of Article 1 refers shall not be taken to embrace questions which according to principles of international law lie exclusively within the domestic jurisdiction of the respective Powers. Washington, D.C., 13th December, 1921. CHARLES EVANS HUGHES. ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR. A. C. GEDDES. R. L. BORDEN. G. F. PEARCE. JOHN W. SALMOND. ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR. A. SARRAUT. JUSSERAND. T. KATO. K. SHIDEHARA. TOKUGAWA IYESATO. RESOLUTION adopted by the Conference on the Limitation of Armament (representing Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan and the United States of America) regarding the establishment of a Commission to examine and report on the Laws of War.--Washington, February.4, 1922.* THE United States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy, and Japan have agreed 1. That a Commission composed of not more than two members representing each of the above-mentioned Powers shall be constituted to consider the following questions: (a.) Do existing Rules of international law adequately cover new methods of attack or defence resulting from the introduction or development, since The Hague Conference of 1907, of new agencies of warfare? (b.) If not so, what changes in the existing Rules ought to be adopted in consequence thereof as a part of the law of nations? 2. That notices of appointment of the members of the Commission shall be transmitted to the Government of the * Parliamentary Paper, "Miscellaneous, No. 1 (1922)." United States of America within three months after the adjournment of the present Conference, which after consultation with the Powers concerned will fix the day and place for the meeting of the Commission. 3. That the Commission shall be at liberty to request assistance and advice from experts in international law and in land, naval and aerial warfare. 4. That the Commission shall report its conclusions to each of the Powers represented in its membership. Those Powers shall thereupon confer as to the acceptance of the report and the course to be followed to secure the consideration of its recommendations by the other civilised Powers. Adopted by the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, at the Sixth Plenary Session, the 4th February, 1922. RESOLUTION adopted by the Conference on the Limitation of Armament (representing Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan and the United States of America) limiting the jurisdiction of the Commission to examine and report on the Laws of War.--Washington, February 4, 1922.* RESOLVED: That it is not the intention of the Powers agreeing to the appointment of a Commission to consider and report upon the Rules of international law respecting new agencies of warfare that the Commission shall review or report upon the rules or declarations relating to submarines or the use of noxious gases and chemicals already adopted by the Powers in this Conference. Adopted by the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, at the Sixth Plenary Session, the 4th February, 1922. IDENTIC COMMUNICATION made to the Netherlands February 4, 1922) and Portuguese (February 6, 1922) Governments on behalf of the British Empire, and also mutatis mutandis on behalf of the other Powers‡ signatory * the Quadruple Pacific Treaty.* THE British Empire has concluded on the 13th December, 1221, with the United States of America, France and Japan amentary Paper. "Miscellaneous, No. 1 (1922)." + Page 631. Japan and the United States of America. a Treaty with a view to the preservation of general peace and the maintenance of their rights to their insular possessions and insular dominions in the region of the Pacific Ocean. They have agreed thereby as between themselves to respect their rights in relation to these possessions and dominions. The Netherlands not being signatory to the said Treaty, and the Netherlands possessions in the region of the Pacific Ocean therefore not being included in the Agreement referred to, His Britannic Majesty's Government, anxious to forestall any conclusion contrary to the spirit of the Treaty, desires to declare that it is firmly resolved to respect the rights of the Netherlands in relation to her insular possessions in the region of the Pacific Ocean. TREATY between Great Britain, France, Japan and the United States of America supplementary to the Treaty of the 13th December, 1921, relating to their Insular Possessions and Insular Dominions in the Pacific Ocean.Washington, February 6, 1922.† [Ratifications exchanged at Washington, August 17, 1923.] THE United States of America, the British Empire, France and Japan have, through their respective Plenipotentiaries, agreed upon the following stipulations supplementary to the Quadruple Treaty signed at Washington on the 13th December, 1921.‡ The term "insular possessions and insular dominions" used in the aforesaid Treaty shall, in its application to Japan, include only Karafuto (or the southern portion of the island of Sakhalin), Formosa and the Pescadores, and the islands under the mandate of Japan. The present Agreement shall have the same force and effect as the said Treaty to which it is supplementary. The provisions of Article IV of the aforesaid Treaty of the 13th December, 1921, relating to 1921, relating to ratification shall be applicable to the present Agreement, which in French and English shall remain deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States, and duly certified copies thereof shall be transmitted by that Government to each of the other contracting Powers. * Page 627. + Parliamentary Paper, "Miscellaneous, No. 1 (1922)." Signed also in the French language. + Page 627. In faith whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Agreement. Done at the City of Washington, the 6th day of February, 1922. CONVENTION between Austria and the Netherlands relative to the Admission of Austrian Consular Officials into the Netherlands Colonies.-The Hague, November 6, 1922.* [Ratifications exchanged at The Hague, February 27, 1923.] SA Majesté la Reine des Pays-Bas, désirant assurer aux relations de commerce établies entre le Royaume des PaysBas et la République d'Autriche le développement le plus ample, et voulant satisfaire au désir exprimé par le Gouvernement Fédéral d'Autriche, a consenti à admettre des fonctionnaires consulaires d'Autriche dans les principaux ports des colonies néerlandaises, sous la réserve toutefois de faire de cette concession l'objet d'une Convention spéciale déterminant d'une manière claire et précise les droits, devoirs et immunités de ces fonctionnaires consulaires dans lesdites colonies. A cet effet, Sa Majesté la Reine des Pays-Bas a nommé: Son Excellence le Jonkheer H. A. van Karnebeek, Ministre des Affaires étrangères des Pays-Bas; . Et le Président fédéral de la République d'Autriche a nommé: Son Excellence F. Callice, Ministre d'Autriche à La Haye; League of Nations. "Treaty Series, No. 444." Lesquels, dûment autorisés à cet effet, sont convenus des articles suivants : ART. I". Les Consuls généraux, Consuls, Vice-Consuls et Agents consulaires d'Autriche seront admis dans tous les ports des possessions d'outre-mer ou colonies des Pays-Bas, qui sont ouverts aux navires de toutes les nations. II. Les Consuls généraux, Consuls, Vice-Consuls et Agents consulaires d'Autriche seront considérés comme des agents commerciaux protecteurs du commerce de leurs nationaux dans leur arrondissement consulaire. Ils résideront dans le port de la colonie indiqué dans leur Commission et seront soumis aux lois tant civiles que pénales de cette colonie, sauf les exceptions que la présente Convention établit en leur faveur. III. Avant d'être admis à l'exercice de leurs fonctions et de jouir des immunités qui y sont attachées, les Consuls généraux, Consuls, Vice-Consuls et Agents consulaires doivent présenter au Gouvernement de Sa Majesté la Reine des Pays-Bas une commission indiquant leur arrondissement consulaire et le lieu de leur résidence. Du moment que l'exéquatur sera contresigné par le Gouvernement de la colonie, lesdits fonctionnaires consulaires de tout grade auront droit à la protection du Gouvernement et à l'assistance des autorités locales pour assurer le libre exercice de leurs fonctions. Le Gouvernement se réserve la faculté de retirer l'exéquatur ou de le faire retirer par le Gouverneur de la colonie, en indiquant les motifs de cette mesure. IV. Les Consuls généraux, Consuls, Vice-Consuls et Agents consulaires sont autorisés à placer au-dessus de la porte extérieure de leur demeure un écusson aux armes de leur pays, avec la légende: "Consulat général, Consulat, Vice-Consulat ou Agence consulaire d'Autriche." Il est bien entendu que cette marque extérieure ne pourra jamais être considérée comme donnant droit d'asile, ni comme pouvant soustraire la maison et ceux qui l'habitent aux poursuites de la justice territoriale. V. Il est néanmoins entendu que les archives et documents relatifs aux affaires consulaires seront protégés contre toute recherche, et qu'aucune autorité ni aucun magistrat ne pourra les visiter, les saisir ou s'en enquérir d'une manière quelconque et sous aucun prétexte. VI. Les Consuls généraux, Consuls, Vice-Consuls et Agents consulaires ne sont investis d'aucun caractère diplomatique. Aucune demande ne pourra être adressée au Gouvernement néerlandais que par l'entremise de l'agent diplomatique accrédité à La Haye. En cas d'urgence, les Consuls généraux, Consuls, Vice |