Treaty Series No. 587.]
By the President of the United States of America.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas an Agreement between the United States of America and Great Britain extending, for a further period of five years, the arbitration convention concluded between them on April 4, 1908, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington on the thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, the original of which Agreement is word for word as follows:
Agreement extending the duration of the Arbitration Convention of April 4, 1908.
The President of the United States of America and His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, being desirous of extending the period of five years during which the Arbitration Convention concluded between them on April 4, 1908, is to remain in force, which period is about to expire, have authorized the undersigned, to wit: William Jennings Bryan, Secretary of State of the United States, and Sir Cecil Spring Rice, His Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States, to conclude the following articles:
Article I.
The Convention of Arbitration of April 4, 1908, between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of 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 duration of which by Article IV thereof was fixed at a period of five years from the date of the exchange of ratifications, which period will terminate on June 4, 1913, is hereby extended and continued in force for a further period of five years from June 4, 1913.
[Page 304]Article II.
The present Agreement shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by His Britannic Majesty, and it shall become effective upon the date of the exchange of ratifications, which shall take place at Washington as soon as possible.
Done in duplicate at Washington this thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.
| [seal.] | William Jennings Bryan. |
| [seal.] | Cecil Spring Rice. |
And whereas the said Agreement has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two governments were exchanged in the City of Washington, on the tenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen;
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Agreement to Be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
By the President:
William Jennings Bryan
Secretary of State.