In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the above articles and have hereunto affixed their seals. Done in duplicate at the city of Washington this fourteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three. Signed at Washington, May 2, 1908; ratification advised by the Senate, May 6, 1908; ratified by the President, July 6, 1908; ratifications exchanged at Washington, August 18, 1908; proclaimed, September 1, 1908. I. Differences to be submitted. II. Special agreement. ARTICLES. III. Ratification. The President of the United States of America and His Majesty the King of Sweden desiring in pursuance of the principles set forth in articles 15-19 of the Convention for the pacific settlement of international disputes, signed at The Hague July 29, 1899, to enter into negotiations for the conclusion of an Arbitration Convention, have named as their Plenipotentiaries, to wit: The President of the United States of America, Elihu Root, Secretary of State of the United States of America; and His Majesty the King of Sweden, W. A. F. Ekengren, His Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at Washington. who, after having communicated to one another their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles: ARTICLE I. Differences which may arise of a legal nature or relating to the interpretation of treaties existing between the two 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 honor of the two Contracting States, and do not concern the interests of third Parties. ARTICLE 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. It is understood that on the part of the United States such special agreements will be made by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and on the part of Sweden by the King in such forms and conditions as He may find requisite or appropriate. ARTICLE III. The present Convention shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof; and by His Majesty the King of Sweden. The ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible, and the Convention shall take effect on the date of the exchange of its ratifications. ARTICLE IV. The present Convention is concluded for a period of five years, dating from the day of the exchange of its ratifications. Done in duplicate at the City of Washington, in the English and French languages, this second day of May, 1908. SWEDEN AND NORWAY. (Sweden, page 1724. Norway, page 1300.), 1816. TREATY OF AMITY AND COMMERCE. Concluded September 4, 1816; ratification advised by the Senate with amendments February 19, 1817; ratified by the President May 27, 1818; ratifications exchanged September 25, 1818; proclaimed December 31, 1818. In the name of the Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity. The United States of America and His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, equally animated with a sincere desire to maintain and confirm the relations of friendship and commerce which have hitherto subsisted between the two States, and being convinced that this object cannot be more effectually accomplished than by establishing, reciprocally, the commerce between the two States upon the firm basis of liberal and equitable principles, equally advantageous to both countries, have named to this end Plenipotentiaries, and have furnished them with the necessary full powers to treat, and in their name to conclude a treaty, to wit: The President of the United States, Jonathan Russell, a citizen of the said United States, and now their Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Stockholm; and His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, His Excellency the Count Laurent d'Engeström, his Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Chancellor of the University of Lund, Knight Commander of the Orders of the King, Knight of the Order of Charles XIII, Grand Cross of the Orders of St. Etienne of Hungary, of the Legion of Honour of France, of the Black Eagle and of the Red Eagle of Prussia, and the Count Adolphe George de This treaty expired by its own limitations September 25, 1826, and was replaced by the treaty of 1827. See letters of Swedish and Norwegian ministers, respectively, as to treaties with those countries, pp. 1724-1300. Mörner, his Counsellor of State, and Commander of the Order of the Polar Star; And the said Plenipotentiaries, after having produced and exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed on the following articles: ARTICLE I. There shall be between all the territories under the dominion of the United States of America, and of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, a reciprocal liberty of commerce. The inhabitants of either of the two countries shall have liberty, with all security for their persons, vessels, and cargoes, to come freely to all ports, places, and rivers within the territories of the other, into which the vessels of the most favored nations are permitted to enter. They can there remain and reside in any part whatsoever of the said territories; they can there hire and occupy houses and warehouses for their commerce; and, generally, the merchants and traders of each of the two nations shall enjoy in the other the most complete security and protection for the transaction of their business, being bound alone to conform to the laws and statutes of the two countries, respectively. ARTICLE II. No other or higher duties, imposts, or charges, whatsoever, shall be imposed on the importation into the territories of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, of the produce or manufactures of the United States, nor on the importation into the United States of the produce or manufactures of the territories of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, than those to which the same articles would be subjected in each of the two countries, respectively, if these articles were the growth, produce, or manufacture, of any other country. The same principle shall likewise be observed in respect to exportation, in such manner that in each of the two countries, respectively, the articles which shall be exported for the other, cannot be charged with any duty, impost, or charge, whatsoever, higher or other than those to which the same articles would be subjected if they were exported to any other country whatever. Nor shall any prohibition be imposed on the exportation or importation of any article, the growth, produce, or manufacture, of the territories of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, or of the United States, to or from the said territories of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, or to or from the said United States, which shall not equally extend to all other nations. Swedish or Norwegian vessels arriving in ballast, or importing into the United States the produce or manufactures of their countries, or exporting from the United States the produce or manufactures of said States, shall not be obliged to pay, either for the vessels or the cargoes, any other or higher duties, imposts, or charges, whatsoever, than those which the vessels of the United States would pay in the same circumstances; and, vice versa, the vessels of the United States, arriving in ballast, or importing into the territories under the dominion of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway the produce or manufactures of the United States, or exporting from the territories under the dominion of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway the produce or manufactures of these territories, shall not pay, either 24449-VOL 2-10-33 for the vessels or the cargoes, any other or higher duties, imposts, or charges, whatsoever, than those which would be paid if these articles were transported by Swedish or Norwegian vessels, respectively. That which is here above stipulated shall also extend to the Swedish colony of St. Barthelemy, as well in what relates to the rights and advantages which the vessels of the United States shall enjoy in its ports, as in relation to those which the vessels of the colony shall enjoy in the ports of the United States, provided the owners are inhabitants of St. Barthelemy, and there established and naturalized, and shall have there caused their vessels to be naturalized. ARTICLE III.o [His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway agrees that all articles the growth, produce, or manufacture, of the West Indies, which are permitted to be imported in Swedish or Norwegian vessels, whether these articles be imported, directly or indirectly, from said Indies, may be likewise imported into its territories in vessels of the United States, and there shall not be paid, either for the said vessels or the cargoes, any higher or other duties, imposts, or charges, whatsoever, than those which would be paid by Swedish or Norwegian vessels in the same circumstances, with an addition only of ten per centum on the said duties, imposts, and charges, and no more. [In order to avoid misapprehension in this respect, it is expressly declared, that the term "West Indies" ought to be taken in its most extensive sense, comprising all that portion of the earth, whether mainland or islands, which at any time has been denominated the West Indies, in contradistinction to that other portion of the earth denominated the East Indies.] ARTICLE IV.. [The United States of America, on their part, agree that all articles the growth, produce, or manufacture, of the countries surrounding the Baltic Sea, or bordering thereon, which are permitted to be imported in vessels of the United States, whether these articles be imported, directly or indirectly, from the Baltic, may likewise be imported into the United States in Swedish or Norwegian vessels; and there shall not then be paid for the said vessels, or for the cargoes, any higher or other duties, imposts, or charges, whatsoever, than those which would be paid by vessels of the United States in the same circumstances, with an addition only of ten per centum on the said duties, imposts, and charges, and no more. [In order to avoid all uncertainty in respect to the duties, imposts, or charges whatsoever, which a vessel belonging to the citizens or subjects of one of the contracting parties ought to pay on arriving in the ports of the other, with a cargo consisting partly of articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the country to which the vessel belongs, and partly of any other merchandize, which the said vessel is permitted to import by the preceding articles, it is agreed The Senate declined to give its advice and consent to the ratification of Articles III, IV, and VI, and the King of Sweden and Norway acceded. |