Treaty Series No. 590.]

By the President of the United States of America.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas an Agreement between the United States of America and the Swiss Confederation extending, for a further period of five years, the arbitration convention concluded between them on February 29, 1908, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington on the third day of November, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, the original of which Agreement, being in the English and French languages, is word for word as follows:

Agreement extending the duration of the Arbitration Convention of February 29, 1908.

The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Swiss Confederation, being desirous of extending the period of five years during which the Arbitration Convention concluded between them on February 29, 1908, is to remain in force, which period expires on December 23, 1913, have authorized the undersigned, to wit: William Jennings Bryan, Secretary of State of the United States, and Ernest 3aumann, Chargé d’Affaires of the Swiss Confederation to the United States, to conclude the following agreement:

Article I.

The Convention of Arbitration of February 29, 1908, between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Swiss Confederation, the duration of which by Article III thereof was fixed at a period of five years from the day of the exchange of the ratifications, which period will terminate on December 23, 1913, is hereby extended and continued in force for a further period of five years from December 23, 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 [Page 1089] the Senate thereof, and by the Federal” Council of the Swiss Confederation, conforming to the constitution and the laws of Switzerland, 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 French languages, at Washington this 3rd day of November one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

William Jennings Bryan [seal.]

Ernest Baumann [seal.]

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 twenty-seventh 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.


Woodrow Wilson

By the President:
W. J. Bryan
Secretary of State.