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TREATY BETWEEN THE GERMAN STATES AND SIAM.
There shall be full and entire freedom of Commerce and Navigation for the subjects and vessels of the High Contracting Powers, in every portion of their respective territories where trade and navigation are actually allowed, or may hereafter be allowed to the subjects or vessels of the most favored nations.
Art. II. The High Contracting Powers recognise reciprocally their right to appoint Consuls-General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls, and Consular Agents in the Ports and Towns of their respective States, and these officers are to enjoy the same privileges, immunities, powers and exemptions, as are or may be accorded to those of the most favored nation. The said Consular Officers shall, however, not begin to exercise their functions until they shall have received the Exequatur of the local government. The Contracting German States will appoint one Consular Officer only for each port or town, but for those places, where they appoint a Consul-General or a Consul, they shall have the right of nominating a Vice-Consul or Consular Agent, besides, to act for the Consul-General or Consul in case of his being absent or unable to attend. Vice-Consuls or Consular Agents may also be appointed by the Consuls-General or Consuls, their chiefs.
The German Consular Officer shall have under his protection, superintendence, and control the interests of all subjects of the Contracting German States, who reside or who arrive in Siam. He shall conform to all provisions of this treaty himself and enforce the observance of the same by German subjects.
He shall also promulgate and carry out all rules and regulations which are now or may hereafter be enected for the observance of Gerinan citizens with regard to the con- ducting of their business and their due obedience to the laws of Siam.
Should the German Consular Officer be absent, subjects of the Contracting German States visiting Siam or residing in it, may have recourse to the intervention of a Consul of friendly nation, or they may address themselves directly to the local authorities, who then shall take means to secure to the said German subjects all the benefits of the present treaty.
Art. III.-Subjects of the Contracting German States visiting Siam, or taking up their residence there, shall be allowed free exercise of their religion, and they shall be at liberty to build churches in such convenient localities as shall be consented to by the Siamese authorities, and such consent shall not be withheld, without sufficient reason being assigned.
Art. IV. Subjects of the Contracting German States wishing to reside in the Kingdom of Siam, must be registered at the German Consulate, and a copy of this regis- tration must be furnished to the Siamese authorities. Whenever a subject of any of the Contracting German States has to recur to the Siamese authorities, his petition or claim must be first submitted to the German Consular Officer, who shall forward the same, if it appear to him reasonable, and conceived in proper terms, or else shall modify its
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Art. V.-Subjects of the Contracting German States who may wish to take up their residence in Siam, shall for the present do so only in the city of Bangkok, or within a district defined by the following boundaries, namely
On the North: The Bang-putsa canal from its junction with the Chowpya river up to the old walls of the town of Lobpury, and a straight line from thence to the Pragnam landing place near the town of Saraburi on the river Pasak.
On the East: A straight line drawn from the Pragnam landing place to the junction of the Klongkut canal with the Bangpakong river; and this river from thence to its mouth. On the coast between the Bangpakong and the island of Simaharaja German subjects may settle at any places within a distance of twenty-four hours from Bangkok. On the South: The island of Simaharaja, the Seechang Islands, and the walls of Petchaburi.
On the western coast of the gulf German citizens may settle at Petchaburi and any- where between that city and the river Meklong within a journey of twenty-four hours from Bangkok.--From the mouth of the Meklong that river shall form the boundary up to the town of Raypuri; from thence a straight line drawn to the town of Supannaburi, and thence to the mouth of the Bangputsa canal into the Chowpya river. Nevertheless
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