TREATY BETWEEN SPAIN AND ANNAM.
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its being found necessary to frame other regulations for the protection of contract labourers, the two High Contracting Parties shall agree upon them.
Art. III-His Majesty the Emperor of Annam concedes to Spanish subjects liberty to enter and reside in the cities and ports opened to trade as above mentioned. In these places they may possess land, build houses, and follow any commercial or industrial pursuit. They shall enjoy the same protection as the French or the subjects of other natious, and the Government of His Majesty the Emperor shall place at their disposal the land necessary for their establishment.
As regards the purchase of land and the payment of the price, they shall submit to the conditions contained in Art. XII. of the Treaty concluded between France and Annam on the 15th March, 1874. The Annamite Government may open other ports hereafter should it be deemed advisable or if the importance of the trade renders it necessary.
Art. IV. His Majesty the Emperor of Annam may, if he think proper, establish in Spain and in all ports and cities of its dominious Consule charged with the protection of his subjects. His Majesty the King of Spain may also, should he think fit, establish at Thi-nai, Ninh-hai, and Hanoi, Consuls charged with the protection of Spanish subjects. These agents shall not exercise their consular func. tions until the exequatur of the sovereign of the nation to which they are accredited shall have been received, but as soon as the said exequatur shall be received they shall freely discharge their functions and enjoy the same consular privileges as the agents of other nations. The jurisdiction of the Consuls in Annam shall not extend beyond the open ports to which they have been appointed. This Treaty does not modify in any respect the provisions of Art. IX. of the Political Treaty of the 15th March, 1874, between France and Annam, relative to Spanish Missionaries, who shall continue in the enjoyment of the privileges accorded by the said Article.
Art. V. All questions between Spaniards, or between Spaniards and Foreigners, shall be tried by the Spanish Consuls, or in default of these shall be submitted to the French Agents.
When Spanish subjects have any dispute with Annamites, or any claim agains◊ them, they shall lay the matter before the Spanish Consul, who will endeavour to settle the matter amicably. If such settlement be impossible, the Consul shall request the assistance of an Annamite Judge commissioned to that effect, and these two officers, shall, after a joint investigation, decide the matter according to the rules of equity.
Equally, when Annamites have a difference with Spanish subjects, they shall lay the matter before the Annamite Authority, who, if the matter cannot be arranged amicably, will ask the assistance of the Spanish Consul, in order that they may try it together.
Art. VI. The preliminary proceedings upon offences or crimes committed by Spanish residents in the cities and open porte shall be heard before the Consul for Spain; in his absence before the Consil for France, and shall be sent, together with the accused, as soon as possible, to Manila, that judgment may be given according to the laws of Spain.
If the accused take refuge in Annamite territory the local authorities shall, on requisition being made, use all possible means to arrest him and deliver him to the Consul for Spain.
If an Annamite subject resident in Spanish territory commit any offence or crime he shall be tried, according to the laws of the country, by the Spanish Autho- rities, but the Annamite Consul shall be officially informed of the proceedings taken against the accused.
Annamite subjects guilty of a criminal action against Spanish subjects in Annam shall be detained by the Annamite Authorities and punished according to the laws of the Empire.
Art. VII.—If any criminal being a Spanish subject, accused of misdemeanour or robbery, shall fly to Annamite territory, the local authority, as soon as it shall be
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