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TREATY SERIES. No. 7.
1905.
DECLA RATION
BETWEEN
THE UNITED KINGDOM AND FRANCE
CONCERNING
SIAM,
MADAGASCAR, AND THE
NEW HEBRIDES.
Signed at London, April 8, 1904.
Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty.
February 1905.
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DECLARATION BETWEEN THE TJNITED
KINGDOM AND FRANCE CONCEHHNING
SIAM, MADAGASCAR, AND THE AE"'-HEBRIDES.
Signed at London, April 8, 1904.
Declaration concerning Siam.
Madagascar. and the 1Ten,
Hebrides.
Dffclnration coneernant le Siam.
Aadagascam et le.c Noncelle.sHhbrides.
I.-SIAM.
I.-SIAM.
THE Government of
His
Britannic Majesty and
the
Government of the French
Republic confirm Articles 1 and
2 of the Declaration signed in
London on the 15th January,
1896, by the Marquess of
Salisbury, then Her Britannic
Majesty's Principal Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs,
and Baron de Courcel, then
Ambassador of the French
Republic at the Court of Her
Britannic Majesty.
LE Gouvernement de Sa
liritannique
et le
Majeste
Gonvernement de Is Ildpublique Frangaise maintiennent
les Articles 1 et 2 de Is Declaration signee a Londres le
15 Janvier, 1896, par le
Marquis de Salisbury, Principal
Secr6taire d'Ittat pour les Affaires E`trangeres de Sa Majeste
Britannique a cette 6poque, et
le Barcn de Courcel, Ambassadeur de la Republique Francaise pres-Sa Majeste Britannique it cette 6poque.
Toutefois, en vue de completer ces dispositions, ils d6clarent d'un commun accord
que l'influence de la GrandeBretagne sera reconnue par Is
France sur les territoires situds
A l'ouest du bassin do Is
Meinam, et celle de Is France
sera reconnue par In GrandeBretagne sur les territoires
situ's a Test de la meme re iiion,
toutes les possessions Siamoises
A Vest et an sud-est de In zone
In order, however, to complete these arrangements, they
declare by mutual agreement
that the influence of Great
Britain shall be recognized by,
France in the territories situated
to the west of the basin of the
River Menam, au J that the
influence of France shall be
recognized by Great Britain in
the territories situated to the
east of the same region, all the
Siamese possessions on the east
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add south -east of the zone
above described and the adjaccnt islands coming thus
henceforth under French influence , and, on the other hand,
all Siamese possessions on the
west of this zone and of the
Gulf of Siam , including the
Malay Peninsula and the adjacent islands, coming under
English influence.
The two Contracting Parties,
disclaiming all idea of annexing
any Siamese territory , and determined to abstain from any
act which might contravene the
provisions of existing Treaties,
agree that , with this reservation, and so far as either of
them is concerned , the two
Governments shall each have
respectively liberty of action in
their spheres of influence as
above defined.
susvise'e at les Iles adjacentes
relevant ainsi desormais de ]'influence Frangaise et, d'autre
part, toutes les possessions
Siamoises a I'ouest de cette
zone et du Golfe de Siam, y
compris la Pdninsule Malaise et
les lies adjacentes, relevant de
]'influence Anglaise.
11.-MADAGASCA It.
1I.-MADAGASCAR.
In view of the agreement
now in negotiation on the
questions of Jurisdiction and
the postal service in Zanzibar,
and on the adjacent coast, His
Britannic Majesty's Government
withdraw the protest which
they had raised against the,
introduction of the Customs
tariff established at Madagascar after the annexation of that
island to France. The Government of the French Republic
tnkd note of this Declaration.
Eli vue de ]'accord en pr4paration stir lea questions de
Juridietion et du service postal
it Zanzibar, et stir la cote adjacente, le Gouvernement de Sa
Alajeste Britanuigae renonce it
la reclamation qu'il avait for1111116c contre 1'iutroduction du
Tarif Douauier etabli it Madagascar apres l'annexion de cette
lie it la France. Le Gouvernement do la Republique Frangaise proud acte de cette Declaration.
-NEw I']EBRtlES.
The two Governments agree
to draw up in concert an
Arra;:gcment which, without
involving any modification of
the political status quo, shall
Los deux Parties Contractantes, ecartant d'ailleurs toute
idee d'annexion d'aucnn territoire Sianiois, et rdsolues a
s'abstenir de tout acte qui irait
it l'encontre des dispositions des
Traites existents, conviennent
que sous cette reserve et en
regard do l'un et tie dautre,
]'action respective des deux
Gouvernements s'exercera librement sur chacune des deux
spheres d'influenee ainsi definies.
III.-.-
OOVELLES- FIEBRIDES.
Les deax
Gouvernements
convienueut de preparer de
concert tin Arrangement qui,
sans impliquer aucune modification dans Is etatu quo poll-
I
put an end to the difficulties
arising from the absence of
jurisdiction over the natives of
the New Hebrides.
They agree to appoint a Commission to settle the disputes
of their respective nationals in
the said islands with rzgard to
The compelanded property.
tency of this Commission and
its rules of procedure shall
form the sub ject of a preliminary Agreement
between
'
the two Governments.
tique, inette fin aux difficultds
rbsultant de l'absehce de juridiction stir les indigbnes des
Nouvelles-Hebrides:
Its convienuent de nommer
line Commission pour le rdglemont des diffdrends foneiers
de leurs ressortissants respectifs
dans lea Bites Iles. La compdtence de cette Commission et
lest re'gles de sa procedure
ieront l'objet d'nn accord prdliminaire entre les deux Gouverne wears.
In ^vitness whereof His i3rittaunic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs and His Excellency the
Ambassador of the French Republic at the Court of His
Majesty the King of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland and of the British
Dominions beyond the Seas,
Emperor of India, duly authorisad for that purpose, have
signed the present Declaration
and have affixed thereto their
seals.
Eu foi de quoit le .Principal
Seere'taire d'Etat pour les Affaires Ftrangeres de Sa Majesty
Britannique et sou Excellence
l'Ainbassadeur de la Republique
Francfaise prds Sa Majestd le
Roi du Royaume-Uni de la
Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande
et des Territoires Britanniques
au deli des Mers, Empereur des
Indes, dflweut autorisds a cet
effet, out signs la pre'sente
Declaration, et y out appose'
leurs cachets.
Done at London , in duplicate,
the 8th day of April, 1904.
Tait a Londres, en double
expedition , le 8 Avril, 1904.
(L.S.)
LANSDOWNE.
(L.S.)
PAUL CAMP,O?:.