August, 1908. 10 8 PANAMA-UNITED STATES. Final report of commissioners appointed in accordance with treaty signed at Washington, November 18, 1903 (For. rel., 1904). Claims. Diario oficial, September 12; B. A. R., December. UNITED STATES URUGUAY. Naturalization treaty signed at Montevideo. Ratification advised by the United States Senate, December 10. 12 JAPAN. Korean patent ordinance, Korean design ordinance, Korean trademark ordinance, Korean trade name ordinance, and Korean copyright ordinance promulgated. Also an ordinance relating to the protection of rights of patents, designs, trademarks, and of copyrights in the province of Kwantung and in other countries where Japan exercises extraterritorial jurisdiction. These ordinances took effect August 16, 1908. 19 19 19 21 26 COLOMBIA-GREAT BRITAIN. Colombian decree ratifying treaty COLOMBIA. Law ratifying sanitary convention signed at Washing- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY. Twelfth Congress at Stockholm. Adjourned August 30. Propriété industrielle, September 30, 1908; Dr. d'auteur, 21:154. See September 14, 1906. 28 COLOMBIA. Law No. 23 ratifying treaty signed at Mexico January 30, 1902, respecting arbitration of pecuniary claims. Signatory August, 1908. powers: Argentine Republic, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, United States and Uruguay. For. rel., 1905; Documents, ante, 1:303; B. del min. de rel. ext., 2:146, 155. 28 COLOMBIA. Law No. 24 ratifying convention signed at Mexico January 27, 1902, respecting exchange of official publications. Signatory powers: Argentine Republic, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Salvador, United States, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay. B. del min. de rel. ext., 2:148, 159. 29 COLOMBIA. Law No. 27 ratifying convention signed at Rio de Janeiro August 13, 1906, respecting pecuniary claims. B. del min. de rel. ext., 2:150, 164. 29 COLOMBIA. Law No. 28 ratifying convention signed at Rio de Janeiro August 13, 1906. Condition of naturalized citizens who renew residence in country of origin. B. del min. de rel. ext., 2:151, 166. September, 1908. 1 GREECE NORWAY. Direct money order exchange organized on the basis of the arrangement signed at Rome. L'Union postale, 33:176. 2 NETHERLANDS. Circular note to all governments represented at the second Hague conference, proposing, at the instance of the German and Italian governments, an international conference to meet at The Hague for the purpose of promoting uniform legislation concerning letters of exchange. U. S.: H. R. Doc., 1243, 60 Congress. 2 GUATEMALA. Decree setting September 15 for inauguration of the Central American Bureau provided for in the convention signed at Washington, December 20, 1907. El Guatemalteco, September 8. 3 NETHERLANDS VENEZUELA. Note of Netherlands to Venezuela. Netherlands states she will consider herself exonerated of the obligations of the protocol signed at The Hague, August 20, 1894 (State Papers, 86:543), if, after November 1, 1908, the Venezuelan decree of May 14, 1908, q. v., and the measures connected with September, 1908. it still operate against the Dutch colonies. El constitucional (Caracas), November 16; Documentos relativos á la cuestion venezolano-holandesa, edicion oficial, 1908, Caracas. The grievances of Venezuela are stated to be (1) the letter dated Caracas, April 9, 1908, from the Dutch minister to an Amsterdam commercial association, and published in Amsterdam in May; (2) disturbances committed by the populace of Curaçao against the house where the Venezuelan consulate was established and against the persons of its inmates; (3) omission of a salute by the Dutch warship Gelderland. The grievances of the Netherlands against Venezuela are: (1) embargo of ships; (2) measures against the commerce and navigation of Curaçao; (3) suppression of the exequaturs of Dutch consular functionaries. De Haseth Cz: Le différend entre la Holland et le Venezuela, Q. dipl., 26:407; Ga. oficial (Caracas), July 30; Documentos del General Cipriano Castro, 6:247. 8 FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR REPRESSION OF ADULTERATION OF ALIMENTARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS, at Geneva. Science, 27:475. 8 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR ABOLITION OF TRADE IN WHITE 8 SIXTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICANISTS met at 14 FRANCE ITALY. Ratifications exchanged at Rome of convention signed at Rome, July 18, 1907, supplementing the provisions of the convention signed July 16, 1899, relative to telephone service, and creating a service of notices of telephone calls. French decree promulgating, October 11. J. O., October 14; July 18. 15 Inauguration at Guatemala of International Central American Bureau. B. A. R., October: El Guatemalteco. September 8. INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ASTRONOMERS opens at Vienna. Mém. dipl. 15 15 BRAZIL NETHERLANDS. Ratifications exchanged at The Hague of September, 1908. Tumucumaque mountains from headwaters of Maroni river to those of Corentyne, near which the line meets the frontiers of French and British Guiana. 15 THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS at Oxford. Times, September 15, 21; Nation, October 1; The Oxford congress, Spectator, September 26. INTERPARLIAMENTARY UNION met at Berlin. 17 Fifteenth congress. Next congress at Quebec. Times, September 17, 21. 17 FRANCE. Decree. Administrative regulations of criminal jurisdiction in Siam in respect to French protégés of Asiatic origin. J. O., September 20; R. de dr. int. privé et de dr. pénal int., 4:851; Regelsperger: Le nouveau traité franco-siamois; R. gen. de dr. int. public, 25:24. 22 MOROCCO. German reply to the Franco-Spanish circular note of September 11 to the powers signatory to the Act of Algeciras, as to recognition of Mulai Hafid. The reply begins by recording the agreement of the German government in the principle that only interests common to all the powers ought to be taken into account in determining the conditions on which Mulai Hafid should be recognized. Subject thereto, Germany does not object to the suggestion that certain guarantees required by those interests should be demanded of Mulai Hafid. It is her view, however, that the demand should be made by the doyen of the whole diplomatic corps at Tangier. With regard to the guarantees to be demanded, Germany has no objection to offer to the demand that Mulai Hafid must recognize the Algeciras Act as well as the measures taken to give effect to its application, with the reservation that such measures be legal under Moroccan State law. Doc. dipl., Affaires du Maroc, IV, 1907-1908. The Franco-Spanish note to Mulai Hafid was handed to Morocco at Tangier, November 19. By definitively accepting this note, approved by the powers signatory to the Act of Algeciras, and fixing the conditions on which these powers consent to recognize him. Mulai Hafid confirms the Act of Algeciras, confirms the other treaties and engagements of the magzhen, confirms the powers of the Casablanca indemnity commission, undertakes to pay its judgments, and disavows a holy war. Moreover, France and Spain preserve the right to make direct demand for settlement of their special September, 1908. interests, notably reimbursement of military expenses and indemnity for murders of their nationals. 22 INTERNATIONAL LAW ASSOCIATION. Twenty-fifth congress at Budapest. See August 29, 1907. The most important result of the congress is an elaborate international scheme, consisting of twentyseven rules, to govern the law relating to bills of exchange. 22 FOURTH INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES CONGRESS opened at Washington. Previous congresses were held in Paris, 1900; St. Petersburg, 1902, and Vienna, 1905. B. A. R., June. 22 TWELFTH INTERNATIONAL PRESS CONGRESS opened at Berlin. Mém. dipl., September 27; Diplomacy and the press, Spectator, September 26. See September 22, 1907. INTERNATIONAL. Ratifications deposited at Berne of the convention signed at Berne September 19, 1906, by Austria, Hungary, Belgium, Germany, France, Denmark, Italy, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Roumania, Russia, and Switzerland. The second convention additional to the international convention signed at Berne October 14, 1890 (N. R. G., 19:289; State Papers, 82:771, 796), on railroad transportation of freight. French decree promulgating, October 17, 1908. J. O., October 24; Reichs-G., 1908, No. 53. 23 NETHERLANDS-PERU. Ratifications exchanged at Lima of consular convention signed at Lima September 25, 1907, q. v. Staatsb., 1908, No. 303. Dutch decree proclaiming, September 28, 1908. See January 16, 1908. BULGARIA-TURKEY. Turkish note presented to Bulgaria respecting occupation of the Oriental Railways in Bulgaria by Bulgarian troops. Observes that the occupation is an infringement of the rights of property of Turkey in the railway and that these rights are guaranteed by the treaty of Berlin. Requests Bulgarian government to give necessary orders for evacuation of the line and delivery to the company. The Bulgarian government replied September 24, stating that the transfer of the line and its working by them were a consequence of the strike and had taken place with concurrence of the company, and that restoration to the company is a question that will be arranged between Bulgaria and the company. The protest of the company, dated October 10, appears in J. des débats, October 18. |