mark; His Majesty the King of Spain, and in his name her Majesty the Queen Regent of the Kingdom; His Majesty the Sovereign of the Independent State of the Congo; The President of the French Republic; Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India; His Majesty the King of Italy; His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, etc.; His Majesty the Shah of Persia; His Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves, etc., etc.; His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias; His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, etc., etc.; His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans; and His Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar;
Being equally actuated by the firm intention of putting an end to the crimes and devastations engendered by the traffic in African slaves, of efficiently protecting the aboriginal population of Africa, and of securing for that vast continent the benefits of peace and civilization;
Wishing to give fresh sanction to the decisions already adopted in the same sense and at different times by the powers, to complete the results secured by them, and to draw up a body of measures guaranteeing the accomplishment of the work which is the object of their common solicitude;
Have resolved, in pursuance of the invitation addressed to them by the Government of His Majesty the King of the Belgians, in agreement with the Government of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, to convene for this purpose a conference at Brussels, and have named as their plenipotentiaries:
- The President of the United States of America,
- Mr. Edwin H. Terrell, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America near His Majesty the King of the Belgians, and
- Mr. Henry Shelton Sanford;
- His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia, in the Name of the German Empire,
- Frederic John, Count of Alvensleben, His Chamberlain and Actual Privy Councillor, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near His Majesty the King of the Belgians, and
- Mr. William Göhring, His Privy Councillor of Legation, Consul-General of the German Empire at Amsterdam;
- His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia and Apostolic King of Hungary,
- Rodolphe Count Khevenhüller-Metsch, His Chamberlain, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near his Majesty the King of the Belgians,
- His Majesty the King of the Belgians,
- Auguste Baron Lambermont, His Minister of State, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, and
