of the notification to all the Powers, informing them of the date on which it was received.

The denunciation shall only have effect in regard to the notifying Power, and six months after the notification has reached the Netherland Government.

ARTICLE XII.

The Contracting Powers undertake to reopen the question of the employment of automatic contact mines six months before the expiration of the period contemplated in the first paragraph of the preceding Article, in the event of the question not having been already reopened and settled by the Third Peace Conference.

If the Contracting Powers conclude a fresh Convention relative to the employment of mines, the present Convention shall cease to be applicable from the moment it comes into force.

ARTICLE XIII.

A register kept by the Netherland Ministry for Foreign Affairs shall give the date of the deposit of ratifications made in virtue of Article VIII, paragraphs 3 and 4, as well as the date on which the notifications of adhesion (Article IX, paragraph 2) or of denunciation (Article XI, paragraph 3) 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. Pour l'Allemagne: Sous ré-serve de l'article 2.

2. Pour les Etats Unis d'Amerique:

3. Pour l'Argentine:

4. Pour l'Autriche-Hongrie :

5. Pour la Belgique:

6. Pour la Bolivie:

7. Pour le Brésil:

8. Pour la Bulgarie:

MARSCHALL.
KRIEGE.

JOSEPH H. CHOATE.
HORACE PORTER.
U. M. ROSE.

DAVID JAYNE HILL.

C. S. SPERRY.

WILLIAM I. BUCHANAN.

ROQUE SAENZ PEÑA.
LUIS M. DRAGO.

C. RÚEZ LARRETA,
MÉREY.

Bon MACCHIO.
A. BEERNAERT.
VAN DEN HEUVEL.

GUILLAUME.

CLAUDIO PINILLA.
RUY BARBOSA.

E. LISBOA.

GÉNÉRAL-MAJOR VINAROFF.
IV. KARANDJouloff.

12. Pour la République de Cuba: ANTONIO S. DE BUSTAMANTE.

CONVENTION RESPECTING BOMBARDMENT BY NAVAL FORCES IN TIME OF WAR.

Concluded October 18, 1907; ratification advised by Senate March 10, 1908; ratified by the President February 23, 1909; ratification deposited with the Netherlands Government November 27, 1909; proclaimed February 28, 1910.

ARTICLES.

CHAPTER I.-The bombardment of undefended ports, towns, villages, dwellings or buildings.

I. Bombardment forbidden.
II. Military works, naval establish-

ments, etc.

III. Refusal to comply with requisi-
tions for provisions, etc.
IV. Money contributions.

The ratifications of this convention were deposited at The Hague November 27, 1909, by Germany, The United States of America, Austria-Hungary, Denmark, Great Britain, Mexico, The Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, Bolivia, and Salvador. Adhered to by China.

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, &c., 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; His Majesty the Emperor of China; 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 Panamá; 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 King of Portugal and of the Algarves, &c.; 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:

Animated by the desire to realize the wish expressed by the First Peace Conference respecting the bombardment by naval forces of undefended ports, towns, and villages;

Whereas it is expedient that bombardments by naval forces should be subject to rules of general application which would safeguard the rights of the inhabitants and assure the preservation of the more important buildings, by applying as far as possible to this operation of war the principles of the Regulation of 1899 respecting the Laws and Customs of Land War;

Actuated, accordingly, by the desire to serve the interests of humanity and to diminish the severity and disasters of war;

Have resolved to conclude a Convention to this effect, and have, for this purpose, appointed the following as their Plenipotentiaries: " Sa Majesté l'Empereur d'Allemagne, Roi de Prusse:

Son Excellence le baron Marschall de Bieberstein, Son ministre d'état, Son ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire à Constantinople;

M. le dr. Johannes Kriege, Son envoyé en mission extraordinaire à la présente Conférence, Son conseiller intime de légation et jurisconsulte au ministère Impérial des affaires étrangères, membre de la cour permanente d'arbitrage.

Le Président des États-Unis d'Amérique:

Son Excellence M. Joseph H. Choate, ambassadeur extraordi-
naire;

Son Excellence M. Horace Porter, ambassadeur extraordinaire;
Son Excellence M. Uriah M. Rose, ambassadeur extraordinaire;
Son Excellence M. David Jayne Hill, envoyé extraordinaire et
ministre plénipotentiaire de la République à La Haye;

M. Charles S. Sperry, contre-amiral, ministre plénipotentiaire;
M. Georges B. Davis, général de brigade, chef de la justice mili-
taire de l'armée fédérale, ministre plénipotentiaire;
M. William I. Buchanan, ministre plénipotentiaire.

Le Président de la République Argentine:

Son Excellence M. Roque Saenz Peña, ancien ministre des affaires étrangères, envoyé extraordinaire et ministre plénipotentiaire de la République à Rome, membre de la cour permanente d'arbitrage;

Son Excellence M. Luis M. Drago, ancien ministre des affaires étrangères et des cultes de la République, député national, membre de la cour permanente d'arbitrage;

Son Excellence M. Carlos Rodriguez Larreta, ancien ministre des affaires étrangères et des cultes de la République, membre de la cour permanente d'arbitrage.

Sa Majesté L'Empereur d'Autriche, Roi de Bohême, etc., et Roi Apostolique de Hongrie :

Son Excellence M. Gaëtan Mérey de Kapos-Mére, Son conseiller intime, Son ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire; Son Excellence M. le baron Charles de Macchio, Son envoyé extraordinaire et ministre plénipotentiaire à Athènes.

Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges:

Son Excellence M. Beernaert, Son ministre d'état, membre de la chambre des représentants, membre de l'institut de France et des académies Royales de Belgique et de Roumanie, membre d'honneur de l'institut de droit international, membre de la cour permanente d'arbitrage:

Son Excellence M. J. Van den Heuvel, Son ministre d'état, ancien ministre de la justice;

Son Excellence M. le baron Guillaume, Son envoyé extraordinaire et ministre plénipotentiaire à La Haye, membre de l'académie Royale de Roumanie.

The names of the Plenipotentiaries appear in the President's proclamation in French or ly.