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ARBITRATION AGREEMENT—FRANCE. JULY 19, 1923. 1743 Agreement between the United States and France, further extending the duration of the Convention of February 10, 1908. Signed at Washington, Jn] 19, 1923; ratgéicatwn advised by the Senate, December 18, 1923; rat%d by France, ebruary 2 1924; ratyged by the President, February 28, 1924: Ratiliieations exchanged at ashington, March 3, 1924; proclaimed, Marc 4, 1924. Br mm Pnnsmnwr or zum Umrnn Srsrns or Ammrca. A PROCLAMATION. . Whereas an Agreement between the United States of America and mg§§’*,§‘,,*}°§,,¤°’;€»"°* the _French Republic extending for another eriod of five yeais the ?N•- Arbitration Convention conclu ed between the two Governments on '3°’°°1°2i February 10, 1908, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington on the nineteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, the original of which Agreement, being in the English and French languages is word for word as follows: The Government of the United Le Gouvernement des Etats- Gunuwtinerowens States of America and the Govern- Unis d'Amérique et le Gouvemement of the French Republic, ment de la République francaise, desiring to extend for another désireux de prolonger de nouveau five years the period during pour cinqlans la période durant which the arbitration convention aquelle a convention d’a.rbi— V°‘·*’•5·P·m5· concluded between them on Feb- trage conclue entre eux le 10 ruary 10, 1908, and extended by février 1908 et prolongée par the agreements concluded be- arrangement conclu entre les m";f·,,§,}>- '“*¢ "°‘· tween the two Governments on deux Gouvernements les 13 fé- ' February 13, 1913, and February vrier 1913 et 27 février 1918, doit 27, 1918, shall remain in force, demeurerenvigue11r,onta.utorisé have respectively authorized the respectivement los soussignés, p¤,,,,,,,,,m,m,m_ imders` ed, to wit: Charles savoir Charles Evans Hu hes, Evans glixghes, Secretary of State Secrétaire d’Etat des Etats-Unis, of the United States, and J. J. et J. J. Jusserand, Ambassadeur Jusserand, Ambassador of the de la République francaise aux French Republic to the United Etats-Ums, a conclure l’arrange— States, to conclude the following ment ci-apres: agreement: ` ARTICLE I. ARTICLE I. The Convention of Arbitration La Convention d’a.rbitra e du °’ ****8 of February 10, 1908, between 10 février 1908 entre le gGou- I me yew the Government of the United vernement des Etats-Unis d’A— Statesof America and theGovern- méri ue et le Gouvernement de ment of the French Republic, the la Rzpublique francaise, dont la duration of which by Article III durée, aux termes de son article V°*· 351 P· lm thereof was Exed at a period of III, avait été Hxée a cinipiannées five years from the date of ratifi- a partir de la date de raf cation, cation, which period, by the période qui, par Parrangement