anarchistic and similar classes," approved the 16th October, 1918,* is amended to read as follows: "That the following aliens shall be excluded from admission into the United States : "(a.) Aliens who are anarchists; (b.) Aliens who advise, advocate, or teach, or who are members of or affiliated with any organisation, association, society, or group, that advises, advocates, or teaches, opposition to all organised government; "(c.) Aliens who believe in, advise, advocate, or teach, or who are members of or affiliated with any organisation, association, society, or group, that believes in, advises, advocates, or teaches: (1) the overthrow by force or violence of the Government of the United States or of all forms of law, or (2) the duty, necessity or propriety of the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers (either of specific individuals or of officers generally) of the Government of the United States or of any other organised Government, because of his or their official character, or (3) the unlawful damage. injury or destruction of property, or (4) sabotage; (d.) Aliens who write, publish, or cause to be written or published, or who knowingly circulate, distribute, print, or display, or knowingly cause to be circulated, distributed. printed, published, or displayed, or who knowingly have in their possession for the purpose of circulation, distribution, publication, or display, any written or printed matter, advising, advocating, or teaching, opposition to all organised government, or advising, advocating or teaching: (1) the overthrow by force or violence of the Government of the United States or of all forms of law, or (2) the duty, necessity or propriety of the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers (either of specific individuals or of officers generally) of the Government of the United States or of any other organised Government, or (3) the unlawful damage, injury or destruction of property, or (4) sabotage; "(e.) Aliens who are members of or affiliated with any organisation, association, society, or group, that writes, circulates, distributes, prints, publishes, or displays, or causes to be written, circulated, distributed, printed, published, or displayed, or that has in its possession for the purpose of circulation, distribution, publication, issue, or display, any written or printed matter of the character described in subdivision (d). "For the purpose of this section: (1) the giving, loaning, or promising of money or any thing of value to be used for the advising, advocacy, or teaching of any doctrine above * Vol. CXI, page 964. enumerated shall constitute the advising, advocacy, or teaching of such doctrine; and (2) the giving, loaning, or promising of money or any thing of value to any organisation, association, society, or group, of the character above described shall constitute affiliation therewith; but nothing in this paragraph shall be taken as an exclusive definition of advising, advocacy, teaching, or affiliation.' Approved, June 5, 1920. PROCLAMATION of the President of the United States of America declaring the Opening of the Panama Canal.— July 12, 1920. WHEREAS, Section 4 of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for the opening, maintenance, protection and operation of the Panama Canal, and the sanitation and government of the Canal Zone," approved the 24th August, 1912* (37 Stat. L. 561), and known as the Panama Canal Act, provides that upon the completion of the Panama Canal the President shall cause it to be officially and formally opened for use and operation; and Whereas, the Canal is completed, and is open for commerce: Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority of the Panama Canal Act, do hereby declare and proclaim the official and formal opening of the Panama Canal for use and operation in conformity with the laws of the United States. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done in the District of Columbia, this 12th day of July, in the year of our Lord 1920, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the 145th. (Seal.) By the President, NORMAN H. DAVIS, WOODROW WILSON. Acting Secretary of State. *Vol. CV, page 375. TREATY between the United States of America and Venezuela for the Settlement of Disputes by a Permanent International Commission.-Caracas, March 21, 1914.* [Ratifications exchanged at Caracas, February 12, 1921.] THE President of the United States of Venezuela and the President of the United States of America, being desirous to strengthen the bonds of amity that bind Venezuela and the United States together and also to advance the cause of general peace, have resolved to enter into a Treaty for that purpose and to that end have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries: The President of the United States of Venezuela: Señor Dr. Manuel Diaz Rodriguez, Minister for Foreign Relations; and the President of the United States of America: Mr. Preston McGoodwin, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of said nation to Venezuela; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in proper form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles : ART. I. The High Contracting Parties agree that all disputes between them, of every nature whatsoever, which diplomacy shall fail to adjust, shall be submitted for investi gation and report to a Permanent International Commission to be constituted in the manner prescribed in Article II; and they agree, if the case arises, not to declare war nor to begin hostilities during such investigation and before the report has been considered. II. The International Commission shall be composed of five members, to be appointed as follows: one member shall be chosen from each country, by the Government thereof; one member shall be chosen by each Government from some third country; the fifth member shall be chosen by common agreement between the two Governments, who can also submit his election to the four arbitrators already appointed; it being understood that he shall not be a citizen of either of the two countries. The expenses shall be paid by the two Governments in equal proportion. The International Commission shall be appointed within six months after the exchange of the ratifications of this Treaty; and the vacancies shall be filled according to the manner of the original appointment. * "United States Treaty Series," No. 652. Signed also in the Spanish language. III. In case the High Contracting Parties shall have failed to adjust a dispute by diplomatic methods, they shall at once refer it to the International Commission for investigation and report. The International Commission may, however, before taking diplomatic steps or in the course thereof, act upon its own initiative, and in such case it shall notify both Governments and request their co-operation in the investigation. The High Contracting Parties agree to afford to the Permanent International Commission all the means and facilities required for its investigation and report. In each instance, the report of the International Commission shall be completed within one year after the date on which it shall declare its investigation to have begun, unless the High Contracting Parties shall limit or extend the time by mutual agreement. The report shall be prepared in triplicate; one copy shall be presented to each Government, and the third retained by the Commission for its files. The High Contracting Parties reserve the right to act independently of the subject matter of the dispute after the report of the Commission shall have been submitted. IV. The present Treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States of Venezuela, with the approval of the Congress; and by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof; and the ratifications shall be exchanged as soon as possible. It shall take effect immediately after the exchange of ratifications, and shall continue in force for a period of five years; and it shall thereafter remain in force until twelve months after one of the High Contracting Parties have given notice to the other of an intention to terminate it. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty and have affixed thereunto their seals. Done at Caracas on the 21st day of March, in the year 1914. (L.S.) (L.S.) PRESTON McGOODWIN. PROTOCOL relative to the Interpretation of the second clause of Article III of the Treaty between the United States of America and Venezuela, signed at Caracas, March 21, 1914, for the Settlement of Disputes by a Permanent International Commission.-Caracas, ruary 27, 1915.* Feb THE Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United States of Venezuela, desirous of removing any doubt or uncertainty that may exist or that may hereafter arise as to the interpretation to be placed upon the second clause of Article III of the Treaty of the 21st March, 1914, between the United States and Venezuela, looking to the advancement of the general cause of peace; which clause reads as follows: "The International Commission may, however, before taking diplomatic steps or in the course thereof, act upon its own initiative, and in such case it shall notify both Governments and request their co-operation in the investigation "; have authorised the undersigned Plenipotentiaries to declare as follows: It is the understanding of the two Governments that the said clause does not confer upon the Commission the right to act upon its own initiative before diplomatic means of adjustment have been exhausted, but that it shall be under stood as meaning that, should the Commission spontaneously offer its services, it shall not proceed to undertake its investiga tion and report in the matter which is the subject of disagreement between the two Governments, until after they shall have exhausted diplomatic means of adjustment. In witness whereof the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have signed their names and affixed their respective seals to this Protocol, at the City of Caracas, this 27th day of February, in the year 1915. (L.S.) PRESTON MCGOODWIN. * "United States Treaty Series," No. 652. Signed also in the Spanish language. + Page 1199. |