DANEMARK, GRANDE-BRETAGNE

Arrangement concernant le traitement réciproque des déserteurs de la marine marchande; signé à Londres, le 21

juin 1881 •).

Pari Paper [2985] 1881.

Texte anglais.

The Government of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Govermnent of His Majesty the

*) En anglais et en danois.

Déserteurs de la marine. 695

Eing of Denmark, beîng desirons, for the benefit of the two countrieB, to facilitate the discoTery, appréhension , and surrender of seamen who maj désert from merchant vessels of either conntry, on the basis of a fiiU and entire reciprocity, hâve agreed as follows:

It is mutnally agreed that if any seamen or apprentices, not being slaves, should désert from any ship belonging to a subject of either of the Oontracting Parties, within any port in the territories or in the possessions or Colonies of the other Oontracting Party, the anthorities of sach port and territory, possession or Colony, shall be boand to give every assistance in their power for the appréhension and sending on board of suoh désertera, on application to that effect being made to them by ihe Consul of the conntry to which the ship of the déserter may beiong, or by the depnty or représentative of the Consnl.

It is understood that the preceding stipulations shall not apply to subjects of the conntry where the désertion shall take place.

Each of the two High Oontracting Parties reserves to itself the right of terminating this Agreement at any time, on giving to the other a years's notice of its wish to that effect.

In witness whereof the Undersigned, duly anthorîzed for that purpose, bave signed the présent Agreement, and hâve afiBzed thereto the seal of their arms.

Done at London in duplicatci the twenty-first day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hondred and eighty-one.

OnmtftUe. Falbe.