Appointed by Salvador: Date of Appointment 1909. Mr. Manuel Delgado, Doctor of Law, November 2, 1909. Mr. Salvador Gallegos, Doctor of Law, November 2, Mr. Salvador Rodriguez Gonzalez, Doc- November 2, Department for Foreign Affairs, of 1909. Mr. Santiago Perez Triana. January 10, 1910. Servia: Mr. George Pavlovitch, ex-Minister of March 15/28, 1907. Siam: Spain: of the Court of Cassation; 1907. His Excellency Mr. Milovan Milovan-March 15/28, 1907. His Excellency Mr. Milenko R. Ves- March 15/28, Mr. Frederick W. Verney, Member of June 9, 1909. the English Parliament, ex-Coun selor of Legation at London; Mr. Corragioni d'Orelli, Doctor of Law, June 9, 1909. Mr. Rafael de Ureña y Smenjaud, Doc-August 12, of Madrid; 1905. Appointed Date of Appointment His Excellency Mr. S. Moret, Deputy, January 10, ex-President of the Council of Min 1907. isters; His Excellency Mr. E. Dato, Deputy, January 10, Sweden: Switzerland: Mr. Knut Hjalmar Leonard de Ham- December 2, 1904. Mr. Johan Fredrik Ivar Afzelius, Doc- February 18, tor of Law, President of the Court of Appeals of Svea, ex-Counselor of the Supreme Court of the Kingdom, Mr. Johannes Hellner, Doctor of Law, December 7, His Excellency Baron Carl Nils Daniel December 7, His Excellency Mr. Charles Edouard December 8, 1905. 1906. 1906. 1906. Mr. Eugène Huber, Doctor of Law, June 10, 1905. Appointed by Date of Appointment Professor of Private Law at the Uni versity of Berne; Mr. Leo Weber, Doctor of Law, ex-To serve until the end of De cember 1912. Turkey: His Highness Ibrahim Hakky Pacha, January 28, 1909. His Excellency Gabriel Effendi Noura- January 28, 1909. Commerce and Public Works; His Excellency Yorghiadis Effendi, January 28, 1909. His Excellency Said Bay, Vice-Presi- September 17, 1909. United States: Honorable Melville W. Fuller, Chief November 27, Justice of the United States; 1906. Honorable John W. Griggs; ex-Attor- November 27, ney-General; 1906. Honorable George Gray, United States November 27, Circuit Judge, ex-Senator; 1906. Honorable Oscar S. Straus, ex-Secre- January 29, tary of Commerce and Labor, Am- 1908. Uruguay: Mr. José Batlle y Ordoñez, ex-Presi- August 9, 1907. dent of the Republic, ex-President of the Senate. His Excellency Mr. Gonzalo Ramirez, August 9, 1907. Mr. Juan Pedro Castro, Doctor of Law, August 9, 1907. versity of Montevidéo, Honorary, Appointed by Date of Appointment Venezuela: Mr. Nicomedes Zuloaga, Doctor of March 23, 1909. Court of Cassation; Mr. Francisco Arroyo Parejo, Doctor March 23, 1909. of Law, Attorney, ex-Solicitor Gen eral, Professor of Civil Law at the University of Caracas; Mr. Carlos Léon, Doctor of Law, At- March 23, 1909. struction, ex-Member of the Court of Mr. Manuel Antonio Matos, ex-Sena- March 23, 1909. OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS CONVENTION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND JAPAN CONCERNING MANCHURIA. Signed at St. Petersburg, July 4, 1910. The Imperial Governments of Russia and Japan, being sincerely attached to the principles established by the convention concluded between them on July 30, 1907,1 and being desirous of developing the effects of this convention with a view to the consolidation of peace in the Far East, have agreed to complete the said arrangement in the following manner: 1. With the object of facilitating communications and developing the commerce of the nations, the two high contracting parties agree to extend to one another their friendly cooperation with a view to the improvement of their respective railway lines in Manchuria and the perfecting of the connecting services of the said lines, and to abstain from all competition prejudicial to the realization of this object. 2. Each of the high contracting parties undertakes to maintain and respect the status quo in Manchuria resulting from all the treaties, conventions, and other arrangements concluded up to this date, either between Russia and Japan or between those two powers and China. Copies of the said arrangements have been exchanged between Russia and Japan. 3. In the event of anything arising of a nature to threaten the status quo mentioned above the two high contracting parties shall enter each time into communication with each other with a view to coming to an understanding as to the measures they may think it necessary to take for the maintenance of the said status quo. NOTE OF CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO THE POWERS CONCERNING THE RUSSOJAPANESE CONVENTION OF JULY 4, 1910, REGARDING MANCHURIA. July 21, 1910. The Imperial Government having carefully perused the new RussoJapanese Convention, concluded on July 4, 1910, copies of which were handed to the Wai-wu-pu by the Russian and Japanese Ministers, the following acknowledgment, dated July 21, has been sent to them: 1 SUPPLEMENT, 1:396. |