ANNEX 1. Declaration made by His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at * IN depositing His Britannic Majesty's Ratification of the Convention respecting the Protection of Industrial Property, the "Protocole de Clôture," and the Agreement respecting False Indications of Origin, which were signed at Washington on the 2nd June, 1911, His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at Washington declares that such Ratification relates only to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and that, as regards His Britannic Majesty's Dominions, Colonies, Possessions or Protectorates beyond the seas, any notification of accession which it may be desired hereafter to make on their behalf will form the subject of a separate communication to the Government of the Swiss Confederation, in accordance with provisions of article XVI bis of the Convention and article V of the Agreement respectively. JAMES BRYCE. ANNEX 2. Declaration made by the Austro-Hungarian Chargé d'Affaires at Washington. (Translation.) Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Embassy, This Agreement was not signed by the United Kingdom. CONVENTION between Great Britain and Belgium amending Article VI of the Extradition Treaty of October 29, 1901. Signed at London, March 3, 1911.* [Ratifications exchanged at London, May 10, 1911.] His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and His Majesty the King of the Belgians, being desirous of amending the provisions of Article VI of the Treaty between Belgium and Great Britain of the 29th October, 1901,† for the mutual extradition of fugitive criminals, have named as their respective Plenipotentiaries for this purpose, that is to say: His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable Sir Edward Grey, a Baronet of the United Kingdom, a Member of Parliament, His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; And His Majesty the King of the Belgians, Count de Lalaing, His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of His Britannic Majesty ; Who, having reciprocally communicated their full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed as follows: : ART. I. The following Article is substituted for Article VI of the Extradition Treaty of the 29th October, 1901: "When a person shall have been extradited by one of the High Contracting Parties, that person, until he has returned to the country from which he had been extradited, or until he has had an opportunity of returning to it, shall not be detained or brought to justice in the State to which he has been handed over for any crime or on any other charge whatever prior to the extradition, except those in respect of which the extradition has been accorded. "Neither shall that person, until he has had an opportunity of returning to the country from which he has been extradited, be handed over to a third State." II. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London, as soon as possible. It shall come into force ten days after its publication in the manner prescribed by law in the respective countries, and shall have the same force and duration as the Treaty to which it relates. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have Signed also in the French language. "Treaty Series No. 21 (1911)." + Vol. XCIV, page 7. signed the present Convention, and have affixed thereto their seals. Done, in duplicate, at London, the 3rd March, 1911. (L.S.) E. GREY. (L.S.) LALAING. TREATY of Commerce between Great Britain and the Republic of Bolivia.-Signed at La Paz, August 1, 1911.* [Ratifications exchanged at London, July 5, 1912.] His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and his Excellency the President of the Republic of Bolivia, being desirous to extend and facilitate the relations already existing between the two countries, have determined to conclude a Treaty with this object, and have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India: Cecil William Gustaf Gosling, Esquire, His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary, Minister Plenipotentiary, and Consul-General to the Republic of Bolivia ; His Excellency the President of the Republic of Bolivia; Doctor Claudio Pinilla, Member of the Permanent Tribunal of Arbitration at The Hague, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles :— ART. I. There shall be between the dominions and possessions of the two High Contracting Parties reciprocal freedom of commerce. The subjects or citizens of each of the two parties shall have liberty freely to come to all places in the dominions and possessions of the other to which native subjects or citizens generally are or may be permitted to come, and shall enjoy respectively the same rights, privileges, liberties, favours, immunities, and exemptions in matters of commerce as are or may be enjoyed by native subjects or citizens generally, without having to pay any tax or impost greater than those paid by the same, and they shall be subject to the laws and regulations in force. II. No other or higher duties or charges shall be imposed on the importation into the dominions and possessions of His Britannic Majesty of any article the produce or manufacture of Signed also in the Spanish language. "Treaty Series No. 17 (1912).” the Republic of Bolivia, from whatever place arriving, and no other or higher duties or charges shall be imposed on the importation into Bolivia of any article the produce or manufacture of His Britannic Majesty's dominions and possessions from whatever place arriving, than on the like articles produced or manufactured in any other foreign country; nor shall any prohibition or restriction be maintained or imposed on the importation of any article the produce or manufacture of the dominions and possessions of either of the High Contracting Parties into the dominions and possessions of the other, from whatever place arriving, which shall not equally extend to the importation of the like articles being the produce or manufacture of any other foreign country. This last provision is not applicable to the sanitary and other prohibitions occasioned by the necessity of securing the safety of persons or of cattle, or of plants useful to agriculture. III. No other or higher duties or charges shall be imposed in the dominions and possessions of either of the High Contracting Parties on the exportation of any article to the dominions and possessions of the other than such as are or may be payable on the exportation of the like article to any other foreign country; nor shall any prohibition be imposed on the exportation of any article from the dominions and possessions of either of the two High Contracting Parties to the dominions and possessions of the other which shall not equally extend to the exportation of the like article to any other foreign country. IV. The subjects or citizens of each of the High Contracting Parties shall enjoy, in the dominions and possessions of the other, perfect equality of treatment with native subjects or citizens, or subjects or citizens of the most favoured nation, in all that relates to exemption from transit duties, warehousing, bounties, facilities, and drawbacks. V. The High Contracting Parties agree that, in all matters relating to commerce and industry, any privilege, favour, or immunity whatever which either High Contracting Party has actually granted or may hereafter grant to any other foreign State shall be extended immediately and unconditionally to the subjects or citizens of the other Contracting Party, it being their intention that the commerce and industry of each country shall be placed in all respects by the other on the footing of the most favoured nation. VI. It shall be free to each of the High Contracting Parties to appoint Consuls-General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls, and Consular Agents to reside in the towns and ports of the dominions and possessions of the other. Such Consuls-General, Consuls, ViceConsuls, and Consular Agents, however, shall not enter upon their functions until after they shall have been approved and admitted in the usual form by the Government to which they are sent. They shall enjoy all the faculties, privileges, exemptions, and immunities of every kind which are or shall be granted to Consuls of the most favoured nation. VII. The subjects or citizens of each of the High Contracting Parties who shall conform to the laws of the country 1. Shall have full liberty, with their families, to enter, travel, or reside in any part of the dominions and possessions of the other High Contracting Party. 2. They shall be permitted to hire or possess the houses, manufactories, warehouses, shops, and premises which may be necessary for them. 3. They may carry on their commerce either in person or by any agents whom they may think fit to employ. 4. They shall not be subject in respect of their persons or property, or in respect of passports, or in respect of their commerce or industry, to any taxes, whether general or local, or to imposts or obligations of any kind whatever other or greater than those which are or may be imposed upon native subjects or citizens, or subjects or citizens of the most favoured nation. VIII. British subjects in Bolivia and Bolivian citizens in the United Kingdom will be exempted from all service, both in the army and navy and in the National Guard or Militia, as well as from the obligation to accept judicial, administrative, or political duties and positions. Exception to the preceding rule is made in the case of municipal functions, which they may discharge without loss of nationality (retaining therefore, in their entirety, the qualities and condition of foreigners), and of those which according to law may be imposed in regard to juries. con IX. The subjects and citizens of the High Contracting Parties will also be exempt from all extraordinary war tributions, from forced loans, and from all military requisitions or services whatsoever. In all other cases their property, whether personal or real, cannot be subjected to any other charges or impost than those which are or may be required of natives or of the subjects or citizens of the most favoured nation. X. The High Contracting Parties agree that during the period of existence of this Treaty they mutually abstain from diplomatic intervention in cases of claims or complaints on the part of private individuals affecting civil or criminal matters in respect of which legal remedies are provided. They reserve, however, the right to exercise such intervention in any case in which there may be evidence of delay in legal or judicial proceedings, denial of justice, failure to give effect to a sentence obtained in his favour by one of their nationals or violation of the principles of International Law. XI. The subjects or citizens of each of the High Contracting Parties in the dominions and possessions of the other shall be at full liberty to exercise civil rights, and therefore to acquire, possess, and dispose of every description of property, movable and immovable. They may acquire and transmit the same to others, whether by purchase, sale, donation, exchange, marriage, |