By the President of the United States of America.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas a Supplementary Convention between the United States of America and His Majesty the Emperor of Japan providing for the addition of the crimes of embezzlement of private moneys or property and larceny to the list of crimes and offences on account of which extradition may be granted between the two countries, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Tokyo, on the seventeenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and six, the original of which Supplementary Convention, being in the English and Japanese languages is word for word as follows:

The President of the United States of America and His Majesty the Emperor of Japan being desirous to add the crimes of embezzlement of private moneys or property and larceny to the list of crimes or offences on account of which extradition may be granted under the Treaty concluded between the two countries on the 29th day of April, 1886 (corresponding to the 29th day of the 4th month of the 19th year of Meiji), with a view to the better administration of [Page 1070] justice and the prevention of crime in their respective territories and jurisdictions, have resolved to conclude a Supplementary Convention, and, for this purpose, have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, to wit:

  • The President of the United States of America, Huntington Wilson, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the United States of America at Tokio, and
  • His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, Marquis Kinmoti Saionzi, Shonii, First Class of the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun, His Imperial Majesty’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs;

Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed to and concluded the following

Article.

The following crimes are added to the list of crimes or offences numbered 1 to 13 in the second Article of the said Treaty of the 29th day of April, 1886 (corresponding to the 29th day of the 4th month of the 19th year of Meiji), on account of which extradition may be granted, that is to say:

Embezzlement by persons hired or salaried, to the detriment of their employers, where the amount of money or the value of the property embezzled is not less than $200 or 400 Yen.

Larceny, where the offence is punishable by imprisonment for one year or more, or for which sentence of imprisonment for one year or more has been pronounced.

The present Convention shall be ratified and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Tokio as soon as possible.

It shall come into force ten days after the exchange of the ratifications, and it shall continue and terminate in the same manner as the said Treaty of the 29th day of April, 1886 (corresponding to the 29th day of the 4th month of the 19th year of Meiji).

In testimony whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention and have affixed thereto their seals.

Done in duplicate at Tokio, in the English and Japanese languages, this 17th day of May, one thousand nine hundred and six (corresponding to the 17th day of the 5th month of the 39th year of Meiji).

[seal] Huntington Wilson,
[seal] Marquis Saïonzi.

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 Tokyo, on the twenty-fifth day of September, 1906.

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 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.

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[seal]
Theodore Roosevelt

By the President:
Alvey A. Adee
Acting Secretary of State.

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