tive twelve months after the date of the deposit of the instrument of denunciation in the archives of the Government of the French Republic. ARTICLE VIII. The present Arrangement which will bear date of May 4, 1910, may be signed at Paris until the following 31st of July by the Plenipotentiaries of the Powers represented at the Conference relative to the repression of the circulation of obscene publications. Done at Paris, the fourth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and ten in a single copy of which a certified copy shall be delivered to each one of the signatory Powers. (L. 8.) Signed For Austria: For Hungary: For Belgium: (L. s.) Signed (L. S.) Signed A. NEMES, Chargé d'Affaires of Austria-Hungary. (L. s.) Signed J. EICHHOFF, Austrian Imperial and Royal Section Counselor. (L. S.) Signed G. LERS, Hungarian Royal Ministerial Counselor. JULES LEJEUNE, ISIDORE MAUS. 1910. PECUNIARY CLAIMS CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER POWERS REPRESENTED AT THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN STATES. Signed at Buenos Aires August 11, 1910; ratification advised by the Senate February 1, 1911; ratified by the President March 21, 1911; ratification of the United States deposited with the Government of the Argentine Republic May 1, 1911; proclaimed July 29, 1914.1 (Treaty Series, No. 594; 39 Statutes at Large, 1799.) ARTICLES. First. Claims submitted; decisions. Fourth, Effect; duration. Fifth. Denunciation. Sixth. Duration of treaty of Mexico concerning pecuniary claims. Their Excellencies the Presidents of the United States of America, Argentine Republic, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico. Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Salvador, Uruguay, and Venezuela; Being desirous that their respective countries may be represented at the Fourth International American Conference, have sent thereto the following delegates, duly authorized to approve the recommendations, resolutions, conventions, and treaties which may be advantageous to the interest of America: United States of America: Henry White, Enoch H. Crowder, Lewis Nixon, John Bassett Moore, Bernard Moses, Lamar C. Quintero, Paul Samuel Reinsch, David Kinley. Argentine Republic: Antonio Bermejo, Eduardo L. Bidau, Manuel A. Montes de Oca, Epifanio Portela, Carlos Rodríguez Larreta, Carlos Salas, José A. Terry, Estanislao S. Zeballos. United States of Brazil: Joaquim Murtinho, Domicio da Gama, José L. Almeida Nogueira, Olavo Bilac, Gastão da Cunha, Herculano de Freitas. Republic of Chile: Miguel Cruthaga Tocornal, Emilio Bello Codecido, Aníbal Cruz Díaz, Beltrán Mathieu. Republic of Colombia: Roberto Ancízar. Republic of Costa Rica: Alfredo Volio. Republic of Cuba: Carlos García Vélez, Rafael Montoro y Valdés, Gonzalo de Quesada y Aróstegui, Antonio Gonzalo Pérez, José M. Carbonell. Dominican Republic: Américo Lugo. Republic of Ecuador: Alejandro Cárdenas. Republic of Guatemala: Luis Toledo Herrarte, Manuel Arroyo, Mario Estrada. Republic of Haiti: Constantin Fouchard. Republic of Honduras: Luis Lazo Arriaga. 1 The proclamation of the President of July 29, 1914, states that the convention "has been ratified by the Government of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by the Governments of the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua, and Ecuador, and the ratifications of the said Governments have been deposited by their respective plenipotentiaries with the Government of the Argentine Republic." The convention has subsequently been ratified by the Governments of Brazil, Costa Rica, and Uruguay. Mexican United States: Victoriano Salado Alvarez, Luis Pérez Verdía, Antonio Ramos Pedrueza, Roberto A. Esteva Ruiz. Republic of Nicaragua: Manuel Pérez Alonso. Republic of Panama: Belisario Porras. Republic of Paraguay: Teodosio González, José P. Montero. Republic of Peru: Eugenio Larrabure y Unánue, Carlos Alvarez Calderón, José Antonio de Lavalle y Pardo. Republic of Salvador: Federico Mejía, Francisco Martínez Suárez. Republic of Uruguay: Gonzalo Ramírez, Carlos M. de Pena, Antonio M. Rodrígue, Juan José de Amézaga. United States of Venezuela: Manuel Díaz Rodriguez, César Zumeta. Who, after having presented their credentials and the same having been found in due and proper form, have agreed upon the following Convention on Pecuniary Claims: First. The High Contracting Parties agree to submit to arbitration all claims for pecuniary loss or damage which may be presented by their respective citizens and which can not be amicably adjusted through diplomatic channels, when said claims are of sufficient importance to warrant the expense of arbitration. The decision shall be rendered in accordance with the principles of international law. Second. The High Contracting Parties agree to submit to the decision of the permanent Court of Arbitration of The Hague all controversies which are the subject matter of the present treaty, unless both parties agree to constitute a special jurisdiction. If a case is submitted to the Permanent Court of The Hague, the High Contracting Parties accept the provisions of the treaty relating to the organization of that arbitral tribunal, to the procedure to be followed, and to the obligation to comply with the sentence. Third. If it shall be agreed to constitute a special jurisdiction, there shall be prescribed in the convention by which this is determined the rules according to which the tribunal shall proceed, which shall have cognizance of the questions involved in the claims referred to in article 1 of the present treaty. Fourth. The present treaty shall come into force immediately after the 31st of December, 1912, when the treaty on pecuniary claims, signed at Mexico on January 31, 1902,1 and extended by the treaty signed at Rio de Janeiro on August 13, 1906,2 expires. It shall remain in force indefinitely, as well for the nations which shall then have ratified it as those which shall ratify it subsequently. The ratifications shall be transmitted to the Government of the Argentine Republic, which shall communicate them to the other contracting parties. Fifth. Any of the nations ratifying the present treaty may denounce it, on its own part, by giving two years' notice in writing, in advance, of its intention so to do. This notice shall be transmitted to the Government of the Argentine Republic and through its intermediation to the other contracting parties. Sixth. The treaty of Mexico shall continue in force after December 31, 1912, as to any claims which may, prior to that date, have been submitted to arbitration under its provisions. 1 For text see Vol. II, p. 2062. For text see above, p. 2879. In witness whereof the plenipotentiaries and delegates sign this convention and affix to it the seal of the Fourth International American Conference. Made and signed in the city of Buenos Aires, on the 11th day of August, in the year 1910, in the Spanish, English, Portuguese, and French languages, and filed in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Argentine Republic, in order that certified copies may be taken to be forwarded through the appropriate diplomatic channels to each one of the signatory nations. For the United States of America: CONVENTION CONCERNING LITERARY AND ARTISTIC COPYRIGHT, SIGNED BY THE DELEGATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES REPRESENTED AT THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN STATES.1 Signed at Buenos Aires August 11, 1910; ratification advised by the Senate February 15, 1911; ratified by the President March 21, 1911; ratification of the United States deposited with the Government of the Argentine Republic May 1, 1911; proclaimed July 13, 1914.2 1 International News Service v. Associated Press, 248 U. S. 215. The proclamation of the President of July 13, 1914, states that the convention has been ratified, in addition to the United States, "by the Governments of the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua, and Ecuador, and the ratifications of the said Governments were, by the provisions of article 16 of the said convention, deposited by their respective plenipotentiaries with the Government of the Argentine Republic." The convention has subsequently been ratified by the Governments of Brazil, Costa Rica, Haiti, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. 29479 S. Doc. 348, 67-430 |