CHAPITRE IV.-DU MATÉRIEL DES CHEMINS DE FER. ARTICLE 19. Le matériel des chemins de fer provenant du territoire de Puissances neutres, qu'il appartienne à ces Puissances ou à des sociétés ou personnes privées, et reconnaissable comme tel, ne pourra être réquisitionné et utilisé par un belligérant que dans le cas et la mesure où l'exige une impérieuse nécessité. Il sera renvoyé aussitôt que possible dans le pays d'origine. La Puissance neutre pourra de même, en cas de nécessité, retenir et utiliser, jusqu'à due concurrence, le matériel provenant du territoire de la Puissance belligérante. Une indemnité sera payée de part et d'autre, en proportion du matériel utilisé et de la durée de l'utilisation. CHAPITRE V.-DISPOSITIONS FINALES. ARTICLE 20. Les dispositions de la présente Convention ne sont applicables qu'entre les Puissances contractantes et seulement si les belligérants sont tous parties à la Convention. ARTICLE 21. La présente Convention sera ratifiée aussitôt que possible. Les ratifications seront déposées à La Haye. Le premier dépôt de ratifications sera constaté par un procèsverbal signé par les représentants des Puissances qui y prennent part et par le Ministre des Affaires Etrangères des Pays-Bas. Les dépôts ultérieurs de ratifications se feront au moyen d'une notification écrite, adressée au CHAPTER IV. RAILWAY MATE RIAL. ARTICLE 19. Railway material coming from the territory of neutral Powers, whether it be the property of the said Powers or of companies or private persons, and recognizable as such, can not be requisitioned and utilized by a belligerent except in the case of, and to the extent demanded by, absolute necessity. It shall be sent back as soon as possible to the country of origin. A neutral Power may likewise, in case of necessity, retain and utilize to a corresponding extent material coming from the territory of the belligerent Power. Compensation shall be paid by one party or the other in proportion to the material used, and to the period of usage. CHAPTER V.-FINAL PROVISIONS. ARTICLE 20. The provisions of the present Convention do not apply except between Contracting Powers, and only if all the belligerents are parties to the Convention. ARTICLE 21. The present Convention shall be ratified as soon as possible. The ratifications shall be deposited at The Hague. The first deposit of ratifications shall be recorded in a procèsverbal signed by the Representatives of the Powers which take part therein and by the Netherlands Minister for Foreign Affairs. The subsequent deposits of ratifications shall be made by means of a written notification, Gouvernement des Pays-Bas et accompagnée de l'instrument de ratification. Copie certifiée conforme du procès-verbal relatif au premier dépôt de ratifications, des notifications mentionnées à l'alinéa précédent, ainsi que des instruments de ratification sera immédiatement remise par les soins du Gouvernement des Pays-Bas et par la voie diplomatique aux Puissances conviées à la Deuxième Conférence de la Paix, ainsi qu'aux autres Puissances qui auront adhéré à la Convention. Dans les cas visés par l'alinéa précédent, ledit Gouvernement leur fera connaître en même temps la date à laquelle il a reçu la notification. ARTICLE 22. Les Puissances non signataires sont admises à adhérer à la présente Convention. La Puissance qui désire adhérer notifie par écrit son intention au Gouvernement des PaysBas en lui transmettant l'acte d'adhésion qui sera déposé dans les archives dudit Gouvernement. Ce Gouvernement transmettra immédiatement à toutes les autres Puissances copie certifiée conforme de la notification ainsi que de l'acte d'adhésion, en indiquant la date à laquelle il a reçu la notification. ARTICLE 23. La présente Convention produira effet, pour les Puissances qui auront participé au premier dépôt de ratifications, soixante jours après la date du procèsverbal de ce dépôt et, pour les Puissances qui ratifieront ultérieurement ou qui adhèreront, soixante jours après que la notification de leur ratification ou de addressed to the Netherlands Government and accompanied by the instrument of ratification. A duly certified copy of the procès-verbal relative to the first deposit of ratifications, of the notifications mentioned in the preceding paragraph, and of the instruments of ratification shall' be immediately sent by the Netherlands Government, through the diplomatic channel, to the Powers invited to the Second Peace Conference as well as to the other Powers which shall have adhered to the Convention. In the cases contemplated in the preceding paragraph, the said Government shall at the same time inform them of the date on which it received the notification. ARTICLE 22. Non-Signatory Powers may adhere to the present Convention. A Power which desires to adhere notifies its intention in writing to the Netherlands Government, transmitting to it the act of adherence, which shall be deposited in the archives of the said Government. The said Government shall immediately transmit to all the other Powers a duly certified copy of the notification as well as of the act of adherence, mentioning the date on which it received the notification. ARTICLE 23. The present Convention shall take effect in the case of the Powers which were parties to the first deposit of ratifications, sixty days after the date of the procèsverbal of this deposit, and, in the case of the Powers which ratify subsequently or which adhere, sixty days after the notification of their ratification or of their ad leur adhésion aura été reçue par le Gouvernement des Pays-Bas. ARTICLE 24. S'il arrivait qu'une des Puissances contractantes voulût dénoncer la présente Convention, la dénonciation sera notifiée par écrit au Gouvernement des PaysBas qui communiquera immédiatement copie certifiée conforme de la notification à toutes les autres Puissances, en leur faisant savoir la date à laquelle il l'a reçue. La dénonciation ne produira ses effets herence has been received by the Netherlands Government. ARTICLE 24. In the event of one of the Contracting Powers wishing to denounce the present Convention, the denunciation shall be notified in writing to the Netherlands Government, which shall immediately communicate a duly certified copy of the notification to all the other Powers, informing them at the same time of the date on which it was received. The denunciation shall have sance qui à l'égard de la Puis- effect only in regard to the noti l'aura notifiée et un an après que la notification en sera parvenue au Gouvernement des Pays-Bas. ARTICLE 25. Un registre tenu par le Ministère des Affaires Etrangères des Pays-Bas indiquera la date du dépôt des ratifications effectué en vertu de l'article 21, alinéas 3 et 4, ainsi que la date à laquelle auront été reçues les notifications d'adhésion (article 22, alinéa 2) ou de dénonciation (article 24, alinéa 1). Chaque Puissance contractante est admise à prendre connaissance de ce registre et à en demander des extraits certifiés conformes. En foi de quoi, les Plénipotentiaires ont revêtu la présente Convention de leurs signatures. Fait à La Haye, le dix-huit octobre mil neuf cent sept, en un seul exemplaire qui restera déposé dans les archives du Gouvernement des Pays-Bas et dont des copies, certifiées conformes, seront remises par la voie diplomatique aux Puissances qui ont été conviées à la Deuxième Conférence de la Paix. fying Power, and one year after the notification has reached the Netherlands Government. ARTICLE 25. A register kept by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall give the date of the deposit of ratifications made in virtue of Article 21, paragraphs 3 and 4, as well as the date on which the notifications of adhesion (Article 22, paragraph 2) or of denunciation (Article 24, paragraph 1) have been received. Each Contracting Power is en titled to have access to this register and to be supplied with duly certified extracts from it. In faith whereof the Plenipotentiaries have appended their signatures to the present Convention. Done at The Hague, the 18th October, 1907, in a single copy, which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Netherlands Government, and duly certified copies of which shall be sent, through the diplomatic channel, to the Powers which have been invited to the Second Peace Conference. And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified by the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by the Governments of Austria-Hungary, Bolivia, Denmark, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Salvador, and Sweden, and the ratifications of the said Governments were under the provisions of Article 21 of the said Convention, deposited by their respective plenipotentiaries with the Netherlands Government on November 27, 1909; And whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 22 of the said Convention, the Government of China gave notification to the Netherlands Government on January 15, 1910, of its adherence to the said convention; Now, therefore, be it known that I, William Howard Taft, 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 to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this twenty-eighth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL.] ten, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-fourth. By the President: P. C. KNOX Secretary of State. WM. H. TAFT VIII. CONVENTION RELATIVE TO THE LAYING OF AUTOMATIC CONTACT SUBMARINE MINES. 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, Denmark, France, Germany (with reservation of article 2), Mexico, The Netherlands, Norway, Salvador, Switzerland, and by Great Britain with a declaration as follows: "The lawfulness of such or such an act must not be presumed simply because it has not been prohibited by the Convention." Deux. Conf. Int. de la Paix, vol. 1, p. 281. Adhered to by Haiti. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a Convention relative to the laying of automatic contact submarine mines 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, France, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Italy, Japan, Luxemburg, Mexico, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, the Netherlands, Peru, Persia, Roumania, Salvador, Servia, Siam, Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay, and Venezuela, the original of which Convention, being in the French language, is word for word as follows: |