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ADDITIONAL TREATY BETWEEN FRANCE AND SIAM

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the rivers which flow towards the gulf of Siam, and those which flow towards the Great Lake. From Pnon-Thom, the froutier follows at first in a north-westerly direction, then in a northerly direction, the actual frontier between the Province of Battambang on the one hand, and that of Chantaboum aud Kratt on the other, as far as the point where this frontier joins the river called Nam-Sai. It then follows the course of this river as far as its confluence with the River of Sisopbon, and the latter river to a point situated 10 kilom. below the town of Aranh. Lastly, from this latter point, it continues in a straight line to a point situated on the Dang-Reck, halfway between the passes called Chong-Ta-Koh and Chong-Sa-Met. It is understood that this latter line must leave in Siamese territory the direct route between Aranh and Chong-Ta-Koh. From the above mentioned point, situated on the crest of Dang-Reck, the frontier follows the watershed between the basin of the Great Lake and the Mekong on the one side, and the basin of the Nam-Moun on the other, and touches the Mekong below Pak-Moun, at the month of the Huei-Doue, in conformity with the sketch map adopted by the last Commission of Delimitation on the 18th January, 1907.

Clause II. From the side of Luang-Prabang, the frontier quits the Mekong, in the south, at the month of the Nam-Huong, and follows the thalweg of that river as far as its source which is situated at the Phu-Khao-Mieng. Thence the frontier follows the watershed between the Mekong and the Menam and terminates in the Mekong, at the point called Keng-Pha-Dai, in conformity with the sketch inap adopted by the last Commission of Delimitation of the 16th January, 1906.

Clause III.-The Commission of Delimitation arranged for in Article IV of the Treaty of to-day's date shall determine and trace if necessary, on the spot, that portion of the frontier which is described in Clause I of the present Protocol. If, in the course of the work of delimitation, the French Government should wish to obtain a rectification of the frontier with a view to substituting natural lines for conventional lines, this rectification cannot be made, in any case, to the detriment of the Siamese Government.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Protocol, and have affixed their seals.

Done at Bangkok, in duplicate, the 23rd March, 1907.

(Signed) V. COLLIN (de Plancy).

Devawongse VaropraKAB.

Protocol concerning the jurisdiction applicable in the Kingdom of Siam to French Asiatic

subjects and protected persons, and annexed to the Treaty of the 23rd March, 1907.

In fulfilment of Article V of the Treaty of to-day's date, the Government of the French Republic and the Government of His Majesty the King of Siam, being desirous of regulating the organization and working of the International Courts, bave agreed upon the following:-

Clause L-International Courts shall be created, wherever the requirements of justice shall make such a course necessary, after an understanding has been arrived at between the Minister of the French Republic and the Siamese Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Clause II.--The jurisdiction of International Courts extends:

1. In civil matters: to all civil or commercial matters in which French Asiatic subjects and protected persons are involved.

2. In criininal matters: to infractions of every kind committed either by or against French Asiatic subjects or protected persons.

lause III.—In the Provinces of Udorn and Isarn, the jurisdiction of the Inter- national Courts shall extend provisionally to all French Asiatic subjects and protected persons, whatever may be the date of their registration at the French Consulates.

Clanse IV. The right of removing a cause shall be exercised in accordance with the provisions of Article XII of the Convention of the 13th February, 1904.

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