Treaty Series, No. 635

Agreement signed at Washington, June 3, 1918; ratification advised by the Senate, June 24, 1918; ratified by the President, September 20, 1918; ratified by Great Britain, July 15, 1918; ratifications exchanged at Washington, September 24, 1918; proclaimed, September 30, 1918

By the President of the United States of America

A PROCLAMATION

Whereas an Agreement between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland extending for another five years the period during which the Arbitration Convention concluded between them on April 4, 1908, shall remain in force, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington on the third day of June one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, the original of which Agreement is word for word as follows:

The President of the United States of America and His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, being desirous of extending for another five years the period during which the Arbitration Convention concluded between them on April 4, 1908, extended by the agreement concluded between the two Governments on May 31, 1913, shall remain in force, have authorized the undersigned, to wit: Robert Lansing, Secretary of State of the United States and The Earl of Reading, His Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary on Special Mission to the United States, to conclude the following Articles:

Article I

The Convention of Arbitration of April 4, 1908, between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, the duration of which by Article IV thereof was fixed at a period of five years from the date of the exchange of ratifications of [Page 432] the said Convention on June 4, 1908, which period by the agreement of May 31, 1913, between the two Governments, was extended for five years from June 4, 1913, is hereby extended and continued in force for the further period of five years from June 4, 1918.

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 Britannic Majesty, 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, this third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

[seal] Robert Lansing
[seal] Reading

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-fourth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen;

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.

[seal]
Woodrow Wilson

By the President:
Robert Lansing
Secretary of State