Have named as their plenipotentiaries:

Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, Karel Willem Paul Frans Baron Gericke Van Herwijnen, Her Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at London, Chamberlain Extraordinary; and

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, the Right Honourable Sir Edward Grey, a Baronet of the United Kingdom, a Member of Parliament, His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs;

Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows:

ARTICLE 1.

The high contracting parties hereby renew for a further period of 5 years, dating from the 12th of July next, the convention signed at London on the 15th February, 1905, for the settlement by arbitration of certain classes of questions which may arise between the two governments.

ARTICLE 2.

The present convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London as soon as possible.

Done in duplicate at London, the 16th day of December, 1909.

CONVENTION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE NETHERLANDS, PROVIDING FOR THE SETTLEMENT BY ARBITRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF QUESTIONS WHICH MAY ARISE BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS. Signed at London, February 15, 1905; ratifications exchanged at London, July 12, 1905.

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, signatories of the convention for the pacific settlement of international disputes, concluded at The Hague on the 29th July, 1899;

Taking into consideration that by Article XIX of that convention the high contracting parties have reserved to themselves the right of concluding agreements, with a view to referring to arbitration all questions which they shall consider possible to submit to such treatment,

Have named as their plenipotentiaries to conclude the following arrangement:

His Majesty the King of the United Kindom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, the Most Honourable Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne, His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and

Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, Karel Willem Paul Frans Baron Gericke van Herwijnen, Her envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at London, Chamberlain extraordinary:

Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows:

ART. I. Differences which may arise of a legal nature, or relating to the interpretation of treaties existing between the high contracting parties, and which it may not have been possible to settle by diplomacy, shall be referred to the Permanent Court of Arbitration established at The Hague by the convention of the 29th July, 1899: provided, nevertheless, that they do not affect the vital interests, the independence, or the honour of the two contracting states, and do not concern the interests of third parties.

II. In each individual case the high contracting parties, before appealing to the Permanent Court of Arbitration, shall conclude a special agreement defining clearly the matter in dispute, the scope of the powers of the arbitrators, and the periods to be fixed for the formation of the arbitral tribunal and the several stages of the procedure.

III. The present convention, which shall be ratified, is concluded for a period of five years, dating from the exchange of the ratifications, which shall take place at London as soon as possible.

Done in duplicate at London, the 15th day of February, 1905.

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PURCHASE OR ERECTION, WITHIN CERTAIN LIMITS OF COST, OF EMBASSY, LEGATION, AND CONSULAR BUILDINGS ABROAD.

Approved, February 17, 1911.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, authorized to acquire in foreign countries such sites and buildings as may be appropriated for by Congress for the use of the diplomatic and consular establishments of the United States, and to alter, repair, and furnish the said buildings; suitable buildings for this purpose to be either purchased or erected, as to the Secretary of State may seem best, and all buildings so acquired for the diplomatic service shall be used both as the residences of diplomatic officials and for the offices of the diplomatic establishment: Provided, however, That not more than the sum of five hundred thousand dollars shall be expended in any fiscal year under the authorization herein made: And provided further, That in submitting estimates of appropriation to the Secretary of the Treasury for transmission to the House of Representatives, the Secretary of State shall set forth a limit of cost for the acquisition of sites and buildings and for the construction, alteration, repair, and furnishing of buildings at each place in which the expenditure is proposed (which limit of cost shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars at any one place) and which limit shall not thereafter be exceeded in any case, except by new and express authorization of Congress.

LIST OF OFFICERS IN THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES CORRECTED TO MARCH 20, 1911

Abyssinia... Argentine Republic.

Minister Resident & C. G. Adis Ababa...
Charles H. Sherrill, E. E. & M. P..
Buenos Aires.
Robert Woods Bliss, Sec. of Leg..
Buenos Aires..
Com. Albert P. Niblack, Nav. Att. Buenos Aires..
1st Lieut. John S. Hammond, Mil. Att. Buenos Aires..
Austra-Hungary Richard C. Kerens, (n) Amb. E. & P.. Vienna..
Vienna.

Joseph C. Grew, (c) Sec. of Emb...

M. Marshall Langhorne, 2d Sec. of Emb. Vienna.
Com. Andrew T. Long, Nav. Att..
Maj. William H. Allaire, Mil. Att.

Belgium...... Charles Page Bryan, E. E. & M. P..
U. Grant-Smith, Sec. of Leg..
Maj. T. Bentley Mott, Mil. Att.
Horace G. Knowles, E. E. & M. P..

Bolivia......

Brazil....

Bulgaria...
Chile....

China.

Irving B. Dudley, Amb. E. & P..
George B. Rives, Sec. of Emb..
Arthur Orr, (c) 2d Sec. of Emb..
Com. Albert P. Niblack, Nav. Att..
John R. Carter, E. E. & M. P. (q)..
Roland B. Harvey, (c) Sec. of Leg.& C.G.
Henry P. Fletcher, E. E. & M. P..
Seth Low Pierrepont, (c) Sec. of Leg...
Com Albert P. Niblack. Nav. Att..
2d Lt. Francis A. Ruggles, Mil. Att.
William James Calhoun, E. E. & M. P..
Lewis Einstein, Sec. of Leg..

Rome.

N. C.

Va..
Navy. May 26, 1909

Mar. 2, 1911

2.000

Vienna.

Ark..

Brussels.

Brussels.

Pa..

Paris.

Va..

La Paz.

Del.

Army..Sept. 16, 1907
Dec. 21, 1909
Pa.. Aug. 4. 1909
Army.. Sept. 22, 1909)
Del. June 24, 1910

12,000

2.625

10.000

2,000

1,800

Arthur Bailly-Blanchard. Sec. of Emb Paris.
Sheldon Whitehouse. (c) 2d Sec. of Emb. Paris.
Warren D. Robbins (i), 3d Sec. of Emb. Paris.
Lt. Com. Henry H. Hough, Nav. Att... Paris.
Maj. T. Bentley Mott, Mil, Att. . . . .

Irwin B. Laughlin, Sec. of Emb..
Jordan Herbert Stabler, (c) 2d Sec. of Berlin.
Emb.

10,000

2,000

10,000

2.000 10,000 2,000

17.500 3.000

2,000 1,200

17.500

3.000

2,000

Frederic Ogden de Billier, (c) Sec. of Leg. Athens.
R. S. Reynolds Hitt, (a) E. E. & M. P.... Guatemala
Charles Campbell, jr., (c) Sec. of Leg...
Maj. Wallis O. Clark, Mil. Att..
Henry W. Furniss, E. E. & M. P..
Fenton R. McCreery, E. E. & M. P..
J. Butler Wright, (c) Sec. of Leg.
John G. A. Leishman, Amb. E. & P..
Charles S. Wilson, Sec. of Emb..
Alexander R. Magruder (ac), 2d Sec. of Rome..
Emb.

2,000

10,000 10,000 2,000 17.500 3.000 2,000

17.500 3.000

2.000

3.600

Montgomery Schuyler, jr., Sec. of Emb. Tokyo.
George T. Summerlin, 2d Sec. of Emb.. Tokyo.
Charles Jonathan Arnell, (f) Japanese Tokyo.
Sec. and Int.

17.500

3.000

2,000

1,200