspar, his Minister for Foreign Affairs;

Who, after having communicated to each other their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed on the following provisions:

ART. 1. Subject to the provisions of the present Convention, the United States consents to the administration by the Government of the King of the Belgians, pursuant to the aforesaid mandate, of the former German territory, described in Article 1 of the mandate.

2. The United States and its nationals shall have and enjoy all the rights and benefits secured under the terms of Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the mandate to Members of the League of Nations and their nationals, notwithstanding the fact that the United States is not a Member of the League of Nations.

3. Vested American property rights in the mandated territory shall be respected and in no way impaired.

4. A duplicate of the annual report to be made by the Mandatory under Article 11 of the mandate shall be furnished to the United States.

5. Nothing contained in the present Convention shall be affected by any modification which may be made in the terms of the mandate as recited above unless such modification shall have been assented to by the United States.

6. The extradition Treaties and Conventions in force between the United States and Belgium shall apply to the mandated territory.

7. The present Convention shall be ratified in accordance with the respective constitutional methods of the High Contracting Parties. The ratifications shall be exchanged in Brussels as soon as practicable. It shall take effect on the date of the exchange of ratifications.

In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.

PROTOCOL between the United States of America and Belgium relative to the Modification of the Boundary of the East Africa Mandate conferred upon Belgium.Brussels, January 21, 1924. (1)

WHEREAS, the boundary of the mandate conferred upon His Majesty the King of the Belgians over the territory of Ruanda-Urundi and recited in the preamble of the Treaty concerning the mandate concluded between the United States of America and Belgium on the 18th April, 1923, (2) has been modified by a common accord between the British and Belgian Governments with the approval given by the Council of the League of Nations at its meeting of the 31st August, 1923, in order better to safeguard the interests of the native populations; and,

Whereas, by Article 5 of the Treaty referred to above, nothing contained in the Treaty shall be affected by any modification which may be made in the terms of the mandate as recited in the Treaty unless such modification shall have been assented to by the United States of America; and,

Whereas, the Government of the United States of America perceives no objection to the modification in question;

The Governments of the United States of America and Belgium have resolved to amend the Treaty signed on the 18th April, 1923, between the two countries, and have named for this purpose their respective Plenipotentiaries:

The President of the United States of America: Mr. Henry P. Fletcher, Ambassador of the United States of America at Brussels;

His Majesty the King of the Belgians: M. Henri Jaspar, his Minister for Foreign Affairs;

Who, after having communicated each to the other their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed to the following amendatory Articles to be taken as part of the Treaty signed the 18th April, 1923:

ART. 1. Article 1 of the mandate recited in the preamble of the Treaty signed the 18th April, 1923, shall be replaced by the following:

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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:

"The mid-stream of the Kagera River from the Uganda

(1) "United States Treaty Series, No. 704." Signed also in the French language.

(2) Page 67.

boundary to the point where the Kagera River meets the western boundary of Bugufi, thence this boundary to its junction with the eastern boundary of Urundi, thence the eastern and southern boundary of Urundi to Tanganyika.

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The frontier described above is shown on the attached British map G.S.G.S. Number 2932-A, on the scale of 1:1,000,000.

2. The present Protocol shall be ratified in accordance with the constitutional methods of the High Contracting Parties. The ratifications shall be exchanged in Brussels on the same day as those of the Treaty of the 18th April, 1923. It shall take effect on the date of exchange of ratifications.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Protocol and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.

Done in duplicate at Brussels, this 21st day of January, 1924.

TREATY between Brazil and Switzerland for the Judicial Settlement of Disputes between the two Countries.-Rio de Janeiro, June 23, 1924. (1)

[Ratifications exchanged at Rio de Janeiro, April 7, 1925.]

LE Conseil fédéral suisse et le Président de la République des Etats-Unis du Brésil, animés du désir de resserrer toujours plus les liens de bonne amitié qui unissent les deux pays et de résoudre, autant que possible, par la voie judiciaire les différends qui viendraient à s'élever entre la Confédération suisse et les États-Unis du Brésil, ont résolu de conclure à cet effet un Traité et ont désigné leurs Plénipotentiaires, savoir:

Le Conseil fédéral suisse: M. Albert Gertsch, Envoyé extraordinaire et Ministre plénipotentiaire de la Confédération suisse aux Etats-Unis du Brésil;

Le Président de la République des Etats-Unis du Brésil : M. José Felix Alves Pacheco, Ministre d'Etat des Relations extérieures;

Lesquels, après s'être fait connaître leurs pleins pouvoirs, reconnus en bonne et due forme, sont convenus des dispositions suivantes :

(1) Signed also in the Portuguese language.