(10) Convention of July 16, 1863, for the redemption of the toll dues on the Scheldt.

Note to X, 282 (10)

The convention is printed at 53 British and Foreign State Papers, p. 8.

(11) Convention of October 29, 1888, regarding the establishment of a definite arrangement guaranteeing the free use of the Suez Canal.

Note to X, 282 (11)

The convention is printed at 79 British and Foreign Papers, p. 18. During the application of article 16 of the Covenant of the League of Nations to Italy in 1935-36 some discussion arose as to the collective closing of the Suez Canal. Italy and the United Kingdom in their protocol of April 16, 1938 declared that the 1888 convention "guarantees at all times and for all powers free use of the Suez Canal" (United Kingdom, Treaty Series 31 (1938), Cmd. 5726; 195 League of Nations Treaty Series, p. 88).

(12) Conventions of September 23, 1910, respecting the unification of certain regulations regarding collisions and salvage at sea. Note to X, 282 (12)

The conventions are printed at 103 British and Foreign State Papers, p. 434; the convention regarding assistance and salvage at sea is in Treaty Series 576, at 37 Stat. 1658, and at Treaties, Conventions, etc., 1910-23, I, 2953.

(13) Convention of December 21, 1904, regarding the exemption of hospital ships from dues and charges in ports.

Note to X, 282 (13)

The convention is printed at 98 British and Foreign State Papers, p. 624.

(14) Convention of February 4, 1898, regarding the tonnage measurement of vessels for inland navigation.

Note to X, 282 (14)

The convention is printed at 90 British and Foreign State Papers, p. 303.

(15) Convention of September 26, 1906, for the suppression of nightwork for women.

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Note to X, 282 (15)

The convention is printed at 100 British and Foreign State Papers, p. 794.

(16) Convention of September 26, 1906, for the suppression of the use of white phosphorus in the manufacture of matches.

Note to X, 282 (16)

The convention is printed at 99 British and Foreign State Papers, p. 986.

(17) Conventions of May 18, 1904, and May 4, 1910, regarding the suppression of the White Slave Traffic.

Note to X, 282 (17)

The 1904 convention is printed in Treaty Series 496, at Treaties, Conventions, etc., 1776-1909, 1, 2131, at 1 League of Nations Treaty Series, p. 83, and at 97 British and Foreign State Papers, p. 95; that of 1910, at 103 British and Foreign State Papers, p. 244.

(18) Convention of May 4, 1910, regarding the suppression of| of obscene publications.

Note to X, 282 (18)

The convention is printed in Treaty Series 559, at 37 Stat. 1511, at Treaties, Conventions, etc., 1910-23, 1, 2918, and at 103 British and Foreign State Papers, p. 251.

(19) Sanitary Conventions of January 30, 1892, April 15, 1893, April 3, 1894, March 19, 1897, and December 3, 1903.

Text of May 7:

Sanitary Conventions of Paris and Venice of the 3rd April, 1894, 19th March, 1897, and 3rd December, 1903.

Note to X, 282 (19)

The convention concerning the sanitary regime of the Suez Canal, Venice, January 30, 1892, is printed at 84 British and Foreign State Papers, p. 12; the international sanitary convention, Dresden, April 15, 1893, is at 85 ibid., p. 7; the international sanitary convention for the protection from disease of the pilgrimage to Mecca and for establishing sanitary inspection in the Persian Gulf, Paris, April 3, 1894, is at 87 ibid., p. 78; the international sanitary convention and regulations, Venice, March 19, 1897, is at 89 ibid., p. 159; the

Note to X, 282 (19)—Continued

sanitary convention and regulations, Paris, December 3, 1903, is in Treaty Series 466 and at Treaties, Conventions, etc., 1776–1909, II, 2066. The international sanitary convention, Paris, January 17, 1912 (Treaty Series 649; 42 Stat. 1823; Treaties, Conventions, etc., 1910-23, III, 2972), which consolidated and modified the conventions of 1897 and 1903 which themselves consolidated earlier instruments, was not in force at the signing of the treaty of peace. The procès-verbal of ratification which brought it into force was deposited at Paris on October 7, 1920. Germany subsequently deposited its ratification. A convention revising the 1912 convention was signed at Paris on June 21, 1926 and entered into force by a first deposit of ratifications on March 10, 1928 (Treaty Series 792; 45 Stat. 2492; Treaties, Conventions, etc., 1923–37, iv, 4962).

A convention amending the 1926 convention was signed at Paris on October 31, 1938 and entered into force on July 24, 1939 (198 League of Nations Treaty Series, p. 205).

(20) Convention of May 20, 1875, regarding the unification and and improvement of the metric system.

Note to X, 282 (20)

The convention is printed in Treaty Series 378, at Treaties, C'onventions, etc., 1776-1909, 11, 1924, and at 66 British and Foreign State Papers, p. 562.

(21) Convention of November 29, 1906, regarding the unification of pharmacopoeial formulæ for potent drugs.

Note to X, 282 (21)

The agreement is printed at Treaties, Conventions, etc., 1776–1909, II, 2209 and at 99 British and Foreign State Papers, p. 179.

(22) Convention of November 16 and 19, 1885, regarding the establishment of a concert pitch.

Note to X, 282 (22)

The declarations of the International Conference on Concert Pitch convened by the Austrian Ministerium des Kultus und Unterricht at Vienna, November 16-19, 1885 were published by that ministry and are also in Italy, Ministro degli affari esteri, Trattati e convenzioni tra il regno d'Italia e gli altri stati, x11, 727.

(23) Convention of June 7, 1905, regarding the creation of an International Agricultural Institute at Rome.

Note to X, 282 (23)

The convention is printed in Treaty Series 489, at Treaties, Conventions, etc., 1776–1909, 11, 2140, and at 100 British and Foreign State Papers, p. 595.

(24) Conventions of November 3, 1881, and April 15, 1889, regarding precautionary measures against phylloxera.

Note to X, 282 (24)

The 1881 convention is printed at 73 British and Foreign State Papers, p. 323; the 1889 convention, at 81 ibid., p. 1311.

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(25) Convention of March 19, 1902, regarding the protection of birds useful to agriculture.

Note to X, 282 (25)

The convention is printed at 102 British and Foreign State Papers, p. 969.

(26) Convention of June 12, 1902, as to the protection of minors. Note to X, 282 (26)

The convention is printed at 95 British and Foreign State Papers, p. 421.

ARTICLE 283.

From the coming into force of the present Treaty the High Contracting Parties shall apply the conventions and agreements hereinafter mentioned, in so far as concerns them, on condition that the special stipulations contained in this Article are fulfilled by Germany.

Postal Conventions:

Conventions and agreements of the Universal Postal Union concluded at Vienna, July 4, 1891.

Conventions and agreements of the Postal Union signed at Washington, June 15, 1897.

Conventions and agreements of the Postal Union signed at Rome, May 26, 1906.

Telegraphic Conventions:

International Telegraphic Conventions signed at St. Petersburg July 10/22, 1875.

Regulations and Tariffs drawn up by the International Telegraphic Conference, Lisbon, June 11, 1908.

Germany undertakes not to refuse her assent to the conclusion by the new States of the special arrangements referred to in the conventions and agreements relating to the Universal Postal Union and to the International Telegraphic Union, to which the said new States have adhered or may adhere.

Note to X, 283

The main 1891 postal convention is printed at 83 British and Foreign State Papers, p. 513; that of 1897, at 89 ibid., p. 65; and that of 1906, at 99 ibid., p. 254. The latest universal postal convention supersedes the previous one for all parties when it enters into force; in 1919 the 1906 convention was in force.

The subsidiary postal conventions and arrangements, with their regulations, enter into force when accepted and revisions do not similarly supersede one another. The instruments of the three congresses mentioned dealt with parcel post, letters, etc., of declared value, money orders, postal subscriptions to newspapers, postal certificates of identity, and the Service des recouvrements.

Germany was a party to the convention and agreements of the Universal Postal Union signed at Madrid, November 30, 1920 (3 League of Nations Treaty Series, p. 267) and to subsequent revisions up to that of Cairo, March 20, 1934.

The 1875 telegraphic convention is printed at 66 British and Foreign State Papers, p. 19; the 1908 regulations, at 102 ibid., p. 214. Both were replaced by the international telecommunication convention and regulations signed at Madrid, December 9, 1932 (Treaty Series 867; 49 Stat. 2391; Treaties, Conventions, etc., 1923– 37, iv, 5379). The regulations were revised at Cairo, April 4 and 8, 1938 (Treaty Series 948; 54 Stat. 1417).

The international service regulations provided for by article 13 of the 1875 convention were revised at Paris on October 29, 1925 (57 League of Nations Treaty Series, p. 201).

ARTICLE 284.

From the coming into force of the present Treaty the High Contracting Parties shall apply, in so far as concerns them, the International Radio-Telegraphic Convention of July 5, 1912, on condition that Germany fulfils the provisional regulations which will be indicated to her by the Allied and Associated Powers.

If within five years after the coming into force of the present Treaty a new convention regulating international radio-telegraphic communications should have been concluded to take the place of