By the President of the United States of America.
a proclamation.
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 [Page 305] 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:
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:
- 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 Extradordinary 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.
The Government of the United States declares that it renounces the right of invoking in Tunis the stipulations of the Treaties made between the United States and the Bey of Tunis in August 1797, and in February 1824, and that it will refrain from claiming for its Consuls and citizens in Tunis other rights and privileges than those which belong to them in virtue of international law or which belong to them in France by reason of treaties in existence between the United States and France.
The Government of the French Republic agrees on its side to assure these rights and privileges in Tunis to the Consuls and citizens of the United States and to extend to them the advantage of all treaties and conventions existing between the United States and France.
Article II.
The present convention shall be ratified and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible.
In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentaries have signed the foregoing Articles and have affixed their seals.
Done in duplicate at Washington, in the English and French languages, the 15th day of March, in the year 1904.
John Hay [seal.]
Jusserand [seal.]
And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two governments were exchanged in the City of Washington, on the seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and four;
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Theodore Roosevelt, 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.
[Page 306]In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
By the President:
John Hay
Secretary of State.