Pour le Guatemala: MANUEL ARROYO. Pour le Honduras: Pour l'Italie: MAURIGI. G. RANDONE. Pour le Japon: Pour le Luxembourg: Pour le Montenegro: E. ODIER. Colonel MÜRSET. Pour le Nicaragua: OSCAR HEPFL. Pour la Norvège: HANS DAAE. Pour les Pays-Bas: DEN BEER POORTUGAEL. QUANJER. Pour le Pérou: GUSTAVO DE LA FUENTE. Pour la Perse: M. SAMAD KHAN. Pour le Portugal: ALBERTO D'OLIVEIRA. JOSÉ NICOLAU RAPOSO-BOTELHO Pour la Roumanie: Dr SACHE STEPHANESCO. Pour la Russie: MARTENS. YERMOLOFF. V. DE HUBBENET. J. OWTCHINNIKOFF. Pour la Serbie: MILAN ST. MARKOVITCH. Pour le Siam: CHAROON. CORRAGIONI D'ORELLI. Pour la Suède: OLOF SÖRENSEN. E. ODIER. Colonel MÜRSET. A. HEROSA. And whereas it is provided by its Article 30 that the said Convention shall become effective, as to each Power, six months after the date of the deposit of its ratification; And whereas the ratification of the said Convention on the part of the United States was deposited with the Government of the Swiss Confederation on February 9, 1907; Now, therefore, be it known that I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this third day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-second. By the President: ROBERT BACON Acting Secretary of State. THEODORE ROOSEVELT III. CONVENTION RELATIVE TO THE OPENING OF HOSTILITIES. Signed at The Hague October 18, 1907. Ratification advised by the Senate March 10, 1908. Ratified by the President of the United States February 23, 1909. Ratification deposited with The Netherlands Government November 27, 1909. Proclaimed February 28, 1910. Ratified by Austria-Hungary, Bolivia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Mexico, The Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Salvador, Sweden, Switzerland. Adhered to by China and Haiti. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a Convention relative to the opening of hostilities was concluded and signed at The Hague on October 18, 1907, by the respective Plenipotentiaries of the United States of America, Germany, the Argentine Republic, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Spain, France, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Italy, Japan, Luxemburg, Mexico, Montenegro, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, The Netherlands, Peru, Persia, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Salvador, Servia, Siam, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay, and Venezuela, the original of which Convention, being in the French language, is word for word as follows: [Translation.] III. CONVENTION III. RELATIVE À L'OUVERTURE DES RELATIVE TO THE OPENING OF HOSTILITÉS. SA MAJESTÉ L'EMPEREUR D'ALLEMAGNE, ROI DE PRUSSE; LE PRÉSIDENT DES ÉTATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE; LE PRÉSIDENT DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE ARGENTINE; SA MAJESTÉ L'EM HOSTILITIES. His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia; the President of the United States of America; the President of the Argentine Republic; His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, &c., and Apostolic King PEREUR D'AUTRICHE, ROI DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE D'HAÏTI; SA MAJESTÉ LE ROI D'ITALIE; SA MAJESTÉ L'EMPEREUR DU JAPON; SON ALTESSE ROYALE LE GRAND-DUC DE LUXEMBOURG, DUC DE NASSAU; LE PRÉSIDENT DES ÉTATSUNIS MEXICAINS; SON ALTESSE ROYALE LE PRINCE DE MONTÉNÉGRO; SA MAJESTÉ LE ROI DE NORVEGE; LE PRÉSIDENT DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE PANAMA; LE PRÉSIDENT DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DU PARAGUAY; SA MAJESTÉ LA of Hungary; His Majesty the King of the Belgians; the President of the Republic of Bolivia; the President of the Republic of the United States of Brazil; His Royal Highness the Prince of Bulgaria; the President of the Republic of Chile; the President of the Republic of Colombia; the Provisional Governor of the Republic of Cuba; His Majesty the King of Denmark; the President of the Dominican Republic; the President of the Republic of Ecuador; His Majesty the King of Spain; the President of the French Republic; His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India; His Majesty the King of the Hellenes; the President of the Republic of Guatemala; the President of the Republic of Haïti; His Majesty the King of Italy; His Majesty the Emperor of Japan; His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxemburg, Duke of Nassau; the President of the United States of Mexico; His Royal Highness the Prince of Montenegro; His Majesty the King of Norway; the President of the Republic of Panama; the President of the Republic of Paraguay; Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands; the President of the Republic of Peru; His Imperial Majesty the Shah of Persia; His Majesty the King of Portugal and of the Algarves, &c.; His Majesty the King of Roumania; His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias; the President of the Republic of Salvador; His Majesty the King of Servia; His Majesty the King of Siam; His Majesty the King of Sweden; the Swiss Federal Council; His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans; the President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay; REINE DES PAYS-BAS; LE the President of the United States LE PUBLIQUE DU PÉROU; SA MAJESTÉ IMPERIALE SCHAH DE PERSE: SA MAJESTÉ LE ROI DE PORTUGAL ET DES ALGARVES, ETC.; SA MAJESTÉ LE ROI DE ROUMANIE; SA MAJESTÉ L'EMPEREUR DE TOUTES LES RUSSIES: LE PRÉSIDENT DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DU SALVADOR: SA MAJESTÉ LE ROI DE SERBIE; SA MAJESTÉ LE ROI DE SIAM; SA MAJESTÉ LE ROI DE SUÈDE; LE CONSEIL FÉDÉRAL SUISSE; SA MAJESTÉ L'EMPEREUR DES OTTOMANS; LE PRÉSIDENT DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE ORIENTALE DE L'URUGUAY; LE PRÉSIDENT DES ÉTATSUNIS DE VÉNÉZUÉLA: Considérant que, pour la sécurité des relations pacifiques, il importe que les hostilités ne commencent pas sans un avertissement préalable; Qu'il importe, de même, que l'état de guerre soit notifié sans retard aux Puissances neutres; Désirant conclure une Convention à cet effet, ont nommé pour Leurs Plénipotentiaires, savoir: SA MAJESTÉ L'EMPEREUR D'ALLEMAGNE, ROI DE PRUSSE: Son Excellence le baron Marschall de Bieberstein, Son ministre d'état, Son ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire à Constantinople; M. le dr. Johannes Kriege, Son envoyé en mission extraordinaire à la présente Conférence, Son conseiller intime de légation et jurisconsulte au ministère Impérial des affaires étrangères, membre de la cour permanente d'arbitrage. Considering that it is important, in order to ensure the maintenance of pacific relations, that hostilities should not commence without previous warning; That it is equally important that the existence of a state of war should be notified without delay to neutral Powers; Being desirous of concluding a Convention to this effect, have appointed the following as their Plenipotentiaries: [Here follow the names of Plenipotentiaries.]. |