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 ARBITRATION CONVENTION—GREAT BRITAIN. Aman. 4, 1908. 1961 It is understood that such special agreements on the part of the United States will He made by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof; His Majesty s Government reserving the right before concluding a special agreement in any matter affecting the interests of a self governing Dominion of the British Empire to obtain the concurrence therein of the Government of that Dominion. Such Agreements shall be binding only when confirmed by the two C¤¤¤¤¤¤**°¤- Governments by an Exchange of Notes. ARHCLE III. The present Convention shall be ratified by the President of the B'"°°""°"' United States of America by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by His Britannic Majesty. The ratitications shall be exchanged at `Washington as soon as possible, and the Convention shall take effect on the date of the exchange of its ratifications. Axrrrcnn IV. The present Convention is concluded for a period of five years, D"“‘"°"‘ ‘ dating rom the day of the exchange of its ratiizlcations. Done in duplicate at the City of Washington, this fourth day of April, in the year 1908. { Emnu Roca: [snr.] S“°"'"°°‘ J sums Baron [smh] And· whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both scghghgfg °f nm` parts., and the ratincations of the two governments were exchanged in the City of Washington, on the fourth day of June, one thousan nine hundred and eight;Pr I mm Now, therefore, be it known that I, Theodore Roosevelt, Presi- Oc 8 Ou` dent 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 thereof 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 affixed. Done at the City of Washington this fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight, and of [size;.] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-second. THEODORE ROOSE\`ELT By the President: Emnu Roo·r Secretary of State.