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1626 CONVENTION——GREAT BRITAIN. JUNE 3, 1918. . Article VI. m§§,§§“°€° °’ ****1*** The present Convention shall be ratified by_ the President of the ` United States of America by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States and by His Britannic Majesty and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington or at London as soon D“"““°”· as possible. It shall come into operation on the date on which the rauiications are exchanged and shall remain in force until the exiration of sixty days after either of the contracting parties shall liave given notice of termination to the other; whereupon any citizen or subject of either country incorporated into the military service of the other under this Convention shall be as soon as possible discharged therefrom. Siz¤¤¤¤¤¤- In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention and have affixed thereto their seals. DONE in duplicate at Washington the third day of June in the year of our Lord one thou and nine hundred and eighteen. Ronmrr Lansmo. sian,.] Rxumm sun.] th§g;§,*?”°¤ ¤· And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratiiied on both parts and the ratifications of the two ernments were exchanged in the City of London, on the thirtietgoday of July, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen;

  • "°°*’““"*°°· Now, therefore, be it known that I, Woodrow Wilson, 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 thereo 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 to be ailixed. Done in the District of Columbia this thirtieth da of July in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [sun.] eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States ofg America the one hundred and forty-third. Woonnow Wmsox By the President: FRANK L. Pour Acting Secretary of State.