Their Excellencies, the Presidents of Ecuador, Paraguay, Bolivia, Colombia, Honduras, Panamá, Cuba, Peru, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Costa Rica, the United States of Mexico, Guatemala, Uruguay, the Argentine Republic, Nicaragua, the United States of Brazil, the United States of America, and Chili;

Desiring that their respective countries should be represented at the Third International American Conference, sent, thereto, duly authorized to approve the recommendations, resolutions, conventions and treaties that they might deem convenient for the interests of America, the following delegates:

Ecuador Dr. Emilio Arévalo; Olmedo Alfaro.

Paraguay-Manuel Gondra; Arsenio López Decoud; Gualberto Cardús y Huerta;

Bolivia-Dr. Alberto Gutiérrez; Dr. Carlos V. Romero;
Colombia-Rafael Uribe Uribe; Dr. Guillermo Valencia;
Honduras-Fausto Dávila.

Panamá-Dr. José Domingo de Obaldía.

Cuba-Dr. Gonzalo de Quesada; Rafael Montoro; Dr. Antonio González Lanuza;

Dominican Republic-E. C. Joubert;

Peru Dr. Eugenio Larrabure y Unánue; Dr. Antonio Miró Quesada; Dr. Mariano Cornejo;

El Salvador-Dr. Francisco A. Reyes;

Costa Rica-Dr. Ascención Esquivel;

United States of Mexico-Dr. Francisco León de La Barra; Ricardo Molina-Hübbe; Ricardo García Granados;

Guatemala-Dr. Antonio Batres Jáuregui;

Uruguay-Luís Melian Lafinur; Dr. Antonio María Rodríguez; Dr. Gonzalo Ramírez;

Argentine Republic-Dr. J. V. González; Dr. José A. Terry; Dr. Eduardo L. Bidau;

Nicaragua-Luís F. Corea;

United States of Brazil-Dr. Joaquim Aurelio Nabuco de Araujo; Dr. Joaquim Francisco de Assis Brasil; Dr. Gastão da Cunha; Dr. Alfredo de Moraes Gomes Ferreira; Dr. João Pandiá Calogeras; Dr. Amaro Cavalcanti; Dr. Joaquim Xavier da Silveira; Dr. José P. da Graça Aranha; Antonio da Fontoura Xavier;

United States of America-William I. Buchanan; Dr. L. S. Rowe; A. J. Montague; Tulio Larrinaga; Dr. Paul S. Reinsch; Van Leer Polk;

Chili-Dr. Anselmo Hevia Riquelme: Joaquin Walker Martinez; Dr. Luís Antonio Vergara; Dr. Adolfo Guerrero;

Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers and found them to be in due and proper form, have agreed to establish an international Commission of Jurists, in the following

terms:

ARTICLE 1.

There shall be established an international Commission of Jurists, composed of one representative from each of the signatory States, appointed by their respective Governments, which commission_shall meet for the purpose of preparing a draft of a Code of Private Inter

national Law and one of Public International Law, regulating the relations between the Nations of America. Two or more Governments may appoint a single representative, but such representative shall have but one vote.

ARTICLE 2.

Notice of the appointment of the members of the Commission shall be addressed by the Governments adhering to this Convention, to the Government of the United States of Brazil, which shall take the necessary steps for the holding of the first meeting.

Notice of these appointments shall be communicated to the Government of the United States of Brazil before April 1st, 1907.

ARTICLE 3.

The first meeting of said Commission shall be held in the City of Rio de Janeiro during the year 1907. The presence of at least twelve of the representatives of the signatory States shall be neces

for the organization of the Commission.

Said Commission shall designate the time and place for subsequent sessions, provided, however, that sufficient time be allowed from the date of the final meeting to permit of the submission to the signatory States of all drafts or all important portions thereof at least one year before the date fixed for the Fourth International American Conference.

ARTICLE 4.

Said Commission after having met for the purpose of organization and for the distribution of the work to the members thereof, may divide itself into two distinct committees, one to consider the preparation of a draft of a Code of Private International Law, and the other for the preparation of a Code of Public International Law. In the event of such division being made, the committees must proceed separately until they conclude their duties, or else as provided in the final clause of article three.

In order to expedite and increase the efficiency of this work, both committees may request the Governments to assign experts for the consideration of especial topics. Both committees shall also have the power to determine the period within which such special reports shall be presented.

ARTICLE 5.

In order to determine the subjects to be included within the scope of the work of the Commission, the Third International Conference recommends to the Commissions that they give special attention to the subjects and principles which have been agreed upon in existing treaties and conventions, as well as to those which are incorporated in the national laws of the American States, and furthermore recommends to the special attention of the Commission the Treaties of Montevideo of 1889 and the debates relating

thereto, as well as the projects of conventions adopted at the Second International Conference of the American States held in Mexico in 1902, and the discussions thereon; also all other questions which give promise of juridical progress, or which tend to eliminate the causes of misunderstanding or conflicts between said States.

ARTICLE 6.

The expense incident to the preparation of the drafts, including the compensation for technical studies made pursuant to article four, shall be defrayed by all the signatory States in the proportion and form established for the support of the International Bureau of the American Republics, of Washington, with the exception of the compensation of the members of the Commission, which shall be paid to the representatives by their respective Governments.

ARTICLE 7.

The Fourth International Conference of the American States shall embody in one or more treaties, the principles upon which an agreement may be reached, and shall endeavor to secure their adoption and ratification by the Nations of America.

ARTICLE 8.

The Governments desiring to ratify this Convention, shall so advise the Government of the United States of Brazil, in order that the said Government may notify the other Governments through diplomatic channels, such action taking the place of an exchange of Notes.

In testimony whereof the Plenipotentiaries and Delegates have signed the present Convention, and affixed the Seal of the Third International American Conference.

Made in the city of Rio de Janeiro the twenty-third day of August, nineteen hundred and six, in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, and deposited with the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the United States of Brazil, in order that certified copies thereof be made, and sent through diplomatic channels to the signatory States.

FOR ECUADOR-Emilio Arévalo, Olmedo Alfaro.

FOR PARAGUAY-Manuel Gondra, Arsenio López Decoud, Gualberto Cardús y Huerta.

FOR BOLIVIA-Alberto Gutiérrez, Carlos V. Romero.

FOR COLOMBIA-Rafael Uribe Uribe, Guillermo Valencia.

FOR HONDURAS-Fausto Dávila.

FOR PANAMÁ-José Domingo de Obaldía.

FOR CUBA-Gonzalo de Quesada, Rafael Montoro, Antonio González Lanuza.

FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-Emilio C. Joubert.

FOR PERU-Eugenio Larrabure y Unánue, Antonio Miró Quesada. Mariana Cornejo.

FOR THE UNITED STATES OF BRAZIL Joaquim Aurelio Nabuco de Araujo, Joaquim Francisco de Assis Brasil, Gastão da Cunha, Alfredo de Moraes Gomes Ferreira, João Pandiá Calogeras, Amaro Cavalcanti, Joaquim Xavier da Silveira, José P. da Graça Aranha, Antonio da Fontoura Xavier.

FOR EL SALVADOR-Francisco A. Reyes.

FOR COSTA RICA-Ascensión Esquivel.

FOR THE UNITED STATES OF MEXICO-Francisco León de La Barra, Ricardo Molina-Hübbe, Ricardo Garcia Granados.

FOR GUATEMALA-Antonio Batres Jáuregui.

FOR URUGUAY-Luís Melian Lafinur, Antonio María Rodríguez, Gonzalo Ramírez.

FOR THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC-J. V. González, José A. Terry, Eduardo L. Bidau.

FOR NICARAGUA-Luís F. Corea.

FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-William I. Buchanan, L. S. Rowe, A. J. Montague, Tulio Larrinaga, Paul S. Reinsch, Van Leer Polk.

FOR CHILI-Anselmo Hevia Riquelme, Joaquín Walker Martínez, Luís Antonio Vergara, Adolfo Guerrero.

1906.

INTERNATIONAL WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CONVENTION.

Signed at Berlin November 3, 1906; ratification advised by the Senate April 3, 1912; ratified by the President April 22, 1912; ratification of the United States deposited with the Government of Germany May 17, 1912; proclaimed May 25, 1912.1

The proclamation of the President of May 25, 1912, states that, in addition to the United States, the "convention, with service regulations annexed thereto, the supplementary agreement, and the final protocol have been ratified by the Govern

ments of Germany, the Argentine Republic, Austria, Hungary, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Denmark, Spain, France, Great Britain, Japan, Mexico, Monaco, Norway, Netherlands, Persia, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Sweden, and Turkey, and the ratifications of the said Governments were, by the provisions of Article 23 of the said convention, deposited by their respective Plenipotentiaries with the German Government."

Since the President's proclamation the convention has been ratified by Italy, Greece, and Uruguay.

The proclamation further states that the convention" has been adhered to by the Governments of Morocco and Zanzibar, by the Government of Austria-Hungary on behalf of Bosnia and Herzegovina, by the Government of Belgium on behalf of the Kongo Colony, by the Government of Great Britain on behalf of the South African Union, by the Government of Japan on behalf of Korea, Formosa, the Japanese part of Saghalin Island and the leased portion of the Kwangtung Peninsula, by the Government of the Netherlands on behalf of the Dutch Indies and Curaçao Colony, and by the Government of Portugal on behalf of Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde Islands, Guinea, St. Thomas and Prince's Island, Goa, Damao, Diu, Macao, and Timor."

It has also been adhered to by the Government of Germany on behalf of all German colonies, by Egypt, by Spain on behalf of her Gulf of Guinea Territories, by the Government of France on behalf of all French colonies, by the Government of Great Britain on behalf of Australia, Canada, India, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and on behalf of Ashanti, Bahamas, Barbados, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, Ceylon, Cyprus, East Africa Protectorate, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gambia, Gibraltar, Gold Coast, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Labuan, Leeward Islands, Malta, Mauritius, Northern Nigeria, North-Western Rhodesia, Nyasaland, St. Helena, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, Southern Nigeria, Southern Rhodesia, Straits Setflements, Swaziland, Trinidad, Turks Islands, Uganda, Weihaiwei, Western Pacific Protectorates, Windward Islands (viz, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent); by the Government of Italy on behalf of Erythrea and Italian Somaliland, by San Marino, and by Siam.

(Treaty Series, No. 568; 37 Statutes at Large, 1565.)
ARTICLES.

International wireless telegraph convention concluded between Germany, The United States of America, Argentina, Austria, Hungary, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Denmark, Spain, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Monaco, Norway, The Netherlands, Persia, Portugal, Rumania, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, and Uruguay.

The undersigned, plenipotentiaries of the Governments of the countries enumerated above, having met in conference at Berlin, have agreed on the following Convention, subject to ratification:

ARTICLE 1.

The High Contracting Parties bind themselves to apply the provisions of the present Convention to all wireless telegraph stations open to public service between the coast and vessels at seaboth coastal stations and stations on shipboard-which are established or worked by the Contracting Parties.

They further bind themselves to make the observance of these provisions obligatory upon private enterprises authorized either to establish or work coastal stations for wireless telegraphy open to the service of public correspondence between the coast and vessels at sea, or to establish or work wireless telegraph stations, whether open to general public service or not, on board of vessels. flying their flag.

ARTICLE 2.

By "coastal station" is to be understood every wireless telegraph station established on shore or on board a permanently moored vessel used for the exchange of correspondence with ships at sea.

The convention, service regulations, supplementary agreement, and final protocol were signed and proclaimed in the French language only. The English translation here printed is that given in Treaty Series, No. 568.