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ARBITRATION AGREEMENT—FRANCE. FEBRUARY 27, 1918. 1617 five years from the date of the a partir de la date de ratification, exchange of ratifications, which période qui, par Parrangement du V°1·38»P·16‘*3· period, by the agreement of Feb- 13 février 1913 entre les deux mary 13, 1913, between the two Gouvernements, fut prolongée de Governments was extended for cinq armées at partir du 27 du five years from February 27, meme mois, est renouvelée et 1913, is hereby extended and con- maintenue en vigueur pour une tinued in force for the further nouvelle période de cinq ans, a period of five years from Febru— partir du 27 février 1918. ary 27, 1918. Article II. Article II. The present a reement shall be Le présent arrangement sera ,,c£§‘§§;“‘° °' ""‘“‘ ratiiied by the {President of the ratifié par le Président des Etats- United States of America, by and Unis d’Amérique, sur l’avis et . with the advice and consent of the avec le consentement du Sénat Senate thereof, and by the Presi- des Etats—Unis, et par le Président of the French Republic, in dent de la République Francaise, accordance with the C0nstitu— conformément aux lois constitutional laws of France, and it shall tionnelles de la France, et il become effective u on the date of deviendra définitif des Péchange the exchange of) ratilications, des ratifications auquel il sera which shall take place at Wash- precédé $1 Washington aussitot m%on as soon as possible. que faire se pourra. one in duplicate in the Eng- Fait double, en langues anglaise S*‘”“*“’°'· lish and French languages at et frangaise, in Washmgton, le 27 · Washington, this 27th day of février, mil neuf cent dix huit. Februar , one thousand nine hundred andi eighteen. Ronmrr LANSING. [san.] Jnssmzaxn [sun.] And whereas the said Agreement has been duly ratified on both ch§€§i%?°“°°° °x` parts, and the ratiiications of the two governments were exchanged in the City of lVashington, on the fifteenth day May, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen; Pmmmmon Now. therefore. he it known that I, Woodrow Wilson, President ` of the United States of America. have caused the said Agreement to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled 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 to be aiiixed. Done at the City of \Vashington this sixteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [sm!.] eighteen. and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-second. `Woonnow Wn.soN By the President: Rocmrr Laxsxxc, Secretary of State.