ARTICLE XIV. This convention shall take effect from the day of the exchange of the ratifications thereof; but either contracting party may at any time terminate the same on giving to the other six months notice of its intention to do so. The ratifications of the present treaty shall be exchanged at the City of Santo Domingo as soon as possible. In witness whereof, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the above articles, and have hereunto affixed their seals. Done, in duplicate, at the City of Santo Domingo, this nineteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nine. [SEAL] [SEAL] FENTON R MCCREERY TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN DELIMITING THE BOUNDARY LINE IN PASSAMAQUODDY BAY.1 Signed at Washington, May 21, 1910; Ratified by the President, July 13, 1910; Proclaimed, September 3, 1910. The United States of America 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, being equally desirous of fixing and defining the location of the international boundary line between the United States and the Dominion of Canada in Passamaquoddy Bay and to the middle of Grand Manan Channel, and of removing all causes of dispute in connection therewith, have for that purpose resolved to conclude a treaty, and to that end have appointed as their plenipotentiaries: The President of the United States of America, Philander C. Knox, Secretary of State of the United States; and His Britannic Majesty, the Right Honorable James Bryce, O. M., his Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Washington; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed to and concluded the following articles: 1 U. S. Treaty Series, No. 551. ARTICLE I. WHEREAS, by Article I of the Treaty of April 11, 1908, between the United States and Great Britain, it was agreed that commissioners should be appointed for the purpose of more accurately defining and marking the international boundary line between the United States and the Dominion of Canada in the waters of Passamaquoddy Bay from the mouth of the St. Croix River to the Bay of Fundy, the description of the location of certain portions of such line being set forth in the aforesaid Article, and it was agreed with respect to the remaining portion of the line that each of the high contracting parties shall present to the other within six months after the ratification of this treaty a full printed statement of the evidence, with certified copies of original documents referred to therein which are in its possession, and the arguments upon which it bases its contentions, with a view to arriving at an adjustment of the location of this portion of the line in accordance with the true intent and meaning of the provisions relating thereto of the treaties of 1783 and 1814 between the United States and Great Britain, and the award of the commissioners appointed in that behalf under the Treaty of 1814; it being understood that any action by either or both governments or their representatives authorized in that behalf or by the local governments on either side of the line, whether prior or subsequent to such treaties and award, tending to aid in the interpretation thereof, shall be taken into consideration in determining their true intent and meaning; And it was further agreed that if such agreement was reached between the parties the commissioners aforesaid should lay down and mark this portion of the boundary in accordance therewith and as provided in the said Article, but it was provided that in the event of a failure to agree within a set period, the location of such portion of the line should be determined by reference to arbitration; AND WHEREAS, the time for reaching an ag cement under the provisions of the aforesaid Article expired before such agreement was reached but the high contracting parties are nevertheless desirous of arriving at an adjustment of the location of this portion of the line by agreement without resort to arbitration, and have already, pursuant to the provisions above quoted of Article I of the treaty aforesaid, presented each to the other a full printed statement of the evidence and of the arguments upon which the contentions of each are based, with a view to arriving at an adjustment of the location of the portion. of the line referred to in accordance with the true intent and meaning of the provisions relating thereto in the treaties of 1783 and 1814 between the United States and Great Britain and the award of the commissioners appointed in that behalf under the Treaty of 1814; Now, THEREFORE, upon the evidence and arguments so presented, and after taking into consideration all actions of the respective governments and of their representatives authorized in that behalf and of the local governments on either side of the line, whether prior or subsequent to such treaties and award, tending to aid in the interpretation thereof, the high contracting parties hereby agree that the location of the international boundary line between the United States and the Dominion of Canada from a point in Passamaquoddy Bay accurately defined in the treaty between the United States and Great Britain of April 11, 1908, as lying between Treat Island and Friar Head, and extending thence through Passamaquoddy Bay and to the middle of Grand Manan Channel, shall run in a series of seven connected straight lines for the distances and in the directions as follows: Beginning at the aforesaid point lying between Treat Island and Friar Head, thence (1) South 8° 29′ 57′′ West true, for a distance of 1152.6 meters; thence (2) South 8° 29′ 34′′ East, 759.7 meters; thence (6) South 81° 48′ 45′′ East, 2616.8 meters to a point on the line which runs approximately North 40° East true, and which joins Sail Rock, off West Quoddy Head Light, and the southernmost rock lying off the southeastern point of the southern extremity of Campobello Island; thence (7) South 47° East 5100 meters to the middle of Grand Manan Channel. The description of the last two portions of the line thus defined, viz., those numbered (6) and (7), is intended to replace the description of the lowest portion of the line, viz., that numbered (2), as defined in Article I of the treaty of April 11, 1908. ARTICLE II. The location of the boundary line as defined in the foregoing Article shall be laid down and marked by the commissioners under Article I of the aforesaid treaty of April 11, 1908, in accordance with the provisions of such Article, and the line so defined and laid down shall be taken and deemed to be the international boundary extending between the points therein mentioned in Grand Manan Channel and Passamaquoddy Bay. ARTICLE III. It is further agreed by the high contracting parties that on either side of the hereinabove described line southward from the point of its intersection with a line drawn true north from Lubec Channel Light, as at present established, either party shall have the right, upon two months' notice to the other, to improve and extend the channel to such depth as may by it be deemed desirable or necessary, and to a width not exceeding one hundred and fifteen (115) meters on each side of the boundary line, and from such point of intersection northerly through Lubec Narrows to the turning point in the boundary lying between Treat Island and Friar Head, either party shall have the right, upon two months' notice to the other, to improve and deepen the present channel to a width not exceeding sixty-five (65) meters on each side of the boundary line and to such depth as may by it be deemed desirable or necessary; it being understood, however, that each party shall also have the right to further widen and deepen the channel anywhere on its own side of the boundary. ARTICLE IV. This treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by His Britannic Majesty; and the ratifications shall be exchanged in Washington as soon as practicable. IN FAITH WHEREOF, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this treaty in duplicate and have hereunto affixed their seals. DONE at Washington the 21st day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten. PC KNOX [SEAL] REPORT TO THE THRONE OF THE IMPERIAL CHINESE COMMISSION ON CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT RECOMMENDING THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY, TOGETHER WITH THE IMPERIAL RESCRIPT APPROVING THE REPORT AND TEN REGULATIONS FOR ITS ENFORCEMENT. The Imperial Commission on Constitutional Government, after conference (with the Commission on Revision of the Code) respecting certain memorials proposing the abolition of salvery, respectfully submits this report recommending certain measures to be adopted for this purpose. On the first day of the third moon of the XXXII year of Kuanghsü (March 25, 1906) Chou Fu, the Acting Viceroy of the Liang Kiang,1 submitted to the Throne a memorial, praying that the practice of buying and selling human beings, an offense against the harmony of heaven and earth and incompatible with the progress of civilization, might be forbidden and suppressed, so as to promote the establishment of humane government. The memorial was indorsed by the Vermillion Pencil as follows: Let the Council of State and the Boards concerned jointly consider and report. A list of measures proposed by the Viceroy is forwarded with the memorial. On the sixteenth day of the first moon of the I year of Hsüant'ung (February 6, 1909) Wu Wei-ping, the Censor of the Shensi Circuit, memoralized to the effect that the evil custom of buying and selling male and female slaves ought to be abolished, and prayed that a decree might be issued forbidding and suppressing it under severe penalties, so as to promote justice and further the introduction of constitutional government. In response to this memorial an Imperial Edict was issued, saying, "Let the Commission on Constitutional Government take note." The memorial of his excellency Chou Fu contains the following: In the prosperous times of the Three Ancient Dynasties 2 the buying and selling of human beings was unknown, although criminals were punished by enslavement. It was during the decline of the Chou Dynasty that we first hear of men being sold. During the Ch'in and Han Dynasties 3 this practice became established; great cruelty was shown, and slaves came to be regarded as chat 1 The Liang Kiang Viceroyalty embraces three provinces of the Yangtze Valley: Kiangsu, Kiangsi and Anhui, and its capital is Nanking. the Hsia, the Shang and the Chou Dynasties from B. C. 2205 to B. C. from B. C. 255 to A. D. 264. |