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Treaty Series No. 680

Agreement between the United States of America and Norway, Signed at Washington, November 26, 192316

The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway, desiring to extend for another five years the period during which the Arbitration Convention concluded between them on April 4, 1908, and extended by the Agreement concluded between the two Governments on June 16, 1913,17 and further extended by the Agreement concluded between the two Governments on March 30, 1918,18 shall remain in force, have respectively authorized the undersigned, to wit: Charles Evans Hughes, Secretary of State of the United States of America, and Mr. Helmer H. Bryn, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Norway in 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 date of the exchange of ratifications, which period, by the Agreement of June 16, 1913, between [Page 630] the two Governments was extended for five years from June 24, 1913, and was extended by the Agreement between them of March 30, 1918, for the further period of five years from June 24, 1918, is hereby extended and continued in force for the further period of five years from June 24, 1923.

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.

Done in duplicate in the English and Norwegian languages at Washington this 26th day of November, 1923.

Charles Evans Hughes
[seal]
Helmer H. Bryn
[seal]
  1. In English and Norwegian; Norwegian text not printed. Ratification advised by the Senate, Dec. 18, 1923; ratified by the President, Jan. 25, 1924; ratified by Norway, Jan. 11, 1924; ratifications exchanged at Washington, Mar. 8, 1924; proclaimed by the President, Mar. 12, 1924.↩
  2. Foreign Relations, 1914, p. 970.↩
  3. ibid., 1918, p. 851.↩