to open schools throughout the territory; it being understood, however, that the Mandatory shall have the right to exercise such control as may be necessary for the maintenance of public order and good government, and to take all measures required for such control. "ARTICLE 9 "The Mandatory shall apply to the territory any general international conventions applicable to contiguous territories. "ARTICLE 10 "The Mandatory shall have full powers of administration and legislation in the area subject to the mandate: this area shall be administered in accordance with the laws of the Mandatory as an integral part of his territory and subject to the preceding provisions. "The Mandatory shall therefore be at liberty to apply his laws to the territory under the mandate subject to the modifications required by local conditions, and to constitute the territory into a customs, fiscal or administrative union or federation with the adjacent possessions under his own sovereignty or control; provided always that the measures adopted to that end do not infringe the provisions of this mandate. "ARTICLE 11 "The Mandatory shall make to the Council of the League of Nations an annual report to the satisfaction of the Council. This report shall contain full information concerning the measures taken to apply the provisions of the present mandate. "ARTICLE 12 "The consent of the Council of the League of Nations is required for any modification of the terms of this mandate. "ARTICLE 13 "The Mandatory agrees that, if any dispute whatever should arise between the Mandatory and another Member of the League of Nations relating to the interpretation or the application of the provisions of the mandate, such dispute, if it cannot be settled by negotiation, shall be submitted to the Permanent Court of International Justice provided for by Article 14 of the Covenant of the League of Nations;" Whereas the United States of America by participating in the war against Germany contributed to her defeat and to the renunciation of her rights and titles over her oversea possessions, but has not ratified the Treaty of Versailles; and Whereas the Government of the United States and the Government of the King of the Belgians desire to reach a definite understanding with regard to the rights of the two Governments and their respective nationals in the aforesaid former Colony of German East Africa under mandate to the King of the Belgians; The President of the United States of America and His Majesty the King of the Belgians have decided to conclude a Convention to this effect and have nominated as their plenipotentiaries: His Excellency the President of the United States of America, Mr. Benjamin THAW, Junior, chargé d'affaires ad interim of the United States of America at Brussels, and His Majesty the King of the Belgians: Monsieur Henri JASPAR, His Minister for Foreign Affairs, Who, after having communicated to each other their Full Powers, found in good and due form, have agreed on the following provisions: ARTICLE 1 Subject to the provisions of the present Convention, the United States. consents to the administration by the Government of the King of the Belgians, pursuant to the aforesaid mandate, of the former German territory, described in Article 1 of the mandate. ARTICLE 2 The United States and its nationals shall have and enjoy all the rights and benefits secured under the terms of Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of the mandate to members of the League of Nations and their nationals, notwithstanding the fact that the United States is not a member of the League of Nations. ARTICLE 3 Vested American property rights in the mandated territory shall be respected and in no way impaired. ARTICLE 4 A duplicate of the annual report to be made by the mandatory under article 11 of the mandate shall be furnished to the United States. ARTICLE 5 Nothing contained in the present Convention shall be affected by any modification which may be made in the terms of the mandate as recited above unless such modification shall have been assented to by the United States. ARTICLE 6 The extradition Treaties and Conventions in force between the United States and Belgium shall apply to the mandated territory. ARTICLE 7 The present Convention shall be ratified in accordance with the respective constitutional methods of the High Contracting Parties. The ratifications shall be exchanged in Brussels as soon as practicable. It shall take effect on the date of the exchange of ratifications. In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present treaty and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms. Done in duplicate at Brussels, this 18th day of April 1923. Whereas, the boundary of the mandate conferred upon His Majesty the King of the Belgians over the territory of Ruanda-Urundi and recited in the preamble of the Treaty concerning the mandate concluded between the United States of America and Belgium on April 18, 1923, has been modified by a common accord between the British and Belgian Governments with the approval given by the Council of the League of Nations at its meeting of the 31 of August, 1923, in order better to safeguard the interests of the native populations; and, Whereas, by article V of the Treaty referred to above nothing contained in the Treaty shall be affected by any modification which may be made in the terms of the mandate as recited in the Treaty unless such modification shall have been assented to by the United States of America; and, Whereas, the Government of the United States of America perceives no objection to the modification in question, The Governments of the United States of America and Belgium have resolved to amend the Treaty signed on April 18, 1923, between the two countries and have named for this purpose their respective plenipotentiaries The President of the United States of America, Mr. HENRY P. FLETCHER, Ambassador of the United States of America at Brussels, His Majesty the King of the Belgians, Mr. HENRI JASPAR, His Minister of Foreign Affairs; who, after having communicated each to the other their full powers found in good and due form, have agreed to the following amendatory articles to be taken as part of the Treaty signed April 18, 1923: ARTICLE 1 Article 1 of the mandate recited in the preamble of the Treaty signed April 18, 1923, shall be replaced by the following: "The territory over which a mandate is conferred upon His Majesty the King of the Belgians (hereinafter called the Mandatory) comprises that part of the territory of the former colony of German East Africa situated to the west of the following line: "The mid-stream of the Kagera River from the Uganda boundary to the point where the Kagera River meets the western boundary of Bugufi, thence this boundary to its junction with the eastern boundary of Urundi, thence the eastern and southern boundary of Urundi to Lake Tanganyika. "The frontier described above is shown on the attached British map. GSGS Number 2932-A, on the scale of 1:1.000.000.". ARTICLE 2 The present protocol shall be ratified in accordance with the constitutional methods of the high contracting parties. The ratifications shall be exchanged in Brussels on the same day as those of the Treaty of April 18, 1923. It shall take effect on the date of exchange of ratifications. In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the present protocol and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms. Done in duplicate at Brussels, this twenty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty four. DEBT FUNDING Agreement signed at Washington August 18, 1925 Approved by Act of Congress of April 30, 1926 1 Modified by agreement of June 10, 1932 1 Treasury Department print AGREEMENT, Made the eighteenth day of August, 1925, at the City of Washington, District of Columbia, between the GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM, hereinafter called BELGIUM, party of the first part, and the GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, hereinafter called the UNITED STATES, party of the second part. WHEREAS, Belgium is indebted to the United States as of June 15, 1925, upon obligations in the aggregate principal amount of $377,029,570.06, together with interest accrued and unpaid thereon; and WHEREAS, Belgium desires to fund said indebtedness to the United States, both principal and interest, through the issue of bonds to the United States, and the United States is prepared to accept bonds from Belgium upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants herein contained, it is agreed as follows: 1. Amount of Indebtedness. The indebtedness is divided into two classes that incurred prior to November 11, 1918, hereinafter called PreArmistice indebtedness, and that incurred subsequent to November 11, 1918, hereinafter called Post-Armistice indebtedness. (a) The amount of the Pre-Armistice indebtedness to be funded is $171,780,000, which is the principal amount of the obligations of Belgium received by the United States for cash advances made prior to November 11, 1918. (b) The amount of the Post-Armistice indebtedness to be funded after allowing for certain cash payments made or to be made by Belgium is $246,000,000, which has been computed as follows: Principal of obligations for cash advanced.... .. $175, 430, 808. 68 26, 314, 491. 66 $201, 745, 300. 34 1 1 Post, p. 561. 219-919-70-35 |