Arbitration convention between the United States and Japan
Signed at Washington, May 5, 1908. Ratification advised by the Senate, May 13, 1908. Ratified by the President, August 19, 1908. Ratified by Japan, July 20, 1908. Ratifications exchanged at Washington, August 24, 1908. Proclaimed, September 1, 1908.
[479] By the President of the United States oF America.
[seal] Done at
the City of Washington
this first
day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and eight, and of the Independence of the United States
of America the one hundred and thirty-third.