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nation may at any time enter the same Tor the pur-
pose Of exercising the rights respectively belonging
to them for the suppression OF the siave-trade
You will, in concert with the commander Of the
French squadron, determine with what native prin-
ces and chiefs may be necessary TO negotiate uea-
ties for the suppression of the slave-irads And YOU
arc authorized TO negotiate such treaties either per-
sonally or by officer specially instructed for such
purpose; such treaties to be framed in ascoriance
with the dmught OF engagement forming appendix to
section Y, OF the instructions issued on the 18th Of
June, 1874, to her Majesty naval officers employed
in the suppression of the slayc-trade.
Wheneycr il may be necessary 10 employ force to
compel the due execution Of any treaty contracted
with any native chief IN virtue of this convention
and TO which both her Majesty and the King Of the
French are parties, you will concert with the COM
mander OF the French squadron to the employ
ment Of force for such purpose, and arrange in con-
cert with him, TO act conformity with the French
force, or separately, may be deemed most adyis-
able; but, with respect to these conjont treaties
you will not employ force without the consent of the
commander Of the French squadron.
II will be the duty Of yourself and of the COM
mantlng officers OF her Majesty's ships under your
orders, upon all occasions, to communicate TO the
officers of the French squadron any information
which may be Of service in detecting the frauds OF
the slave-taders and especially give notice of any
vessel supposed TO belong to France, and suspected
OF being engaged in the slave-trade, which may be
u
You will give directions to the officers under your
orders to pay strict Intention TO this duty.
With respect to the visit, search, and detention Of
vessels belonging TO nations between whom and
Great Britain there are existing treaties relating
thereto, and for the suppression of the savetrade,
and also with respect 10 vessels not entitled to claim
the flag ofany nation, you will be guided by the in
strusions founded upon the statute passed in the
second and third year of her Majesty Queen Victo-
ria, chapter 7s, and upon the treaties in force with
foreign states, and the acts Of Parliament made in
furtherancc thereof, which have been delivered TO
you Tor your government; the present instructions
IN no respect interfering herewith.
fou are not TO CAPTURE visit, or in any way inter-
iere with vessels of France; and you will give strict
instructions to the commanding officers Of cruisers
under your orders to abstain thercfrom. At the
same time, you win remember that the King Of the
French le far from claiming that the flag of France
should give immunity TO those who have no right
to bear it, and that Great Britain will not allow yes
sells OF other nations to escape visit and examination
by merely hosting French flag, or the flag Of any
other nation with which Great Britain has not, by
existing treaty, the right of search. Accordingly,
when, from intelligence which the officer commanding
her Majesty cruiser may have received, from the
manteuvres of the vessel, or other sufficient cause
he may have to believe that the vessel does
not belong to the nation indicated by her coors he
IS, It the state of the weather viii admit of 1T 10 60
ahead of the suspected vessel, after communicating
OF her, to ascertain hcrnationaty without causing
her detention In the Of her really proving to be
vessel OF the nation the colors of which she has
displayed, and therefore one which he is not author
ized TO search But should the strength of the wind
or other circumstance render such mode of visiting
the stranger impractcable, he is to require the
pected vessel to be brought to- in order that her ma
tonality may be uscerained and he will be justified
IN enforcing 1t, If necessary understanding always
mat ne IS not to resort to any coercivc measure un
III every other shall have failed And the officer who
boards the stranger is to be instructed merely in the
first instance to satisfy himself by the vessels pa
pcrs, or other proof, Of her natonalityj and if she
prove really TO be vessel of tle nation designated
by her colors, and one which he is not authorized
to search, he Is 10 lose time in quitting her. offer
ing to note on the papers Of the vessel the Of
MS having suspected her nationality, well as the
number OF minutes the Vessel was detained (if de-
tanned at alp for the object in question:; such note-
uon TO be signed by the boarding officer, specifying
has rank and the name Of her Maesty's cruiser;
and whether the COMMANDER of the visited vessel
consents 10 such mutation the vessels papers or
not, land i Is not to be done without his consent
An tie said particulars to be Immediately in
serted 10 tho og-book Of her Majesty's cruiser;
and fuii end Complete statement Of the circum-
stances Is TO be sent, addressed to the Secretary
OF the Admiralty, by the first opportunity, direct
to England and, also, similar statement to you,
as senior officer the station, 10 be forwarded by
you to our secretary, accompanied by any remarks
you may have reason TO make thereon.
The commanding officers of her Mnjesty's vessels
must bear in mind that the duty Of exccuting the
instruction Immediately preceding must be dschar-
ged with great care and crcumspecon; for if any in
jury be occasioned by examination without sufficient
cause, or ny the examination being improperly con-
Quoted, compensation must he made to the party
aggrieved; and the officer who may cause an exam
nation TO be made without sufficient cause, or who
may conduct It improperly, will incur the dspleas-
ure of her Majesty's government.
vi course, IN cases when the suspicion of the
commander turns out to be well founded, and the
vessel boarded proves, Notwithstanding her colors
not to belong to the nation designated by those
colors, me commander of her Majesty's cruiser will
deal with her as he would have been authorized
and required to do, had she not hoistcd false flag
Given under our hands, &c.
Inner referred to in article Of The co,,penon be-
ficeen Great Britain and France for the suppression
gthe 4rican slare-trade, signed al London the 18th
day Of May, 1S45.
TRANSLATION.
Monsieur e Con,mandana: A convention, conclu-
ded on thes29th of May, 1915, between his Majesty
the King Of the French, and her Majesty the Queen
Of Great Britain, copy of which is hereto annex
ed, regulates, upon new basis, the vigilance and
repression which the two countries have engaged to
exercise in concert with regard to the slave-trade
The two governments, being perfectly unanimous
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to obtain, by the promptes means, the extinction Of
this criminal traffic, have recognised the necessity
Of adopting measures entirely distinct from those
laid down in the treaties OF 1891 and 1883.
In the execution Of this new treaty. the African
station will haveto take the most active and import
ant part Il will, therefore, be your duty to make
yourself fully master of the spirit Of this document
and of the meaning Of each of its stipuations. You
will never forget that your chief obligation,
mander of this station is TO secure to this conyen-
ton every result which the two contracting powers
have right to expect from it.
The basis of those arrangements---the principle
Of the work TO be carried out common on the part
Of France and England in a complete and
continued accord between the French squadron and
mat OF Great Britain Immediately on your arrival
upon the coast OF Africa, you will place yourself in
communication with the officer commanding the
English forces, in order TO establish from the very
beginning that concert which ought to govern the
whole and every part Of your operations. You will
| examine IN common, with view to the arrange
ment of the service those points If the coast