The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-29

prohibitory import nor export laws 20 "
any way Interfere with @! make 1iliA :
Of war, complications with or etwSeA
rewsrs, or In other eNtraordlnarN c.ses.
arms ard ammunition aud other war m Sa
terial shall he deemed c~ontraoand; NM.
plantations may be mad as demanded oy
international laws or the security OF .heir
W neutrality. Exceptions may also 10
made sor sanitary reasons.
b. Transit goods must not be taxed
with export duty or similar charges. nor
must any distinction be made IN charges
of transit. -....
g. ID and E contains rules concerning
tho charges on transit, The principal eff
feet is that no higher charges shall be
made other than in the case OF the cou1l-
+. This agreement Is for thirty years
from January 1, 1906, and may be pro.
longed for a similar period II notice OF
cancellation is not given at least nVe years
prior to the end of that period.
G and H contain stipulations concerning
the Ofoten railroad and arbitration.
Article 5.
Article S, referring to common water
ways. is as follows:
A.. II a proposition is made for damm.ng
waters or similar work within one coun-
try, that country's laws. shall decide me
matter. although the action may interfere
Will the water. of the other country. me
inhabitants Of which have the same
rights.
b.. In accordance with international
precedence 1t is stipulated that such WORKS
may not be carried out without the per.
mission of the other country IL a change OF
water course should substantially inter-
fere with the use of such water for com
within an extended area.
c and d concern matter OF detail.
E. This agreement is valid for ffty
years from January l. 1905, and is pro-
collation. is not given five years previously.
+ provides for an arbitration agree
ment
The protocol was signed for Sweden by
Christian Lundeberg, the premier; Count
A. F. Wachtmeister, minister of foreign
affairs; Hjalmer Hammarskjold, minister
of education, and Karl Staff; and for Nor
a by Christian Nicholson, the premier;
Carl d. Berner, president of the storth-
ing; j. Loveland, minister Of foreign af-
fairs, and Benjamin Vogt, former minister
of the interior.
The Order of Business. =.
The delegates agreed on the following
order of business:
l. To each country's parliament the
above treaty shall be submitted for rati-
ication subject to the ratification of the
other country. to be mutually binding
when as stated hereinafter Sweden recog-
nizes. Norway as an Independent country
dissolved from the union with Sweden.
2. When the riksdag and storthing have
passed IDENTICAL ratification bills a propo-
$500 ~ $500 0SASAS AS AhSSA6 SNAA
ing the rikslag:
On Sweden's part, to cancel the riks-
dag. or charter of 1915. establishing new
fundamental laws on the terms that the
union of Norway n Sweden be indisso-
luble and ~irrevocable.
o consent that the king may recognize
Norway as a separate country from Swe.
den
When such recognition is given, treaties
viii IN accordance with the riksdag anc
siorthing's decision %consenting to the
| ABOVE agreement in accordance with the
usual international procedure.
After these treaties are signed Sweder
shall Immediately notify ali the foreign
powers with which diplomatic relations
are maintained of her recognition of Nor
way as an independent country.
Each country shall then request the for.
e.gn powers with whom common treatie
exist to so remedy such treaties that one
country in no manner remains responsible
for the acts of the other.
When Sweden recognizes Norway's in
~dependece and the above treaties ar,
signed negotiations shall Immediately be-
opened concerning the settlement of sucf
matters which must cease or be changed
on account of the dissolution of the un.or
betWeen the two countries.