[Peace. Alsace and Lorraine.] Rectification of Frontier near Belfort. ART. III. The Cession of Territory near Belfort, offered by the German Government in Article I of the present Treaty in exchange for the rectification of the Frontier required to the West of Thionville, shall be increased by the Territories of the following Villages: Rougemont, Leval, Petite- Fontaine, Romagny, Félon, La-Chapelle-sous-Rougemont, Angeot, Vauthier-Mont, Rivière, Grasige, Reppe, Fontaine, Frais, Foussemagne, Cunelières, Montreux Chateau, Brelagne, Chavannes-les-Grands, Chavanatte, and Suarce. The Giromagny and Remiremont Road, thoroughfare to the Balloon of Alsace, shall remain to France throughout its whole extent, and shall serve as a Limit in so far as it is situated outside the Canton of Giromagny. Done at Frankfort, 10th May, 1871. (L.S.) JULES FAVRE. (L.S.) POUYER-QUERTIER. (L.S.) DE GOULARD. (L.S.) BISMARCK. (L.S.) ARNIM. [Peace. Alsace-Lorraine.] No. 447.—ADDITIONAL CONVENTION to the Treaty of Peace of 10th May, 1871, between France and Germany. Signed at Berlin, 12th October, 1871. M. AUGUSTIN Thomas Joseph Pouyer-Quertier, Member of the National Assembly, Minister of Finances, and specially appointed by letter from the President of the French Republic, dated 6th October, 1871, Plenipotentiary of the French Republic, stipulating in the name of France, on the one side; on the other side, Prince Otho de Bismarck-Schoenhausen, Chancellor of the German Empire; and Count Harry d'Arnim, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of Germany at the Papal Court, stipulating in the name of the German Empire, have agreed upon the following: ARTS. I to IX. Customs Regulations for Alsace-Lorraine, Retrocessions by Germany to France. ART. X. The German Government shall retrocede to France; 1. The Communes of Raon-les-Leau and Raon-sur-Plaine, exclusive of all Domanial Property as well as the Communal and Private Properties enclosed in the reserved Domanial Territory; 2. The Commune of Igney and the part of the Commune of Avricourt situated between the Commune of Igney, as far as and including the Railway from Paris to Avricourt, and the Railway from Avricourt to Cirey. The French Government shall undertake the expense of a Railway Station to be constructed on Land chosen by the German Government, and which shall be sufficient for Military and Commercial interests as well as to those of Avricourt. [Peace. Alsace-Lorraine.] The estimate for that building shall be made by common consent. The German Government will see that it is executed as soon as possible. Until the termination of the new Station, the German Government reserves to itself the right of continuing the occupation of the Commune of Igney as well as the above-mentioned part of the Commune of Avricourt. The Boundary Commission will be charged with the delimitation of the new Frontier. ART. XI. Trade Marks. ART. XII. Ratifications. Done at Berlin, 12th October, 1871. (L.S.) POUYER-QUERTIER. (L.S.) BISMARCK. (L.S.) ARNIM. [Peace. Alsace-Lorraine.] No. 448.-PROTOCOLS OF CONFERENCES between France and Germany. Frankfort, July-December, 1871. Protocol. No. 1. Choice of Nationality. Domiciled Aliens. Chcice of Nationality by Minors. Competent Authority to receive the Declaration in ceded Territories. Power to Natives of Alsace-Lorraine to return to that Country after choice of French Nationality. Freedom of circulation for those who have not yet made their Choice. Question as to their being French or Germans. Pensions. Doctors and Chemists. Ministerial Offices. Diocesan Circumscriptions and Religious Corporations. Amnesty. Exchange of Criminals and Lunatics. Execution of Contracts, Judgments, &c. Wood-cutting in Forests of the State. Judicial Expenses. Judicial Documents. Mortgages. Archives and Documents. Patents of Invention. Frontier Relations. Maintenance and Cleansing of Waterways; Canals; Concessions of Roads and Rivers. Railways of local interest. Transit. Private Debts of the Treasury. Contributions and Requisitions. Frankfort, 6th July, 1871. No. 2. Execution of Judgments. Nationality. Choice by Minors. Freedom of circulation to Alsace-Lorraines who have not yet made their Choice. Renewal of Treaties. Trade Marks. Admission of Produce from Alsace. Registration and Deposit by Booksellers. Restitution of Funds belonging to Communes. Treasury Accounts of ceded Territories. Local Railways. Desaix Monument at Strasburg, &c. Railways sequestered during the War. Frankfort, 13th July, 1871. No. 3. Postal Arrangements. Frankfort, 24th July, 1871. No. 4. Archives and Documents of Railways of the East (de l'Est). Nationality. Liberation of Alsatian Soldiers. Frankfort, 26th July, 1871. No. 5. Stamps of the Mints of Strasbury, Italy, and Colmar. Military Pensions. Arrears of Pensions advanced by France. Amnesty Funds. Renewal of Treaties. No. 6. Canal of Salt Works of Dieuze. Definition of the Word Origi- Local Railways. Private Debts Frankfort, 26th September, 1871. |