March, 1914. ing countries have signed similar treaties: Salvador, Honduras, Paraguay, Guatemala, Panama, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Portugal, Persia, Bolivia, Denmark, Switzerland, and Costa Rica. See: this Journal, 7:823. 5 CHINA-GREAT BRITAIN. The British Chinese Corporation has been granted the right to construct 500 miles of railway from Nanking to Nanchange and Changsha. Herald, March 6, 1914. 5 CHINA-FRANCE. The Sino-French Banque Industrielle has been granted the construction of the Peking tramways. Herald, March 6, 1914. 6 SWEDEN-UNITED STATES. Agreement extending the duration of the arbitration convention of May 2, 1908. Signed, June 28, 1913; ratified by Sweden August 29, 1913; ratification advised by the Senate February 21, 1914; ratifications exchanged March 6, 1914; proclaimed by the United States, March 6, 1914. English and French texts: U. S., Treaty series, No. 585. 9 GREAT BRITAIN-UNITED STATES. The third sitting of the Tribunal constituted under the treaty of Aug. 10, 1910, for the settlement of all outstanding pecuniary claims between the two countries was begun March 9, in the Carnegie Institution, Washington, D. C. The Tribunal will sit until May 2, and the following cases will be heard: The Newclewang, The Wanderer, The Favorite, The Kate, Thomas F. Bayard, Jessie, Pescawha, The Coquitlan, Lord Nelson, Gadenhead, Great Northwestern Telegraph Company, Frederick Gerring, Jr., The Argonaut, The Col. Jonas H. French, David J. Adams, Tattler, Cuba Submarine Cable Company, Eastern Extension Cable Company, Home Missionary Society, Adolf G. Studer, Hemming, Sedra and William Webster. 15 SERVIA-TURKEY. Treaty signed concerning status of Moslems, etc., in ceded territories. Servia undertakes to protect Moslem cemeteries, to protect specially the shrine of Sultan Murad the Victorious and to make no distinction between Moslems and Christians in the territories ceded. Finally Servia has agreed to allow former Ottoman subjects three years in which to opt whether they will adopt Servian nationality. In a letter appended to the treaty the Porte agrees to grant Servian residents March, 1914. of Turkey every facility possible to opt Servian nationality during the same time. Times, March 16, 1914. 17 FIFTH PAN AMERICAN CONFERENCE. Announcement made that the Fifth Pan American Conference which was to have been held in September in Santiago de Chile, would not meet before the end of November. N. Y. Herald, March 18, 1914. 18 CHINA. It was announced that Mr. W. W. Rockhill, recently American Ambassador to Turkey had accepted the position of Foreign Adviser of China. His duties will be to represent China abroad. N. Y. Herald, March 18, 1914; this Journal, 7:833. 21 UNITED STATES-VENEZUELA. Treaty signed following the lines. of the Peace Plan of the Secretary of State. It omits the agreement as to the status quo of armaments. Washington Post, March 24, 1914; this Journal, 7:833. 25 COSTA RICA-UNITED STATES. The United States Senate advised and consented to the ratification of the arbitration treaty signed Jan. 13, 1909, renewing for a further period of five years the arbitration treaty which expired. INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS ADHESIONS, RATIFICATIONS AND DENUNCIATIONS AUTOMOBILES. Paris, October 11, 1909. Adhesion: Great Britain for Jersey and Guernsey. Jan. 8, 1914. Monit., CIVIL PROCEDURE. The Hague, July 17, 1905. Adhesions: Denmark (R) for Danish Antilles. Jan. 17, 1913. Spain, March 7, 1913. Roumania, March 30, 1913. Russia, April 19, 1913. French text: Martens (3), 7:243, 912. COLLISIONS AND SALVAGE AT SEA. Brussels, September 23, 1910. Brazil, Dec. 31, 1913. Monit., Jan. 14, 1914; J. O., Jan. 29, Greece, Nov. 22, 1913. R. gén. de dr. int. pub., 20:752. Japan, Jan. 14, 1914. R. gén. de dr. int. pub., 20:752. Sweden, Nov. 5, 1913. R. gén. de dr. int. pub., 20:752. HAGUE CONVENTIONS. 1907. Ratifications: Brazil, Conventions I-XI, XIII. J. O., 1914:1990. Liberia, Conventions I-XI, XIII. J. O., 1914:2114. LITERARY AND ARTISTIC PROPERTY. Berne, September 9, 1886; Berlin, Nov. 8, 1908. Adhesion: Great Britain for Newfoundland (R), July 1, 1912, Papua and Norfolk Island, Feb. 1, 1913, Isle of Man. R. gén. de dr. int. pub., 20:751. French text: J. O., July 28, 1912; Reichs-G., 1913:759; J. O., 1914:2290. PECUNIARY CLAIMS. Buenos Aires, 1910. The convention agreeing to submit all pecuniary claims to arbitration, signed January 31, 1902, at Mexico and extended by the treaty signed at Rio de Janeiro August 13, 1906, expired Dec. 31, 1912. The treaty signed at Buenos Aires, August 11, 1910, provided that the treaty should remain in force indefinitely, or, be denounced by two years' notice on the part of any of the nations. It was signed by the United States, Argentine Republic, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Salvador, Uruguay and Venezuela. The United States Senate advised and consented to the ratification of this treaty on February 15, 1911, but the ratification has not yet been made by the President. Ratifications: Honduras, January 15, 1914. Ga. de Costa Rica, Jan. 17, 1914. PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW. The Hague, June 12, 1902. Denunciations: France denounced the Hague convention relating to marriage, guardianship and divorce, Nov. 12, 1913. R. gén. de dr. int. pub., 20:750. PUBLIC HYGIENE. Rome, December 9, 1907. Adhesions: Argentine Republic, Bolivia, Algeria, Great Britain, with RADIOTELEGRAPH. London, July 5, 1912. Ratifications: France. French law promulgating, Jan. 17, 1914. J. O., 1914: 538. WHITE SLAVERY. Convention, May 4, 1910. Adhesions: Portgual. 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