ART. V. In the same manner Italy is to receive the Province of Dalmatia in its present form, with the inclusion within its limits on the north of Lissariki and Trebino, and on the south of all lands to a line drawn at Cape Planca to the east along the watershed in such a manner that in the Italian domains shall be included all the valleys along the rivers flowing into Sebiniko, such as Chicollo, Kerka, and Butisnitza, with all their tributaries. In the same way Italy is to receive all the islands located to the north and west of the shores of Dalmatia, beginning with the islands of Premua. Selva, Ulbo, Skerd, Maoñ, Pago, and Puntadura, and farther to the north, and to Meled on the south, with inclusion therein of the islands of St. Andrew, Buzzi, Lissa, Lessino, Tercola, Curzola, Kaisa, and Lagosta, with all the islands and bluffs belonging to them, as well as Palagozza, but without the islands of great and little Zirona, Bua, Satti, Brazza.

ART. VI. Italy shall receive in full right Vallon, the Islands of Sasseno, and a territory sufficiently extensive to safeguard them in a military way, approximately between the River Voyuss on the north and the east, and to the boundaries of the Schimar district to the south. ART. VII. On receiving Trentino and Istria in accordance with Article IV, of Dalmatia and the Adriatic Islands in accordance with Article V, and the Bay of Vallon, Italy is obligated in the event of the formation in Albania of a small autonomous neutralized state, not to oppose the possible desire of France, Great Britain, and Russia to a redistribution among Montenegro, Serbia, and Greece of the northern and southern districts of Albania. The southern shore of Albania from the boundary of the Italian district of Vallona to the Cape of Stilos is subject to neutralization.

Italy shall have the right to conduct the foreign relations of "Albania." In any event Italy obligates herself to leave certain territory sufficiently extensive for Albania, in order that the boundaries of the latter may be contiguous on the west from Lake Ochrida to the boundaries of Greece and Serbia.

ART. VIII. Italy is to receive in full right all the islands now occupied by her at Dodekanese.

ART. IX. France, Great Britain, and Russia in principle recognize the interests of Italy in preserving the political balance in the Mediterranean Sea and her right to receive on the division of Turkey an equal share with them in the basin of the Mediterranean, and more specifically in that part of it contiguous to the province of Adalia, where Italy had already obtained special rights and has developed certain interests vouchsafed to her by the Italo-British agreement. The zone subject to transfer to the sovereignty of Italy will be more specifically defined in due time, and in correspondence with the vital interests of France and Great Britain. Likewise the interests of Italy must be taken into consideration, even in the event the territorial inviolability of Asiatic Turkey shall be sustained by the Powers for a further period of time, and if only redistribution of spheres of influence is to take place.

Should France, Great Britain, and Russia, in the course of the present war, occupy certain districts of Asiatic Turkey, the entire district adjacent to Adalia, and herewith more specifically defined, shall remain with Italy, which reserves for itself the right to occupy the same.

ART. X. In Libya all the rights and privileges which prior to this date have been acquired by the Sultan on the basis of the treaty of Lausanne are recognized as belonging to Italy.

ART. XI. Italy shall receive such share of the military contribution as shall correspond to the measure of sacrifice and effort made by her. ART. XII. Italy joins in a declaration made by France, England, and Russia as to leaving Arabia and sacred Mohammedan places in control of an independent Mohammedan power.

ART. XIII. In the event of expansion of French and English colonial domains in Africa at the expense of Germany, France and Great Britain recognize in principle the Italian right to demand for herself certain compensations in the sense of expansions of her lands in Eritria, Somaliland, in Libya, and colonial districts lying on the boundary, with the colonies of France and England.

ART. XIV. England obligates herself to assist Italy immediately to negotiate on the London market on advantageous terms of a loan in a sum not less than £50,000,000.

ART. XV. France, England, and Russia obligate themselves to support Italy in her desire for nonadmittance of the Holy See to any kind of diplomatic steps for the purpose of the conclusion of peace or the regulation of questions arising from the present war.

ART. XVI. This treaty must be kept secret. As to Italy joining in the declaration of September 5, 1914,' only said declaration shall be made public immediately after the declaration of the war by or against Italy.

Taking into consideration the present memorandum, the representatives of France, Great Britain, and Russia, having been duly empowered for this purpose, agreed with the representative of Italy, who in his turn was duly empowered by his Government, in the premises as follows: France, Great Britain, and Russia expressed their complete agreement with the present memorandum presented to them by the Italian Government. With regard to Articles I, II, and III of this memorandum relating to the cooperation of the military and naval operations of all four Powers, Italy declares that she will enter actively at the very earliest opportunity, and at all events not later than one month after the signing of the present document by the contracting parties. The undersigned have set their hands and seals at London in four copies, the 26th day of April, 1915.

SIR EDWARD GREY.
CAMBON.

MARQUIS IMPERIALI.
COUNT BENCKENDORF.

1 Naval War College, International Law Documents, 1917, p. 89.

Decree No. 1605, relating to the requisition of merchant vessels, November 11, 1915.

[London Gazette, Dec. 7, 1915, p. 12190.]

Thomas of Savoy, Duke of Genoa, lieutenant general of His Majesty, King Victor Emanuel III, King of Italy, by the grace of God and the will of the Nation.

In virtue of the authority delegated to us;

In view of the law of May 22, 1915, No. 671, which confers extraordinary powers on the Royal Government;

In view of the royal decree dated January 21, 1915, No. 29, which is to become law, and its subsequent modifications and additions;

In view of the lieutenant's decree of June 17, 1915, No. 957,1 concerning the use of confiscated or requisitioned enemy merchant ships; In view of the advisability of regulating by special measures the requisitioning of merchant ships of foreign nationality;

After consultation with the council of ministers;

On the proposal of the minister of marine, in concert with the ministers of foreign affairs, of the exchequer and agriculture, and of industry and commerce;

We have decreed and decree

ARTICLE I. The rules laid down in the lieutenant's decree No. 957 of June 17, 1915,1 are extended to the requisitioning of merchant ships and yachts flying a foreign flag, and boats and floating craft of foreign ownership, lying in the harbors and territorial waters of the Kingdom and its colonies, subject to the conditions laid down in the following articles. ART. II. Payment in compensation for requisitioning (to be calculated in accordance with Article V of the above mentioned decree) will be made in monthly instalments, not paid in advance, to the interested persons or their legal representatives. The Government has power, however, to suspend payment if special circumstances arise rendering such a course advisable.

ART. III. The requisitioned vessels which come under the terms of the present decree will be temporarily inscribed in a special register at the marine department of Genoa, and will be authorized to fly the Italian flag in virtue of a special temporary permit.

We order that the present decree sealed with the seal of the State, shall be inserted among the laws and decrees of the Kingdom of Italy, commanding all concerned to obey it and cause it to be obeyed. Given at Rome, this 11th day of November, 1915.

THOMAS OF SAVOY.

Decree relating to the requisition of foreign merchant vessels, February 3,

1916.

The provisions contained in the regent's decrees of June 17, 1915,1 and November 11, 1915,2 remaining unchanged, should the foreign merchant

1 Naval War College, International Law Topics, 1915, p. 29.

2 Supra.

ships and alsɔ those belonging to the enemy as well as other craft belonging to foreigners be sequestered and required, they should be given, for use to navigation companies or to private shipowners, the conditions. relating to the use of the said ships and craft shall be regulated through special agreements which shall be entered into by and between the navy's administration and the user; such agreements shall fix also the standards in order to ascertain and to liquidate the profit coming from said use.

The navigation companies, as well as the private shipowners, shall be obliged, in any case, to furnish the amount of compensation due to the owner of the ship or of the craft, according to the existing provisions on the point in question. Said amount shall be deducted when there will be calculated the net profit resulting from the operation thereof, and said net profit shall be divided at the rate of three quarters for the treasury and one quarter to the company or the shipowner.

Decree restricting transfer of national vessels, February 5, 1916.
[United States Commerce Reports, 1916, p. 60.]

Prohibition of transfer of Italian ships.

La Finanza Italiana, in the edition of February 5, 1916, published a decree establishing the method by which transfer of Italian vessels to foreign flags may be prohibited. The text is:

ARTICLE 1. The minister of marine has the power of prohibiting or of suspending for the time in which the Kingdom will remain in the present condition of war the transscription upon the registers of the offices of any harbor master or officer at ports of the Kingdom or of consular authorities accredited to foreign countries of binding contracts or of maritime changes which bind in any manner the property of mercantile vessels flying the Italian flag. No opposition, appeal, or recourse is admitted against the decision of the minister of marine.

ART. 2. In the case in which the minister of marine intends to avail himself of the power accorded him by the preceding article, he will inform the authorities, both maritime and consular, apprising, in the meantime, the owner of the ship. The maritime or consular authorities to which the title of transcription be presented for binding contracts, maritime changes, or others which may in any manner bind the property of Italian mercantile vessels must, however, take charge of them, making note of the date and hour of such presentation in a special register, save the transcription of such when so authorized by the minister of marine. According to the last paragraph of article 67 of the Code of Commerce, in the competition of several credits, preference is determined according to priority of the presentation of petition of transcription.

ART. 3. The minister of marine will provide by special instruction for the execution of the present decree.

ART. 4. The present decree will go into force on the day of its publication in the Official Gazette of the Kingdom.

Royal decree concerning the sale, transfer, and chartering of merchantmen by Italy, April 19, 1916.

The Gazetta Ufficiale makes known the regent's decree which forbids the sale of merchant ships, and which regulated the working of the national mercantile navigation. The new regulations are as follows:

1. Until new provisions are made, the juridical power, be it in the Kingdom of Italy or in its colonies, concerning the sale and the transfer

as well as any other change in ownership rights of national ships and concerning also the agreements about warranty and maritime exchange, wherever they be fulfilled, is subordinate to the preventive approval of the minister for the navy. Deeds which are not stipulated according to the provisions are null and void, and they must not be accepted by the maritime or the consular offices to which they may be presented for transcription.

Said provisions apply also to boats, barks, and craft of every kind that are not provided with a certificate of nationality, and they apply also to motor boats used for every purpose.

2. Until new provisions be made, charterings and trips of national steamers having a tonnage either equal or superior to 250 tons, and of national sailing craft having a tonnage not inferior to 300 tons, are prohibited when they have for an object or effect

(1) The use of the ship in foreign waters for transport service, towing, depositing, etc.

(2) The transportation, be it for one trip only, of men or things between foreign harbors.

(3) The plying of the ship without cargo between foreign seaports. The minister of the navy can grant special chartering and plying between foreign seaports permits, in derogation to the aforesaid prohibition upon application being made by the navigation companies or by the national shipowners that have an interest in it.

The secretary of the navy can forbid, through provisions for each case, the chartering or the trips, in cases foreseen in the preceding regulation, of whatever national ship not subject to the prohibition which is expressed in the regulation itself, and also of any boat, bark, or craft not provided with a certificate of nationality

(4) The trips of national steamers of every tonnage and those of national sailing ships having a clear tonnage of 500 tons and over, between seaports of the kingdom and of its colonies, must be preventively authorized by the minister of the navy.

The following are free from such obligation:

(1) The steamers which are required, chartered, or managed by the State's administration or those which belong to it.

(2) The passenger steamers belonging to subsidized lines or to regular trans-Atlantic lines for trips that are fixed in itineraries approved by the minister of marine.

(5) The carrying of cargoes not destined in the last place to an Italian seaport is prohibited in the trips of national steamers of every tonnage and in those of national sailing ships having a clear tonnage of 500 tons and over, bound from foreign seaports to harbors of the kingdom and of its colonies. The consular officials should look over the cargo manifests of the home steamers sailing from harbors belonging to their jurisdiction, and they shall intimate to the captain not to take on board goods that would not be shipped to seaports of the kingdom and of its colonies.