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His Majesty Victor Emanuel, in his own name and in the name of his successors, by means of his Representative in Adis Ababa, Cavaliere Giuseppe Colli di Felizzano, Captain of cavalry, and His Majesty Menelik II, King of Kings of Abyssinia, in his own name and that of his successors, desiring to regulate definitely the frontier between the Italian Colony of Eritrea and the provinces of the Ethiopian Empire, have determined to sign the following Convention:-
Art. I. From the most easterly point of the frontier established between the Colony of Eritrea and Tigre by the Convention of the 10th July, 1900 the boundary proceeds in a south-easterly direction, parallel to and at a distance of 60 kilometers from the coast, until it joins the frontier of the French possessions of Somalia. Art. II. The two Governments undertake to fix the above mentioned frontier-line on the spot by common accord and as soon as possible, adapting it to the nature and variation of the ground. Art. III. The two Governments undertake to establish by a common accord and as soon as possible the respective dependency of the limitrophe tribes on the frontiers on the basis of their traditional and usual residence. Art. IV. The two Governments undertake to recognise reciprocally the ancient rights and prerogatives of the limitrophe tribes without regard to their political dependence, especially as regards the working of the salt plain, which shall, however, be subject to the existing taxes and pasturage dues. Art. V. The two Governments formally undertake to exercise no interference beyond the frontier-line, and not to allow their dependent tribes to cross the frontier in order to commit acts of violence to the detriment of the tribes on the other side; but should questions or incidents arise between or on account of the limitrophe tribes the two Governments shall settle them by common accord. Art. VI. The two Governments mutually undertake not to take any action, nor to allow their dependent tribes to take any action, which may give rise to questions or incidents or disturb the tranquility of the frontier tribes. Art. VII. The present Convention shall be, as regards Italy, submitted to the approval of Parliament and ratified by the King. Done in duplicate and in identic terms in the two languages, Italian and Amharic. One copy remains in the hands of the Italian Government, and the other in the hands of the Ethiopian Government. Given in the city of Adis Ababa, the 16th day of the month of May, 1908. GIUSEPPE COLLI DI FELIZZANO. (Seal of Menelik). |
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