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 ARBITRATION AGREEMENT——GREAT BRITAIN. MAY 31, 1913. 1767 Arbitration glgreement between the United States and Great Britain M“Y31r“”3· extending e duration of the convention of A `l 4, 1908. Signed at Washington, May 31, 1913; rag/ication  by the Senate, Febr·u,ary 21, 1.914;  lng the resident, March 27, 1914; rati- _§7ed  Great Britain, Marc 11, 1914; ratifications exchanged at ashington, April 10, 1914; proclaimed, April 10, 1914. BY rms Pnnsmnrrr or Tum UNITED S·rA·rns or Ammnrca. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas an Agreement between the United States of America. and Gr—:;t¤;;g£g¤¤ with Great Britain extending, for a further period of five years, the arbi— {,{·¤;¤¤£*>;g- $60 tration convention concluded between them on April 4, 1908, was i i _ i concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington on the thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, the original of which Agreement is word for word as follows: Agreement extending the duration of the Arbitration Uonvention of April 4, 1908. The President of the United States of America and His Majesty Contracting Powers the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, being desirous of extending the period of five years during which the Arbitration Convention concluded between them on April 4, 1908, is to remain in force, which eriod is about to expire, have authorized the undersigned, to wit:  Jennings Bryan, Secretary of State of P1¤¤¤r><>¢¤¤¤¤ri¤¤. the United States, and Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, His Britannic Ma`esty’s Ambassador Extraordinary and P enipotentiary to the United States, to conclude the following articles: A1z·rrcL1¤: I. The Convention of Arbitration of April 4, 1908, between the Gov- Couggngcn or um ' ernment of the United States of America and the Government of His °‘°°“ "° "°°”‘ Ma'esty the Kin of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions bgyond the Seas, Emperor of India, the duration of which by Article I thereof was fixed at a period of Eve ver ss, p. mer. years from the date of the exchange of ratiiications, which period will terminate on June 4, 1913, is here y extended and continued in force for a further period of five years from June 4, 1913. Anrronn II. The present Axment shall be ratified by the President of the m§¤§°¤¤¤¤° °'¤·*i¤¤=`·· United States of rica, by and with the advice and consent of the ' Senate thereof, and by His Britannic Majesty, and it shall_ become effective upon the date of the exchange of ratifications, which shall take place at Washington as soon as possible.