such matter mailed in the United States addressed for delivery in the United Kingdom, 1 cent for each 2 oz. or fraction thereof up to 18 oz., and 10 cents for each package exceeding 18 oz. in weight. Except as above provided, packages of such matter shall be subject to the conditions prescribed by the Universal Postal Convention for packages of printed matter in Postal Union mails. This Convention shall take effect and operations thereunder shall begin on the 1st day of July, 1915, and shall continue in force until terminated by mutual agreement; or may be annulled at the desire of the postal administration of either country upon six months' previous notice given to the other. Done in duplicate and signed at London on the 4th day of June, 1915, and at Washington on the 21st day of June, 1915. HERBERT SAMUEL, Postmaster-General of the United Kingdom of (L.S.) ALBERT SIDNEY BURLESON, Postmaster-General of the United States of America. The foregoing Postal Convention between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland has been negotiated and concluded with my advice and consent and is hereby approved and ratified. In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed. By the President: (L.S.) WOODROW WILSON. JOHN E. OSBORNE, Acting Secretary of State, Washington, June 22, 1915. EXCHANGE OF NOTES between Great Britain and the United States relative to the Extension of the Time provided for the Organization of the Commission under the Treaty of September 15, 1914.- Washington, November 3, 1915.* No. 1.-The Secretary of State to the British Ambassador. EXCELLENCY, Department of State, Washington, November 3, 1915. Ir not having been found feasible to complete the International Commission provided for in the Treaty of the 15th September, 1914,† between the United States and Great Britain, looking to the advancement of the general cause of peace, within [1915. CIX.] "United States Treaty Series," No. 602 A. 3 K the time specified in the treaty, which expired on the 10th May, 1915, I have the honour to suggest for the consideration of your Government that the time within which the organization of the Commission may be completed be extended by an exchange of notes from the 10th May, 1915, to the 1st January, 1916. Your formal notification in writing, of the same date as this, that your Government receives the suggestion favourably, will be regarded on this Government's part as sufficient to give effect to the extension, and I shall be glad to receive your assurance that it will be so regarded by your Government also. I have, &c. ROBERT LANSING. His Excellency Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice, SIR, No. 2.-The British Ambassador to the Secretary of State. British Embassy, Washington, November 3, 1915. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your note of this day's date, in which you state as follows:: "It not having been found feasible to complete the International Commission provided for in the Treaty of the 15th September, 1914, between the United States and Great Britain, looking to the advancement of the general cause of peace. within the time specified in the treaty, which expired on the 10th May, 1915, I have the honour to suggest for the consideration of your Government that the time within which the organization of the Commission may be completed be extended by an exchange of notes from the 10th May, 1915, to the 1st January, 1916. "Your formal notification in writing, of the same date as this, that your Government receives the suggestion favourably, will be regarded on this Government's part as sufficient to give effect to the extension, and I shall be glad to receive your assurance that it will be so regarded by your Government also." I have the honour to inform you in reply that His Majesty's Government accepts this suggestion made by the United States Government, and that they regard the exchange of to-day's notes as sufficient to give effect to the extension. The Honourable Robert Lansing, I have, &c. CECIL SPRING-RICE. Secretary of State of the United States, &c. DECREE of the Argentine Government for the Maintenance of Neutrality in the War between Italy and Austria-Hungary. -Buenos Aires, May 26, 1915. (Translation.) Buenos Aires, May 26, 1915. In view of the note, dated the 24th instant, received by this Department from the Italian Legation here, in which, acting under instructions from their Government, they notify the Government of this Republic that Italy considers herself from that date in a state of war with Austria-Hungary; and in accordance with the principles of international procedure on which the Argentine Government based their Decree of the 5th August, 1914, declaring their neutrality while the state of war lasted between the nations of Europe, The President of the Argentine nation Decrees: ART. 1. The Decree of the Argentine Government of the 5th August, 1914, declaring their strictest neutrality whilst the said state of war lasted, is hereby extended to the actual state of war between Italy and Austria-Hungary. 2. Communicate this to the respective Ministries in order that effect may be given to the provisions of the said Decree, publish it in the "Official Gazette," and insert it in the National Register. José LUIS MURATURE. PLAZA. DECREE of the Argentine Government relative to the Maintenance of Neutrality in the War between Italy and Turkey. -Buenos Aires, August 27, 1915. (Translation.) Buenos Aires, August 27, 1915. WHEREAS the note, dated the 23rd of the present month, from the Italian Legation accredited here notifies, under instructions from the Italian Government to that of this Republic, that Italy has declared war on Turkey; and in view of the principles of international law laid down in the Decree of the Argentine Government of the 5th August, 1914,* declaring their neutrality whilst the state of war between the nations of Europe lasted, * Vol. CVIII, page 795. The President of the Argentine Republic Decrees: ART. 1. The Decree of the Argentine Government of the 5th August, 1914, declaring their strictest neutrality whilst the said state of war lasts, is extended to the present state of war between Italy and Turkey. 2. Communicate this to the Ministers concerned in order that effect may be given to the provisions of the said Decree, publish it in the "Official Gazette," and insert it in the National Register. José LUIS MURATURE. PLAZA. DECREE of the Argentine Republic relative to the Restrictions imposed on Merchant Vessels as to Wireless Telegraphy. -Buenos Aires, September 9, 1915. (Translation.) Buenos Aires, September 9, 1915. As it is convenient in the actual circumstances to modify the restrictions imposed by the Decree of the 9th December, 1914. on vessels on the National Register which navigate the South Atlantic and the River Plate, The President of the Argentine nation Decrees: ART. 1. The Ministry of Marine shall cause all merchant vessels flying the Argentine flag to keep their wireless stations closed from the moment at which they enter, and during the whole time they remain in, any port of the Republic. 2. The wireless stations included under the foregoing Article shall be closed by the maritime authorities of the port on arrival, and without their intervention cannot be opened again for use. 3. The wireless operators carried by such vessels shall be of Argentine nationality, and they must be inscribed as such in a register which shall be opened for the purpose at the PrefectureGeneral of Ports. They shall be considered as national agents of the maritime authorities in the same manner as pilots are. 4. In the ports of the South Atlantic where national merchant vessels touch, and where there is no national telegraph office, the master is authorized to keep the wireless station of his vessel in use. 5. While navigating outside the ports, or in cases mentioned in Article 4, the use of wireless stations on vessels is authorized for the exclusive purpose of transmitting or receiving messages to or from the public, written in the Spanish language only, and the contents of which do not relate to the European conflict. Such messages must be written in a clear and comprehensible form. No message which does not conform to these requirements shall be accepted. 6. Coast stations shall not deal with any public message sent to or received from a national merchant vessel when navigating, the text of which does not conform to the requirements of Article 5. 7. Every official message is exempted from the requirements of the foregoing Articles, but such messages must be signed and sealed by the competent authority. 8. On the arrival of the vessel at any port, the wireless operator must present himself to the local maritime authorities, before whom he must make a declaration as to any special occurrences during the voyage as regards communications either with coast stations or with other vessels. He shall hand in certified copies of the telegrams sent or received whilst the station has remained open. These copies shall be sent to the Prefecture-General of Ports on the first available opportunity by the Sub-Prefects or subordinate officers in charge. He shall also report to the maritime authorities every offence, irregularity or crime which may have been committed on board, so that they may take cognizance of the matter. 9. Every offence against these rules shall be punishable with a fine of 1,000 dollars paper currency (say, 877. 10s.), and in a case of a repetition of the offence, with the withdrawal of the master's and wireless operator's certificates. But if by such an offence an International Convention or Treaty is violated, then the case shall be handed over to the Procurador Fiscal (Government Prosecutor) for the penal effects laid down by Article 8 of Law No. 49. 10. If the Ministry of Marine considers it necessary, it shall cause a naval officer to embark, in the capacity of inspector, on board any merchant vessel having a wireless telegraphy installation. This officer shall remain on board during the voyage, and must be lodged and boarded at the expense of the company owning the vessel. 11. National merchant vessels which run to Montevideo and up the rivers, and which do not stop in port more than twentyfour hours, are authorized to retain their aerials hoisted. 12. Communicate this to whom it may concern. J. P. SAENZ VALIENTE. PLAZA. |