In a series of meetings held from the 1st of December, 1911, to the 23rd of January, 1912, the Conference determined upon the text of Convention hereto annexed: The Conference has further expressed the following wishes: I. The Conference is of the opinion that there is reason to draw the attention of the Universal Postal Union: 1° to the urgency of regulating the transmission by post of raw Opium; 2° to the necessity of regulating, so far as possible, the transmission by post of Morphine and Cocaine and their respective salts, and of the other substances contemplated by Article 14 of the Convention; 3° to the necessity of prohibiting the transmission of prepared Opium by the post. II. The Conference is of the opinion that it is advisable to study the question of Indian Hemp from the statistical and scientific standpoint, with a view to regulating its misuse, should the necessity therefore make itself felt, by domestic legislation or by an international agreement. In testimony whereof, the Plenipotentiaries have affixed their signatures to the present Protocol. Done at The Hague, the 23rd day of January, 1912, in a single copy, which shall remain deposited in the Archives of the Government of the Netherlands, and copies of which, certified and conforming thereto, shall be delivered through the diplomatic channel to all the Powers represented at the Conference. 1 Pour l'Allemagne Pour les Etats-Unis Pour la Chine_. Pour la Grande. Pour le Japon_ Pour les Pays-Bas Pour la Perse__ Pour la Russie.. Pour le Siam__. F. DE MÜLLER. W. G. MAX MÜLLER. C. TH. VAN DEVENTER. MIRZA MAHMOUD KHAN, ANTONIO MARIA BARTHOLOMEU FERREIRA. AKHARAJ VARADHARA. WM. J. ARCHER. 1 The signatures are reprinted from the French original. FINAL PROTOCOL OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL OPIUM CONFER ENCE-1913. (Treaty Series No. 612; 38 Statutes at Large, 1937.) [Translation.] The Second International Opium Conference, convoked by the Government of the Netherlands in virtue of Article 23 of the International Opium Convention, met at The Hague, in the Palace of the Counts, July 1, 1913. The Governments enumerated below took part in the Conference, for which they had designated the following-named delegates. (Here follow names of Governments and delegates.) In a series of meetings held from the 1st to the 9th the conference after examination of the question put before it by paragraph 2 of Article 23 of the International Opium Convention of January 23, 1912 I. Decided that ratifications may be deposited from this moment. II. Unanimously adopted the following resolution: "Desirous of following up in the path opened by the international commission of Shanghai of 1909 and the first conference of 1912 at The Hague, the progressive suppression of the abuse of opium, morphine, cocaine, as well as of drugs prepared with or derived from those substances, and deeming it more than ever necessary and mutually advantageous to have an international agreement on that point, the Second International Conference "1. Utters a wish that the Government of the Netherlands be pleased to call to the attention of the Governments of Austria-Hungary, Norway, and Sweden the fact that the signature, ratification, drawing up of legislative measures, and putting the convention into force constitute four distinct stages which permit of those powers giving their supplemental signatures even now. "Indeed, it is seen from articles 23 and 24 that a period of six months is allowed to run between the going into effect of the convention and the drawing up of the bills, regulations, and other measures contemplated in the convention. Furthermore, the third paragraph of article 24 gives the contracting powers the liberty to reach an argeement, after ratification, upon the date on which the said legislative measures shall go into effect. Besides we can not refrain from remarking that the difficulties foreseen by Austria-Hungary, Norway, and Sweden with respect to their legislation were not unknown to the delegates of the signatory powers and were subjected to thorough consideration on the part of the twelve contracting powers. Nearly all the signatory powers are in the same situation as the abovementioned Governments and have not yet elaborated all the bills contemplated by the convention. "2. Utters the wish that the Government of the Netherlands be pleased to communicate to the Governments of Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, Peru, Roumania, Servia, Turkey, and Uruguay the following resolution: "The conference regrets that some Governments have refused or neglected to sign the convention as yet. The conference is of opinion. that the abstention of those powers would prove a most serious ob29479-S. Doc. 348, 67-4- -37 struction to the humane purposes aimed at by the convention. The conference expresses its firm hope that those powers will desist from their negative or dilatory attitude.' "3. Utters the wish that the Government of the Netherlands be pleased to point out to the Helvetic Government its error in deeming its cooperation to be of hardly any value. Contrary to what is said in the Federal Council's letter of October 25, 1912, the conference holds that Switzerland's cooperation would be most serviceable in its effect, whereas her abstention would jeopardize the results of the convention. As to the question raised by the Federal Council concerning the respective powers of the Federal and Canton Legislatures, it is to be noted that similar difficulties were already considered by the first conference, which took them into account in wording the convention. "4. Requests the signatory Governments to instruct their representatives abroad to uphold the above-indicated action of their Netherland colleagues." III. Utters the wish that in case the signature of all the powers invited by virtue of paragraph 1 of article 23 shall not have been secured by the 31st of December, 1913, the Government of the Netherlands will immediately invite the signatory powers on that date to designate delegates to take up the question whether it is possible to put the International Opium Convention of January 23, 1912, into operation. In faith whereof the delegates have affixed their signatures to the present protocol. Done at The Hague, the ninth of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, in one copy that shall remain deposited in the archives of the Government of the Netherlands and certified copies of which shall be delivered through the diplomatic channel to all the powers. whether or not signatory. JORJE HUNEEUS. W. W. YEN. WU LIEN TEH. CHR. HISCHEMÖLLER. MANUEL M. DE PERALTA. ---W. GREVENKOP CASTENSKJOLD. Do- J. LAMARCHE. JORJE HUNEEUS. MANUEL G. DE ACILU. Pour la Grande-Bretagne. WILLIAM JOB COLLINS. 1 The signatures are reprinted from the French original. The Third International Opium Conference, convoked by the Government of the Netherlands in accordance with the third resolution of the Second Conference, met at The Hague, in the Hall of the Knights, on the 15th of June, 1914. The Governments hereinafter enumerated participated in the conference, for which they had appointed the following delegates: Germany: His Excellency M. Felix von Müller, privy counsellor, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at The Hague, delegate. United States of America: His Excellency Mr. Henry van Dyke, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at The Hague, delegate; Mr. Charles Denby, consul general at Vienna, delegate. Argentine Republic: Dr. François de Veyga, honorary professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Buenos Aires, inspector general of the sanitary service of the Argentine Army (S. R.), delegate. Belgium: His Excellency Baron Albéric Fallon, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at The Hague, delegate. United States of Brazil: His excellency M. José Pereira da Graça Aranha, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at The Hague, delegate. Chile: His Excellency M. Jorje Hunneeus, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Brussels and at The Hague, delegate. China: His excellency M. Yen Hui-Ch'ing, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Berlin, delegate; his Excellency M. T'ang Tsai-fou, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at The Hague, delegate. Denmark: M. J. G. de Grevenkop Castenskjold, minister resident at Brussels and at The Hague, delegate. Dominican Republic: His Excellency Dr. José Lamarche, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, delegate. Ecuador: M. Miguel A. Seminaro, chargé d'affaires at Brussels, delegate. Spain: His Excellency D. Fernando Osorio y Elola, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at The Hague, delegate. France: His Excellency M. Marcellin Pellet, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at The Hague, delegate. Great Britain: Mr. William Grenfell Max Müller, C. B., M. V. O., counsellor of embassy, consul general at Budapest, delegate; Sir William J. Collins, K. C. V. O., M. D., F. R. C. S., former chairman of the London County Council, delegate. Guatemala: M. José Maria Lardizabal chargé d'affaires at Paris and The Hague, delegate. Haiti: M. Stenio Vincent, chargé d'affaires at The Hague, delegate. Italy: His Excellency Count Joseph Sallier de la Tour, Duke of Calvello, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at The Hague, delegate. Japan: His Excellency M. Aimaro Sato, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at The Hague, delegate. Luxemburg: His Excellency Baron Albéric Fallon, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Brussels and at The Hague, delegate. United States of Mexico: His Excellency M. Carlos Pereya, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Brussels and The Hague, delegate. Montenegro: M. H. Mendes da Costa, consul general at Amsterdam, delegate. The Netherlands: M. J. T. Cremer, former minister of the colonies, former president of the Netherlands Society of Commerce, member of the First Chamber of the States General, first delegate; Dr. C. Th. van Deventer, member of the Second Chamber of the States General, delegate; M. A. A. de Jongh, former inspector general, head of the opium monopoly in the Dutch Indies, burgomaster of Hoorn, delegate. Persia Mirza Mahmoud Kahn. chargé d'affaires at The Hague, delegate. Portugal: His Excellency M. Antonio Maria Bartholomeu Ferreira, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at The Hague, delegate; Maj. A. A. Sanches de Miranda, a former colonial governor, delegate of the ministry of the colonies. Rumania: His Excellency M. Charles M. Mitilineu, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at The Hague, delegate. Russia: His Excellency M. A. Swétchine, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at The Hague, delegate. Siam: His Excellency Phya Sudham Maitri, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at London and The Hague, delegate; Mr. William J. Archer, counselor of legation at London and The Hague, delegate. Sweden: His Excellency M. C. F. de Klercker, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Brussels and The Hague, delegate. |