CONVENTION-GREAT BRITAIN-PALIQTINE. Dnomumm 3, 1924. 2191 “ The present instrument shall be detposited in original in the M“*“°°‘°°°“· archives of the of Nations, an certified copies shall be _ fo1:1ardedblg1ystlEeth tary-General of the League of Nations to mem 0 e league. “ Done at Lmdon, the 24th day of July, 1922 ;" and 1 29tVll;hSe6re:•s tang the above terms came into force on the mm °‘m°°d°°°' P m it · an a ion o Whereas the ’United States, of America, bg participating in the csihdigifai su wai war against Germany, contributed to her e eat and the defeat °"‘““‘ °°'“““" of her Allies,¤.nd to the renunciation of the rights and titles of her Allies in the territory transferred by them but has not ratihed the govenglnt of ghe League of Nations embodied in the Treaty of ersa es··an, nl I, Ow Whereas the Government of the United States and the Govern- C0 P m` ment of His Britannic Majesty desire to reach a definite under- standing with resplagct to lthia rights of the two Governments and their res ective nation in a est1ne· ~ . alia rmsiaea of as Umm sims of America and His .Bratm1c *"‘°°"’°‘°“*‘“"°" Majesty have decided tocouclude a convention to this effect, and have named as their plempotentiarxes:-— . _ · The President of the United States of America: His Excellency the Honourable Frank B. Kellggg, Ambassador Iggtrlaordinary and Plenipotentiary of the mted States at n on: . _ His Majesty the of the United Kingdom of Great Britain apilrélaand and of the ritish Dominions beyond the Seas, n :‘ A ” A A ` 0 The R§ht Honourable Joseph Austen Chamberlain, M.P., lil? _ ajesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign airs: who, after having communicated to each other their respective full we found in and due form, have agreed as fo ows:—— P° ma 4 ·.A.RT.[CLE 1. Subject to the provisions of the present convention the United a::{°°°°m°° °m°°` States consents to the administration of Palestine by His Britannia Majesty, pursuant to the mandate recited above. Aimcm 2. The United States and its nationals shall have and enjoy all the ,°’{}§,",§°§°,;§j’°’d°‘i rights and benefits secured xmder the terms of the mandate to members of the League of Nations and their nationals, notwith- standing the fact that the United States is not a member of the League of Nations. 3 Armcm . Vested American propert rights in the mandated territory shall V°"°d ,,,,,H°°°'°? be respected and in no wayyimpaired. Hmmm Anmcnm 4. A duplicate of the annual report to be made by the Mandatory lélglér article 24 of the mandate shall be furnished to the United s.
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