By the President of the United States of America.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas a supplementary convention between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Denmark providing for the extension of the treaty of January 6, 1902, to their respective island possessions and colonies and adding the crime of bribery to the list of extraditable crimes contained in Article II of the said treaty of January 6, 1902, was concluded and signed by their respective plenipotentiaries at Washington, on the 6th day of November, 1905, the original of which supplemental convention, being in English and Danish languages, is word for word as follows:
The United States of America and His Majesty the King of Denmark, agreeing that the convention for the extradition of criminals signed by their plenipotentiaries at Washington on January 6, 1902, is applicable to their respective island possessions or colonies, and desiring to define the procedure by which applications for the surrender of accused persons from such island possessions or colonies shall be made, and to add to the list of extraditable crimes mentioned in Article II of the said convention of January 6, 1902, by means of an additional convention, have to that end appointed as their plenipotentiaries:
- The President of the United States of America, Elihu Root, Secretary of State of the United States; and
- His Majesty the King of Denmark, Mr. Constantin Brun, commander of the Order of Dannebroge and decorated with the Cross of Honor of the same order, His Majesty’s chamberlain and envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Washington;
Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in due and good form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles:
Article I.
In the case of crimes committed in the island possessions or colonies of the contracting parties, applications for the surrender of the accused may be made directly to the governor or chief magistrate of the island possession or colony in which the fugitive has sought refuge, by the governor or chief magistrate of the colony or island possession of the other contracting party, provided that both island possessions or colonies are situated in America. The aforesaid governors or chief magistrates shall have authority either to grant the extradition or to refer the matter for decision to the Government of the mother country. In all other cases applications for extradition shall be made through the diplomatic channel.
Where a fugitive criminal is arrested in the Philippine Islands, the Hawaiian Islands, Faroe Islands, or Iceland he may be provisionally detained for a period of four months.
Article II.
In addition to the crimes and offenses mentioned in Article II of the convention between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Denmark for the extradition of criminals, signed at Washington on January 6, 1902, extradition shall be granted also for the following crime or offense:
Bribery, defined to be the offering, giving, or receiving of bribes, when made punishable by the laws of the two contracting parties.
Article III.
The present convention shall be considered as an integral part of the said extradition convention of January 6, 1902, and shall be ratified according to the respective laws of the two contracting parties. The ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible.
In testimony whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the above articles, both in the English and Danish languages, and have hereunto affixed their seals.
Done in duplicate, at the city of Washington, this sixth day of November, nineteen hundred and five.
Elihu Root [l. s.]
C. Brun [l. s.]
And whereas the said supplementary convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Washington on the nineteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and six;
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, have caused the said supplementary convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every [Page 533] article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
By the President:
Elihu Root,
Secretary of State.