Treaty Series, No. 589.
By the President of the United States of America.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas an Agreement between the United States of America and Norway extending, for a further period of five years, the arbitration convention concluded between them on April 4, 1908, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington on the sixteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, the original of which Agreement, being in the English and Norwegian languages, is word for word as follows:
The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway, being desirous of extending the period of five years during which the Arbitration Convention concluded between them on April 4, 1908, is to remain in force, which period is about to expire, have authorized the undersigned, to wit: William Jennings Bryan, Secretary of State of the United States, and H. H. Bryn, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Norway to the United States, to conclude the following agreement:
Article I.
The Convention of Arbitration of April 4, 1908, between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway, the duration of which by Article IV thereof was fixed at a period of five years from the day of the exchange of the ratifications, which period will terminate on June 24, 1913, is hereby extended and continued in force for a further period of five years from June 24, 1913.
Article II.
The present Agreement shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof; and by His Majesty the King of Norway, and it shall become effective upon the date of the exchange of ratifications, which shall take place at Washington as soon as possible.
[Page 971]Done in duplicate in the English and Norwegian languages, at Washington this sixteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.
| [seal.] | William Jennings Bryan |
| [seal.] | Helmer H. Bryn |
And whereas, the said Agreement has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the City of Washington, on the thirteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen;
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Agreement 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 affixed.
By the President:
W. J. Bryan,
Secretary of State.