Treaty Series No. 670
Agreement between the United States of America, the British Empire, France, and Japan, Supplementary to the Treaty of December 13, 1921; Signed at Washington February 6, 1922 43
The United States of America, the British Empire, France and Japan have, through their respective Plenipotentiaries, agreed upon the following stipulations supplementary to the Quadruple Treaty signed at Washington on December 13, 1921:
The term “insular possessions and insular dominions” used in the aforesaid Treaty shall, in its application to Japan, include only Karafuto (or the Southern portion of the island of Sakhalin), Formosa and the Pescadores, and the islands under the mandate of Japan.
The present agreement shall have the same force and effect as the said Treaty to which it is supplementary.
The provisions of Article IV of the aforesaid Treaty of December 13, 1921, relating to ratification shall be applicable to the present Agreement, which in French and English shall remain deposited in the Archives of the Government of the United States, and duly certified copies thereof shall be transmitted by that Government to each of the other Contracting Powers.
In faith whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Agreement.
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- In English and French; French text not printed. Ratification advised by the Senate, Mar. 27, 1922; ratified by the President, June 9, 1923; ratifications deposited with the Government of the United States, Aug. 17, 1923; proclaimed, Aug. 21, 1923.↩