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File No. 6775/628.

The Secretary of the First Central American Conference to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram-Translation.]

TEGUCIGALPA, January 21, 1909. The First Central American Conference closed its session to-day after signing a convention which embodies decisions and recommendations relative to monetary system, weights and measures, customs, Central American international commerce by sea and by land, fiscal laws and unification of the consular service of Central America. H. AGUIRRE MUNOZ.

File No. 6775/628.

The Secretary of State to the Secretary of the First Central American Conference.

[Telegram.]

DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, January 21, 1909.

I receive with much pleasure your telegram announcing the results reached by the First Central American Conference during the sessions which closed to-day. This evidence of the agreement of the representatives of the five Republics on measures of mutual benefit and common advantage is of happy augury for harmony and good will in Central America.

ELIHU ROOT.

ITALY.

SUPPLEMENTARY COMMERCIAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ITALY.

Signed at Washington, March 2, 1909.
Proclaimed, April 24, 1909.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas His Majesty the King of Italy has entered into a supplementary reciprocal Commercial Agreement with the United States of America pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Tariff Act of the United States approved July 24, 1897, which supplementary Commercial Agreement is, in the English and Italian texts, in the words and figures following, to wit:

The President of the United States of America and His Majesty the King of Italy, considering it appropriate to supplement by an Additional Agreement the Commercial Agreement signed between the two Governments at Washington, on February 8, 1900, have appointed as their plenipotentiaries, to wit:

The President of the United States of America, the Honorable Robert Bacon, Secretary of State of the United States; and

His Majesty the King of Italy, His Excellency the Baron Mayor des Planches, His Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Washington,

Who, after an exchange of their respective full powers, found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon the following Articles:

ARTICLE I.

It is agreed on the part of the United States, in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Tariff Act of the United States approved July 24, 1897, that the rates of duty heretofore imposed and collected, under the said Act, on Italian sparkling wines upon entering the United States, including the island of Porto Rico, shall be suspended during the continuance in force of this agreement, and, instead, the following duties shall be imposed and collected, to wit:

On all sparkling wines, in bottles containing not more than one quart and more than one pint, six dollars per dozen; containing not more than one pint each and more than one-half pint; three dollars per dozen; containing one-half pint each or less, one dollar and fifty cents per dozen; in bottles or other vessels containing more than one quart each, in addition to six dollars per dozen bottles on the quantities in excess of one quart, at the rate of one dollar and ninety cents per gallon.

ARTICLE II.

It is reciprocally agreed on the part of Italy, in consideration of the provisions of the foregoing Article, that during the term of this Additional Agreement the duty to be assessed and collected on mowers and tedders, included in item No. 240, paragraph "f," of the Customs Tariff of Italy, products of the industry of the United States, imported into Italy, shall not exceed the rate of four lire per one hundred kilograms.

ARTICLE III.

When official notification of His Majesty's ratification shall have been given to the Government of the United States, the President of the United States shall publish his proclamation, giving full effect to the provisions contained in Article I of this Agreement. From and after the date of such proclamation this Agreement shall be in full force and effect, and shall continue in force until the expiration of one year from the time when either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same.

In witness whereof we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this Agreement, in duplicate, in the English and Italian texts, and have affixed hereunto our respective seals.

Done at Washington, this second day of March, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and nine.

ROBERT BACON [SEAL]

E. MAYOR DES PLANCHES. [SEAL]

And whereas the said Supplementary Commercial Agreement was duly ratified on the part of His Majesty the King of Italy on April 15, 1909, official notice whereof has been received by the President,

Now, Therefore, be it known that I, William Howard Taft, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority conferred by said Act of Congress, do hereby suspend during the continuance in force of said Supplementary Commercial Agreement the imposition and collection of the duties mentioned in the first section of said Act and heretofore collected upon the specified articles of Italian origin as described in said Supplementary Commercial Agreement, and do declare in place thereof the rates of duty provided in the third section of said Act as recited in said Supplementary Commercial Agreement to be in full force and effect from and after the date of this Proclamation, of which the officers and citizens of the United States will take due notice.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this twenty-fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL] nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-third.

By the President:

HUNTINGTON WILSON

Acting Secretary of State,

WM H TAFT

ARBITRATION CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND

ITALY.

Signed at Washington, March 28, 1908.

Ratification advised by the Senate, April 2, 1908.

Ratified by the President, June 19, 1908.

Ratified by Italy, June 19, 1908.

Ratifications exchanged at Washington, January 22, 1909.
Proclaimed, January 25, 1909.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas a Convention between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Italy, providing for the submission to arbitration of all questions of a legal nature, or relating to the interpretation of treaties, which may arise between the two countries and which it may not have been possible to settle by diplomacy, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington, on the twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and eight, the original of which Convention, being in the English and Italian languages, is word for word as follows:

The Government of the United States of America and the Government of His Majesty the King of Italy, signatories of the Convention for the pacific settlement of international disputes, concluded at The Hague on the 29th July, 1899;

Taking into consideration that by Article XIX of that Convention the High Contracting Parties have reserved to themselves the right of concluding agreements, with a view to referring to arbitration all questions which they shall consider possible to submit to such treatment,

Have authorized the Undersigned to conclude the following Convention:

ARTICLE I.

Differences which may arise of a legal nature, or relating to the interpretation of treaties existing between the two Contracting Parties, and which it may not have been possible to settle by diplomacy, shall be referred to the Permanent Court of Arbitration established at The Hague by the Convention of the 29th July, 1899, provided, nevertheless, that they do not affect the vital interests, the independence, or the honor of either of the two Contracting States, and do not concern the interests of third Parties.

ARTICLE II.

In each individual case the High Contracting Parties before appealing to the Permanent Court of Arbitration, shall conclude a special Agreement defining clearly the matter in dispute, the scope of the powers of the Arbitrators and the periods to be fixed for the formation of the Arbitral Tribunal and the several stages of the procedure. It is understood that on the part of the United States such special agreements will be made by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof.

22591°- -FR 1909-25

ARTICLE III.

The present Convention is concluded for a period of five years, dating from the day of the exchange of its ratifications.

ARTICLE IV. ·

The present Convention shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof; and by the Government of His Majesty the King of Italy in accordance with its constitution and laws. The ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible, and the Convention shall take effect on the date of the exchange of its ratifi

cations.

Done in duplicate at the City of Washington in the English and Italian languages, this twenty-eighth day of March, in the year 1908. ELIHU ROOT [SEAL] MAYOR

[SEAL]

And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two governments were exchanged in the City of Washington on the twenty-second day of January, one thousand nine hundred and nine;

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this twenty-fifth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-third.

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THEODORE ROOSEVELT

ALLEGED DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ITALIAN SUBJECTS BY CITY

File No. 14654.

COUNCIL OF RICHMOND, VA.

The Italian Ambassador to the Secretary of State.

No. 2291.]

[Translation.]

ITALIAN EMBASSY, Manchester, Mass., July 14, 1908. MR. SECRETARY OF STATE: An ordinance of the city council of Richmond, dated December 12, 1907, and which went into effect on February 1 following, prohibits, in articles 2 and 5, Italian subjects residing there, and not naturalized Americans, and therefore not

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