RATIFICATIONS of the Treaty between Great Britain, &c., and the Serb-Croat-Slovene State.--Signed at SaintGermain-en-Laye, September 10, 1919.* Serb-Croat-Slovene State... July 16, 1920. TREATY OF PEACE between the British Empire and Allied Powers (France, Italy, Japan, Armenia, Belgium, Czecho-Slovakia, Greece, the Hedjaz, Poland, Portugal, Roumania and the Serb-Croat-Slovene State) and Turkey. -Sèvres, August 10, 1920.‡ SUMMARY. Page Preamble Part I. THE COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. The Covenant of the League of Nations (Articles 1 to 26) V.-Greece (Articles 84 to 87) 665 666 .. 667 . 671 672 Section Section Section XIII.-General provisions (Articles 132 to 139) Section XI.-Libya and Egean Islands (Articles 121 and 122) Section VII.-Syria, Mesopotamia, Palestine (Articles 94 to 97) IX.-Egypt, Soudan, Cyprus (Articles 101 to 117) .. 673 674 674 677 677 678 679 *Vol. CXII, page 514 The Serb-Croat-Slovene State did not sign the Treaty, but acceded on December 5, 1919. Parliamentary Paper, "Treaty Series, No. 11 (1920)." Signed also in the French and Italian languages This Treaty has not been ratified. Part IV.-PROTECTION OF MINORITIES. Protection of minorities (Articles 140 to 151) Section Part V.-MILITARY, NAVAL AND AIR CLAUSES. I.-Military clauses Chapter I.-General clauses (Articles 152 and 153) Chapter III.-Recruiting (Articles 165 to 167) Chapter Chapter VII.-Fortifications (Article 177) Table to 176) (Articles 178 to 180) I.-Composition of the Sultan's bodyguard Table II.-Strength of the various arms and services Page 681 685 685 685 688 688 689 689. 690 691 694 694 Section IV.-Inter-Allied commissions of control and organisation (Articles 196 to 205) Section V.-General provisions (Articles 206 and 207) Part VI.-PRISONERS OF WAR AND GRAVES. 698 701 Section I.-Commercial relations (Articles 261 to 268) Annex Section VI.-Companies and concessions (Articles 310 to 316) 707 715 718 (Articles 346 to 348) ports (Articles 349 to 352) Part XI-PORTS, WATERWAYS AND RAILWAYS. Page 746 747 Section Section II.-Navigation : Chapter I-Freedom of navigation (Article 334) .. Chapter IV. Clauses giving to certain States the use of certain Section III.-Railways: 751 751 Chapter I.-Clauses relating to international transport (Arti- 753 Chapter II.-Rolling-stock (Article 358) .. Chapter III.-Transfers of railway lines (Articles 359 and 360) Section IV. Miscellaneous: 754 755 755 Chapter I.-Hydraulic system (Article 363) 756 Chapter II.-Telegraphs and telephones (Articles 364 and 365).. 756 Chapter III.-Submarine cables (Articles 366 and 367) Chapter IV.-Executory provisions (Article 368).. Section V.-Disputes and revision of permanent clauses (Articles 369 to 371) Section VI.---Special provisions (Articles 372 and 373).. Part XII-LABOUR. Section I.-Organisation of labour : Chapter I-Organisation (Articles 374 to 386) Chapter II.-Procedure (Articles 387 to 407) Chapter III.-General (Articles 408 to 410) Chapter IV.-Transitory provisions (Articles 411 to 413).. THE British Empire, France, Italy and Japan, These Powers being described in the present Treaty as the Principal Allied Powers; Armenia, Belgium, Greece, the Hedjaz, Poland, Portugal, Roumania, the Serb-Croat-Slovene State and CzechoSlovakia, These Powers constituting, with the Principal Powers mentioned above, the Allied Powers, of the one part; And Turkey, of the other part; Whereas on the request of the Imperial Ottoman Government an Armistice was granted to Turkey on the 30th October, 1918,* by the Principal Allied Powers in order that a Treaty of Peace might be concluded; and Whereas the Allied Powers are equally desirous that the war in which certain among them were successively involved, directly or indirectly, against Turkey, and which originated * Vol. CXI, page 611. in the declaration of war against Serbia on the 28th July, 1914, by the former Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Government, and in the hostilities opened by Turkey against the Allied Powers on the 29th October, 1914, and conducted by Germany in alliance with Turkey, should be replaced by & firm, just and durable peace, For this purpose the High Contracting Parties have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries: His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India: Sir George Dixon Grahame, K.C.V.O., Minister Plenipotentiary of His Britannic Majesty at Paris; and For the Dominion of Canada: The Honourable Sir George Halsey Perley, K.C.M.G., High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom; For the Commonwealth of Australia: The Right Honourable Andrew Fisher, High Commissioner for Australia in the United Kingdom; For the Dominion of New Zealand: Sir George Dixon Grahame, K.C.V.O., Minister Plenipotentiary of His Britannic Majesty at Paris; For the Union of South Africa: Mr. Reginald Andrew Blankenberg, O.B.E., Acting High Commissioner for the Union of South Africa in the United Kingdom; For India: Sir Arthur Hirtzel, K.C.B., Assistant UnderSecretary of State for India; The President of the French Republic: M. Alexandre Millerand, President of the Council, Minister for Foreign Affairs; M. Frédéric François-Marsal, Minister of Finance; M. Auguste-Paul-Louis Isaac, Minister of Commerce and Industry; M. Jules Cambon, Ambassador of France; M. Georges-Maurice Paléologue, Ambassador of France, Secretary-General of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs; His Majesty the King of Italy: Count Lelio Bonin Longare, Senator of the Kingdom, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the King of Italy at Paris; General Giovanni Marietti, Italian Military Representative on the Supreme War Council; His Majesty the Emperor of Japan: Viscount Chinda, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan at London; Mr. K. Matsui, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan at Paris; Armenia M. Avetis Aharonian, President of the Delegation of the Armenian Republic; His Majesty the King of the Belgians: M. Jules van den Heuvel, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Minister of State; M. Rolin Jaequemyns, Member of the Institute of Private International Law, Secretary-General of the Belgian Delegation; His Majesty the King of the Hellenes: M. Eleftherios K. Venisélos, President of the Council of Ministers; M. Athos Romanos, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the King of the Hellenes at Paris; His Majesty the King of the Hedjaz: The President of the Polish Republic: Count Maurice Zamoyski, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Polish Republic at Paris; M. Erasme Piltz; The President of the Portuguese Republic: Dr. Affonso da Costa, formerly President of the Council of Ministers; His Majesty the King of Roumania: M. Nicolae Titulescu, Minister of Finance; Prince Dimitrie Ghika, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the King of Roumania at Paris; His Majesty the King of the Serbs, the Croats and the Slovenes: M. Nicolas P. Pachitch, formerly President of the Council of Ministers; M. Ante Trumbic, Minister for Foreign Affairs; The President of the Czecho-Slovak Republic: M. Edward Benes, Minister for Foreign Affairs; M. Stephen Osusky, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Czecho-Slovak Republic at London; Turkey: General Haadi Pasha, Senator; Riza Tevfik Bey, Senator; Rechad Haliss Bey, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Turkey at Berne; Who, having communicated their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows: From the coming into force of the present Treaty the state of war will terminate. From that moment, and subject to the provisions of the present Treaty, official relations will exist betwen the Allied Powers and Turkey. PART I. THE COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. [Part I (Articles 1-26 with Annex) is identical with Part I of the Treaty of Peace with Hungary, see p. 491.] PART II.-FRONTIERS OF TURKEY. ART. 27.-I. In Europe, the frontiers of Turkey will be laid down as follows (see annexed map No. 1*) :· Not reproduced. |