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TREATY—FRANCE. March 15,1904. 2263

March 15, 1904.

Treaty between the United States and France for the determination of their relations in Tunis. Signed at Washington March 15, 1904; ratification advised by the Senate March 24, 1904; ratified by the President May 6, 1904; ratified by France April 3, 1904; ratifications exchanged at Washington May 7, 1904; proclaimed May 9, 1904.

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By the President of the United States of America.

A PROCLAMATION.

Preamble.Whereas a Convention between the United States of America and the French Republic acting in its own name as well as in that of His Highness the Bey of Tunis, to determine the relations between the United States and France in Tunis and to define the treaty situation of the United States in the Regency, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington, on the fifteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and four, the original of which Convention, being in the English and French languages is word for word as follows:

Contracting parties.The President of the United States of America and the President of the French Republic, acting in his own name as well as in that of His Highness the Bey of Tunis, desiring to determine the relations between the United States and France in Tunis, and desiring to define the treaty situation of the United States in the Regency, have named for that purpose the following plenipotentiaries:

Plenipotentiaries.The President of the United States of America, John Hay, Secretary of State of the United States; and
The President of the French Republic, J. J. Jusserand, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France at Washington;
Who, after communicating to each other their full powers, which were found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles:

ARTICLE I.

Rights in Tunis by former treaties renounced.
Public Treaties, pp. 763, 768.The Government of the United States declares that it renounces the right of invoking in Tunis the

Le Président des Etats-Unis d’Amérique et le Président de la République Française, agissant tant en son nom qu’au nom de Son Altesse le Bey de Tunis, ayant en vue de déterminer les rapports entre les Etats-Unis et la France en Tunisie et de préciser la situation conventionnelle des Etats-Unis dans la Régence, ont nommé dans ce but, les plénipotentiaires suivants:

Le Président des Etats-Unis d’Amérique, John Hay, Secrétaire d’Etat des Etats-Unis; et

Le Président de la République Française, J. J. Jusserand, Ambassadeur Extraordinaire et Plénipotentiaire de France à Washington;
Lesquels, après s’être communiqué leurs pleins pouvoirs, trouvés en bonne et due forme, sont convenus des Articles suivants:

ARTICLE I.

Le Gouvernement des Etats-Unis déclare qu’il renonce au droit d’invoquer en Tunisie les stipula-