ooNVENT1oN-FRANGE. A1>n1L 4, 1924 1821 Convention between the United States and France relating to rights in .@&A92§,;.A Syria, and The Lebanon. Signed at Paris, April 4, 1924,· ratyication advised by the Senate, Jl/[ay 14, 1924; ratqied by the President, June 5, 1924,· ratqied by France, July 3, 1924; rategications exchanged at Paris, July 13, 1924; proclaimed, August 13, 1.924. BY THE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STATES or AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS a Convention between the United States of America. F£g¤g¢¤m{{m~j‘i¢t¤ and the French Republic respectin the rights of the two governments mans in sm;. Miki mg and their respective nationa s in Sgyria and the Lebanon, over which L°,S§iQ}§,‘§Q,§{§‘“‘li"*` a mandate was conferred upon the Government of France was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Paris on the fourth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twont -four, the original of which Convention, being in the French and Eynglish T languages, is word for word as follows: . CONVENTION CONVENTION BETWEEN ENTRE THE UNITED STATES OF LES ETATS-UN IS D’AMERI· AMERICA AND FRANCE QUE ET LA FRANCE REGARDING CONCERNANT THE MANDATE FOR SYRIA LE MANDAT POUR LA AND THE LEBANON SYRIE ET LE LIBAN THE PRESIDENT OF THE LE PRESIDENT DES UNITED STATES OF AMER- ETATS-UNIS D’AMERIQUE ICA AND THE PRESIDENT ET LE PRESIDENT DE LA OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE, Whereas by the Treat of Considérant que ar le 'I‘raité T,§§§§;Ff'°"°“""’*‘ ">` Peace concluded with the Alllied de Paix conclu avec lids Puissances Powers, Turkey renounces all her Alliées la Turquie renounce a tous rights and titles over Syria and ses droits et titres sur la Syrie et the Lebanon, and, le Liban; Whereas Article 22 of the Cove- Considérant que l’article 22 du d,,§;}“‘°'“>’ M ’"»‘“‘ nant of the League of Nations Pacte de la Société des Nations in the Treaty of Versailles pro- inséré dans le Traité de Versailles . vides that in the case of certain asti ulé que des mandats seraient territories which as aconsequence établlis pour certains territoires of thelate war ceased to be under ui, comme conséquence de la the sovereignty of the states derniere guerre, ont cessé d’étre which formerly governed them, sous la souveraineté des Etats mandates should be issued and qui les gouvernaient précédem— that" the terms of the mandate ment, et que les termes de ces should be explicitly defined in mandats seraient expressément each case by the Council of the déiinis, dans chaque cas, par le League, and, Conseil de la Société des Nations; i_g,,,,,mm to ,,,,,,,. Vllihereas the Principal Allied Considérant que les principales d¤’° °‘F'°¤¤‘· Powers have agreed to entrust Puissances Alliés ont convenu de the mandate for Syria and the confier a la France le mandat Lebanon to France, and, pour la Syrie et le Liban; I -15822°~-—vor.—l3—rT 2-; 31 · {
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