LEGACIÓN DE PANAMÁ.

WASHINGTON

The undersigned, J. E. LEFEVRE, Chargé d'Affaires of the Republic of Panama at Washington, duly authorized thereto, in virtue. of a reciprocal Declaration made by W. J. BRYAN, Secretary of State of the United States of America, does hereby declare that from and after June 1, 1913, and until the expiration of one month after the date on which either the Republic of Panama or the United States of America shall give notice of the withdrawal of said Declaration, the consuls of the United States of America in the Republic of Panama shall be permitted to take note in person, or through their authorized representatives, of the declaration made by shippers before the customs officers of the Republic of Panama in which they state the value of the merchandise exported to the United States of America. The consuls of the United States of America shall be given certified copies of the said declarations when requested by them. J. E. LEFEVRE, Chargé d'Affaires of the Republic of Panama.

[SEAL]

WASHINGTON, April 17, 1913.

1914.

ARRANGEMENT EFFECTED BY EXECUTIVE DECREE OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA Granting tHE UNITED STATES CONTROL OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHIC STATIONS IN PANAMA.

Decree signed at Panama August 29, 1914.

File No. 819.74/62.

No. 265.]

(Foreign Relations, 1914, pp. 1051–1052.)

Minister Price to the Secretary of State.

[Extract.]

AMERICAN LEGATION, Panama, September 2, 1914. SIR: Referring to my telegram of date of August 29, which reported the signing by the President of Panama on that date of a satisfactory decree conceding permanent and complete control to the United States of the radiotelegraph situation in the territory and territorial waters of Panama, I have the honor to inclose herewith a certified copy of said decree (being No. 130 of 1914) and its translation.

On last Monday I transmitted a note to Sr. Lefevre, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Panama, expressing to him and through him to

his Government gratification and appreciation for this action on the part of Panama.

I have [etc.],

WM. JENNINGS PRICE.

[Inclosure Translation.]

Decree No. 130 of 1914, by which an authorization is ceded to the United States of America for the control of radiotelegraphic

communication.

The President of the Republic, in the exercise of his legal pow-ers, and considering:

That by the terms of the Bunau-Varilla-Hay treaty the Republic of Panama is obliged to assist the United States by all necessary and suitable measures for the conservation, protection, and defenseof the interoceanic canal constructed across the Isthmus;

That the said Government considers it indispensable to this end! that it shall assume from now on permanent and complete control of the wireless telegraphic stations, fixed and movable, in all the territory and territorial waters of the Republic of Panama; and

That it is to the interest and for the safety of the Republic of Panama that wireless communication be controlled and regulated by the Nation which by a solemn pact has guaranteed its independence; It is decreed: From this date the radiotelegraphic stations fixed. and movable and everything relating to wireless communications in the territory and territorial waters of Panama shall be under the complete and permanent control of the United States of America; and to attain that end said Government will take the measures which it deems necessary.

Let it be communicated and published.

Done at Panama this 29th day of August, 1914.

The Secretary of Government and Justice,

JUAN B. SOSA.

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BELISARIO PORRAS.

The Secretary of State to Minister Price.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 15, 1914.

SIR: The Department of State acknowledges the receipt of your dispatch No. 265, dated September 2, 1914, in which you report the signing by the President of Panama, on August 29, of a satisfactory decree conceding control to the United States of the radio telegraph in the Republic of Panama.

The department desires to express to you its gratification at the successful termination of this matter, which has for so long been the subject of negotiations between the two Governments.

I am [etc.]

ROBERT LANSING (For the Secretary of State).

1914.

BOUNDARY CONVENTION.

Signed at Panama September 2, 1914; ratification advised by the Senate October 22, 1914; ratified by the President January 4, 1915; ratified by Panama February 8, 1915; ratifications exchanged at Panama February 11, 1915; proclaimed February 18, 1915.

(Treaty Series, No. 610; 38 Statutes at Large, 1893.)

Whereas, Gen. George W. Davis, then Governor of the Canal Zone, on behalf of the United States of America, and Messrs. Tomás Arias and Ramón Valdés López, then Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Attorney General, respectively, of the Republic of Panama, acting on behalf of that Republic, entered into an agreement on the 15th day of June, 1904,1 by the terms of which the Republic of Panama delivered over to the United States of America, the use. occupation, and control in perpetuity of the zone of land ten miles in width described and mentioned in articles II and III of the Canal Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Panama, dated November 18, 1903,2 and the boundary lines of said zone, as well as those of the cities of Panama and Colon and their adjacent harbors, were subsequently located upon the ground and monumented:

And, whereas, the President of the Republic of Panama, by decree number 46 of May 17, 1912, delivered over to the United States the use, occupation, and control of the areas of land to be covered by the waters of Lake Gatun and all that part of the shores of the lake up to an elevation of one hundred feet above sea level, in conformity with articles II and III of said Canal Treaty:

And whereas, since the promulgation of said decree of May 17, 1912, the United States, in conformity with the said articles of said Treaty, have taken over the use, occupation, and control of the islands in said Lake Gatun and the peninsulas bordering on said

1 For text see p. 2752.

2 For text see Vol. II, p. 1349.

lake to which there is no access except from said lake or from lands within the jurisdiction of the Canal Zone;

Now, therefore, the Government of the United States and the Republic of Panama being desirous to establish permanently the boundary lines of the above-mentioned lands and waters so taken over by the United States, to that end have resolved to enter into the following agreement, for which purpose the President of the United States of America has commissioned His Excellency William Jennings Price, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Government of Panama, and the Presi dent of the Republic of Panama has commissioned His Excellency Ernesto T. Lefevre, Secretary of State in the office of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Panama, who, having exchanged their respective full powers, have entered into the following boundary convention:

I.

It is agreed that the boundary lines of the zone of land of ten miles in width described in article II of the said Canal Treaty shall remain as defined and established by the agreement of June the 15th, 1904, above mentioned, and subsequently located on the ground and monumented as shown by exhibit "A" accompanying this Convention,1 with the modifications hereinafter set out in respect to the cities of Panama and Colon and their adjacent harbors.

II.

In conformity with articles II and III of said Treaty the rights of the United States to the use, occupation, and control of the areas to be covered by the waters of Gatun Lake and all that part of the shores of the lake up to an elevation of one hundred feet above mean sea level, and the islands in said lake, is hereby recognized, and in like manner the right of the United States to the use, occupation, and control of the peninsulas bordering on said lake to which there is no access except over lands of the Canal Zone or from the waters of Gatun Lake, is hereby recognized.

The one hundred feet contour line above referred to, as well as the peninsulas above mentioned, shall be conveniently monumented and marked upon the ground by the United States, with the intervention of a representative or representatives of the Republic of Panama designated for that purpose, and sketched upon a special map.

III.

It is agreed that the permanent boundary line betweeen the City of Panama and the Canal Zone shall be as follows:

Beginning at a concrete monument located above high water mark on the shore of Panama Bay, south of the Balboa Road on the slope of the headland called "Punta Mala," and north thirty-two degrees and thirty minutes west (N. 32° 30′ W.) and one hundred and fifty (150) meters from about the center of an island called "Gavilan."

From the above concrete monument (marked "A" on the map) the boundary line runs north twenty degrees and two minutes

1 Not printed in Treaty Series, No. 610.

east (N. 20° 2′ E.) six hundred and thirty-three and seven-tenths (633.7) meters to a concrete monument (marked "B" on the map) located at the intersection of the easterly line of the Zone Boundary road, and the northerly line of the road leading from Panama to Balboa; thence north thirty-six degrees and forty-two minutes east (N. 36° 42′ E.) nine hundred and sixty-six and eighty-five hundredths (966.85) meters to a concrete monument (marked "C" on the map) on the northerly side of the road leading to Ancon Hospital grounds; thence north three degrees and nineteen minutes east (N. 3° 19′ E.) one hundred and forty-eight and forty-six one-hundredths (148.46) meters to an iron rail property monument; thence north eight degrees and fourteen minutes, and forty seconds west (N. 8° 14′ 40′′ W.) one hundred and fifty-one and thirty-three one-hundredths meters (151.33) to a point; thence north thirty-seven degrees and forty-five minutes east (N. 37° 45′ E.) fourteen and thirty-three one-hundredths meters to a point in the road on the present boundary line; thence along said present boundary north no degrees and forty-seven minutes west (N. 0° 47′ W.) sixty-six and forty-four one-hundredths meters (66.44) to a point; thence north seventy-six degrees and fifty-nine minutes east (N. 76° 59' E.) forty-two and forty-five one-hundredths (42.45) meters to a point; thence south seventy-two degrees and eleven minutes east (S. 72° 11′ E.) one hundred and fifty-nine and twentyseven one-hundredths (159.27) meters to a point near Calidonia Bridge; thence north three degrees and eight minutes east (N. 3° 8' E.) crossing the Panama Railroad Company's tracks, seventyseven and three-tenths (77.3) meters to a point twelve and twotenths (12.2) meters from the center line of the main track of the said Panama Railroad; thence parallel to the said railroad in a north-westerly direction, two hundred and ninety and five-tenths (290.5) meters to a point on the present boundary line; thence north forty-nine degrees, thirteen minutes and ten seconds west (N. 49° 13' 10" W.) and one hundred and sixty-five and thirty-seven onehundredths (165.37) meters to an iron rail monument, twelve and three tenths meters from the center of the main line track of the Panama Railroad; thence north forty-six degrees, thirty-nine minutes and thirty seconds west (N. 46° 39′ 30′ W.) two hundred and twenty and four one-hundredths (220.04) meters to a Panama Railroad Boundary monument twenty-two and one-tenth (22.1) meters from the center line of Panama Railroad main line track; thence north forty-nine degrees and fourteen minutes west (N. 49° 14' W.) and parallel with the Panama Railroad track two hundred and ninety and thirty-six one-hundredths (290.36) meters to Rio Curundu; thence following the course of Rio Curundu upstream to a point (marked "E" on the map) where the said Rio Curundu is intersected by a straight line drawn through the point of intersection on the canal axis (marked "Cocoli" on the map) perpendicular to that part of the Canal axis of A. D. 1906 which extends in a straight line southeasterly from the said point marked "Cocoli " to the point of intersection (marked "Bay" on the map) the former point of intersection being situated between Miraflores and Corozal, and the latter point in Ancon Harbor; thence from "E" north sixty-three degrees and thirty minutes east (N. 63° 30′ E.) two