graph 2-viz., where the original destination of the vessel was an enemy port the principles laid down in that paragraph shall apply also to cases of contraband consigned to a neutral port and to cases of enemy property where the original destination was not a hostile port. By exchange of notes (31st May, 1915-26th October, 1916) between His Majesty's Government and the Russian Government it has been agreed that a similar interpretation of Article 2 of the convention shall be held to apply in the cases above referred to.* [Official footnote] *By the Imperial Russian Ukase of the 10th/23rd August, 1915, it is decreed that enemy cargo found in Russian vessels, and equally in Allied vessels, which have been overtaken by the war in Russian ports or littoral waters, or which have entered therein during the war is liable to confiscation on the order of the nearest prize court. ACCESSION OF ITALY TO THE CONVENTION OF NOVEMBER 9, 1914, BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND FRANCE RELATING TO PRIZES CAPTURED DURING THE PRESENT WAR.1 SIR, London, January 15, 1917 The Italian Ambassador to His Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs LONDON, January 15, 1917. With reference to Viscount Grey of Fallodon's note of the 24th July, 1915, I have the honor to inform your excellency that the Italian Government have decided to accede to the convention concluded between Great Britain and France on the 9th November, 1914,2 relating to naval prizes during the present European war, notwithstanding the interpretation which has been given by the British and French Governments to Article 2 of the convention referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of the above-mentioned note.3 1 Great Britain, Treaty Series, 1917, No. 6. 2 Supplement to this JOURNAL, January, 1916 (vol. 10), p. 20. 3 Printed herein, p. 129. In requesting your excellency to take note, in the name of the British Government, of the present declaration, I have the honor, etc. IMPERIALI. (2) His Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Italian YOUR EXCELLENCY, Ambassador FOREIGN OFFICE, January 26, 1917. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your excellency's note of the 15th instant, in which you are good enough to inform me of the accession of Italy to the convention between the United Kingdom and France of the 9th November, 1914, relative to prizes captured during the present war, as modified by the extended interpretation which has since been assigned by the contracting parties to Article 2 thereof. His Majesty's Government have taken due note of this communication, a certified copy of which will, in view of Article 9 of the convention, be forwarded to the French and Russian Governments. I have the honor, etc. A. J. BALFOUR. TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND PORTUGAL1 Signed at Lisbon, August 12, 1914: ratifications exchanged at 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 Honorable Lancelot Douglas Carnegie, Envoy Extraordi 1 Great Britain, Treaty Series, 1916, No. 6. nary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Britannic Majesty to the Portuguese Republic, member of the Royal Victorian Order; and M. Alfredo Augusto The President of the Portuguese Republic 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: ARTICLE 1 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 licenses 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 favors in matters of commerce and industry as are or may be enjoyed by native subjects or citizens. ARTICLE 2 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 be seized, sequestrated, nor their ships, cargoes, goods, or effects 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 favored nation may be liable as owners, tenants, or occupiers of real property. ARTICLE 3 The contracting parties agree that in all matters relating to commerce, navigation, and industry any privilege, favor, 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 favored nation. ARTICLE 4 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. ARTICLE 5 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 favorable treatment shall be extended to the goods of any other foreign country in respect of importation, import duties, exportation, export duties, reëxportation, reëxport duties, customs facilities, warehousing, transhipment, drawbacks, and commerce and navigation in general. ARTICLE 6 His Britannic Majesty's Government engage to recommend to Parliament to prohibit the importation into and sale for consumption in the United Kingdom of any wine or other liquor to which the description "Port" or "Madeira" is applied other than wine the produce of Portugal and of the island of Madeira respectively. ARTICLE 7 No prohibition or restriction shall be maintained or imposed on the importation of any article the produce or manufacture of either of the contracting parties into the territories of the other, from whatever place arriving, which shall not equally extend to the importation of the like articles being the produce or manufacture of any other foreign country. The only exceptions to this general rule shall be in the case of the sanitary or other prohibitions occasioned by the necessity of securing the safety of persons or of cattle or of plants useful for agriculture, and of the measures applicable in either of the two countries to articles enjoying a direct or indirect bounty in the other. Nor shall any prohibition or restriction be maintained or imposed on the exportation of any article from the territories of either of the two contracting parties to the territories of the other which shall not equally extend to the exportation of the like articles to any other foreign country. ARTICLE 8 Merchandise of all kinds the produce or manufacture of one of the contracting parties passing in transit through the territories of the other shall be reciprocally free from all transit duties, whether they pass direct or whether during transit they are unloaded, warehoused, and reloaded, and no prohibition or restriction shall be maintained or imposed on the transit of such merchandise which shall not equally extend to the transit of the like article the produce or manufacture of any other foreign country. |