Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty. LONDON: PRINTED FOR HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, PRINTERS IN ORDINARY TO HIS MAJESTY. And to be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from [Cd. 4175.] Price 1s. 3d. كان No. 5.-Convention respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in War on Land No. 6. Convention relative to the Status of Enemy Merchant-ships at the Outbreak of Hostilities No. 7.-Convention relative to the Conversion of Merchant-ships into War-ships No. 8.-Convention relative to the Laying of Automatic Submarine Contact Mines No. 9.-Convention respecting Bombardments by Naval Forces in Time of War .. No. 10.-Convention for the Adaptation of the Principles of the Geneva Convention to Maritime TABLE of the States represented at the Second Peace Conference which signed the Conventions, Signatures affixed, and Reservations formulated up to June 30, 1908, when, by virtue of the Final Act, the period within which the above instruments were to be signed expired, with the exception JUL 21 1932 136 Final Act of the Second Peace Conference held at The Hague in 1907, and Conventions and and Declaration annexed thereto. Acte Final de la Deuxième Conférence Internationale de la Paix. LA Deuxième Conférence Internationale de la Paix, proposée d'abord par M. le Président des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, ayant été, sur l'invitation de Sa Majesté l'Empereur de Toutes les Russies, convoquée par Sa Majesté la Reine des Pays-Bas, s'est réunie le 15 Juin, 1907, à La Haye, dans la Salle des Chevaliers, avec la mission de donner un développement nouveau aux principes humanitaires qui ont servi de base à l'œuvre de la Première Conférence de 1899. Les Puissances, dont l'énumération suit, ont pris part à la Conférence, pour laquelle elles avaient désigné les Délégués nommés ci-après : L'Allemagne : Son Excellence le Baron Marschall de Bieberstein, Ministre d'Etat, Ambassadeur Impérial à Constantinople, Premier Délégué Plénipotentiaire; M. Kriege, Envoyé Impérial en Mission Extraordinaire à la présente Conférence, Conseiller Intime de Légation et Jurisconsulte au Département des Affaires Etrangères, Membre de la Cour Permanente d'Arbitrage, Second Délégué Plénipotentiaire; M. le Contre-Amiral Siegel, Attaché Naval à l'Ambassade Impériale à Paris, Délégué de la Marine; M. le Major-Général de Gündell, QuartierMaître Supérieur du Grand Etat-Major de l'Armée Royale de Prusse, Délégué Militaire; M. Zorn, Professeur à la Faculté de Droit de l'Université de Bonn, Conseiller Intime de Justice, Membre de la Chambre des Seigneurs de Prusse, et Syndic de la Couronne, Délégué Scientifique ; (Translation.) Final Act of the Second International Peace Conference. THE Second International Peace Conference, proposed in the first instance by the President of the United States of America, having been convoked, on the invitation of His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, by Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, assembled on the 15th June, 1907, at The Hague, in the Hall of the Knights, for the purpose of giving a fresh development to the humanitarian principles which served as a basis for the work of the First Conference of 1899. The following Powers took part in the Conference, and appointed the Delegates named below :- Germany: His Excellency Baron Marschall de Bieberstein, Minister of State, Imperial Ambassador at Constantinople, First Delegate Plenipotentiary; M. Kriege, Imperial Envoy on Extraordinary Mission at the present Conference, Privy Councillor of Legation and Legal Adviser to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Second Delegate Plenipotentiary; Rear-Admiral Siegel, Naval Attaché to the Imperial Embassy at Paris, Naval Delegate; Major-General de Gündell, QuarterMaster General of the General Staff of the Royal Prussian Army, Military Delegate; M. Zorn, Professor to the Faculty of Law at the University of Bonn, Judicial Privy Councillor, Member of the Prussian Upper Chamber, and Crown Syndic, Scientific Delegate; |