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CONVENTION-AMERICAN RIGHTS IN IRAQ. JAN. 9, 1930. SCHEDULE III. ANGLO-IRAQ TREATY OF THE 18TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1121 . His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, of the one part; and His Majesty the King of Iraq, of the other part: Anxious to r've full effect to the stipulations in the decision of the Council 0 the Lea.gtIe of Nations dated the 16th day of De- cember, 1925, fixing the frontier between Turkey and Iraq in pur- suance of article 3 of the Peace Treaty signed at Lausanne on the 24th day of J ul:v, 1923, to the effect that the relations between the high contract~t~arties now defined by the Treaty of Alliance and by the undert . g of His Britannic Majesty's Government ap- proved by the Council of the League of Nations on the 27th day of Septemoor, 1924, should be continued for a period of twenty-five years, unless Iraq ~J in conformity with article 1 of the Covenant of the League of oN ations, admitted as a member of the League before the expiration of that period: . Bearing in mind the intentIon which the high contracting parties have mutually expressed in the protocol of the 30th day of A{>ril, 1923, to conclude a fresh agreement regulating subsequent relatIOns between them: Have decided by means of a new treaty to ensure due fulfilment of the said stipulations and have for thIS purpose named as their plenipotentiaries : His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions bey-ond the Seas, Emperor of India, Bernard Henry Bourdillon, Esquire, C.M .G., Acting High Commissioner of His Britannic Majesty in Iraq; His Majesty the King of Iraq, Abdul Muhsin Beg al-Sa'dun, Prime Minister of the Iraq Government and Minister for Foreign Affairs; Who, having communicated their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows:- ARTICLE 1. The provisions contained in article 18 of the treaty between the high contracting parties signed at Bagdad on the 10th day of Oc- tober, 1922, of the Christian Era, corresponding with the 19th day of Safar, 1340, Hijrah, and in the protocol signed on the 30th day of April, 1923, of the Christian Era, corresponding with the 14th day of Ramazan, 1341, Hijrah, in so far as they relate to the duration of the said treaty are hereby abrogated, and the said treaty shall remain in force for a period of twenty-five years from the 16th day of December, 1925, unless before the expiration of that period Iraq shall have become a member of the League of Nations. 1855 8cbedulem.