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RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF NEUTRAL POWERS IN NAVAL WAR (HAGUE, XIII)

  • Convention signed at The Hague October 18, 1907
  • Senate advice and consent to adherence, with a reservation and exclusion, and with an understanding, April 17, 1908[1]
  • Adherence declared by the President of the United States, with a reservation and exclusion, and with an understanding, February 23, 1909[1]
  • Procès-verbal of first deposit of ratifications at The Hague dated November 27, 1909
  • Adherence of the United States deposited at The Hague December 3, 1909
  • Entered into force January 26, 1910; for the United States February 1, 1910
  • Proclaimed by the President of the United States February 28, 1910
36 Stat. 2415; Treaty Series 545

[TRANSLATION]

XIII

Convention Concerning the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers in Naval War

His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia; the President of the Argentine Republic; His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, etc., and Apostolic King of Hungary; His Majesty the King of the Belgians; the President of the Republic of Bolivia; the President of the Republic of the United States of Brazil; His Royal Highness the Prince of Bulgaria; the President of the Republic of Chile; the President of the Republic of Colombia; His Majesty the King of Denmark; the President of the Dominican Republic;


  1. 1.0 1.1 The Senate gave its advice and consent to adherence with the reservation and exclusion of art. 23 and with the understanding that the last clause of art. 3 of the convention "implies the duty of a neutral power to make the demand therein mentioned for the return of a ship captured within the neutral jurisdiction and no longer within that jurisdiction." The reservation and exclusion of art. 23 and the understanding with respect to art. 3 were maintained in the President's declaration of adherence.
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