D 64-3 J9&I . UC-NRLF *B Sfl4 Ebb GIFT OF HORACE W. CARPENTIER I TREATY SERIES. 1921. No. 13. 201 TREATY BETWEEN THE ALLIED POWERS AND GREECE RELATIVE TO THRACE. Signed at Sevres, August 10, 1920. Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty. mm&g&mi LONDON : PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BT HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE. To be purchased through anv Bookseller or directly from ELM. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses: Imperial House, Kingsway, London, W.C. 2, and 28, Abingdon Street, London, S.W. 1; 37, Peter Street, Manchester; 1, St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff; 23, Forth Street, Edinburgh; or from E. PONSONBY, Ltd.. 116, Grafton Street. Dublin [\ TREATY BETWEEN THE ALLIED POWERS AND GREECE RELATIVE TO THRACE. Signed at Stores, August 10, 1920. The British Empire, France, Italy and Japan, the Principal Allied and Associated Powers, of the one part, and Greece, of the other part, being agreed to recognize the sovereignty of Greece over the terri- tories in Thrace over which Bulgaria, by Article 48 of the Treaty of Peace signed at Neuilly-sur- Seine on November 27, 1919, renounced all rights and title in favour of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers, and being desirous of ensuring the economic outlets of Bulgaria to the y£gean Sea, for this purpose the High Contracting Parties have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries : His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India : The Eight Honourable Edward George Villiers, Earl of Derby, K.G., P.O., K.C.V.O., C.B., Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo- tentiary of His Britannic Majesty at Paris ; And— For the Dominion of Canada : The Honourable Sir George Halsey Perley, K.C.M.G., High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom ; For the Commonwealth of Australia : The Right Honourable Andrew Fisher, High Commissioner for Australia in the United Kingdom ; For the Dominion of New Zealand : The Honourable Sir James Allen, K.C.B., High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United Kingdom ; For the Union of South Africa : Mr. Reginald Andrew Blankenberg, O.B.E., Acting High Com- missioner for the Union of South Africa in the United Kingdom ; For India : Sir Arthur Hirtzel, K.C.B., Assistant Under-Secretary of State for India ; The President of the French Republic : M. Alexandre Millerand, President of the Council, Minister for Foreign Affairs; M. Fr^d^ric Francois-Marsal, Minister of Finance ; M. Auguste Paul Louis Isaac, Minister of Commerce and Industry ; 203 M. Jules Cambon, Ambassador of France ; M. Georges Maurice Paleologue, Ambassador of France, Secretary- General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ; His Majesty the King of Italy : Count Lelio Bonin Longare, Senator of the Kingdom, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the King of Italy at Paris; M. Carlo Galli, Consul ; His Majesty the Emperor of Japan : Viscount Chinda, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan at London ; Mr. K. Matsui, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan at Paris ; His Majesty the King of the Hellenes : M. Eleftherios K. Veniselos, President of the Council of Ministers ; M. Athos Romanos, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo- tentiary of His Majesty the King of the Hellenes at Paris ; Who, having communicated their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows : — Article 1. The Principal Allied and Associated Powers hereby transfer to Greece, who accepts the said transfer, all rights and title which they hold, under Article 48 of the Treaty of Peace with Bulgaria signed at Neuilly-sur-Seine on November 27, 1919, over the territories in Thrace which belonged to the Bulgarian Monarchy and are dealt with in the said Article. Article 2. The whole of the frontier line described in Article 27 (3) of the Treaty of Peace with Bulgaria will be traced on the spot by the • Commission provided for in Article 43 of the said Treaty. Article 3. The provisions of Articles 44 and 45 of the Treaty of Peace with Bulgaria, relating to the nationality of the inhabitants, will apply to the territories referred to in Article 1 of the present Treaty. The provisions of Article 46, relating to the protection of minori- ties, freedom of transit and equitable treatment of commerce, which form the subject of the Treaty of even date, and those of Article 47, relating in particular to the proportion and nature of the financial obligations of Bulgaria which Greece will have to assume on account of the territory placed under her sovereignty, will similarly apply to the territories referred to in Article 1 of the present Treaty. The provisions of the Convention concluded on November 27, 1919, between Greece and Bulgaria, relating to reciprocal emigration, will apply ipso facto to the territories referred to in Article 1 of the present Treaty. 424 7/21 3000+90 F.O.P. [6030] 493754 201 Article 4. In order to ensure to Bulgaria free access to the JSgean Sea, freedom of transit is accorded to her over the territories and iu the ports assigned to Greece under the present Treaty. Freedom of transit is the freedom defined in Article 212 of the Treaty of Peace with Bulgaria, until such time as a General Conven- tion on the subject shall have been concluded, whereupon the disposi- tions of the new Convention shall be substituted therefor. Special conventions between Greece and Bulgaria, or the adminis- trations concerned, will lay down the conditions of the exercise of the right accorded above, and will settle in particular the method of using the ports, subject to Article 5, the establishment of international (joint) services and tariffs, including through tickets and waybills, and the application of the Convention of Berne of October 14, 1890, and its supplementary provisions, until its replacement by a new Convention. Freedom of transit will extend to postal, telegraphic and tele- phonic services. Article 5. In the port of Dedeagatch Bulgaria will be accorded a lease in perpetuity, subject to determination by the League of Nations, of a zone which shall be placed under the regime laid down in Articles 11 to 14, and shall be used for the direct transit of goods coming from or going to that State. The delimitation of the zone referred to in the preceding paragraph, its connection with existing railways, its equipment and exploitation, and in general all the conditions of its utilisation, including the amount of the rental, shall be decided by a Commission consisting of one delegate of Bulgaria, oue delegate of Greece, and one delegate appointed by the League of Nations. These conditions shall be susceptible of revision every ten years in the same manner. Article 6. Dedeagatch is declared a port of international concern. The nationals, goods and flags of all States members of the League of Nations shall enjoy at Dedeagatch complete freedom in the use of the port. In this connection and in all respects they shall be treated on a footing of perfect equality, particularly as regards all port and quay facilities and charges, including facilities for berthing, loading and discharging, tonnage dues and charges, quay, pilotage, lighthouse, quarantine and all similar dues and charges of whatsoever nature, levied in the name of the Government, public functionaries, private individuals, corporations or establishments of every kind, no distinc- tion being made between the nationals, goods and flags of the different States and those of Greece. There shall be no restrictions on the movement of persons or vessels other than those arising from regulations concerning customs, police, public health, emigration and immigration and those relating to the import and export of prohibited goods. Such regulations must be reasonable and uniform and must not impede traffic unnecessarily. 205 Article 7. All dues and charges for the use of the port of* Dedeagatch or of its approaches, or for the use of facilities provided in the port, shall be levied under the conditions of equality prescribed in Article 6, and shall be reasonable both as regards their amount and their application, having regard to the expenses incurred in the administration, upkeep and improvement of the port and of the approaches thereto, or in the interests of navigation. All dues and charges other than those provided in this Article or in Articles 8, 12 or 13 are forbidden. Article 8. All customs, local octroi or consumption dues levied on goods imported or exported through the port of Dedeagatch shall be the same whether the flag of the vessel which effected or is to effect the transport be the Greek or any other flag. In the absence of special circumstances justifying an exception on account of economic needs, such dues must be fixed on the same basis and at the same tariffs as similar duties levied on the other customs frontiers of Greece. All facilities which may be accorded by Greece over other land or water routes or at other ports for the import or export of goods shall be equally granted to imports and exports through the port of Dedeagatch. Article 9. In the absence of any special arrangement relative to the execu- tion of works for maintaining and improving the port of Dedeagatch, it shall be the duty of Greece to take suitable measures to remove any obstacle or danger to navigation and to secure facilities for the movements of ships in the port. Article 10. Greece must not undertake any works liable to prejudice the facilities for the use of the port of Dedeagatch or of its approaches. Article 11. The facilities granted in the zone referred to in Article 5 for the erection or use of warehouses and for packing and unpacking goods shall be in accordance with trade requirements for the time being. All goods allowed to be consumed in the zone shall be exempt from customs, excise and all other duties of any description whatsoever, apart from the statistical duty provided for in Article 12. Unless otherwise provided in the present Treaty, it shall be within the discretion of Greece to permit or to prohibit manufacture within the said zone. There shall be no discrimination in regard to any of the provisions of this Article either between persons belonging to different nationalities or between goods of different origin or destination. 206 Article 12. No duties or charges, other than those provided for in Article 6, shall be levied on goods arriving in the zone referred to in Article 5 or departing therefrom, from whatever foreign country they come or for whatever foreigu country they are destined, other than a statistical duty which shall not exceed 1 per mille ad valorem, The proceeds of this statistical duty shall be devoted exclusively to the maintenance of the service dealing with the statistics relating to the traffic of the said zone. Article 13. Subject to the provisions of Article 14, the duties referred to in Article 8 may be levied under the conditions laid down in that Article on goods coming from or going to the zone referred to in Article 5 on their importation into Greek territory or on their exporta- tion from such territory respectively. Article 14. Persons, goods, postal services, ships, vessels, carriages, waggons and other means of transport coming from or going to the zone referred to in Article 5 and crossing Greek territory shall be deemed to be in transit across Greece if they are going to or coming from the territory of any other State whatsoever. Article 15. Subject to the provisions of Article 16, differences which may arise with regard to the interpretation or to the application of the dispositions contained in Articles 4 to 14 of the present Treaty shall be settled in accordance with the conditions laid down by the League of Nations. Differences with regard to the execution of works liable to pre- judice the facilities for the use of the port of Dedeagatch or of its approaches shall be dealt with by an accelerated procedure, and may be the object of an expression of opinion, or of a provisional decision which may prescribe the suspension or the immediate suppression of the said works, without prejudice to the ultimate opinion or decision in the case. Article 16. If a request is made by Bulgaria to the Council of the League of Nations, an International Commission shall be formed consisting ot five members nominated by France, Great Britain, Italy, Greece ami Bulgaria respectively. This Commission will be charged with assuring, so far as Dedeagatch and access thereto is concerned, the execution of the regime prescribed in Articles 4 to 14 of the present Treaty. Any differences relating to this regime shall be dealt with in the first place by the above Commission, which will take its decisions by a simple majority. In the event of any State concerned desiring to appeal against such decision, such appeal shall be brought 207 before the competent authority of the League of Nations, pending whose decision the decision of the Commission shall be carried out. The present Treaty, in French, in English and in Italian, shall be ratified. In case of divergence the Trench text shall prevail. ' The deposit of ratifications shall be made at Paris as soon as possible. Powers of which the seat of the Government is outside Europe will be entitled merely to inform the Government of the French Republic through their diplomatic representative at Paris that their ratification has been given ; in that case they must transmit the instrument of ratification as soon as possible. A procds-verbal of the deposit of ratifications will be drawn up. The present Treaty will come into force when the Treaty of Peace with Bulgaria has come into force, and as soon as it has been ratified by those of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers who have then ratified the said Treaty of Peace, and by Greece. The French Government will transmit to all the signatory Powers a certified copy of the proc&s-verbaux of the deposit of ratifications. In faith whereof the above-named Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty. Done at Sevres, the tenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, in a single copy, which will remain deposited in the archives of the French Republic, and of which authenticated copies will be transmitted to each of the signatory Powers. (L..S.) DERBY. (L.S.) GEORGE H. PERLEY. (L.S.) ANDREW FISHER. (L.S.) JAMES ALLEN. (L.S.) R, A. BLANKENBERG. (L.S.) ARTHUR HIRTZEL. (L.S.) A. MILLERAND. (L.S.) F. FRANgOIS-MARSAL (L.S.) JULES CAMBON. (L.S.) PALEOLOGUE. (L.S.) BONIN. (L.S.) CARLO GALLI. (L.S.) K. M A.TSUI. 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