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TREATY BETWEEN FRANCE AND SIAM

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French subjects and protegés shall be heard before the International Siamese Court. But it is understood that in all these cases the French Consul shall have the right of being present at the trial, or of being represented by a duly authorised deputy, and of making all observations which may appear to him to be required in the interest of justice. In the case of the Defendent being French or a French protege, the French Consul may, at any time during the proceedings if he thinks fit, and upon a written requisition, claim to hear the case. The case shall then be transferred to the French Consular Court, which, from this moment, shall alone he competent, and to which the Siamese authorities are bound to give their assistance and good offices. Appeals against the judgments delivered both by the Court of Foreign Causes, as well as the International Court, shall be taken before the Court of A; peal at Bangkok.

XIII. With regard to the future admission to French protection of Asiatics. who are not born on territory under the direct authority or the protectorate of France, or who may not find themselves legally naturalised, the Government of the Republic shall enjoy rights equal to those which Siam may accord to any other Power.

XIV. The Regulations under former Treaties, Agreements, and Conventions between France and Siam, which are not modified by the present Convention, remain in full force.

XV. In case of difficulties in the interpretation of the present Convention, which is drawn up in French and Siamese, the French text alone shall stand.

XVI. The present Convention shall be ratified within four months from the day of the signature, or earlier if possible.

ADDITIONAL TREATY BETWEEN FRANCE AND SIAM

[SIGNED AT BANGKOK, MARch 23rd, 1907]

(Translation.)

The President of the French Republic, and His Majesty the King of Siam, in continuation of the work of delimitation undertaken with a view to carrying out the Convention of the 13th February, 1904, being desirous on the one hand of assuring the final settlement of all questions relative to the common frontiers of Indo-China and Siam, by a reciprocal and rational system of exchanges, and being desirous on the other hand of facilitating the relations between the two countries by the progres- sive introduction of an uniform system of jurisdiction, and by the extension of the rights of French nationals established in Siam, have decided to conclude a fresh Treaty, and have appointed for this purpose as their Plenipotentiaries, namely:

The President of the French Republic, M. Victor Emile Marie Joseph Collin (de Plancy), Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic in Siam, Officer of the Legion of Honour and of Public Instruction;

His Majesty the King of Siam, His Royal Highness Prince Devawongse Varoprakar, Chevalier of the Order of Maha-Chakrkri, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, &c., Minister for Foreign Affairs;

Who, furnished with full powers, which have been found in good and due form. have resolved upon the following provisions:-

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Art. I. The Siamese Government cedes to France the territories of Battambang, Siem Reap, and Sisophon, the frontiers of which are defined by Clause I of the Protocol of Delimitation annexed herewith.

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Art. II.-The French Government cedes to Siam the territories of Dan-Sai and Kratt, the frontiers of which are defined by Clauses I and II of the said Protocol, as well as all the islands situated to the south of Cape Lemling as far as and inclusive of Koh-Kut.

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