engage not to conclude peace separately during the present war. The three Governments agree that when terms of peace come to be discussed, no one of the Allies will demand conditions of peace without the previous agreement of each of the other Allies. In faith whereof the undersigned have signed this Declaration and have affixed thereto their seals. Done at London, in triplicate, this 5th day of September, 1914. (L.S.) E. GREY, His Britannic Majesty's Secretary (L.S.) (L.S.) ordinary and Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of Russia. TREATY between Great Britain and the Netherlands relating to the Extradition of Fugitive Criminals between certain British Protectorates and the Netherlands.-Signed at The Hague, August 17, 1914.* [Ratifications exchanged at The Hague, November 20, 1914.] His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, considering it advisable to regulate by a Treaty the extradition of fugitive criminals between certain British Protectorates and the territories of Her said Majesty, have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries for this purpose: His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India: H. G. Chilton, Esq., his Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at The Hague; Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands: the Jonkheer J. Loudon, Her Majesty's Minister for Foreign Affairs; Who, being duly authorized thereto, have agreed to and concluded the following Articles : ART. I. The provisions of the Extradition Treaty between Great Britain and the Netherlands, signed on the 26th September, 1898,† shall apply to extradition between the territories Treaty Series No. 18 (1914)." Signed also in the Dutch language. + Vol. XC, page 51. of Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands and the undermentioned British Protectorates, equally as if these Protectorates were foreign possessions of His Britannic Majesty. The said Protectorates are: Bechuanaland Protectorate. East Africa Protectorate. Protectorate of the Gambia. Protectorate of Nigeria. Gilbert and Ellice Islands Protectorate. Northern Rhodesia. The Northern Territories of the Gold Coast. Nyasaland. Sierra Leone Protectorate. Solomon Islands Protectorate. Somaliland Protectorate. Southern Rhodesia. Swaziland. Uganda Protectorate. II. For the purposes of the application of the Treaty of the 26th September, 1898, the natives of the above-mentioned Protectorates shall be regarded as British subjects. III. Requisitions for extradition under the present Treaty shall, saving the exception to be mentioned below, be made in accordance with the provisions of Article XVIII of the Treaty of the 26th September, 1898, as if the said Protectorates were foreign possessions of His Britannic Majesty. In deviation from Article XVIII of the said Treaty, the period of provisional arrest shall be three months. IV. The present Treaty shall be ratified and the acts of ratification shall be exchanged as soon as possible. The Treaty shall come into operation three months after the acts of ratification shall have been exchanged. It shall remain in force as long as the Extradition Treaty between Great Britain and the Netherlands, signed on the 26th September, 1898, remains in force. It shall lapse with the termination of that Treaty. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this Treaty and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms. Done in duplicate at The Hague, the 17th day of August, 1914. (L.S.) H. G. CHILTON. (L.S.) J. LOUDON. CONVENTION between Great Britain and Norway renewing for a further period of Five Years the Arbitration Convention of August 11, 1904.-Signed at London, November 9, 1914.* His Majesty the King of Norway and His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, signatories of the Convention for the pacific settlement of international disputes, concluded at The Hague on the 29th July, 1899† Taking into consideration that by Article XIX of that Convention the High Contracting Parties have reserved to themselves the right of concluding agreements, with a view to referring to arbitration all questions which they shall consider possible to submit to such treatment, Have named as their Plenipotentiaries : His Majesty the King of Norway: M. Benjamin Vogt, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of His Britannic Majesty; and His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India: the Right Honourable Sir Edward Grey, a Baronet of the United Kingdom, a Member of Parliament, His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows: ART. I. The High Contracting Parties hereby undertake to renew for a further period of five years, dating from the 9th instant, the Convention signed at London on the 11th August, 1904, and renewed by the Convention signed at London on the 9th November, 1909,$ for the settlement by arbitration of certain classes of questions which may arise between the two Governments, in so far as the provisions of the aforesaid Convention apply to the Kingdom of Norway. Done in duplicate at London, the 9th day of November, 1914. (L.S.) E. GREY. (L.S.) B. VOGT. "Treaty Series No. 14 (1914)." Signed also in the Norwegian language. + Vol. XCI, page 970. Vol. XCVII, page 91. § Vol. CII, page 108. TREATY of Commerce and Navigation between Great Britain and Portugal.-Lisbon, August 12, 1914.* [Ratifications exchanged at Lisbon, May 20, 1916.] His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and the President of the Portuguese Republic, being desirous of further facilitating and extending the commercial relations already existing between their respective countries, have determined to conclude a new treaty with this object, and have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say : His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India: the Honourable Lancelot Douglas Carnegie, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Britannic Majesty to the Portuguese Republic, member of the Royal Victorian Order; and The President of the Portuguese Republic: M. Alfredo Augusto Freire de Andrade, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles : ART. I. There shall be between the territories of the two Contracting Parties full and complete freedom of commerce and navigation. The subjects or citizens of each of the two Contracting Parties shall have liberty freely to come with their ships and cargoes to all places, ports, and rivers in the territories of the other to which native subjects or citizens are or may be permitted to come. They shall not be subject in respect of their commerce or industry in the territories of the other, whether their residence there is of a permanent or temporary character, to any duties, taxes, imposts, or licences of any kind whatever other or higher than those which are or may be imposed upon native subjects or citizens, and they shall enjoy the same rights, privileges, liberties, immunities, and other favours in matters of commerce and industry as are or may be enjoyed by native subjects or citizens. II. The subjects or citizens of each of the Contracting Parties shall be exempted, in the territory of the other party, from all personal service in the army, navy, and national militia ; from all war charges, forced loans, military requisitions and contributions of whatever nature. Their properties shall not he seized, sequestrated, nor their ships, cargoes, goods, or effects "Treaty Series No. 6 (1916)." Signed also in the Portuguese language. [1914. CVIII.] 2 B retained for any public use, unless they have been previously allowed compensation, to be agreed upon between the interested parties on just and equitable bases. The charges connected with the possession by any title of landed property are excepted, as well as the obligation of military billeting and other special requisitions or exactions for the military forces to which all nationals or subjects or citizens of the most favoured nation may be liable as owners, tenants, or occupiers of real property. III. The Contracting Parties agree that in all matters relating to commerce, navigation, and industry any privilege, favour, or immunity which either Contracting Party has actually granted or may hereafter grant to the subjects or citizens or ships of any other foreign State shall be extended immediately and unconditionally to the subjects or citizens or ships of the other, it being their intention that the commerce, navigation, and industry of each country shall be placed in all respects on the footing of the most favoured nation. IV. The subjects or citizens of each of the Contracting Parties in the territories of the other shall be at full liberty to acquire and possess every description of property, movable and immovable, which the laws of the country permit, or shall permit, the subjects or citizens of the State to acquire and possess. They may dispose of the same by sale, exchange, gift, marriage, testament, or in any other manner, or acquire the same by inheritance under the same conditions which are or shall be established with regard to subjects or citizens of the State. They shall not be subjected in any of the cases mentioned to any taxes, imposts, or charges of whatever denomination other or higher than those which are or shall be applicable to subjects or citizens of the State. The subjects or citizens of each of the Contracting Parties shall also be permitted, on compliance with the laws of the country, freely to export the proceeds of the sale of their property and their goods in general without being subjected as foreigners to other or higher duties than those to which subjects or citizens of the country would be liable under similar circumstances. V. Articles the produce and manufacture of one of the Contracting Parties imported into the territories of the other, from whatever place arriving, shall not be subject to other or higher duties or charges than those which are or may be levied on the like articles the produce or manufacture of any other foreign country. In like manner, articles the produce or manufacture of one of the Contracting Parties exported to the territories of the other shall not be subjected to other or higher duties or charges than those which are or may be levied on the like articles exported to any other foreign country. The Contracting Parties also reciprocally undertake that no more favourable treatment shall be extended to the goods of any other foreign country in respect of importation, import duties. exportation, export duties, re-exportation, re-export duties, |