The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-09-28

p~rohihitory import rofS export laws to in
any Wayainterfere with OF make difficult
the transport or transit of goods. In case
of war, complications with or between
powers. or in other extraordinary cases,
arms and ammunition and other war ma
terial shall be deemed c~ontraband. ES-
plantations may be made as demanded by
international laws or the security of their
own neutrality. Exceptions may also be
made for sanitary reasons.
II i ]; Ira isis soeds must Iioss aasd
must any distinction be made in charges
of transit.
C, d and E contains rules concerning
the charges on transit. The principal eff
feet is that no higher charges shall be
made other than in the case of the coun-
try's own subjects.
from January 1, 1906, and may be pro-
longed for a similar period If notice of
cancellation is not given at least FIVE years
prior to the end of that period.
q andH contain stipulatiOns concerning
the Ofoten railroad and arbitration.
Article 5.
Article 5, referring to common water
ways, is as follows:
A.. If a proposition is made for damming
waters or similar work within one coun-
try, that country's laws shall decide the
with the water of the other country, the
Inhabitants of which have the same
rights.
~ G. LII accordance J. WIFI lHlGTIldllOlld
precedence it is stipulated that such works
may not be carried out without the per-
mission of the other country II a change OF
water course should substantially inter-
fere with the use of such water for COM
mercial purposes or cause great changes
within an extended area.
e and p concern matter of detail.
Il. This agreement Is valid for fifty
years from January ], 1906, and is pro-
longed for an equal period il notice of a n
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.. W~achtmeister, minister of foreign
affairs; Hjalmer Hammarskjold, minister
OF education, II Karl Staff; and for Nor
way, 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-
t1cation subject to the ratification of the
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
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s1tion will be laid before the riksdag ask
ing the riksdag:
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 and Sweden be indisso-
luble and irrevocable.
To 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 and
STOrIh1n p'G- IarJCinD- nnIcnnttno IN thu
above agreement in accordance with the
usual international procedure.
After these treaties are signed Sweden
shall Immediately notify all 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 treaties
exist to SO remedy such treaties that one
country in no manner remains responsible
Tor the acts of the other.
When Sweden recognizes Norway's in
d~ependece and the above treaties are
signed negotiations shall Immediately be
opened concerning the settlement of such
matters which must cease or be changed
on account of the dissolution of the union
between the two countries.