OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

CONTENTS OF VOLUME SIXTEEN

NUMBER 1, JANUARY, 1922

PAGE

AUSTRIA-UNITED STATES. Treaty of peace. Aug. 24, 1921..

1

CHINA. Consortium agreement. Oct. 15, 1920..

4

ETHIOPIA-UNITED STATES. Treaty of commerce. June 27, 1914....

9

GERMANY-UNITED STATES. Treaty of peace. Aug. 25, 1921...

10

HUNGARY-UNITED STATES. Treaty establishing friendly relations. Aug. 29, 1921. 13

NORWAY-UNITED STATES. Agreement for the submission to arbitration of certain

claims of Norwegian subjects. June 30, 1921......

16

PERO-UNITED STATES. Protocol for arbitration of the Landreau claims against Peru.

May 21, 1921.....

SALVADOR-UNITED STATES. Convention facilitating the work of traveling salesmen.

Jan. 28, 1919...

23

Siam-UNITED STATES. Treaty revising treaties hitherto existing. Dec. 16, 1920.. 25

Protocol.....

32

Exchange of notes..

34

UNITED STATES. An act relating to the landing and operation of submarine cables.

May 27, 1921.....

35

VENEZUELA-UNITED STATES. Treaty for the advancement of peace. Mar. 21, 1921. 36

Protocol.....

38

19

NUMBER 2, APRIL, 1922

TREATIES AND RESOLUTIONS APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY THE CONFERENCE ON THE LIMI-

TATION OF ARMAMENT. Nov. 12, 1921 to Feb. 6, 1922:

TREATIES

(1) A treaty between the United States of America, the British Empire, France,

Italy, and Japan, limiting naval armament..

41

(2) A treaty between the same Powers, in relation to the use of submarines and nox-

ious gases in warfare..

57

(3) A treaty between the United States of America, the British Empire, France, and

Japan, signed Dec. 13, 1921, relating to their insular possessions and insular

dominions in the Pacific Ocean...

60

(4) Declaration accompanying the above Four-Power Treaty...

63

(5) A treaty between the same four Powers, supplementary to the above, signed Feb.

6, 1922....

63

(6) "A treaty between all nine Powers relating to principles and policies to be fol-

lowed in matters concerning China..

(7) A treaty between the nine Powers relating to Chinese customs tariff..

69

64

74

RESOLUTIONS

No. 1. Resolution for a commission of jurists to consider amendment of laws of war.

No. 2. Resolution limiting jurisdiction of commission of jurists provided in Resolu-

tion No. 1....

75

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No. 3. Resolution regarding a board of reference for Far Eastern questions...... 75

No. 4. Resolution regarding extraterritoriality in China...

76

No. 5. Resolution regarding foreign postal agencies in China.

77

No. 6. Resolution regarding armed forces in China...

78

No. 7. Resolution regarding radio stations in China and accompanying declarations 79

No. 8. Resolution regarding unification of railways in China and accompanying

declaration by China....

80

No. 9. Resolution regarding the reduction of Chinese military forces. .

81

No. 10. Resolution regarding existing commitments of China or with respect to

China...

82

No. 11. Resolution regarding the Chinese Eastern Railway, approved by all the

Powers, ineluding China...

83

No. 12. Resolution regarding the Chinese Eastern Railway, approved by all the

Powers, other than China...

83

TREATY BETWEEN JAPAN AND CHINA FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF OUTSTANDING QUES-

TIONS RELATIVE TO SHANTUNG. Feb. 4, 1922...

TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN WITH REGARD TO THE FORMER

GERMAN ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, IN PARTICULAR THE ISLAND OF Yap.

Feb. 11, 1922..

94

84

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NUMBER 3, JULY, 1922

BRAZIL-GREAT BRITAIN. Treaty providing for the establishment of a peace commis-

sion. April 4, 1919...

CHINA-UNITED STATES. Treaty confirming the application of a five per cent ad

valorem rate of duty to importations into China by citizens of the United States.

Oct. 20, 1920....

101

COLOMBIA-UNITED STATES. Treaty for the settlement of differences arising out of the

events which took place on the Isthmus of Panama in November, 1903. April 6,

1914...

119

FRANCE-GREAT BRITAIN. Convention on certain points connected with the man-

dates for Syria and the Lebanon, Palestine and Mesopotamia. Dec. 23, 1920 122

GREECE-ALLIED POWERS. Treaty relative to Thrace. Aug. 10, 1920..

126

INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY. Agreement respecting the preservation or the restoration of

the rights of, affected by the World War. June 30, 1920....

132

Procès-verbal of signature. June 30, 1920....

134

Procès-verbal of the deposit of ratifications. Sept. 30, 1920.... 136

PERU-GREAT BRITAIN. Agreement respecting the mineral property “La Brea y

Pariñas." Aug. 27, 1921...

137

Russia-GREAT BRITAIN. Trade agreement. March 16, 1921..

141

Declaration of recognition of claims. March 16, 1921..

147

SÈVRES, TREATY OF. Between the Principal Allied and Associated Powers and

Poland, Roumania, the Serb-Croat-Slovene State and the Czecho-Slovak State

relative to certain frontiers of those states. Aug. 10, 1920....

148

VERSAILLES, TREATY OF:

Belgium-Great Britain. Convention relative to Article 296 (Enemy Debts). July

20, 1921...

153

France-Great Britain. Convention relative to Article 296 (Enemy Debts). July

1921..

155

Germany-Great Britain. Agreement respecting Article 297 (e) (Payment of com-

pensation in respect of damage, etc., to property, rights, or interests). Nov. 23,

1921....

157

20,

PAGB

Germany-Great Britain. Amended agreement respecting Article 297 of the Treaty

of Versailles of June 28, 1919 (Property rights and interests). Dec. 31, 1920.....

Protocol. Dec. 31, 1920....

Certificate of exchange of ratifications. Oct. 6, 1921.

Protocol modifying Annex II to Part VIII. May 5, 1921.

162

167

167

168

NUMBER 4, OCTOBER, 1922

GERMANY-UNITED STATES. Agreement providing for the determination of the

amount of claims against Germany. Aug. 10, 1922...

171

PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE. Rules of Court:

Chapter I. The Court.

Heading 1. Constitution of the Court.

Section A. Judges and Assessors. Articles 1 to 8....

173

Section B. The Presidency. Articles 9 to 13.

175

Section C. The Chambers. Articles 14 to 16.

176

Section D. The Registry. Articles 17 to 26.

177

Heading 2. Working of the Court. Articles 27 to 31.

179

Chapter II. Procedure.

Heading 1. Contentious Procedure.

Section A. General Provisions. Articles 32 to 34......

180

Section B. Procedure before the Court and before the special Chambers (Arti-

cles 26 and 27 of the Statute).

I. Institution of Proceedings. Articles 35 and 36..

180

II. Written Proceedings. Articles 37 to 42

181

III. Oral Proceedings. Articles 43 to 56

182

IV. Interim Protection. Article 57..

184

V. Intervention. Articles 58 to 60.

184

VI. Agreement. Article 61. ...

185

VII. Judgment. Articles 62 to 65.

185

VIII. Revision. Article 66....

186

Section C. Summary Procedure. Articles 67 to 70.

187

Heading 2. Advisory Procedure. Articles 71 to 74...

187

Heading 3. Errors. Article 75....

188

Annex to Article 2. List of Judges and Deputy Judges.

188

Annex to Article 14. Composition of the Chambers..

189

Annex to Article 17. The Registrar of the Court..

190

Annex to Article 24. Interviews with the Registrar.

190

Address of the Court...

190

TREATY OF VERSAILLES:

Message of President Wilson to Congress transmitting an agreement, dated June 16,

1919, recommending the acceptance of special German reparation bonds in satis-

faction of Belgian obligations to France, Great Britain, and the United States..... 190

Protocol signed on behalf of Germany upon the deposit of ratifications. Jan. 10,
1920.....

192

Note of Allied Powers to President of German Delegation respecting war criminals.

May 7, 1920..

195

Agreement between Allied Powers for the settlement of certain questions as to the

application of the treaties of peace and complementary agreements with Germany,

Austria, Hungary, and Bulgaria. Spa, July 16, 1920...

197

Protocol of Spa Conference respecting coal. July 16, 1920..

205