and on the part of Belgium in accordance with the constitutional laws. of Belgium.

ARTICLE II. The provisions of this treaty shall not be invoked in respect of any dispute the subject matter of which

(a) is within the domestic jurisdiction of either of the High Contracting Parties,

(b) involves the interests of third Parties,

(c) depends upon or involves the maintenance of the traditional attitude of the United States concerning American questions, commonly described as the Monroe Doctrine,

(d) depends upon or involves the observance of the obligations of Belgium in accordance with the Covenant of the League of Nations. ARTICLE III. The present treaty 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 the Belgians in accordance with the Constitution.

The ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible, and the treaty shall take effect on the date of the exchange of the ratifications. It shall thereafter remain in force continuously unless and until terminated by one year's written notice given by either High Contracting Party to the other.

In faith whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this treaty in duplicate in the English and French languages, both texts having equal force, and hereunto affixed their seals.

Done at Washington the 20th day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine.

(Signed) Frank B Kellogg.

P. Albert de Ligne.

1929

AGREEMENT COVERING ERECTION OF CERTAIN MEMORIALS IN BELGIUM Signed at Paris, October 4, 1929; ratified by the President, January 11, 1930; ratified by Belgium, April 8, 1930; ratifications exchanged at Brussels, April 17, 1930; proclaimed, April 23, 1930

(Treaty Series, No. 812; 46 Statutes at Large, 2732)

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

Whereas an Agreement between the United States of America and Belgium covering the erection by the American Battle Monuments Commission of certain memorials in Belgium in accordance with and by authority of the Act of Congress of the United States of America, approved March 4, 1923, entitled "An Act for the creation of an American Battle Monuments Commission to erect suitable memorials commemorating the services of the American soldier in Europe, and for other purposes", was signed at Paris on October 4, 1929, the original of which Agreement, being in the English and French languages. is word for word as follows:

[English Text]

AGREEMENT CONCLUDED BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND BELGIUM COVERING THE ERECTION BY THE AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION OF CERTAIN MEMORIALS IN BELGIUM.

This Agreement made at Paris, on October 4, 1929, by and between the Government of the United States of America, represented by General John J. Pershing, of the American Battle Monuments Commission, party of the first part, and the Royal Belgian Government, represented by Baron E. de Gaiffier d'Hestroy, Belgian Ambassador in Paris, party of the second part, for the acquisition by the Royal Belgian Government of lands intended as sites for monuments which the American Battle Monuments Commission is to erect in Belgium, in accordance with and by authority of the Act of Congress of the United States approved March 4th., 1923, entitled "An act for the creation of an American Battle Monuments Commission to erect suitable memorials, commemorating the services of the American soldiers in Europe and for other purposes", witnesseth that:

ARTICLE 1. The Belgian Government will acquire, by mutual agreement with the proprietors, the lands necessary for the erection of the American memorials.

ARTICLE 2. The negociations with the owners or tenants for the cession of the said lands will be pursued by the American Battle Monuments Commission, who will reimburse the Belgian Government for the purchase price thereof and for any expenses occasioned by the acquisition.

ARTICLE 3. The said lands, as well as the monuments erected thereon, will be the property of the Belgian Government, who will grant to the Government of the United States without cost and in perpetuity the use and free disposal thereof.

ARTICLE 4. The lands acquired will be devoted in perpetuity to the purpose above mentioned, but the Belgian Government shall have no responsibility with respect to the maintenance or the preservation of the monuments and their accessories.

If, in the future, the monuments should disappear or fall into ruin as a result of abandonment that can be considered as definite, and after the Belgian Government has informed the Government of the United States of their condition sufficiently in time so as to permit the latter to remedy the same if it so desires, the Belgian Government shall no longer be bound to permit the said lands to remain unproductive in perpetuity and shall have the right to use them for other purposes.

ARTICLE 5. It is expressly agreed that the said lands can be divested of their special character for reasons of the public welfare or public utility, of which the Belgian Government alone shall be judge.

In such case, after having consulted the American Battle Monuments Commission or eventually the Secretary of War, the Belgian Government will undertake, as far as it is still practicable, to rebuild at its own expense at another place in its territory and under similar conditions the monuments erected upon the lands in question.

ARTICLE 6. The American Battle Monuments Commission or the organization which will eventually replace it will administer the land and monuments in perpetuity, in conformity with the Belgian laws and regulations, and will bear all expenses incident thereto so that the Belgian Government shall not be involved in any way.

ARTICLE 7. The Belgian Government will settle all difficulties which may arise with owners or tenants of adjoining lands; it will institute pursue any suit or sustain any defense concerning the properties acquired which may hereafter appear necessary. The cost involved and the amount of any possible judgments rendered against the Belgian Government will be repaid by the Government of the United States.

It is agreed, however, that settlement for damages caused by the personnel appointed by the Government of the United States for the maintenance and guarding of the American memorials or by the equipment belonging to it, will be undertaken by the representative appointed by that Government.

The present Accord is to be ratified by both Governments. The exchange of ratifications is to take place in Brussels.

In witness whereof the date, month and year above-mentioned, this Agreement has been signed in four copies, each copy having the same value and effect as an original, by the Government of the United States, represented by General John J. Pershing of the American Battle Monuments Commission, and the Royal Belgian Government, represented by Baron E. de Gaiffier d'Hestroy, Belgian Ambassador in Paris.

(Signed) John J. Pershing.

E. de Gaiffier.

And whereas the said Agreement has been duly ratified on both parts and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in Brussels on the 17th day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirty:

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Herbert Hoover, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Agreement 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 witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington this twenty-third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL] thirty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-fourth.

By the President:

J. P. Cotton, Acting Secretary of State.

Herbert Hoover.

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1935

SUPPLEMENTARY EXTRADITION CONVENTION

Signed at Washington, June 20, 1935; ratification advised by the Senate of the United States, August 24, 1935 (legislative day of July 29, 1935): ratified by the President of the United States, August 29, 1935; ratified by Belgium, August 19, 1935; ratifications exchanged at Brussels, October 7, 1935; proclaimed by the President of the United States, October 25, 1935

(Treaty Series, No. 900; 49 Statutes at Large, 3276)

The Governments of the United States of America and His Majesty the King of the Belgians, being desirous of enlarging the list of crimes on account of which extradition may be granted under the Convention concluded between the two countries on October 26, 1901, have resolved to conclude a Supplementary Convention for this purpose and have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries:

The President of the United States of America:

Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State of the United States of America; and

His Majesty the King of the Belgians:

Count Robert van der Straten Ponthoz, His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States of America; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon the following articles:

ARTICLE I. The following crimes and offenses are added to the list of crimes and offenses numbered 1 to 14 in Article II of the said Convention of October 26, 1901, on account of which extradition may be granted, that is to say;

15. Crimes and offenses committed in violation of legislation on bankruptcy.

16. Fraud or breach of trust on the part of a depositary, banker, agent, middleman, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, director or agent of any company or corporation, or on the part of any person occupying a position of trust.

ARTICLE II. The present Convention shall be considered as an integral part of the said Extradition Convention of October 26, 1901, and Article II of the last mentioned Convention shall be read as if the list of crimes and offenses therein contained had originally comprised the additional crimes and offenses specified and numbered 15 and 16 in the first article of the present Convention.

ARTICLE III. The present Convention shall be ratified by the High Contracting Parties in accordance with their respective constitutional methods and shall go into effect one month after the exchange of ratifications, which shall take place at Brussels, as soon as possible.

In witness whereof, the above named Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention, both in the English and French languages, and have hereunto affixed their seals.

Done in duplicate, at Washington, this twentieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five.

(Signed) Cordell Hull. Cte R. v. Straten.

BRAZIL

1923

AGREEMENT ACCORDING MUTUAL UNCONDITIONAL MOST-FAVOREDNATION TREATMENT IN CUSTOMS MATTERS

Signed October 18, 1923

(Treaty Series, No. 672; Not in the Statutes at Large)

[The Secretary of State to the Ambassador of Brazil.]

Department of State, Washington, October 18, 1923.

Excellency: I have the honor to communicate to Your Excellency my understanding of the views developed by the conversations which have recently taken place between the Governments of the United States and Brazil at Washington and Rio de Janeiro with reference to the treatment which shall be accorded by each country to the commerce of the other.

The conversations between the two Governments have disclosed a mutual understanding which is that in respect to customs and other duties and charges affecting importations of the products and manufactures of the United States into Brazil and of Brazil into the United States, each country will accord to the other unconditional most-favored-nation treatment, with the exception, however, of the special treatment which the United States accords or hereafter may accord to Cuba, and of the commerce between the United States and its dependencies and the Panama Canal Zone.

The true meaning and effect of this engagement is that, excepting only the special arrangements mentioned in the preceding paragraph, the natural, agricultural and manufactured products of the United States and Brazil will pay on their importation into the other country the lowest rates of duty collectible at the time of such importation on articles of the same kind when imported from any other country, and it is understood that, with the above mentioned exceptions, every decrease of duty now accorded or which hereafter may be accorded by the United States or Brazil by law, proclamation, decree, or commercial treaty or agreement to the products of any third power will become immediately applicable without request and without compensation to the products of Brazil and the United States, respectively, on their importation into the other country.

It is the purpose of the United States and Brazil and it is herein. expressly declared that the provisions of this arrangement shall relate only to duties and charges affecting importations of merchandise and that nothing contained herein shall be construed to restrict