and imprisonment of any person whose name is inscribed on the crewlist, whenever, for any cause, the said officers shall think proper.

ARTICLE XII

The consuls-general, consuls, vice-consuls and consular agents may cause to be arrested for any reason whatever the officers, sailors and all other persons making part of the crew of ships of war or merchant vessels of their nation, who may be guilty, or accused of having deserted said ships and vessels, for the purpose of sending them on board or back to their country. To this end they shall address themselves in writing to the competent local authorities of the respective countries, and shall make to them a written request for the deserters, supporting it by the exhibition of the register of the vessel and the list of the crew or by other official documents, to show that the persons claimed belong to the said ship's company.

Upon such request alone thus supported, the delivery to them of the deserters can not be refused, unless it should be duly proved that they were citizens of the country where their extradition is demanded, at the time of their being inscribed on the crew-list. All the necessary aid and protection shall be furnished the consular authorities for the pursuit, seizure and arrest of the deserters, who shall even be detained and guarded in the prisons of the country, at the request and expense of the consular officers, until there may be an opportunity for sending them away. If, however, such an opportunity should not present itself within two months of the date when they are arrested, the deserters shall be set free, nor shall they again be arrested for the same cause.

If the deserter has committed any crime, his extradition shall be deferred until the court having the right to take cognizance of the offense shall have rendered sentence and the sentence shall have been executed.

ARTICLE XIII

If a vessel of one of the contracting states is wrecked on the coasts of the other state and the captain or whoever is in command of the vessel does not wish that the local authorities should direct the salvage operations, then in so far as the local legislation permits, these operations shall be carried on under the direction of the consuls-general, consuls and vice-consuls of the country whose colors the vessel flies and, until their arrival, by the consular agents when an agency exists there.

If, in consequence of the legislation of the country where the wreck took place, the local authorities take charge of the salvage operations, either at the request of the captain or of whoever is in command of the vessel, or in the absence of any person authorized to represent the captain of the privateer or the owner of the vessel or of the goods cast upon the coast, they shall invite without delay the competent consul-general, consul, vice-consul or consular agent to proceed to the salvage place in order to receive his advice regarding the measures to be taken.

Whenever the consular officers direct the salvage operations, the local authorities shall not intervene except to maintain order, to protect the interests of the salvors if these do not belong to the wrecked crews, and to carry into effect the arrangements made for the entry and exportation of the merchandise saved.

It is agreed that such merchandise is not to be subjected to any customhouse charges, unless it be intended for consumption in the country where the wreck may have taken place.

The intervention of the local authorities in these different cases shall occasion no expense except such as may be caused by the salvage operations and the preservation of the goods saved, together with such as would be incurred under similar circumstances by vessels of the nation. The inhabitants of the country who might have an interest in the goods saved may have recourse to the competent local authority regarding all matters concerning the claim, the surrender or sale of the said goods, as well as the expenses incurred for their salvage and preservation. The preceding dispositions do not impair the right, recognized to the two countries, to proceed to the removal of such wrecks as might interfere with navigation or fishing.

ARTICLE XIV

In case of the death in one of the two countries, of a citizen of the other country who had not acquired permanent domicile in the country where he died, the competent local authorities shall immediately notify the consul-general, consul, vice-consul or consular agent stationed nearest the nation to which the deceased belonged; on the other hand, if the latter are the first to be informed of such death, the consul-general, consul, vice-consul or consular agent shall notify the local authorities immediately thereof.

The competent local authority shall complete the said notification

by the transmittal, in due form and free of charge, of a certified copy of such record.

In the case of incapacity or in the absence of the heirs or testamentary executors, the consular officers, in concurrence with the competent local authority shall have the right, in conformity with the laws of their respective countries, to take all necessary steps for the protection and the administration of the estate, and especially to affix and to remove the seals, to make the inventory, to administer and to liquidate the estate; in short, to take all necessary measures in order to safeguard the interests of the heirs, except in such cases where controversies may arise, which must be adjudicated by the competent courts of the country where the succession takes place.

ARTICLE XV

The consuls-general, consuls, vice-consuls and consular agents of each of the high contracting parties shall mutually enjoy, in the colonies and and possessions of the other, the treatment of the most favored nation in regard to the various matters considered in the present convention.

ARTICLE XVI

The present convention shall remain in force for a period of ten years from the date of the exchange of ratifications. In case neither of the two high contracting parties should, twelve months before the expiration of said period, give notice of its intention not to renew this convention, it shall remain in force for one year longer, reckoned from the date on which one of the high contracting parties shall have given such notice.

ARTICLE XVII

The present convention shall be ratified and the ratifications thereof exchanged as soon as possible.

In faith whereof the plenipotentiaries have signed this convention and have hereunto affixed their seals.

Done at Copenhagen, in duplicate, August 26, 1909.

(L. S.) P. DE GROOTE.

(L. S.) C. W. AHLEFELDT-LAURVIG.

EXTRADITION CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND

HONDURAS

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Signed at Washington, January 15, 1909; ratifications exchanged July 10, 1912

The United States of America and the Republic of Honduras, being desirous to confirm their friendly relations and to promote the cause of justice, have resolved to conclude a treaty for the extradition of fugitives from justice between the United States of America and the Republic of Honduras, and have appointed for that purpose the following plenipotentiaries:

The President of the United States of America, Elihu Root, Secretary of State of the United States; and

The President of the Republic of Honduras, Doctor Luis Lazo A., Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Honduras to the United States;

Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles:

ARTICLE I

It is agreed that the Government of the United States and the Government of Honduras shall, upon mutual requisition duly made as herein provided, deliver up to justice any person who may be charged with or may have been convicted of any of the crimes specified in Article II of this convention committed within the jurisdiction of one of the contracting parties while said person was actually within such jurisdiction when the crime was committed, and who shall seek an asylum or shall be found within the territories of the other, provided that such surrender shall take place only upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial if the crime or offense had been there committed.

ARTICLE II

Persons shall be delivered up according to the provisions of this convention, who shall have been charged with or convicted of any of the following crimes:

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1. Murder, comprehending the crimes designated by the terms of parricide, assassination, manslaughter, when voluntary; poisoning or infanticide.

2. The attempt to commit murder.

3. Rape, abortion, carnal knowledge of children under the age of twelve years.

4. Bigamy.

5. Arson.

6. Willful and unlawful destruction or obstruction of railroads, which endangers human life.

7. Crimes committed at sea:

(a) Piracy, as commonly known and defined by the law of nations, or by statute;

(b) Wrongfully sinking or destroying a vessel at sea or attempting to do so;

(c) Mutiny or conspiracy by two or more members of the crew or other persons on board of a vessel on the high seas, for the purpose of rebelling against the authority of the captain or commander of such vessel, or by fraud or violence taking possession of such vessel;

(d) Assault on board ships upon the high seas with intent to do bodily harm.

8. Burglary, defined to be the act of breaking into and entering the house of another in the night time with intent to commit a felony therein.

9. The act of breaking into and entering into the offices of the government and public authorities, or the offices of banks, banking houses, saving banks, trust companies, insurance companies, or other buildings not dwellings with intent to commit a felony therein.

10. Robbery, defined to be the act of feloniously and forcibly taking from the person of another, goods or money by violence or by putting him in fear.

11. Forgery or the utterance of forged papers.

12. The forgery or falsification of the official acts of the government or public authority, including courts of justice, or the uttering or fraudulent use of the same.

13. The fabrication of counterfeit money, whether coin or paper, counterfeit titles or coupons of public debt, created by national, state, provincial, territorial, local, or municipal governments, bank-notes or other instruments of public credit, counterfeit seals, stamps, dies, and