occasioned by the arrest, custody, and transport of the accused until he is surrendered to the agents of country claiming him. XIV. The present Treaty shall continue in force for the term of ten years counting from the date of the exchange of the ratifications; and, after this term is completed, it shall be understood as prolonged until one of the Contracting Parties notifies the other of its intention to terminate it, a year after making the notification. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged at Quito or Santiago within the shortest possible time. In witness whereof the Plenipotentiaries of Equator and Chile sign the present Treaty ad referendum in duplicate, and seal it with their respective seals at Quito, 10th November, 1897. (L.S.) RAFAEL GÓMEZ DE LA TORRE (L.S.) B. MATHIEU. BRITISH NOTIFICATION of Spanish Notice respecting Laying of Torpedoes and Extinguishing of Lights during War with the United States.-London, April 27, 1898.* Foreign Office, April 27, 1898. HER Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received a Notification, of which the following is a translation, from the Spanish Ambassador at this Court, dated the 25th April, 1898: "In view of the critical and special circumstances created by the present relations between Spain and the United States of North America, His Majesty's Government has given orders that the ports of the Islands of Cuba, the Philippines, and Porto Rico be defended by lines of torpedoes; consequently, as soon as these ports have been closed in the manner stated, entry into them will only be possible under the guidance of the pilots of the ports, who will be in readiness with their boats outside the lines of defence referred to, to take ships in. Moreover, the authorities of the Islands of Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines, in view of the circumstances to which reference has been made, will give orders for the removal of buoys and the extinguishing of lights whenever it may be necessary for the defence of their respective territories." * From the "London Gazette" of April 29, 1898. BRITISH NOTIFICATION of United States' Notice of the Blockade of Cuba.-London, April 27, 1898.* Foreign Office, April 27, 1898, HER Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs received on the 23rd instant a Notification to the following effect from the United States' Ambassador in London : "By a Proclamation issued on the 22nd April, under Resolution of Congress, approved on the 20th of that month, the President of the United States of America announces a blockade of the north coast of Cuba, including the ports on that coast between Cardenas and Bahia Honda, and also of the port of Cienfuegos, on the south coast of Cuba." A telegram to a similar effect has also been received from Her Majesty's Ambassador at Washington, which adds that "neutral vessels now in any of the blockaded ports are allowed thirty days to leave." BRITISH NOTIFICATION of Spanish Notice forbidding Vessels to enter certain Ports by night.-London, May 11 1898.t Foreign Office, May 11, 1898. HER Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received a Notification, of which the following is a translation, from the Spanish Ambassador at this Court, dated the 10th May, 1898: "The Minister of State directs me to inform your Excellency that, in consequence of the laying down of submarine defences in the naval ports of Ferrol, Cadiz, Cartagena, and Mahon, entry into those ports by uight has been forbidden." BRITISH NOTIFICATION of United States' Circular relative to the Clearance of Vessels during the War with Spain.-London, May 14, 1898.‡ Foreign Office, May 14, 1898. HER Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has this day received, through Her Majesty's Ambassador at Washington, From the "London Gazette" of April 29, 1898. the following Circular, which has been issued by the Government of the United States of America :: Clearance of Vessels and Shipments therein during the War with Spain. 1898. Department Circular No. 72. Bureau of Navigation. Treasury Department, Washington, D.C., To Collectors of Customs and others. Your attention is directed to the following Act of Congress, approved the 25th April, 1898, entitled "An Act declaring that war exists between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain :" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled: 1. That war be and the same is hereby declared to exist, and that war has existed since the 21st day of April, A.D. 1898, including said day, between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain. 2. That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States to such extent as may be necessary to carry this Act into effect. The following instructions are issued for your guidance:— 1. Clearance will be refused to any vessel for a port or place blockaded by the United States. [The President, on the 22nd April, proclaimed a blockade of the north coast of Cuba, including ports on said coast between Cardenas and Bahia Honda, and the port of Cienfuegos, on the south coast of Cuba.] 2. Clearance will be refused to any vessel carrying goods which are contraband of war for any Spanish port. 3. Clearance will be refused to any vessel carrying coal for any Spanish port. 4. Clearance will be refused to any American vessel for any Spanish port. 5. Up to and including the 21st May, 1898, clearance will be granted to any Spanish merchant-vessel now in any port or place of the United States for any foreign port except a port blockaded by the United States, provided that such vessel shall not have on board any officer in the military or naval service of Spain, or any coal (except such as may be necessary for the voyage), or any other article prohibited or contraband of war, or any despatch of or to the Spanish Government. Collectors will issue a certificate to any such vessel on clearance reciting that said vessel has complied with the provisions of the Proclamation of the President of the United States signed the 26th April, 1898,* and, by virtue of that Proclamation, is entitled to continue her voyage if met at sea by any United States' ship, except to a blockaded port. To the certificate shall be attached a copy of the Proclamation aforesaid. Clearance in ballast will be granted to any Spanish merchantvessel which, prior to the 21st April, 1898, shall have sailed from any foreign port bound for any port or place in the United States, as soon as her cargo is discharged, for any foreign port except a port blockaded by the United States, provided such vessel shall not have on board any officer in the military or naval service of Spain, or any despatch of or to the Spanish Government. Collectors will issue a certificate to any such vessel on clearance reciting that said vessel has complied with the provisions of the Proclamation of the President of the United States signed the 26th April, 1898, and, by virtue of that Proclamation, is entitled to continue on her voyage if met at sea by a United States' ship, except to a blockaded port. To the certificate shall be attached a copy of the Proclamation aforesaid. 6. Clearance will be granted to any American or neutral vessel destined for a neutral port, with a cargo also destined for a neutral port, with regard to the kind of cargo, on compliance with the provisions of law. Where officers of Customs have reason to believe that coal, or articles considered contraband of war, are destined for the use of enemies of the United States, clearance will be withheld until a report has been forwarded to, and instructions issued by, the Department. 7. Clearance will be issued in all other cases in compliance with the provisions of law. 8. Collectors in doubt in any particular application for clearance will telegraph promptly the facts to the Department, and withhold clearance until instructed. 9. The Department declines to give general advice to masters and owners of vessels, shippers, consignees, &c. Any specific case requiring action by the Department must be submitted by those concerned to the proper officer of the Customs, who, if in doubt, will communicate with the Department, and await instructions, before taking action. O. L. SPAULDING, Acting Secretary. * Page 380. BRITISH NOTIFICATION of the Denunciation by the Republic of the Equator of the Commercial Treaty with Great Britain of 1880.-London, May 26, 1898.* Foreign Office, May 26, 1898. THE Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received, through Her Majesty's Acting Consul-General at Lima, a note, dated the 8th March last, from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Equator, denouncing the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation between Great Britain and Equator concluded on the 18th October, 1880.† This notice of denunciation, which was received on the 30th March last, being in conformity with the provisions of Article XXIII of that Treaty, has been accepted by Her Majesty's Government, and the said Treaty will cease and determine accordingly on the 30th March, 1899. BRITISH NOTIFICATION of United States' Notice of Blockade of Ports in Cuba and Porto Rico.—London, June 30, 1898.‡ Foreign Office, June 30, 1898. HER Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received a Notification to the following effect from the United States' Ambassador in London : "By a Proclamation issued on the 27th June the President of the United States of America announces a blockade of all the ports on the south coast of Cuba from Cape Frances to Cape Cruz, and also of the port of San Juan de Porto Rico." BRITISH NOTIFICATION of the United States' Proclamation of Blockade of certain Ports in Cuba and Porto Rico.London, July 15, 1898.§ Foreign Office, July 15, 1898. HER Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received from the United States' Ambassador in London the following copy of the President's Proclamation referred to in the * From the "London Gazette" of May 27, 1898. + Vol. LXXII, page 144. From the "London Gazette" of July 1, 1898. |