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TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, GERMANY, NORWAY, AND RUSSIA RESPECTING THE INDEPENDENCE AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF NORWAY.


Signed at Christiania, November 2, 1907.



[Ratifications deposited at Christiania, February 6, 1908.]


Sa Majesté le Roi du Royaume-Uni de la Grande-Bretagne et d’Irlande et des Territoires Britanniques au delà des Mers, Empereur des Indes; Sa Majesté l'Empereur d’Allemagne, Roi de Prusse; le Président do la République Française; Sa Majesté le Roi de Norvège; et Sa Majesté l’Empereur de Toutes les Russies, animés du désir d’assurer à la Norvège, dans ses limites actuelles et avec sa zone neutre, son indépendance, et son intégrité territoriale, ainsi que les bénéfices de la paix, ont résolu de conclure un Traité à cet effet et ont nommé pour leurs Pldnipotentiaires respectifs:

Sa Majesté le Roi du Royaume-Uni de la Grande-Bretagne et d’Irlande et des Territoires Britanniques au delà des Mers, Empereur des Indes, Mr. W. G. Max Müller, Chargé d’Affaires Britannique à Kristiania;

Sa Majesté I’Empereur d’Allemagne, Roi de Prusse, M. de Treutler, son Envoyé Extra-

(Translation.)[1]

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India; His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia; the President of the French Republic; His Majesty the King of Norway; and His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, animated by the desire to secure to Norway, within her present frontiers and with her neutral zone, her independence and territorial integrity, as also the benefits of peace, have resolved to conclude a Treaty to this effect, and have named as their respective Plenipotentiaries:

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, Mr. W. G. Max Müller, British Chargé d’Affaires at Christiania;

His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia, M. de Treutler, his Envoy Extra-

  1. The Treaty was signed in the French language only.

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