LIQUOR TRAFFIC IN AFRICA: DUTIES
- Convention signed at Brussels June 8, 1899
- Protocol of deposit of ratifications signed at Brussels June 8, 1900
- Senate advice and consent to adherence December 14, 1900
- Adherence declared by the President of the United States February 1, 1901
- Proclaimed by the President of the United States February 6, 1901
- Adherence of the United States deposited at Brussels February 15, 1901
- Entered into force July 8, 1900; for the United States February 15, 1901
- Replaced December 2, 1907, by convention of November 3, 1906[1]
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His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia, in the name of the German Empire; His Majesty the King of the Belgians; His Majesty the King of Spain, and in his name Her Majesty the Queen-Regent of the Kingdom; His Majesty the King-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; Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands; His Majesty the King of Portugal and of the Algarves, etc.; His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias; his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, etc.; and His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans;
Wishing to provide for the execution of Article XCII of the General Act of Brussels,[2] which prescribes the revision of the Regulations on the importation of spirituous liquors into certain regions of Africa;
Have resolved to assemble a Conference for the purpose at Brussels, and have named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:
His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia, in the name of the German Empire, M. Frederic-Jean, Count of Alvensleben, his Chamberlain and Privy Councillor, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of the Belgians; and M. Guillaume Göhring, his Councillor of Legation;
