The denunciation shall only have effect in regard to the notifying Power, and one year after the notification has reached the Netherland Government. ARTICLE XIV. A register kept by the Netherland Ministry for Foreign Affairs shall give the date of the deposit of ratifications made in virtue of Article X, paragraphs 3 and 4, as well as the date on which the notifications of adhesion (Article XI, paragraph 2) or of denunciation (Article XIII, paragraph 1) have been received. Each Contracting Power is entitled to have access to this register and to be supplied with duly certified extracts from it. In faith whereof the Plenipotentiaries have appended their signatures to the present Convention. Done at The Hague, the 18th October, 1907, in a single copy, which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Netherland Government, and duly certified copies of which shall be sent, through the diplomatic channel, to the Powers invited to the Second Peace Conference. 1. Pour l'Allemagne: MARSCHALL. 2. Pour les Etats Unis d'Améri- JOSEPH H. CHOATE, 12. Pour la République de Cuba: ANTONIO S. DE BUSTAMANTE. 13. Pour le Danemark: GONZALO DE QUESADA. APOLINAR TEJERA. 14. Pour la République Domini- DR. HENRIQUEZ Y CARVAJAL caine: CONVENTION CONCERNING THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF NEUTRAL POWERS IN NAVAL WAR. Concluded October 18, 1907; adherence advised by Senate (excepting as to article 23) April 17, 1908; ratified by the President February 23, 1909; ratifications deposited with the Netherlands Government November 27, 1909; proclaimed February 28, 1910. His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia; the President of the Argentine Republic; His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, &c., 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; the President of the Republic of Ecuador; the President The ratifications of this convention were deposited at The Hague November 27, 1909, by Germany, Austria-Hungary, Denmark, Mexico, the Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, and Salvador. Adherence of United States deposited November 27, 1909; adhered to by China. of the French Republic; 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 King of the Hellenes; the President of the Republic of Guatemala; the President of the Republic of Haïti; His Majesty the King of Italy; His Majesty the Emperor of Japan; His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxemburg, Duke of Nassau; the President of the United States of Mexico; His Royal Highness the Prince of Montenegro; His Majesty the King of Norway; the President of the Republic of Panamá; the President of the Republic of Paraguay; Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands; the President of the Republic of Peru; His Imperial Majesty the Shah of Persia; His Majesty the King of Portugal and of the Algarves, &c.; His Majesty the King of Roumania; His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias; the President of the Republic of Salvador; His Majesty the King of Servia; His Majesty the King of Siam; His Majesty the King of Sweden; the Swiss Federal Council; His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans; the President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay; the President of the United States of Venezuela: With a view to harmonizing the divergent views which, in the event of naval war, are still held on the relations between neutral Powers and belligerent Powers, and to anticipating the difficulties to which such divergence of views might give rise; Seeing that, even if it is not possible at present to concert measures applicable to all circumstances which may in practice occur, it is nevertheless undeniably advantageous to frame, as far as possible, rules of general application to meet the case where war has unfortunately broken out; Seeing that, in cases not covered by the present Convention, it is expedient to take into consideration the general principles of the law of nations; Seeing that it is desirable that the Powers should issue detailed enactments to regulate the results of the attitude of neutrality when adopted by them; Seeing that it is, for neutral Powers, an admitted duty to apply these rules impartially to the several belligerents; Seeing that, in this category of ideas, these rules should not, in principle, be altered, in the course of the war, by a neutral Power, except in a case where experience has shown the necessity for such change for the protection of the rights of that Power; Have agreed to observe the following common rules, which cannot however modify provisions laid down in existing general Treaties, and have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, namely:" Sa Majesté l'Empereur d'Allemagne, Roi de Prusse: Son Excellence le baron Marschall de Bieberstein, Son ministre d'état, Son ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire à Constantinople; M. le dr. Johannes Kriege, Son envoyé en mission extraordinaire à la présente Conférence, Son conseiller intime de légation et jurisconsulte au ministère Impérial des affaires étrangères, membre de la cour permanente d'arbitrage. a The names of the Plenipotentiaries appear in the President's proclamation in French only. Le Président de la République Argentine: Son Excellence M. Roque Saenz Peña, ancien ministre des affaires étrangères, envoyé extraordinaire et ministre plénipotentiaire de la République à Rome, membre de la cour permanente d'arbitrage; Son Excellence M. Luis M. Drago, ancien ministre des affaires étrangères et des cultes de la République, député national, membre de la cour permanente d'arbitrage; Son Excellence M. Carlos Rodriguez Larreta, ancien ministre des affaires étrangères et des cultes de la République, membre de la cour permanente d'arbitrage. Sa Majesté l'Empereur d'Autriche, Roi de Bohême, etc., et Roi Apostolique de Hongrie : Son Excellence M. Gaëtan Mérey, de Kapos-Mére, Son conseiller intime, Son ambassadeur extraordinaire plénipotentiaire; Son Excellence M. le baron Charles de Macchio, Son envoyé extraordinaire et ministre plénipotentiaire à Athènes. Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges: Son Excellence M. Beernaert, Son ministre d'état, membre de la chambre des représentants, membre de l'institut de France et des académies Royales de Belgique et de Roumanie, membre d'honneur de l'institut de droit international, membre de la cour permanente d'arbitrage; Son Excellence M. J. Van den Heuvel, Son ministre d'état, ancien ministre de la justice; Son Excellence M. le baron Guillaume, Son envoyé extraordinaire et ministre plénipotentiaire à La Haye, membre de l'académie Royale de Roumanie. Le Président de la République de Bolivie: Son Excellence M. Claudio Pinilla, ministre des affaires étrangères de la République, membre de la cour permanente d'arbitrage; Son Excellence M. Fernando E. Guachalla, ministre plénipotentiaire à Londres. Le Président de la République des États-Unis du Brésil: Son Excellence M. Ruy Barbosa, ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire, membre de la cour permanente d'arbitrage; Son Excellence M. Eduardo F. S. dos Santos Lisboa, envoyé extraordinaire et ministre plénipotentiaire à La Haye. Son Altesse Royale le Prince de Bulgarie: M. Vrban Vinaroff général-major de l'état-major, Son général à la suite; M. Ivan Karandjouloff, procureur-général de la cour de cassation. Le Président de la République de Chili: Son Excellence M. Domingo Gana, envoyé extraordinaire et |