File No. 367.11/154.

The American Ambassador to the Secretary of State.

No. 503.]

AMERICAN EMBASSY, Constantinople, June 17, 1913.

SIR: Referring to my despatch No. 481 of April 29, 1913, wherein I enclosed a copy of the Sublime Porte's circular note verbale of April 21 [inclosure 3 with said despatch] in regard to the occupation by Ottoman troops of the houses of foreigners at San Stefano, I now have the honor to transmit a copy of the identic note verbale sent by the foreign missions in reply to the said note.

W. W. ROCKHILL,

[Inclosure-Identic note verbale.]

The American Embassy to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

AMERICAN EMBASSY, Constantinople, June 17, 1913.

The Embassy of the United States of America has had the honor to receive the note verbale addressed to it by the Imperial Ministry for Foreign Affairs on April 21 last, in regard to the requisition of property at San Stefano belonging to foreign subjects.

In reply, the Embassy of the United States takes the liberty to point out that the assimilation of foreign subjects to Ottoman subjects in matters of real property is limited, according to the provisions of the Protocol annexed to the Law of 7 Sefer, by the privileges granted to foreign subjects, by virtue of the Capitulations, in regard to the inviolability of their domicile. It is therefore inadmissible that the Imperial Ottoman Government should, without previous agreement with the foreign missions, formulate unilateral legal provisions which infringe upon this right.

If the Embassy of the United States, out of deference for the Imperial Ottoman Government, has raised no objections to the requisition of uninhabited foreign properties, it must, on the other hand, insist in the most formal manner that Ottoman troops shall not be lodged in inhabited American houses without a previous agreement between the Embassy of the United States and the Sublime Porte.

As the necessity for reimbursing foreigners for the losses and damages caused by requisitions is recognized in all the literature of international law, the Embassy of the United States of America cannot but reiterate the reservations which it formulated on this subject in its note verbale of March 8th last [inclosure No. 2 in despatch No. 481].

NOTE. No further correspondence appears in the files of the Department.

URUGUAY.

ARBITRATION CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND URUGUAY.

Signed at Washington, January 9, 1999; ratification advised by the Scnate, January 13, 1909; ratified by the President, March 1, 1909; ratified by Uruguay, June 27, 1913; ratifications exchanged at Washington, November 14, 1913; proclaimed, November 15, 1913.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas an Arbitration Convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Uruguay was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington, on the ninth day of January one thousand nine hundred and nine, the original of which Convention, being in the English and Spanish languages, is word for word as follows:

The Government of the United States of America, signatory of the two conventions for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, concluded at The Hague, respectively, on July 29, 1899, and October 18, 1907, and the Government of the Republic of Uruguay, adherent to the said convention of July 29, 1899, and signatory of the said convention of October 18, 1907;

Taking into consideration that by Article XIX of the convention of July 29, 1899, and by Article XL of the convention of October 18, 1907, 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 authorized the Undersigned to conclude the following Con

vention:

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, for the pacific settlement of international disputes, and maintained by The Hague Convention of the 18th October, 1907; 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 Uruguay shall be subject to the procedure required by the Constitution and laws thereof.

ARTICLE III.

The present Convention is concluded for a period of five years and shall remain in force thereafter until one year's notice of termination shall be given by either Party.

ARTICLE IV.

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 the President of Uruguay in accordance with the Constitution and laws thereof. 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.

Done in duplicate in the English and Spanish languages at Washington, this 9th day of January, one thousand nine hundred and nine. ELIHU ROOT [SEAL]

LUIS MELIAN LAFINUR [SEAL]

And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the City of Washington, on the fourteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen:

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL.] thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-eighth.

By the President:

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

WOODROW WILSON

Secretary of State.

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES HELD IN THE UNITED STATES.

THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF REFRIGERATION.

Held at Washington, D. C., and Chicago, Ill., September 15-24, 1913. [Report of the proceedings filed in the Library of Congress, TP 490.16, 1913 c.]

FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON SCHOOL HYGIENE.

Held at Buffalo, N. Y., August 25-30, 1913.

[Report of the proceedings filed in the Library, U. S. Bureau of Education, L 111.A 6.]

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INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS.

PECUNIARY CLAIMS CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER POWERS, EXTENDING THE DURATION OF THE TREATY FOR THE ÁRBITRATION OF PECUNIARY CLAIMS SIGNED AT MEXICO ON JANUARY 30, 1902.1

Signed at Rio de Janeiro, August 18, 1906; ratification advised by the Senate March 2, 1907; ratified by the President March 13, 1907; ratification of the United States, deposited with the Government of Brazil, April 23, 1907, proclaimed January 28, 1913.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas a Convention between the United States of America and Ecuador, Paraguay, Bolivia, Colombia, Honduras, Panamá, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Peru, El Salvador, Costa Rica, the United States of Mexico, Guatemala, Uruguay, the Argentine Republic, Nicaragua, the United States of Brazil, and Chile, extending the term of duration of the treaty on pecuniary claims signed at Mexico on January 30, 1902,2 was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Rio de Janeiro on the thirteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and six, the original of which Convention being in the Portuguese, Spanish, and English languages is word for word as follows:

Their Excellencies, the Presidents of Ecuador, Paraguay, Bolivia, Colombia, Honduras, Panamá, Cuba, the Dominion Republic, Peru, El Salvador, Costa Rica, the United States of Mexico, Guatemala, Uruguay, the Argentine Republic, Nicaragua, the United States of Brazil, the United States of America, and Chile;

Desiring that their respective countries should be represented at the Third International American Conference, sent thereto, duly authorized to approve the recommendations, resolutions, conventions and treaties that they might deem convenient for the interests of America, the following Delegates:

Ecuador Dr. Emilio Arévalo; Olmedo Alfaro.

Paraguay-Manuel Gondra; Arsenio López Decoud; Gualberto Cardús y Huerta:

Bolivia-Dr. Alberto Gutiérrez; Dr. Carlos V. Romero;

A treaty for the arbitration of pecuniary claims was signed at Buenos Aires August 11, 1910, ratified by the Senate February 1, 1911, and by the President March 21, 1911, and ratification of the United States deposited with the Government of the Argentine Republic on May 1, 1911; this treaty, when proclaimed, by one of its provisions would replace the treaty here printed, from the time of its expiration.

For. Rel. 1905, pp. 650-653.