1616 ARBITRATION AGREEL[ENT—FRANCE. FEBRUARY 27, 1918. F•*¤’“=¤'Y"’·m8- Arbitration agreement between the United States and France, emtending the duration of the Convention of February 10, 1908. Signed at Washington, February 27, 1918; ratification advised by the Senate M arch 26, 1.918,- ratifed by the President, April 8, 1918; ratiffed by Frame, A prd 13, 1918,· ratifications exchanged at Washington, May 15, 1918; proclaimed, May 16, 1918. BY arm: Pxnsxnnivr or 1-111-: UNrn:n Sums or Ammucn. A PROCLAMATION. F A¤>i¤‘¤¤<>¤ **91 Whereas an Agreement between the United States of Americai r;?::,Q,m,_ and the French Republic extending, for another period of five years, VM- 35- P- 192** the duration of the Arbitration Convention concluded between them on February 10, 1908, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington on the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, the original of which Agreement, being in the English and French languages, is word for word as follows: AGREEMENT extending t h e ARRANGEMENT prolongeant duration of the Arbitration la durée de . la Convention Convention of Februa 10, d’Arbitra e du 10 février 1908, 1908, b e t w een the Uynited entre les Ftats-Unis et la Ré- States and the French Re- publique Francaise. public. °°¤*"°°'·*¤g *`°"°”· The Government of the United Le Gouvemement des Etats- States of America and the Gov- Unis d’Amérique et le Gouverneernment of the French Republic, ment de la République Francaise, desiring to extend for another five désireux de prolonger de nouveau, years the period during which pour cinq ans, Ia période durant the arbitration convention con- laquelle la Convention d’arbieluded between them on February trage, conclué entre eux Ie 10 10, 1908, and extended by the février 1908 et rolongée par aragreement concluded between the rangcment concliu entre les deux V°*-3% P- ””3· two Governments on Februar 13, Gouvernements le 13 février 1913, 1913, shall remain in force, have doit demeurer en vigueur, out au- P¤¤¤¤n>¤t¤¤t1•¤¢¤· authorized the undersigned, to torisé les soussignés, savoir Robert wit:Robert Lansing, Secretary of Lansing, Secrétaire d’Etat des State of the United States, and Etats-Unis, et J. J. Jusserand. J. J. Jusserand, Ambassador of Ambassadeur de la République the French Republic to the Francaise aux Etats-Unis. in con- United States, to conclude the fol- clure Parrangement ci-apres: lowing agreement : Article I. Article I. €°°__Q"_}*nf;j*¤ °’ The Convention of Arbitration La Convention d'arbitr e d iiiiyggyeais. I 1 for of February 10, 1908. betweén the 10 février 1908, entre le agouvli Government of the United States ernement des Etats-Unis d’Amé- of America and the Government rique et le Gouvernement de la _ of the French Republic, the dura- République Francaise, dont la "°*· 3~·· P— 1929 tion of which by Article III durée, aux termes de sou Article thereof was fixed at a period of III, avait été Hxée a cinq années
