given by the Government of Salvador on or before March 1st, 1902, this protocol shall be deemed null and void; and the United States will be at liberty to proceed diplomatically. Done in quadruplicate in English and Spanish at Washington, this nineteenth day of December, 1901. JOHN HAY NATURALIZATION Convention signed at San Salvador March 14, 1908 Ratified by the President of the United States May 26, 1908 Entered into force July 20, 1908 Proclaimed by the President of the United States July 23, 1908 35 Stat. 2038; Treaty Series 503 CONVENTION TO FIX THE CONDITION OF NATURALIZED CITIZENS WHO RENEW THEIR RESIDENCE IN THE COUNTRY OF THEIR ORIGIN The President of the United States of America and the President of the Republic of Salvador, desiring to regulate the citizenship of those persons who emigrate from the United States of America to Salvador, and from Salvador to the United States of America, have resolved to conclude a convention on this subject and for that purpose have appointed their plenipotentiaries to conclude a convention, that is to say: the President of the United States of America, John Hanaford Gregory, Jr., Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of the United States at Salvador; and the President of Salvador, señor doctor don Salvador Rodríguez González, Minister for Foreign Affairs, who have agreed to and signed the following Articles: ARTICLE I Citizens of the United States who may or shall have been naturalized in Salvador, upon their own application or by their own consent, will be considered by the United States as citizens of the Republic of Salvador. Reciprocally, Salvadoreans who may or shall have been naturalized in the United States upon their own application or with their own consent, will be considered by the Republic of Salvador as citizens of the United States. ARTICLE II If a Salvadorean, naturalized in the United States of America, renews his residence in Salvador, without intent to return to the United States, he may be held to have renounced his naturalization in the United States. Recipro cally, if a citizen of the United States, naturalized in Salvador, renews his residence in the United States, without intent to return to Salvador, he may be presumed to have renounced his naturalization in Salvador. The intent not to return may be held to exist when the person naturalized in the one country, resides more than two years in the other country, but this presumption may be destroyed by evidence to the contrary. ARTICLE III It is mutually agreed that the definition of the word "citizen," as used in this convention, shall be held to mean a person to whom nationality of the United States or Salvador attaches. ARTICLE IV A recognized citizen of the one party, returning to the territory of the other, remains liable to trial and legal punishment for an action punishable by the laws of his original country and committed before his emigration; but not for the emigration itself, saving always the limitation established by the laws of his original country, and any other remission of liability to punishment. ARTICLE V The declaration of intention to become a citizen of the one or the other country has not for either party the effect of naturalization. ARTICLE VI The present convention shall go into effect immediately on the exchange of ratifications, and in the event of either party giving the other notice of its intention to terminate the convention it shall continue to be in effect for one year more, to count from the date of such notice. The present convention shall be submitted to the approval and ratification of the respective appropriate authorities of each of the contracting parties, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at San Salvador or Washington within twenty-four months of the date hereof. Signed at the city of San Salvador, on the fourteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and eight. ARBITRATION Convention signed at Washington December 21, 1908 Ratifications exchanged at Washington July 3, 1909 Entered into force July 3, 1909 Proclaimed by the President of the United States July 7, 1909 Expired July 3, 1919 36 Stat. 2172; Treaty Series 529 The Government of the United States of America, signatory of the two conventions for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, concluded at The Hague, respectively, on July 29, 1899, and October 18, 1907,3 and the Government of the Republic of Salvador, adherent to the said convention of July 29, 1899, and signatory of the said convention of October 18, 1907; Taking into consideration that by Article XIX of the convention of July 29, 1899, and by Article XL of the convention of October 18, 1907, the High Contracting Parties have reserved to themselves the right of concluding Agreements, with a view to referring to arbitration all questions which they shall consider possible to submit to such treatment; Have authorized the Undersigned to conclude the following Convention: ARTICLE I Differences which may arise of a legal nature, or relating to the interpretation of treaties existing between the two Contracting Parties, and which it may not have been possible to settle by diplomacy, shall be referred to the Permanent Court of Arbitration established at The Hague by the convention of the 29th July, 1899, for the pacific settlement of international disputes, and maintained by The Hague Convention of the 18th October, 1907; provided, nevertheless, that they do not affect the vital interests, the inde pendence, or the honor of the two Contracting States, and do not concern the interests of third Parties. ARTICLE II In each individual case the High Contracting Parties, before appealing to the Permanent Court of Arbitration, shall conclude a special Agreement, defining clearly the matter in dispute, the scope of the powers of the arbitrators, and the periods to be fixed for the formation of the Arbitral Tribunal and the several stages of the procedure. It is understood that on the part of the United States such special agreements will be made by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and on the part of Salvador shall be subject to the procedure required by the Constitution and laws thereof. ARTICLE III The present Convention is concluded for a period of five years and shall remain in force thereafter until one year's notice of termination shall be given by either party. ARTICLE IV The present Convention shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof; and by the President of Salvador in accordance with the Constitution and laws thereof. The ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible, and the Convention shall take effect on the date of the exchange of its ratifications. Done in duplicate in the English and Spanish languages at Washington, this 21st day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eight. E |