1622 OONVENTION—GREAT BRITAIN. `JUNE 3, 1918. Article V. ,h§$‘§,$',,§‘§,,‘,§{,Y,¥€° “' The Government of the United States and His Britannic Majesty’s Government will, respectively, so far as ssible, facihtate the return of British Subjects and citizens of the Ulifited States who. may desire to return to their own country for military service, but shall not be responsible for providing transport or the cost of transport for such persons. Article VI. . N¤“°¤?*“*Y.¤°* '°•° No citizen or sub°ect of either country who, under the provisions iiguuicrilm m mm of this Convention, hnters the military service of the other, shall, by reason of such service, be considered, after this Convention shall have expired or after his discharge, to have lost his nationality or to be under any allegiance to His Britannic Majesty or to the United States as the case may be. Article VII. u,§§Fh“€°°‘”“°°* The present Convention shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States and by His Britannic Majesty, and the ratifieations shall be exchanged at Washington or at London as soon as possible. It shall come into operation on the date on which the D¤¤¤¤¤- ratifications are exchanged, and shall remain in force until the expiration of sixty days after either of the contracting parties shall have given notice of termination to the other; whereupon any subject or citizen of either country incorporated into the military service of the other under this Convention shall be as soon as possible discharged therefrom. S*&¤=*¤¤¤· In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention and have aHixed thereto their seals. DONE in duplicate at Washington the third day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen. Rommr LANSING. [sur.,] Rmnme [sun.] h§3¢i%¤¤¤i¤¤¤ ex- And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both ° g° ‘ parts and the ratiiications of the two governments were exchanged in the City of London. on the thirtieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen; i’*¤¢*¤¤¤¤¤¤¤· Now, therefore, be it known that I, Woodrow Wilson. President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention 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 aiiixed. Done in the District of Columbia this thirtieth day of Julv in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [sun.] eighteen, and of the Inde ndence of the United States of America the one hundredm and forty-third. Woonnow Winsor: By the President: FRANK L. Pom; Acting Sem·eta·ry of State.
