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 2438 coNvnNr1oN.NEUTnALs IN NAVAL WAR. om. 18, 1907. A¤¢•.1>·¤¤4· And whereas it is provided by its Article 30, that non-signatory Powers may adhere to the said Convention; _ _ ¤g:g{;;¤gg·g'g;§ And whereas the Senate of the United States of America by 1ts zh. resolution of A ril 17, 1908, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurri§ therein}; did advise and consent to the adherence by the Unit States to the said Convention with the reservation and exclu- ¤*¢· 1*-***- sion of its Article 23 and with the understanding that the last clause to make the demand therein mentioned for the retum of a ship captiured within the_neutral jurisdiction and no longer within that juris- 'ction; M1:¤u1•r•¤¤¤ ¤f •¤- And whereas the President of the United States of America, in pur- ' °°' suance of and in conformity with the aforesaid advice and consent . of the Senate, did, on the 23rd dai of February, 1909,` declare the adherence of the United States to the said Convention; ‘ h:gg*}°•“°'* °‘ •**· And whereas notice of the adherence of the United Statesto the Am said Convention has been given to the Government of the_ Nether- ’ l` m4' lands in conformitgr with Article 30 of the said Convention; ”‘““°‘“°"‘· And whereas, the said Convention has been duly ratified by the Govemments of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Denmark, Mexico, the _,,,,_,,_ mm Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, and Salvador, and the ratiiications of the said Govemments were, under the provisions of Article 29 of the said Convention, deposited by their rwpective Plenipotentiaries with the Netherlands Government on November 27, 1909; f,'},*,¢°'l,'§*g;’=;"_*°*'*”*- And whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 30 of the ' said Convention, the Govemment of a gave notification to the Iietherllaggs Government on January 15, 1910, of its adherence to t e said nvention; 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, subject to the reservation and exclusion and the understanding herein above mentioned. In testimony whereof, I have ereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this twenty-eighth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [s1:AL.] ten, and of the Independence of the United States of _ America the one hundredth and thirty-fourth. Wm H TArr By the President: P C KNox. Secretary of Slate
 * "· *’· "”· of Article 3 of the said Convention implies the duty of a neutral power
 * "°°‘”¤***°‘* Now, therefore, be it known that I, William Howard Taft President