of seizure and the restrictions on the right of disposal, abandoned under Article I, § 3 and 4, which affect the property of nationals of both parties, the Contracting Parties have agreed upon the following authoritative interpretation of Article I of this Treaty:

The provisions of this Treaty with regard to measures of seizure and the restrictions on the right of disposal which have already been adopted by both Parties with respect to property of the nationals of both Parties, shall only have provisional effect until the coming into force of the Peace Treaty.

On the other hand, the obligation not to re-enforce in future the regulations which have been withdrawn, and not to enact any identical or similar regulations (with the exception of measures for making and ensuring payment of claims for taxes in individual cases and also for the preparation of a capital levy), shall also hold good after the ratification of the Peace Treaty until the conclusion of the Agreement provided for by Article I, § 1.

2. The Austrian Government declares that it is prepared to permit the Austrian authorities to communicate the deposit returns, which have come into their hands as a result of the execution of the Treaty, to the Polish Legation at Vienna, in order to enable the latter to make use of these returns.

Vienna, January 9, 1920.

REISCH.
TWARDOWSKI.

TREATY OF PEACE between Austria and the United States of America.-Vienna, August 24, 1921.*

[Ratifications exchanged at Vienna, November 8, 1921.]

THE United States of America and Austria:

Considering that the United States, acting in conjunction with its co-belligerents, entered into an Armistice with Austria-Hungary on the 3rd November, 1918, in order that a Treaty of Peace might be concluded;

Considering that the former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy ceased to exist and was replaced in Austria by a republican Government;

Considering that the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, to which Austria is a party, was signed on the 10th September, United States Treaty Series," No. 659.

*

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1919, and came into force according to the terms of its Article 381, but has not been ratified by the United States;

Considering that the Congress of the United States passed a joint resolution approved by the President, the 2nd July, 1921, which reads in part as follows:

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, . . . "That the state of war declared to exist between the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Government and the United States of America, by the joint resolution of Congress approved the 7th December, 1917, is hereby declared at an end;

Section 4. That in making this declaration, and as a part of it, there are expressly reserved to the United States of America and its nationals any and all rights, privileges, indemnities, reparations or advantages, together with the right to enforce the same, to which it or they have become entitled under the terms of the Armistice signed the 3rd November, 1918, or any extension or modifications thereof; or which were acquired by or are in the possession of the United States of America by reason of its participation in the war or to which its nationals have thereby become rightfully entitled; or which, under the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye or the Treaty of Trianon, t have been stipulated for its or their benefit; or to which it is entitled as one of the principal Allied and Associated Powers; or to which it is entitled by virtue of any Act or Acts of Congress; or otherwise;

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Section 5. All property of the Imperial German Government, or its successor or successors, and of all German nationals which was on the 6th April, 1917, in or has since that date come into the possession or under control of, or has been the subject of a demand by the United States of America or of any of its officers, agents, or employees, from any source or by any agency whatsoever, and all property of the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Government, or its successor or successors, and of all Austro-Hungarian nationals which was on the 7th December, 1917, in or has since that date come into the possession or under control of, or has been the subject of a demand by the United States of America or any of its officers, agents, or employees, from any source or by any agency whatsoever, shall be retained by the United States of America and no disposition thereof made, except as shall have been heretofore or specifically hereafter shall be provided by law until such time as the Imperial German Government and the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Government, or their successor or successors, shall have respectively made suitable provision for the satisfaction of all claims against + Vol. CXIII, page 486.

* Vol. CXII, page 317.

said Governments respectively of all persons, wheresoever domiciled, who owe permanent allegiance to the United States of America and who have suffered, through the acts of the Imperial German Government or its agents, or the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Government or its agents since the 31st July, 1914, loss, damage, or injury to their persons or property, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of shares of stock in German, AustroHungarian, American, or other corporations, or in consequence of hostilities or of any operations of war, or otherwise and also shall have granted to persons owing permanent allegiance to the United States of America mostfavoured-nation treatment, whether the same be national or otherwise, in all matters affecting residence, business, profession, trade, navigation, commerce, and industrial property rights, and until the Imperial German Government and the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Government or its successor or successors shall have respectively confirmed to the United States of America all fines, forfeitures, penalties, and seizures imposed or made by the United States of America during the war, whether in respect to the property of the Imperial German Government or German nationals or the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Government or Austro-Hungarian nationals, and shall have waived any and all pecuniary claims against the United States of America ";

Being desirous of establishing securely friendly relations between the two nations;

Have for that purpose appointed their Plenipotentiaries:

The President of the United States of America: Arthur Hugh Frazier; and

The Federal President of the Republic of Austria: Johann Schober:

Who, having communicated their full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed as follows:

ART. I. Austria undertakes to accord to the United States and the United States shall have and enjoy all the rights, privileges, indemnities, reparations or advantages specified in the aforesaid joint resolution of the Congress of the United States of the 2nd July, 1921, including all the rights and advantages stipulated for the benefit of the United States in the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye which the United States shall fully enjoy, notwithstanding the fact that such Treaty has not been ratified by the United States. United States, in availing itself of the rights and advantages stipulated in the provisions of that Treaty, will do so in a manner consistent with the rights accorded to Austria under such provisions.

The

II. With a view to defining more particularly the obligations of Austria under the foregoing Article with respect to certain provisions in the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, it is understood and agreed between the High Contracting Parties

1. That the rights and advantages stipulated in that Treaty for the benefit of the United States which it is intended the United States shall have and enjoy, are those defined in Parts V, VI, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII and XIV.

2. That the United States shall not be bound by the provisions of Part I of that Treaty nor by any provisions of that Treaty, including those mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Article which relate to the Covenant of the League of Nations, nor shall the United States be bound by any action taken by the League of Nations or by the Council or by the Assembly thereof, unless the United States shall expressly give its assent to such action.

3. That the United States assumes no obligations under or with respect to the provisions of Part II, Part III, Part IV and Part XIII of that Treaty.

4. That, while the United States is privileged to participate in the Reparation Commission, according to the terms of Part VIII of that Treaty and in any other Commission established under the Treaty or under any Agreement supplemental thereto, the United States is not bound to participate in any such Commission unless it shall elect to do so.

5. That the periods of time to which reference is made in Article 381 of the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye shall run, with respect to any act or election on the part of the United States, from the date of the coming into force of the present Treaty.

III. The present Treaty shall be ratified in accordance with the constitutional forms of the High Contracting Parties, and shall take effect immediately on the exchange of ratifications, which shall take place as soon as possible at Vienna.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this Treaty and have hereunto affixed their seals. Done in duplicate in Vienna, this 24th day of August,

1921.

(L.S.)
(L.S.)

ARTHUR HUGH FRAZIER.
SCHOBER.

BELGIAN NOTIFICATION of the Re-entry into force between Belgium and Austria of the Austro-Belgian Extradition Treaty, 1881, and Agreement relative to the Transmission of Death Certificates, 1871.-February 2, 1921.*

CONFORMÉMENT aux stipulations de l'Article 241 du Traité de Saint-Germain, le Gouvernement belge a notifié au Gouvernement autrichien, le 4 décembre 1920, les Conventions bilatérales dont il exigeait la remise en vigueur. Le Gouvernement autrichien a accusé réception de cette notification.

En conséquence, les Conventions bilatérales suivantes ont été remises en vigueur à la date de la notification (4 décembre 1920):

1. Convention austro-belge d'Extradition du 12 janvier 1881;+

2. Arrangement austro-belge du 30 avril 1871, relatif à la Transmission des Actes de Décès.

BELGIAN NOTIFICATION of the Re-entry into force of the Extradition Convention between Belgium and Bulgaria, signed at Sofia, March 28, 1908.--March 1, 1921. §

CONFORMÉMENT aux stipulations de l'Article 168 du Traité de Neuilly, le Gouvernement belge a notifié au Gouvernement bulgare, le 27 janvier 1921, la Convention bilatérale dont il exigeait la remise en vigueur. Le Gouvernement bulgare a accusé réception de cette notification.

En conséquence, la Convention bilatérale suivante a été remise en vigueur à la date de la notification (27 janvier 1921) : Convention belgo-bulgare d'Extradition du 15/28 mars

1908.¶

BELGIAN LAW modifying the Law of September 15, 1919, concerning the Government of the Territories annexed to Belgium by the Treaty of Peace with Germany, signed at Versailles, June 28, 1919.-Brussels, July 17, 1921.**

ALBERT, Roi des Belges,

A tous, présents et à venir, salut.

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Les Chambres ont adopté et nous sanctionnons ce qui suit: Article unique. Les mots Ministre de l'Intérieur "sont substitués à "Premier Ministre" dans les Articles 2 et 5 de Moniteur belge," February 2, 1921.

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+ Vol. CXII, page 425.

+ Vol. LXXII, page 539. § "Moniteur belge," March 1, 1921.

Vol. CXII, page 829.

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Vol. CI. page 705. 'Moniteur belge," July 25-26, 1921.