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ASSISTANCE AND SALVAGE CONVENTION. Suvrmmnn 23, 1910. 1673 2. 'Where all the persons interested belong to the Stat the m*_¤.}’"°•“°° °' 1* court trying the case, the provisions of the nationadaliigv ande nidt of hm the C%Y$;ltl0l1 are gpplica le. 3. it out preju ice to an wider ` f ti lla article 11 only applies as begveen v b§‘d8n§in;n1li>ntlxe0S.|fates'l>Sf Aw, Mmthe High Contracting Parties. Aimcnn 16. Any one of the High Contracting Parties shall have the right F““"‘°""""°"* three years after this convention comes into force to call for a fresh conference with a view to seeking such ameliorations as may be brought therein, and particularly with a view to extending, if possible, the sphere of its application. . Any power exercising this right must notify its intention to the ”°““°‘“°"· other powers, through the Belgian Government, which will see to the convening of the conference within six months. _ Airrxcnn 17. States which have not signed the convention are allowed to adhere ,,, "°‘ to it on request. Such adhesion shall be notified thru? the diplomatic channel to the Belgian Government and by the tter to each of the other Governments. It shall become effective one month after the sending of the notification by the Belgian Government. Airricm 18. The convention shall be ratified. “"“*°‘"°‘ After an interval of at most one (year from the day on which the .,.°LL{‘,°,,"°°""°"‘ convention is signed, the Belgian vernment shall place itself in communication with the Governments of the High Contracting Parties which have declared themselves prepared to_rat1fy the convention with a view to deciding whether it is expedient to put into force. The ratification shall, if so decided, he deposited forthwith at ,,§,"°°*‘ °‘ °"'* Brussels, and the convention shall come into orce a month afterw d . a'1l`lhi protocol shall remain open another year in favor_ of the States represented at the Brussels Conference. After this interval they can only adhere to it on conforming to the provisions of Article 17. ` Airricmi 19. In the case of one or other of the High Contracting Parties de- °"""°*‘“"“· nouncing this convention, such denunciation should not take efect until a year after the day on which it has been notihed to the Belgian Government, and the convention would remain m force as between the other Contracting P8l'tl8S.· _ _ _ S In witness whereof the plempotentiaries of the respective Hrgh *¢‘“‘°'°‘ Contracting Parties have signed this convention and have ahxed their seals thereto. Done at Brussels, in a single copy, the 23rd September, 1910. [Here follow signatiues.]