inter se of territories forming part of or placed under the protection of the same sovereign State, whether or not these territories are individually Contracting States.

14. Nothing in the preceding Articles is to be construed as affecting in any way the rights or duties of a Contracting State as member of the League of Nations.

15. The present Convention, of which the French and English texts are both authentic, shall bear this day's date, and shall be open for signature until the 31st October, 1924, by any State represented at the Conference of Geneva, by any member of the League of Nations and by any States to which the Council of the League of Nations shall have communicated a copy of the Convention for this purpose.

16. The present Convention is subject to ratification. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, who shall notify their receipt to every State signatory of or acceding to the Convention.

17. On and after the 1st November, 1924, the present Convention may be acceded to by any State represented at the Conference of Geneva, by any member of the League of Nations, or by any State to which the Council of the League of Nations shall have communicated a copy of the Convention for this purpose.

Accession shall be effected by an instrument communicated to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations to be deposited in the archives of the Secretariat. The SecretaryGeneral shall at once notify such deposit to every State signatory of or acceding to the Convention.

18. The present Convention will not come into force until it has been ratified in the name of three States. The date of its coming into force shall be the ninetieth day after the receipt by the Secretary-General of the League of Nations of the third ratification. Thereafter, the present Convention will take effect in the case of each party ninety days after the receipt of its ratification or of the notification of its accession.

In compliance with the provisions of Article 18 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, the Secretary-General will register the present Convention upon the day of its coming into force.

19. A special record shall be kept by the SecretaryGeneral of the League of Nations showing, with due regard to the provisions of Article 21, which of the parties have signed, ratified, acceded to, or denounced the present_Convention. This record shall be open to the members of the League at all times; it shall be published as often as possible, in accordance with the directions of the Council.

20. Subject to the provisions of Article 11 above, the present Convention may be denounced by any party thereto

after the expiration of five years from the date when it came into force in respect of that party. Denunciation shall be effected by notification in writing addressed to the SecretaryGeneral of the League of Nations. Copies of such notification shall be transmitted forthwith by him to all the other parties, informing them of the date on which it was received.

A denunciation shall take effect one year after the date on which the notification thereof was received by the SecretaryGeneral and shall operate only in respect of the notifying State.

21. Any State signing or adhering to the present Convention may declare, at the moment either of its signature, ratification or accession, that its acceptance of the present Convention does not include any or all of its colonies, overseas possessions, protectorates, or overseas territories, under its sovereignty or authority, and may subsequently accede, in conformity with the provisions of Article 17, on behalf of any such colony, overseas possession, protectorate or territory excluded by such declaration.

Denunciation may also be made separately in respect of any such colony, overseas possession, protectorate or territory, and the provisions of Article 20 shall apply to any such denunciation.

22. A request for the revision of the present Convention may be made at any time by one-third of the Contracting States.

In faith whereof the above-named plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention.

Done at Geneva, the 9th day of December, 1923, in a single copy which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Secretariat of the League of Nations.

Subject to the reservation contained in Article 21 of the present Convention to the effect that its provisions do not apply to the various protectorates, colonies, possessions or overseas territories under the sovereignty or authority of the French Republic. (Translation.)

Greece:

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Protocol of Signature of the Convention relating to the Development of Hydraulic Power affecting more than One State.

At the moment of signing the Convention of to-day's date relating to the development of hydraulic power affecting more than one State, the undersigned, duly authorised, have agreed as follows:

The provisions of the Convention do not in any way modify the responsibility or obligations imposed on States, as regards injury done by the construction of works for development of hydraulic power, by the rules of international law.

The present Protocol will have the same force, effect and duration as the Convention of to-day's date, of which it is to be considered as an integral part.

In faith whereof the above-named plenipotentiaries have signed the present Protocol.

Done at Geneva, the 9th day of December, 1923, in a single copy, which will remain deposited in the archives of the Secretariat of the League of Nations; certified copies will be transmitted to all the States represented at the Conference. [Here follow the same signatures as those appearing at the end of the Convention.]

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION relative to the Transmission in Transit of Electric Power, and Protocol of Signature.-Geneva, December 9, 1923. (1)

[Ratifications deposited on behalf of Great Britain, Northern Ireland and New Zealand (including Western Samoa), April 1, 1925.]

THE British Empire (with New Zealand), Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Denmark, the Free City of Danzig,

(1)Treaty Series, No. 25 (1925)" (Cmd. 2420). Signed also in the French language.

Spain, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Czechoslovakia and Uruguay.

Desirous of facilitating international co-operation by way of the conclusion between States interested therein of Agreements concerning the transmission in transit of electric power; Having accepted the invitation of the League of Nations to take part in a conference which met at Geneva on the 15th November, 1923;

Wishing to conclude a general Convention for this purpose, The High Contracting Parties have appointed as their plenipotentiaries:

The President of the Austrian Republic: M. Emerich Pflügl, Resident Minister, representative of the Federal Government accredited to the League of Nations, delegate at the Second General Conference on Communications and Transit;

His Majesty the King of the Belgians: M. Xavier Neujean, Minister of Railways, Mercantile Marine, Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones of Belgium, delegate at the Second General Conference on Communications and Transit;

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India: Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith, G.C.B., Chief Economic Adviser of the British Government, delegate at the Second General Conference on Communications and Transit;

For the Dominion of New Zealand: the Honourable Sir James Allen, K.C.B., High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United Kingdom;

His Majesty the King of the Bulgarians: M. D. Mikoff, Chargé d'Affaires at Berne;

The President of the Republic of Chile: M. Francisco Rivas Vicuña, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Federal Council, to the President of the Czechoslovak Republic, to the President of the Austrian Federal Republic and to His Serene Highness the Governor of Hungary, delegate at the Second General Conference on Communications and Transit;

His Majesty the King of Denmark: M. P. A. HolckColding, Director of Section at the Ministry of Public Works, member of the Advisory and Technical Committee for Communications and Transit, delegate at the Second General Conference on Communications and Transit;

The President of the Polish Republic (for the Free City of Danzig) Professor Bohdan Winiarski, vice-chairman of the Advisory and Technical Committee for Communications and Transit, delegate at the Second General Conference on Communications and Transit;

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His Majesty the King of Spain: M. Guillermo Brockmann y Abarzuza, Inspector-General of Roads, Canals and Ports, member of the Advisory and Technical Committee for Communications and Transit, delegate at the Second General Conference on Communications and Transit;

The President of the French Republic: M. Maurice Sibille, Member of Parliament, member of the Advisory and Technical Committee for Communications and Transit, delegate at the Second General Conference on Communications and Transit;

His Majesty the King of the Hellenes: M. A. Politis, technical representative of the Hellenic Government in Paris, delegate at the Second General Conference on Communications and Transit; and M. Demetre G. Phocas, captain in the Hellenic navy, delegate at the Second General Conference on Communications and Transit;

His Serene Highness the Governor of Hungary: M. Emile de Walter, Ministerial Counsellor at the Royal Hungarian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, delegate at the Second General Conference on Communications and Transit;

His Majesty the King of Italy: M. Paolo Bignami, former Under-Secretary of State, former Member of the Chamber of Deputies, delegate at the Second General Conference on Communications and Transit;

The President of the Republic of Lithuania: M. C. Dobkevicius, Counsellor at the Lithuanian Legation in Paris, delegate at the Second General Conference on Communications and Transit;

The President of the Polish Republic: Professor Bohdan Winiarski, vice-chairman of the Advisory and Technical Committee for Communications and Transit, delegate at the Second General Conference on Communications and Transit;

His Majesty the King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: M. B. Voukovitch, Director of the State Railways, delegate at the Second General Conference on Communications and Transit;

The President of the Czechoslovak Republic: M. J. Dvorácek, Minister Plenipotentiary and Head of the Economic Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs:

The President of the Republic of Uruguay: M. Benjamin Fernandez y Medina, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Spain, chairman of the Advisory and Technical Committee for Communications and Transit;

Who after communicating their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows:

ART. 1. Each Contracting State undertakes, on request of any other Contracting State, to negotiate, with a