Treaty Series No. 601.]
By the President of the United States of America.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, an Agreement between the United States of America and the Portuguese Republic extending for a further period of five years the arbitration convention concluded between them on April 6, 1908, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington on the twenty-eighth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, the original of which Agreement, being in the English and Portuguese languages, is word for word as follows:
The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Portuguese Republic, being desirous of extending the period of five years during which the Arbitration Convention concluded between them on April 6, 1908, is to remain in force, which period is about to expire, have authorized the undersigned to conclude the following agreement:
Article I.
The Convention of Arbitration of April 6, 1908, between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Portugal, the duration of which by Article III thereof was fixed at a period of five years from the day of the exchange of its ratifications, [Page 1071] which period will terminate on November 14, 1913, is hereby extended and continued in force for a further period of five years from November 14, 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 the President of the Portuguese Republic, in accordance with the constitutional laws of the Republic, and it shall become effective upon the date of the exchange of ratifications, which shall take place at Washington as soon as possible.
Done in duplicate, in the English and Portuguese languages, at Washington this 28th day of June one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.
William Jennings Bryan [seal.]
Alte [seal.]
And whereas, the said Agreement has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two governments were exchanged at the City of Washington, on the twenty-fourth day of October, 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:
Robert Lansing,
Acting Secretary of State.