Done in Washington on the 20th day of July, in the year nineteer hundred and fourteen. And whereas the said Treaty has been duly ratified on both parts and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the City of Washington on the twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen; Now, therefore, be it known that I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty 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 twenty-sixth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred [SEAL.] and fifteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-ninth. By the President: W. J. BRYAN Secretary of State. WOODROW WILSON MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT, JOSÉ BATLLE Y ORDÓÑEZ, TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. File No. 833.032/12. No. 845.] Chargé Schoenfeld to the Secretary of State. AMERICAN LEGATION, Montevideo, February 26, 1915. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith the official text of the presidential message. I beg leave respectfully to call the Department's attention to the statement making special mention of the high appreciation in which Minister Nicolay A. Grevstad was held by the Government. Minister Grevstad is described to have won high regard because of "his intelligent and serene activity, inspired in the highest ideals of American solidarity." I have [etc.] H. F. ARTHUR SCHOENFELD. [Inclosure Extract.] Several changes have been made in the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Republic, and the Government desires especially to record its high regard for some of those representatives, such as the Minister of the United States, Mr. Nicolay A. Grevstad, for his calm and intelligent procedure, inspired by the highest ideals of American solidarity. INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS, CONFERENCES AND CONGRESSES HELD IN THE UNITED STATES. PANAMA-CALIFORNIA INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. Held at San Diego, Cal., December 31, 1914, through 1915. [For reports and publications on the exposition, see catalogue of Library of Congress.] PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. Held at San Francisco, Cal., February 20-December 4, 1915. [For reports and publications on the exposition, see catalogue of Library of Congress.] FIRST PAN-AMERICAN FINANCIAL CONFERENCE, AND INTERNATIONAL HIGH COMMISSION ON UNIFORM LEGISLATION. Held at Washington, D. C., May 24-29, 1915. [Printed copy of report of the proceedings filed in the Bureau of Rolls and Library of the Department of State, JX 1424, Fi 491, 1915. (See also Circulars.) INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON EDUCATION. Held at Oakland, Cal., August 16-28, 1915. [For report on the congress, see Library of Congress, E 15–2557.] SECOND PAN-AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS. Held at Washington, D. C., December 27, 1915 to January 6, 1916. [Printed copy of the report of the proceedings filed in the Bureau of Rolls and Library of the Department of State, A. S. 4, P2, 1915a.] 1310 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS. CONVENTION AND FINAL PROTOCOL BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER POWERS FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE ABUSE OF OPIUM AND OTHER DRUGS.1 Signed at The Hague, January 23, 1912, and July 9, 1913; ratification advised by the Senate, October 18, 1913; ratified by the President, October 27, 1913; ratification of the United States deposited with the Netherlands Government, December 10, 1913; proclaimed, March 3, 1915. Treaty Series No. 612.] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a Convention between the United States of America and certain other Powers for the progressive suppression of the abuse of opium, morphine, cocaine, and derivative drugs, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at The Hague on the twenty-third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, a certified copy of which Convention, being in the French language is word for word as follows: [Here follows the text, in French, of the International Opium Convention of January 23, 1912. This is followed by the text of the Final Protocol of the First International Opium Conference, of the same date, also in French. Translations of both were printed in For. Rel. 1912; that of the convention at pp. 196-204, and of the protocol at pp. 193-196.] And whereas a Final Protocol making certain recommendations was signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at The Hague, on the ninth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, a certified copy of which Final Protocol, being in the French language, is word for word as follows: [Here follows the French text of the Final Protocol of the Second International Opium Conference, dated July 9, 1913. A translation thereof was printed in For. Rel. 1914, pp. 924, 925.] And whereas, the said Convention and Final Protocol have been ratified by the Government of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by the Governments of China and the Netherlands, and the ratifications of the said Governments were deposited by their respective Plenipotentiaries with the Government of the Netherlands; Now, therefore, be it known that I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention and Final Protocol, 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. 1 See Netherlands: Third International Opium Conference, etc. 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 third day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-ninth. WOODROW WILSON. By the President: W. J. BRYAN Secretary of State. NOTE. Following the above proclamation is the official translation of the convention and the two protocols. These and the abovementioned translations in For. Rel. 1912 and 1914 are identical. 1 attempted, of the capitulations by Turkey__ Address, annual, of the President to Congress- Advisers, political, financial, and military, in China. See China; rela- tions between China and Japan. Agreements. See Treaties. American citizens, expatriation of, by enlistment in foreign armies__---- China: infringement of trade-mark of the Chesebrough Manufacturing 231 killing of Corporal Maurice Langdon, U. S. Army, in the riot of 1194 payment of an indemnity for the death of William T. Harrison, 1240 American claims. See Claims. American marines, landing in Haiti 476 American National Red Cross, Huai River conservancy. 212 665, 672, 679, 689, 700, 728, 730, 762. American trade-marks, infringement in China First Pan American Financial Conference and High Commission. 231 1183 message of President Victorino de la Plaza to the Congress____ 28 Armies, foreign, enlistment of Americans in_____. 25 Arms and ammunition, embargo on the exportation from Dominican 490 Arms and ammunition, embargo on the exportation to Mexico. 780 772, 780 purchase or manufacture by China. See China; relations between Arrangement. See Treaties. Arrest of foreign consular officers in the United States. Assault cases on American citizens in Panama: riot at Cocoa Grove July 4, 1912_ protocol of arbitration__. 93072°-F B 1915--83 404 1162 1183 1313 |