quarters as to the possibility of wisely expending the income of such a large sum. The Executive Committee finds, however, as the result of the year's study, that there is a surprising scope and variety of things which may be done with advantage to promote peace, that the more the subject is studied the wider becomes the horizon which bounds the Endowment's field of usefulness, and doubt is expressed as to the sufficiency of the income to accomplish the things which ought to be undertaken.

CHRONICLE OF INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

WITH REFERENCES

Abbreviations: Ann. sc. pol., Annales des sciences politiques, Paris; Ann. Vie Int., Annuaire de la Vie Internationale, Brussels; Arch. dipl., Archives Diplo. matiques, Paris; B., boletin, bulletin, bollettino; B. P. U., bulletin of the PanAmerican Union, Washington; Clunet, J. de Dr. Int. Privé, Paris; Doc. dipl., France: Documents diplomatiques; Dr., droit, diritto, derecho; For. rel., Foreign Relations of the United States; Ga., gazette, gaceta, gazzetta; Cd., Great Britain: Parliamentary Papers; Int., international, internacional, internazionale; J., journal; J. O., Journal Officiel, Paris; L'Int. Sc., L'Internationalism Scientifique, The Hague; Mém. dipl., Mémorial diplomatique, Paris; Monit., Moniteur belge, Brussels; N. R. G., Nouveau recueil générale de traités, Leipzig; Q. dipl., Questions diplomatiques et coloniales; R., review, revista, revue, rivista; Reichs G., Reichs-Gesetzblatt, Berlin; Staats., Staatsblad, Groningen; State Papers, British and Foreign State Papers, London; Stat. at L., United States Statutes at Large; Times, the Times (London); Treaty ser., Great Britain: Treaty Series.

May, 1911.

15 COSTA RICA-UNITED STATES. Approval by Costa Rican President of the convention for the exchange of postal money orders between Costa Rica and the Canal Zone, signed at Washington, February 20, 1911. B. P. U., 33:645.

June, 1911.

10 COSTA RICA-UNITED STATES.

17

Convention signed at San José to

fix the status of naturalized citizens who renew their residence in the country of their origin. B. P. U., 33:645. BELGIUM-UNITED STATES. Convention signed at Washington additional to the convention signed there November 20, 1882, for the exchange of postal money orders. B. Usuel, June 17.

July, 1911.

1 AUSTRIA-HUNGARY-UNITED

3-8

STATES. Arrangement effective whereby parcels post matter can be transmitted between the United States and the Ottoman Empire through Austrian postoffices. Daily Consular and Trade Reports, 14:512.

INTERNATIONAL FIBER CONGRESS held at Soerabaya, Java. An international fiber exposition continued till the end of August. Daily Consular and Trade Reports, 14:17.

July, 1911.

8 BELGIUM-JAPAN. Exchange of notes in regard to the granting of most-favored-nation treatment after July 17 until the conclusion and putting into force of a new treaty. Monit B., July 16. 16-19 SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF DANCING MASTERS met at Vienna. First at Berlin, July 23, 1908. L'Int. Sc. (559). 26-29 THIRD INTERNATIONAL UNIONIST CONGRESS met at Vehlerad, Moravia. L'Int. Sc. (604).

29 CHINA-NETHERLANDS.

Ratifications exchanged at The Hague of

a consular convention signed in Peking, May 8. Peking Daily News, August 2.

August, 1911.

1 GREAT BRITAIN-SIAM. Ratifications exchanged at London of a treaty respecting the extradition of fugitive criminals, signed at Bangkok, March 4, 1911. Treaty ser., 1911, No. 23.

2 BRAZIL-CUBA. Exchange of ratifications at Habana of the arbitration treaty signed at Washington, June 10, 1909. Text in Ga. O., (Cuba) August 14.

3

3

CARNEGIE PEACE FOUNDATION CONFERENCE OF ECONOMISTS opened at Berne. Times, August 3; Advocate of Peace, 73:194; Mém. dipl., 49:487.

FRANCE UNITED STATES. Arbitration treaty signed simultaneously at Washington and Paris. See next item.

GREAT BRITAIN-UNITED STATES. Arbitration treaty signed at Washington. Arbitration with the United States, Spectator, March 18. Sir Edward Grey on Anglo-American Arbitration. Times, March 15; The Arbitration Ideal, do., March 21; the Guildhall Meeting, do., April 28; Lewin: L'alliance anglo-japanaice et le traité d'arbitrage americain, Q. dipl., 32:286-295, text. 312; Vital Interest, Independence, Honor, Indep., 71:1044; Lodge: The Arbitration Treaties and the Constitutional Powers of the Senate, Editorial R., 5:901–6.

4-10 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF LEGAL MEDICINE met at Brussels. L'Int. Sc. (237).

7 INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACES begin at Spithead.

9-15 TENTH INTERNATIONAL ZIONIST CONGRESS met at Basle. Clunet, 38:397; L'Int. Sc. (584).

12 DENMARK-FRANCE. Treaty of Arbitration based on the Hague Convention, signed at Copenhagen. Mém. dipl., 49:499.

August, 1911.

12-18 FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PEDOLOGY met at Brussels.

Nature, 87:170.

14 BELGIUM-ITALY. Publication of Law of June 4, 1911, approving treaty of obligatory arbitration signed November 18, 1910, and ratified August 14, 1911. B. Usuel, August 4; Monit. B., September 2.

14-18 SECOND INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC ESPERANTO UNION met at The Hague. L'Int. Sc. (523).

16 BELGIUM-NORWAY. Law approving treaty of commerce and navigation signed June 27, 1910. Text in B. Usuel, August 16; Monit. B., September 28.

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17

GERMANY-GREAT BRITAIN.

Treaty signed at Berlin for combatting the sleeping sickness in Togoland and adjacent British territory. Treaty ser., No. 22, 1911.

GERMANY-GREAT BRITAIN. Treaty extending sphere of operation of the treaty of extradition signed at Berlin, January 31, 1911. Times, August 17.

19 FRANCE-JAPAN. FRANCE JAPAN. Convention of commerce and navigation signed at Paris; also, an arrangement establishing a provisional modus vivendi for their commercial relations. Times, August 24; Mém. dipl., 499, 500. J. O., August 24.

19 GERMANY-RUSSIA. Agreement regarding the Near East signed at St. Petersburgh. Times, August 21, text, August 22; Mém. dipl., 49:504, 506, text; Q. dipl., 32:309, text.

20 ARGENTINE-CHILE. International police organized to guarantee the security of their frontiers against brigandage. Mém. dipl., 49:499.

20-27 SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL ESPERANTO CONGRESS held at Antwerp. Science, 34:147; Times, August 30; Mém. dipl., 49:505; Eighth, Cracow, 1912; Ninth, The Hague probably, 1913. L'Int. Sc. (518).

29 THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF LARYNX SPECIALISTS met at Berlin. Mém. dipl., 49:514; Times, February 21.

31

CHINA-RUSSIA. The Conference to elaborate a new commercial treaty met at St. Petersburgh. Times, September 1; Mém. dipl., 49:515. Treaty of February 12/24, 1881, signed at St. Petersburgh, in British and Foreign State Papers, 72:1143.

September, 1911.

1 The Permanent Committee of the, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR COMBATTING UNEMPLOYMENT, met at Ghent. Times, September 2.

1-7 SEVENTH BIENNIAL CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATION FEDERATION OF STUDENTS (Corda Fratres) met at Rome. Next Congress will probably be at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, in 1913. Advocate of Peace, 73:258. List of former meetings in L'Int. Sc. (286).

1-Dec. 31 EXPOSITION OF HYGIENE, at Rome. P. A. U., 33:1011. 2 FRANCE-UNITED STATES. French text of the extradition treaty signed January 6, 1909, promulgated and made applicable to Madagascar and dependencies. J. O., (Madagascar) September 9, 1911.

4 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SIMPLIFIED SPELLING (English) met at London. Times, August 29.

4-8 THIRTEENTH session of the INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS met at The Hague. L'Int. Sc. (154).

5

THE INTERNATIONAL JURY have chosen the design for the International Telegraph Union monuments to be erected at Berne. Times, September 6.

10-17 INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL CONGRESS was held at Turin. J. of the Franklin Institute, 172:503; R. Scientifique, 49:473; Nature, 87:170.

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11-16

PORTUGAL. Notes handed to premier by the British Chargé, the
Spanish and German ministers, and the Italian and Austro-
Hungarian Chargés recognizing the Portuguese Republic. Times,
September 12; The Portuguese Republic, Times, September 13.
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR STUDY AND PREVENTION OF IN-
FANTILE MORTALITY met at Berlin.

ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS AGAINST ALCOHOLISM met at Scheveningen and The Hague. R. Scientifique. 49:377. 12 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR TECHNICAL UNIFORMITY OF RAILROADS met at Berne. Mém. dipl., 49:290.

INTERNATIONAL. On this date the arrangement for the suppression of obscene publications signed at Paris, May 4, 1910, goes into effect. See March 15, 1911. L'Int. Sc. (538). NETHERLANDS-RUSSIA. Declaration signed at St. Petersburg regarding the mutual recognition of tonnage papers. Official Ga.,