Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-06
THAT llUNG-UP TREATY.
TEXT OF THE DOCUMENT THAT RID
OLEeERGER WORRIED OVER,

And Rejolced Because the Senate Shelycd
1t for Awhile-The House Continues to
Burn Daylight and Show Its Need oi
"CIoture' or something-Bond Purchase
Bill AS Passed by the Senate.
WASHINGTON CRY, April 6.-The senate iI
secret session Thursday removed the injunc
ton Of secrecy from the Chinese treaty, the
text Of which has been published. Theain-
junction Of secrecy was also removed from
the report of the committee on foreign rela-
ton relations on the British extradition
treaty. The report embodies the proposed
treaty, and says: "Ihe committee on foreign
relations, to whom was referred the message
sage from the president of the United
States, transmitting convention be-
tween the United States and Great Brit
ain concerning the eXtradition of persons
charged with crime, signed at London june
25, 1886, being an amended extension of
article 10 of the treaty OF 1912, having CON
sidered the same, report back the said conven-
ton with the recommendation that it be
amended by inserting after the Words High
contracting parties in the last line Of the
paragraph or clause numbered 4, i'll article J.,
the following words: Or according to the
laws of that political division Of either coun-
try in which the otfeuse shall have been com
mitted, and of that political division of either
country in which the offender shall be ar
rested
Inc report theh gives the leNI Oh tne
treaty III run, uhe iISt part pelh5 II pre1i'il'
Dle ana OF NIUE public INTEREST," Inc LhiPol-
taht porhoh' as the SENATE proposes IL 10 oc,
is as follows:
Article l. The provisions OF the loth artlcle
Of tho trpnty shall Inc and are extended so AS
10 apply To ana comprehend the tolo"ing al
dltlohal crimes not mentioned IN the saiu ar
tIcle, hatheiy hrst, HlttilsauShUeI' secohu
burglary; thrd, ENFORCEMENT, or larceny Oh
the value of so or 80 and upward.
Fourth-Malclous INJURY 10 persons or
property by the use OF explosives, OF mali
clous injuries or oDstructohs 10 railways
whereby the life of any person shall be en-
dangered, if such injuries constitute crime
according TO the laws of both the hlgh con
tracing parties, or according To the laws OF
the political division OF either country III
which the oifense shall have been committed,
and of that political division Of either coun-
try in which the offender shall be arrested
And the provisions of the said article snail
have the same effect with respect TO the ex-
tradition of persons charged with any of the
said crimes as if the same had been originally
named and specified in the said article.
Article .. The provisions of the 10Th article
of the said treaty and of this convention shall
apply TO persons convicted OF the crimes
therein respectively named and specified,
whose sentence therefor shall not have been
executed. In the case of fugitive criminal
alleged TO have been convicted OF the crime
for which his surrender is asked, copy OF
the record OF the conviction and of the SEN
tence of the court before which such convic-
ton took place, duly authenticated, shall be
produced, together with the evidence proving
that prisoner is the person to whom such SEN
tence refers.
Article B. This convention shall not apply
to any of the crimes herein named and spec-
fed which shall have been committed, or to
any conviction which shall have been pro
nounced, prior to the date when the conven-
ton shall come into force
Article l. No fugitive criminal shall be
surrendered under the provisions of the said
treaty, or of this convention, if the crime in
respect of which his surrender is demanded
be one of a political character or if he prove
to the competent authority that the requist-
ton for his surrender has in fact been made