Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-07-30
THE NEW TREATY.
Full Text Of the New Agre. mont with Eng

The full text or the convention recently
signed in London by Minister Phelps and
the Earl of Roseberry, extending and add
ing to the extradition provisions of 1912,
is given below. The convention extends
the provisions of article 10, of the treaty
of 1912. to four crimes not herein named,
as follows: Manslaughter, burglary, EN-
bezzlement, or larceny, involving the
amount of $50 or over. and malicious in
jury To property whereby the life of any
person shall be endangered, if such injury
constitute "A crime according TO the laws
of both countries Ii also provides that
the provisions of article 10 shall apply TO
persons convicted of the crimes named III
the treaty of 1912 and the new convention,
as well "a to those charged before trial
with the commission of them. The con
vention is not retroactive. No surrender
is TO be demanded for "A political oflense'
and no trial is permitted for any other of
Tense than the one for which eXtradition
is requested until the person cXtradit-
ed has had an opportunity to re
turn TO the state 10y which he was surrend
ed In his letter TO the secretary OF state,
Mr. Phelps says it is understood be
tween the two governments that
the convention shall not stand IN the
way of a more elaborate treaty If one is
desired. but he expresses the opinion that
a new treaty will not be necessary. The
convention is now before the Senate com
mittee on the judiciary, from which it
will be referred to the committee on
foreign affairs An early and favorable
report TO the Senate is looked for, though
the convention may not be ratified AT the
present session of congress. The treaty Is
as follows:
Convention between the United States
and her Britannia Majesty.
Whereas, BY the tenth article of the
treaty concluded between the United
States of America and her Britannia Ma
jesty on the 9th day of August 1872, pro
vision is made for the eXtradition of
persons charged with certain crimes; and
whereas. it is now desired by the high
contracting parties that the provisions of
the said article should embrace certain
crimes not therein specified, and Should
extend 70 fugitives convicted of crimes
specified in said article and III this con
vention, the said high contracting parties
have appointed as their plenipotentiaries
to conclude convention for this purpose,
namely, the President of the United
States of America; Edward j. Phelps,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary Of the United States TO
the Court of st. James; and her Majesty,
Queen of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland; the Rt Hon. Archi-
bald Philip, Earl of Roseberry, her Ma
jesty's principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, ETC. who, after having
communicated to each other their re-
spective full powers found i'll good and
due form, have agreed upon the following
articles:
ARTICLE l. The provisions Of the tenth
article of the said treaty will be and are
hereby extended so as to apply 10 and
comprehend the following additional
crimes not mentioned in said article,
namely: L. manslaughter; ,, burglary; 3,
embeZZlcment or larceny of the value OF
$50 or 80 and upward !, malicious injury
10 property whereby the life of any person
shah be endangered, if such an injury con-
Stitutes crime according To the laws OF
both the high contracting parties and the
provisions of the said article shall have
the same effect with respect 10 the eXtradi-
said crimes as If the same had been origin
ally named and specified in the said
article
ART. .. The provisions of the tenth arti-
Gle Of the said treaty and OF this Conven-
ton shall apply TO persons convicted of
the crimes herein respectively named and
specified whose sentence thereupOn shall
not have been executed. In the case of
fugitive criminal alleged 10 have been
convicted of the crime for which his sur
H. e s.tl.
conviction and of the sentence of the court
before which such conviction took place,
duly authenticated. shall be produced. to-
gether with the evidence that the prisoner
is the person 10 whom such sentence
refers.
ART 3, This convention shall not apply
TO any of the crimes therein named and
specified which shall have been committed
or To any convictions which shall have
been procured. prior TO the date when the
convention shall come into force.
ART T. No fugitive criminal shall Toe
surrendered under the provisions of said
treaty or Of this convention If the crime
in respect of which his surrender Is de-
manded he one OF n political character, or
if he prove 10 the competent authority
that the said requisition Of his surrender
has in fact been made with the view 10 try
or punish him for "a crime of "A political
character.
ART ,. A fugitive criminal surrender
eel 10 eltneT OF the nlBn contracting parties
under the provisions of said treaty or of
this convention shall not. until he has had
an opportunity of returning TO the state
by which he has been surrendered. be de-
tanned or tried or for any crime commit
ted prior TO his surrender other than the
eXtradition crime proved by the facts on
which his surrender was granted.
ART q. The eXtradition of fugitives
under the provisions of the said treaty and
present convention shall be carried out in
the United States and in her Ma esty's
dominions respectively, subject to and in
conformity with the laws regulating ex-
tradition for the time being in force i'll the
surrendering state.
ART I. This convention shall he ratif-
ed and the Publications exchanged at Lon
don as soon u possible. 1t shall come into
force ten days after its publication, in con
formity with the forms prescribed by the
laws of the high contracting parties, and
shall continue in force until one of the
other high contracting parties shall signify
its wish 20 terminate it. and no longer.
In witness whereof the undersigned have
signed the same and have affixed thereun-
TO their seals.
Done at London on the 25th day of June,
lSSG
EDWARD JOHN PHELPS,
(Signed ROSEBERRY.