RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF NEUTRAL POWERS AND PERSONS IN WAR ON LAND HAGUE V Convention signed at The Hague October 18 1907 Senate advice and consent to ratification March 10 1908 Ratified by the President of the United States February 23 1909 Proces-verbal of first deposit of ratifications including that of the United States at The Hague dated November 27 1909 Entered into force January 26 1910 Proclaimed by the President of the United States February 28 1910 36 Stat 2310 Treaty Series 540 TRANSLATION v CONVENTION RESPECTING THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF NEUTRAL POWERS AND PERSONS IN CASE OF WARON LAND 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 etc and Apostolic King 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 Haiti 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 654 NEUTRALS IN WAR ON LAND-OCTOBER 18 1907 655 King of Portugal and of the Algarves etc 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 the President of the United States of Venezuela With a view to laying down more clearly the rights and duties of neutral Powers in case of war on land and regulating the position of the belligerents who have taken refuge in neutral territory Being likewise desirous of defining the meaning of the term neutral pending the possibility of settling in its entirety the position of neutral individuals in their relations with the belligerents Have resolved to conclude a Conventon to th effect and have in consequence appointed the following as their Plenipotentiaries His Majesty the Emperor of Germany King of Prussia His Excellency Baron Marschall von Bieberstein His Minister of State His Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Constantinople Dr Johannes Kriege His Envoy on extraordinary mission to the present Conference His Privy Counselor of Legation and Jurisconsult to the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration The President of the United States of America His Excellency Mr Joseph H Choate Ambassador Extraordinary His Excellency Mr Horace Porter Ambassador Extraordinary His Excellency Mr Uriah M Rose Ambassador Extraordinary His Excellency Mr David Jayne Hill Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague Rear Admiral Charles S Sperry Minister Plenipotentiary Brigadier General George B Davis Judge Advocate General of the United States Army Minister Plenipotentiary Mr William 1 Buchanan Minister Plenipotentiary The President of the Argentine Republic His Excellency Mr Roque Saenz Pena former Minister of Foreign Affairs Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic at Rome Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration His Excellency Mr Luis M Drago former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship of the Republic National Deputy Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration His Excellency Mr Carlos Rodriguez Larreta former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship of the Republic Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration 656 MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS 1776-1917 His Majesty the Emperor of Austria King of Bohemia etc and Apostolic King of Hungary His Excellency Mr Gaetan Merey de Kapos-Mere His Privy Counselor His Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary His Excellency Baron Charles de Macchio His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Athens His Majesty the King of the Belgians His Excellency Mr Beernaert His Minister of State Member of the Chamber of Representatives Member of the Institute of France and of the Royal Academies of Belgium and Roumania Honor Member of the Institute of International Law Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration His Excellency Mr J van den Heuvel His Minister of State former Minister of Justice His Excellency Baron Guillaume His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague Member of the Royal Academy of Roumania The President of the Republic of Bolivia His Excellency Mr Claudio Pinilla Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration His Excellency Mr Fernando E Guachalla Minister Plenipotentiary at London The President of the Republic of the United States of Brazil His Excellency Mr Ruy Barbosa Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration His Excellency Mr Eduardo F S dos Santos LisbOa Envoy Extraordinary and Miriister Plenipotentiary at The Hague His Royal Highness the Prince of Bulgaria Mr Vrban Vinaroff Major general of the General Staff attached to His suite Mr Ivan Karandjouloff Director of Public Prosecution of the Court of Cassation The President of the Republic of Chile His Excellency Mr Domingo Gana Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of $e Republic at London His Excellency Mr Augusto Matte Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic at Berlin His Excellency Mr Carlos Concha former Minister of War former President of the Chamber of Deputies former Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Buenos Aires The President of the Republic of Colombia General Jorge Holguin NEUTRALS IN WAR ON LAND-0CTOBER 18 1907 657 Mr Santiago Perez Triana His Excellency General Marceliano Vargas Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic at Paris The Provisional Governor of the Republic of Cuba Mr Antonio Sanchez de Bustamante Professor of International Law in the University of Habana Senator of the Republic His Excellency Mr Gonzalo de Quesada y Ar6stegui Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic at Washington Mr Manuel Sanguily former Director of the Institute of Secondary n­ struction of Habana Senator of the Republic His Majesty the King of Denmark His Excellency Mr Constantin Brun His Chamberlain His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Washington Rear Admiral Christian Frederik Scheller Mr Axel Vedel His Chamberlain Chief of Division in the Royal Ministry ofForeign Affairs The President of the Dominican Republic Mr Francisco Henriquez y Carvajal former Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration Mr Apolinar Tejera Rector of the Professional Institute of the Republic Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration I The President of the Republic of Ecuador His Excellency Mr Victor RenH6n Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic at Paris and at Madrid Mr Enrique Dorn y de Alsua Charge d'Affaires His Majesty the King of Spain His Excellency Mr W R de Villa-Urrutia Senator former Minister of Foreign Affairs His Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at London His Excellency Mr Jose de la Rica y Calvo His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague Mr Gabriel Maura y Gamazo Count de Mortera Deputy of the Cortes The President of the French Republic His Excellency Mr Leon Bourgeois Ambassador Extraordinary of the Republic Senator former President of the Council of Ministers former Minister of Foreign Affairs Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration Baron d'Estournelles de Constant Senator Minister Plenipotentiary of clas I Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration Mr Louis Renault Professor of the Faculty of Law of the University of Paris Honorary Minister Plenipotentiary Jurisconsult of the Ministry of For- 658 MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS 1776-1917 eign Affairs Member of the Institute of France Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration His Excellency Mr Marcellin Pellet Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic at The Hague His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britian and Ireland and of the British Dominions Beyond the Seas Emperor of India His Excellency the Right Honorable Sir Edward Fry G C B Member of the Privy Council His Ambassador Extraordinary Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration His Excellency the Right Honorable Sir Ernest Mason Satow G C M G Member of the Privy Council Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration His Excellency the Right Honorable Donald James Mackay Baron Reay G C S L G C I E Member of the Privy Council former President of the Tnstitute of International Law His Excellency Sir Henry Howard K C M G C B His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague His Majesty the King of the Hellenes His Excellency Mr 9U on Rizo RangabC His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Berlin Mr Georges Streit Professor of International Law in the University of Athens Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration The President of the Republic of Guatemala Mr Jose Tible Machado Charge d'Affaires of the Republic at The Hague and at London Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration Mr Enrique G6mez Carillo Charge d'Affaires of the Republic at Berlin The President of the Republic of Haiti His Excellency Mr Jean Joseph DalbCmar Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic at Paris His Excellency Mr J N Leger Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic at Washington Mr Pierre Hudicourt former Professor of Public International Law Attorney at Law at Port au Prince His Majesty the King of Italy His Excellency Count Joseph Tornielli Brusati di Vergano Senator of the Kingdom Ambassador of His Majesty the King at Paris Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration President of the Italian Delegation His Excellency Commendatore Guido Pompilj Deputy to the Parliament Under Secretary of State in the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs Commendatore Guido Fusinato Counselor of State Deputy to the Parliament former Minister of Education NEUTRALS IN WAR ON LAND-OCTOBER 18 1907 659 His Majesty the Emperor of Japan His Excellency Mr Keiroku Tsudzuki His Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary His Excellency Mr Aimaro Sato His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxemburg Duke of Nassau His Excellency Mr Eyschen His Minister of State President of the Grand Ducal Government Count de Villers Charge d'Affaires of the Grand Duchy at Berlin The President of the United Mexican States His Excellency Mr Gonzalo A Esteva Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic at Rome His Excellency Mr Sebastian B de Mier Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic at Paris His Excellency Mr Francisco L de la Barra Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic at Brussels and at The Hague His Royal Highness the Prince of Montenegro His Excellency Mr Nelidow now Imperial Privy Counselor Ambassador of His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias at Paris His Excellency Mr de Martens Imperial Privy Counselor Permanent Member of the Council of the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia His Excellency Mr Tcharykow now Imperial Counselor of State Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias at The Hague His Majesty the King of Norway His Excellency Mr Francis Hagerup former President of the Council former Professor of Law His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague and at Copenhagen Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration The President of the Republic of Panama Mr Belisario Porras The President of the Republic of Paraguay His Excellency Mr Eusebio Machain Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic at Paris Count G du Monceau de Bergendal Consul of the Republic at Brussels Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands Mr W H de Beaufort Her former Minister of Foreign Affairs Member of the Second Chamber of the States-General 660 MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS 1776-1917 His Excellency Mr T M C Asser Her Minister of State Member of the Council of State Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration j His Excellency JoIikheer J C C den Beer Poortugael Lieutenant General Retired former Minister of War Member of the Council of State His Excellency Jonkheer J A Roell Her Aide-de-Camp on Special Service Vice Admiral Retired former Minister of the Navy Mr J A Loeff Her former Minister of Justice Member of the Second Chamber of the States-General The President of the Republic of Peru His Excellency Mr Carlos G Candamo Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic at Paris and at London Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration His Imperial Majesty the Shah of Persia His Excellency Samad Khan Momtazos Saltaneh His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Paris Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration His Excellency Mirza Ahmed Khan Sadigh UI Mulk His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague His Majesty the King of Portugal and of the Algarves etc His Excellency the Marquis de Soveral His Counselor of State Peer of the Kingdom former Minister of Foreign Affairs His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at London His Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary His Excellency Count de Selir His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague His Excellency Mr Alberto d'Oliveira His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Berne His Majesty the King of Roumania His Excellency Mr Alexandre Beldiman His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Berlin His Excellency Mr Edgar Mavrocordato His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias His Excellency Mr Nelidow His present Privy Counselor His Ambassador at Paris His Excellency Mr de Martens His Privy Counselor Permanent Member of the Council of the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration His Excellency Mr Tcharykow His present Counselor of State His Chamberlain His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague NEUTRALS IN WAR ON LAND-OCTOBER 18 1907 661 The President of the Republic of Salvador Mr Pedro I Matheu Charge d'Affaires of the Republic at Paris Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration Mr Santiago Perez Triana Charge d'Affaires of the Republic at London His Majesty the King of Servia His Excellency General Sava Grouitch President of the Co ncil of State His Excellency Mr Milovan Milovanovitch His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Rome Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration His Excellency Mr Michel Militchevitch His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at London and at The Hague His Majesty the King of Siam Mom Chatidej Udom Major General Mr C Corragioni d'Orelli His Counselor of Legation Luang Bhuvanarth Nariibal Captain His Majesty the King of Sweden of the Goths and Vandals His Excellency Mr Knut Hjalmar Leonard Hammarskjold His former Minister of Justice His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Copenhagen Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration Mr Johannes Hellner His former Minister without portfolio former Member of the Supreme Court of Sweden Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration The Swiss Federal Council His Excellency Mr Gaston Carlin Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Swiss Confederation at London and at The Hague Mr Eugene Borel Colonel of the General Staff Professor in the University of Geneva Mr Max Huber Professor of Law in the University of ZUrich His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans His Excellency Turkhan Pasha His Ambassador Extraordinary Minister of the Evkaf His Excellency Rechid Bey His Ambassador at Rome His Excellency Mehemmed Pasha Vice Admiral The President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay His Excellency Mr Jose Batlle y Ordonez former President of the Republic Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration His Excellency Mr Juan P Castro former President of the Senate Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic at Paris Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration 662 MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS 1776-1917 The President of the United States of Venezuela Mr Jose Gil Fortoul Charge d'Affaires of the Republic at Berlin Who after having deposited their full powers found in good and due form have agreed upon the following provisions CHAPTER I The Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers ARTICLE 1 The territory of neutral Powers is inviolable ARTICLE 2 Belligerents are forbidden to move troops or convoys of either munitions of war or supplies across the territory of a neutral Power ARTICLE 3 Belligerents are likewise forbidden to a Erect on the territory of a neutral Power a wireless telegraphy station or other apparatus for the purpose of communicating with belligerent forces on land or sea b Use any installation of this kind established by them before the war on the territory of a neutral Power for purely military purposes and which has not been opened for the service of public messages ARTICLE 4 Corps of combatants cannot be formed nor recruiting agencies opened on the territory of a neutral Power to assist the belligerents ARTICLE 5 A neutral Power must not allow any of the acts referred to in Articles 2 to 4 to occur on its territory It is not called upon to punish acts in violation of its neutrality unless the said acts have been committed on its own territory ARTICLE 6 The responsibility of a neutral Power is not engaged by the fact of persons crossing the frontier separating to offer their services to one of the belligerents ARTICLE 7 A neutral Power is not called upon to prevent the export or transport on behalf of one or other of the belligerents of arms munitions of war or in general of anything which can be of use to an army or a fleet NEUTRALS IN WAR ON LAND-OCTOBER 18 1907 ARTICLE 663 8 A neutral Power is not called upon to forbid or restrict the use on behalf of the belligerents of telegraph or telephone cables or of wireless telegraphy apparatus belonging to it or to Companies or private individuals ARTICLE 9 Every measure of restriction or prohibition taken by a neutral Power in regard to the matters referred to in Articles 7 and 8 must be impartially applied by it to both belligerents A neutral Power must see to the same obligation being observed by Companies or private individuals owning telegraph or telephone cables or wireless telegraphy apparatus ARTICLE 10 The fact of a neutral Power resisting even by force attempts to violate its neutrality cannot be regarded as a hostile act CHAPTER II Belligerents Interned and Wounded Tended in Neutral Territory ARTICLE 11 A neutral Power which receives on its territory troops belonging to the belligerent armies shall intern them as far as possible at a distance from the theatre of war It may keep them in camps and even confine them in fortresses or in places set apart for this purpose It shall decide whether officers can be left at liberty on giving their parole not to leave the neutral territory without permission ARTICLE 12 In the absence of a special Convention to the contrary the neutral Power shall supply the interned with the food clothing and relief required by humanity At the conclusion of peace the expenses caused by the internment shall be made good ARTICLE 13 A neutral Power which receives escaped prisoners of war shall leave them at liberty If it allows them to remain in its territory it may assign them a place of residence The same rule applies to prisoners of war brought by troops taking refuge in the territory of a neutral Power 219-91 68---4a 664 MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS 1776-1917 ARTICLE 14 A neutral Power may authorize the passage into its territory of the sick and wounded belonging to the belligerent armies on condition that the trains bringing them shall carry neither personnel or war material In such a case the neutral Power is bound to take whatever measures of safety and control are necessary for the purpose The sick or wounded brought under these conditions into neutral territory by one of the belligerents and belonging to the hostile party must be guarded by the neutral Power so as to ensure their not taking part again in the military operations The same duty shall devolve on the neutral State with regard to wounded or sick of the other army who may be committed to its care ARTICLE 15 The Geneva Convention 1 applies to sick and wounded interned in neutral territory CHAPTER III Neutral Persons ARTICLE 16 The nationals of a State which is not taking part in the war are considered as neutrals ARTICLE 17 A neutral cannot avail himself of his neutrality a If he commits hostile acts against a belligerent b If he commits acts in favour of a belligerent particularly if he voluntarily enlists in the ranks of the armed force of one of the parties In such a case the neutral shall not be more severely treated by the belligerent as against whom he has abandoned his neutrality than a national of the other belligerent State could be for the same act ARTICLE 18 The following acts shall not be considered as committed in favour of one belligerent in the sense of Article 17 letter b a Supplies furnished or loans made to one of the belligerents provided that the person who furnishes the supplies or who makes the loans lives neither in the territory of the other party nor in the territory occupied by him and that the supplies do not come from these territories b Services rendered in matters of police or civil administration • See conventions of Aug 22 1864 TS 377 ante p 7 and July 6 1906 TS 464 ante p 516 NEUTRALS IN WAR ON LAND-DCTOBER 18 1907 665 IV Railway Material CHAPTER 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 shall not be requisitioned or utilized by a belligerent except where and to the extent that it is absolutely necessary 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 an equal 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 then 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 ratification shall be recorded in a proces-verbal signed by the Representatives of the Powers which take part therein and by the Netherland Minister for Foreign Affairs The subsequent deposits of ratifications shall be made by means of a written notification addressed to the Netherland Government and accompanied by the instrument of ratification A duly certified copy of the proces-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 Netherland Government through the diplomatic channel to the Powers invited to the Second Peace Conference as well as to the other Powers which have adhered to the Convention In the cases contemplated in the preceding paragraph the said Govenunent 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 The Power which desires to adhere notifies its intention in writing to the Netherland Government forwarding to it the act of adhesion which shall be deposited in the archives of the said Government 666 MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS 1776-1917 This Government shall immediately forward to all the other Powers a duly certified copy of the notification as well as of the act of adhesion mentioning the date on which it received the notification ARTICLE 23 The present Convention shall come into force in the case of the Powers which were a party to the first deposit of ratifications sixty days after the date of the proces-verbal 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 adhesion has been received by the Netherland 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 Netherland 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 only have effect in regard to the notifying Power and one year after the notification has reached the Netherland Government ARTICLE 25 A register kept by the Netherland Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall give the date of the deposit of ratifications made in virtue of Article 21 para graphs 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 entitled 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 Netherland 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 1 For Germany MARSCHALL KRIEGE 2 For the United States of America JOSEPH H CHOATE HORACE PORTER U M ROSE DAVID JAYNE HILL C S SPERRY WILLIAM I BUCHANAN 3 For Argentina The Argentine Republic makes reservation of Article 19 ROQUE SAENZ Pd iA LUIS M DRAGO' C RUEz LARRETA 4 For Austria-Hungary MEREY BON MACCHIO NEUTRALS IN WAR ON LAND-OCTOBER 18 1907 5 For Belgium A l3EERNAERT VAN DEN HEUVEL GUILLAUME J 6 For Bolivia CLAUDIO PINILLA 7 For Brazil 20 For Guatemala JosE TlBu MACHADO 21 For Haiti DALBEMAR JN JOSEPH J N LE GE R PIERRE HUDICOURT 22 For Italy Ruy BARBOSA E LISBOA POMPILJ G FUSINATO 8 For Bulgaria 23 For Japan GENERAL-MAJOR VINAROFF Iv KARANDJOULOFF 9 Chile DOMINGO GANA AUOUSTO MATTE CARLOS CONCHA 10 For China 11 For Colombia JOROE HOLGUIN S PEREZ TRIANA M VARGAS 12 For the Republic of Cuba ANTONIO S DE BUSTAMANTE GoNZALO DE QUESADA MANUEL SANGUILY 13 For Denmark C BRUN 14 For the Dominican Republic DR HENRIQUEZ Y CARVAJAL ApOLINAR TEJERA 15 For Ecuador VICTOR M RENDON E DORN Y DE ALSUA 16 For Spain W R DE VILLA URRUTIA JOSE DE LA RICA V CALVO GABRIEL MAURA 17 For France LEON BOURGEOIS D'EsTOURNELLES DE CONSTANT L RENAULT MARCELLIN PELLET 18 For Great Britain Under reserva· tion of Articles 16 17 and 18 EDW FRY ERNEST SATOW REAY HENRY HOWARD 19 For Greece CLEON RIzo RANGABE GEORGES STREIT 667 AI MAll O SATO 24 For Luxemburg EVSCHEN CTE DE VILLERS 25 For Mexico G A ESTEVA S B DE MIER F L DE LA BARRA 26 For Montenegro NELlDOW MARTENS N TCHARYKOW 27 For Nicaragua 28 For Norway F HAGERUP 29 For Panama B PORRAS 30 For Paraguay G DU MONCEAU 31 For the Netherlands W H DE BEAUFORT T M C ASSER DEN BEER POORTUGAEL J A ROELL J A LOEFF 32 For Peru C G CANDAMO 33 For Persia M SAMAD KHAN SADIGH UL MULK M AHMED KHAN MOMTAZOS SALTANEH 34 For Portugal MARQUIS DE SOVERAL CONDE DE SELIR ALBERTO O'OLIVEIRA 35 For Roumania EDO MAVROCORDATO 36 For Russia NELIDOW MARTENS N TCHARVKOW 668 MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS 37 For Salvador P J MATHEU S PEREZ TRIANA 38 For Servia S GROUiTCH M G MILOVANOVITCH M G MILITCHEVITCH 39 For Siam MOM CHATIDEJ UDOM C CORRAOIONI D'ORELLI LUANG BHUVANARTH NARiiBAL 1776-1917 40 For Sweden K H L HAMMARSKJOLD JOK HELLNER 41 For Switzerland CARLIN 42 For Turkey TURK HAN 43 For Uruguay JosE BATLLE Y ORDONEZ 44 For Venezuela J GIL FORTOUL