The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-05
!. IMPORTANT ( TREATY.
|. <AssA~>~-sAc~oreeqne
Alliance OF the American States
Against Europe.
THEY UNITE FOR COMMON DEFENCE.
Non.lntercourse Proclaimed with Any
Nation Attacking Either Of Them.
The Fruit OF French Inter-
ventiOn in Mexico.
Danger Of France Losing All Her Com.
MERGE with America,
&C., &C., sc.
THEY UNITE FOR COMMON DEFENCE.


the states OF America Parties Thereto
for Their Mutual Defence.
In the name Of God:-The States OF America, which
provide for their exterior security to strengthen their
relations, TO maintain peace among themselves and to
these objects by Of international compacts
Of which the present Is the first and fundamental one
To that effect they have conferred full powers as fol-
lows:-By Salvador to Don Pedro Alcantara Heran by
Bolivia 70 Don Juan de Ia Cruz Benavene by the United
States n Of Colombia to Don yusto ArOsemeDa By Chile
Pedrahita; by Peru to Don Jose Gregoro Paz Sedan,
and by the United States Of Venezuela to DON Antonio
And the Plenipotentaries having exchanged their
powers, which they found sufficient and in due form,
have agreed herein to the following stipulatons-
ARTICLE The high contracting parties unite and bind
themselves TO each other for the above expressed
and guarantee to each other mutually their ndePend
specve territories binding themselves in tho terms Of
the present treaty to defend each other against any
gresson which may have for its object the deprving
any Of them of OF the rights herein expressed
whether the aggression shall come from foreign Power,
whether from any of those leagucd by this compact
from foreign forces which do not obey recognized
ernment
its effects when there shall be violation of the fights
expressed in article and especially the Of
fences which shall consist
Firth acts directed to deprive any of the
tracing nations OF part OF Its territory with the n.en
ton of appropriating it's dominion or of cedng it to
Second-In acts directed to annul to alter the form
of government the political constitution, the laws
may have given itself In the exercise OF its sovereignty
which may have for their object to change forbly its
internal system or to impose upon II authorities in the
Tnird-In acts directed to compel any OF the high
contracting parties to protectorae sale, or ccsson Of
territory, to establish It any superiority right
prc-emincnce whatever which may impair offend the
ample and complete exercise Of IFS sovereignty and nde
pendence.
ART g. The allied parties shall decide each one for
ITSELF whether the offence which may have been given
any one OF them embraced among those enumerated in
ART. T. The cdssss fdderis being declared tho con-
tracing parties compromt themselves to Immediately
suspend their relations with the aggressive Power to
give passports to is public ministers to cancel the COM
missions OF its consular agents. to prohibit the mpora
ton OF its natural and manufactured products and to
close their ports to its vessels.
ART g. The parties shall also appoint penpoten-
tarics to conclude the arguments necessary determine
the contngents OF the force and Of the land and naval
supplies or Of any other kind, which the allies give
TO the nation which is attacked, the In which
the forces must act, and the other auxiliary means be
realized and everything else which may be proper TO the
best success OF the defence The plenroentiares shall
meet at the place designated by the appended party A.,
ART. g. The high contracting parties bind themselves
TO furnish to the which may be attacked the
Of defence which each Of them may think Itself able
to dspos4of even though the spulations 10 which the
foregoing article refers should not have preceded pro-
vidcd the case should, in their Judgment be urgent
one.
ART. q Tho ca~s Jaderis having been declared, the
party offended will not have authority TO conclude
ventons for peace for the cessation Of hostltes with
out including IN them the allies who may have taken
part in the war and should desire TO accept them.
ART s. II (which may God avert) OF the contract
ing parties should offend tho rights OF another one OF
them, guaranteed by this alliance the others will pro-
coed In the though the offence had been
committed by fore en- Power
ART. o. Tie high contracting parties bind themselves
not to conccde to- nor to accept FROM any nation OF gov
eminent protectorate or precminencc which I'M airs
their ndepcnd nee and sovereignty; and they likewise
comprom themselves not TO transfer to another nat
or government any part OF their territory. These stpu
laons do not hinder however, those parties which
contentious to make the cessons Of territory which
they may deem proper for the better dcmarka,on Of
their boundaries or frontiers.
ART. 10. Tie high contracting parties bind themselves
TO appoint plenipoenarlcs who shall meet every three
years as nearly as poss ble TO adjust the conventions
proper to strengthen and perfect the union established
by the treaty special provision OF the present
Con- shall determine the day and the place which
the first assembly Of the pcnpo,entares shall meet
which as emily shall likewise designate the following
one and thus thereafter until the expiration Of the pres
ART. II. The high contracting parties viii solicit col
lecvely separately, that the other American states
which have ben invited 10 the present Congress shall
enter into this treaty. and from the moment the said
States shall have made known their formal acceptanc,
thereof they shall have the rights and obligations which
emanatc from IL.
ART IL This treaty shall continue In full force for the
period OF fifteen years 10 be reckoned from the day Of
this date and ct the end OF this period any OF the
contracting parties shall have authority TO terminate IL
on It's part by announcing il to the others twelve months
previously thereto
ART 13. The exchange Of the notifications shall take
place in the city Of Lima within tic period Of two years.
or sooEer If II be possible.
In testimony Whereof we, the undersigned, Ministers
Plenpoentiary sgn the present and seal With our re-
spectvc seals In Lima, this twehtythrd day OF Janu-
ary In the year of Lord thousand eight hundred
and sixty.nve r: A. HERRAN
JUAN DE LA CRUZ PENAvENTE.
MANUEL MONTT
JUSTO AROsEMENA.
VICENTE PIEDRAHITA.
JOSE q. PAZ sOLDAN.