appointed by it. The same rule will hold good on its departure. The contracting parties will inform one another as to the points of crossing the frontier and as to the aerodromes so appointed.

XIII. In the case of forced landing outside appointed aerodromes the pilot must immediately inform the nearest local authority; and on his own responsibility he must oppose, until the arrival of such authority, the departure of the passengers and the removal of the contents of the aircraft.

XIV. The aircraft and its occupants as well as all undertakings in connection with air navigation shall be subject to all the legal obligations which arise from general legislation, from customs and excise legislation and any regulations which are laid down for public safety, as well as to the regulations as to air navigation in force in the State in which they may be.

The certificates, permits and licences granted to an aircraft and to the personnel of its crew for air traffic in one of the contracting countries, shall have, in the other country, the same validity as the corresponding documents granted by the latter for the same purpose.

Each of the contracting parties has the right to refuse to recognise as valid for traffic within its boundaries and above its own territory certificates of competency and licences granted to persons under its jurisdiction by the other contracting party.

XV. The dropping of ballast, other than fine sand or water, from an aircraft in flight is prohibited.

XVI. Nothing whatever may be thrown or dropped from an aircraft in flight except ballast. There shall be no exception to this rule except in cases where a special permit has been granted to this effect.

As regards mails, the special provisions provided for in Article VIII remain reserved.

XVII. The contracting parties will communicate reciprocally the rules and regulations governing aerial navigation over their territory.

XVIII. The present Agreement is not applicable to military aircraft. No military aircraft of either of the two States shall enter the other's territory without special sanction of the latter.

XIX. The present Agreement, which has been concluded provisionally, can be terminated by one or other of the contracting parties, at any time, by means of notice given three months in advance. Moreover, each of the contracting parties reserves the right of terminating the present Agreement, such termination to take effect immediately, and this

at any time after the exchange of ratifications of the Convention relative to international air navigation, signed at Paris on the 13th October, 1919.

Done in duplicate at Berne, the 6th November, 1919.

ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL to the Provisional Convention between Great Britain and Switzerland relative to Air Navigation.-Berne, November 6, 1919.*

Ix conformity with and in completion of the regulation contained in the Convention of the same date, the undersigned, duly authorised by their respective Governments, have agreed to the following stipulations:

I. In connection with Article V, it is understood that as long as Switzerland shall issue in accordance with her present practice a single document combining the navigating licence and the registration certificate, this document shall be recognised by the British authorities as validly representing the two certificates required by Article V.

II. In conformity with Article XII, paragraph 2, each of the contracting parties determine from now as follows:

1.—(a.) All aircraft, with the exception of hydroplanes, on entering Switzerland, must land at the Dubendorf aerodrome, and every aircraft which leaves Switzerland must also depart from this aerodrome.

For hydroplanes entering Switzerland, the places of landing or departure are the ports of Geneva, Lausanne (Ouchy), Zürich, Lucerne, Romanshorn, Lugano.

(b.) All aircraft, with the exception of hydroplanes, entering Great Britain must land at one of the aerodromes,

Lympne in Kent, or

Hounslow in Middlesex,

and every aircraft, with the exception of hydroplanes, leaving the United Kingdom, must also depart from one or other of these aerodromes.

League of Nations, "Treaty Series," Vol. I, No. 1. Sigued also in the French language.

+ Page 775.

For hydroplanes entering Great Britain, the place of landing or departure will be Felixstowe.

2.-(a.) The Federal Government reserves the right to prescribe subsequently certain zones of passage for all aircraft entering Switzerland, provided that it advises the British Government at least a fortnight in advance.

(b.) The British frontier will be crossed:

(1.) By aircraft, except hydroplanes, between Folkestone and Dungeness.

(2.) By hydroplanes, between Orfordness and the Naze. 3. The two Governments reserve the right, in so far as each is concerned, to modify or extend at any time the foregoing lists, provided that they notify their decision to the other party at least a fortnight in advance.

III. In any event, the agreement arrived at to-day and the foregoing stipulations cannot be ratified by the Swiss Confederation, until by Agreements with the intervening States, the Confederation can assure to aircraft, pilots and other occupants of Swiss nationality the possibility of going by air to the United Kingdom and of returning therefrom. Done in duplicate at Berne, the 6th November, 1919.

TREATY of general obligatory Arbitration between Great Britain and Uruguay.-Montevideo, April 18, 1918.*

[Ratifications exchanged at Montevideo, February 11, 1919.]

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 Oriental Republic of the Uruguay, in pursuance of the principles set forth in the Conventions for the pacific settlement of international disputes, signed at The Hague respectively on the 29th July, 1899, and on the 18th October, 1907, desiring to enter into a general obligatory Arbitration "Treaty Series, No. 3 (1919)." Signed also in the Spanish language. + Vol. XCI, page 970. Vol. C, page 298.

Treaty, in accordance with the right which they reserved to themselves by Article XIX of the first of the above-mentioned Conventions and Article XL of the second, have named as their Plenipotentiaries, to wit:

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, Mr. Alfred Mitchell Innes, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Excellency the President of the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay; and his Excellency the President of the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay, Dr. Baltasar Brum, his Minister Secretary of State in the Department of Foreign Relations.

Who, having exchanged their full powers, which have been found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles:

ART. I. All disputes, of whatever nature, which may have arisen between the High Contracting Parties, and which it may not have been possible to settle by diplomacy, shall be submitted to arbitration.

II. Disputes which have already been the object of a final settlement between the two High Contracting Parties cannot be re-opened in virtue of this Treaty. In such cases arbitration shall be exclusively limited to disputes which may arise concerning the validity, the interpretation, or the execution of such settlements.

III. For the settlement of disputes which, in fulfilment of this Treaty, shall be submitted to arbitration, the function of arbitrator shall be entrusted to a Sovereign or Head of State, or to the President of a Superior Court or Tribunal of Justice, or to a person of known competence in the subject of the dispute.

IV. In case of failure to agree on the appointment of the arbitrator referred to in the preceding article, the High Contracting Parties shall abide by the decision of the Permanent Arbitration Court established at The Hague by virtue of the aforesaid Convention of the 29th July, 1899, concerning the pacific settlement of international disputes and maintained by the Convention of the 18th October, 1907, likewise referred to above.

V. In each individual case the High Contracting Parties shall conclude a special agreement, appointing the arbitrator and defining the extent of his powers, the matter in dispute, the periods to be fixed for the formation of the arbitral tribunal, the several stages of the procedure, the incidence of the attendant expenditure, and the language in which the final decision of the arbitrator shall be written.

VI. Except in a case of denial of justice, Article I of this Treaty shall not be applicable to disputes which have arisen

between a citizen or subject, society or corporation of one of the parties and the other contracting State, when the judges or courts of this last State are, according to its legislation, competent to decide the dispute which has arisen.

VII. The present Treaty shall take effect immediately after the exchange of ratifications, and shall continue in force for a period of five years, and it shall thereafter remain in force until twelve months after one of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other of an intention to terminate it.

VIII. This Treaty shall be ratified by 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 Oriental Republic of the Uruguay, in conformity with the Constitution and the laws of the respective countries, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in Montevideo as soon as possible.

In faith whereof the aforementioned Plenipotentiaries have signed this Treaty and thereunto affixed their seals. Done in duplicate, in the English and Spanish languages, in Montevideo, the 18th day of April, 1918.

(L.S.) A. MITCHELL INNES. (L.S.) BALTASAR BRUM.

TREATY OF PEACE between the British Empire and Allied and Associated Powers and Bulgaria.-Neuilly-surSeine, November 27, 1919.*

[Ratifications deposited at Paris on behalf of the British Empire, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Italy and Siam, August 9, 1920; and on behalf of Czecho-Slovakia, April 16, 1921, Greece and Roumania, September 4, 1920, and the Serb-Croat-Slovene State, August 16, 1920.]

SUMMARY.

Part I.-THE COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

Preamble

The Covenant of the League of Nations (Article 1 to 26)

Annex

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Treaty Series, No. 5 (1920)." Signed also in the French and Italian languages.

↑ Roumania had previously acceded to the Treaty, December 9, 1919.