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1862 CONVENTION—HOSPITAL SHIPS. DECEMBER 21, 1904. Le plénipotentiaire de la Con- The plenipotentiary of the federation Suisse Swiss Confederation Canmx. CARLIN. Certifié pour copie conforme: Certified to as a true copy. Le Secrétaire-Général du Mi- HANNEMA, nistere des Affaires Etrangeres Secretary General of the Ministry des Pays-Bas, of Foreign A fairs of the HANNBMA Netherlands. R·°*'*‘°***°”· And whereas, the said Convention was duly ratified by the Government of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by the overmnents of the other ggnatory powers, with the exception of Spain, Italy, Persia, and ervia; A¤*¢·l>-1858- And whereas, in pursuance of Article IV of the said Convention the . ratiiications thereof were deposited at The Hague on the 26th day of March, 1907, by the Plenipotentiaries of the United States of America, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, China, Denmark, Mexico, Greece, Japan, both for Japan and Korea, Luxemburg, Montenegro, The Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Siam, and Switzerland, and on the 10th day of April, 1907, by the Plenipotentiary of the Government of France; 4****- P- *858- And whereas, in pursuance of Article V of the said Convention, the Government of Guatemala, on March 24, 1906, and the Government ° of Norway, on January 8, 1907, made their adherence to the said Convention known to the Contracting Powers by means of written notifications addressed to the Government of the Netherlands; Pr¤¢1¤¤¤¤ri<>¤· Now, therefore, be it known that I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention 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 of America to be affixed. Done at the City of lVashington, this twenty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven, [snr.] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-first. Tmaonom: Roosmvmxr By the President: Enum Roor Secretary of State.