Arbitration convention between the United States and China
Signed at Washington, October 8, 1908.
Ratification advised by the Senate, December 10, 1908.
Ratified by the President, March 1, 1909.
Ratified by China, February 12, 1909.
Ratifications exchanged at Washington, April 6, 1909.
Proclaimed, April 6, 1909.
[104] By the President of the United States of America.
Done at the City of
Washington
this sixth
day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and nine, and of the Independence of the United States of
America the one hundred and thirty-third.