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 1776 ARBITRATION Aennnrmnr-JAPAN. JUNE es, 1912.. °,§,{*8§*°°**°“’ ”‘ And whereas the said Agreement has been duly ratified on both ` parts, and the ratiiications of the two governments were exchanged in the Gig- of Tokyo, on the twenty-third day of May, one thousand ° nine hun ed and fourteen; P'°°l""‘"°°‘ Now, therefore, be it knowcn that I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, have caused the said_Agreement to be made public, to the end that the same and everiy article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good sith by the United States and the citizens thereof. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United Sztates to be afiixed. _ Done at the City of Washington this twenty-sixth day of May m the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [sean.] fourteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-eighth. Woonnow Wrnson By the Preddent: W. J. Barn Secretary of State., nmmmatm. MEMORANDUM. Arbitmtiem Agreement between United States and Japan, signed June 98, 1913, extending the duration of the Arlritratwn Convention of May 5, 1908. _ . ‘ •¤•¤* ¤' ¤¤¤· The Department of State acknowledges the receipt of the Memorandum o the Japanese Embassy, dated May 8, 1914, stating that: "1. The Japanese Embasg oonstrues Article I to mean that the Arbitration onvention of ay 5, 1908, terminated at the end of the 23rd day of August, 1913, and that the term of its extension was to commence from the 24th day of the same month, that is, from afternudnight of the aforesaid 23rd da$ _ 2. Desprtethe rovisioninArtic1eII to eeffect thatthe Extensron Agreement s£a.ll become effective upon the date of the exch¤.¤§e of ratiiicatrons, the United States Government proposes, accor · mg to the uuderstandmg_ of the Japanese Embassy, to render the Agreement retrospectrye rn so far as to make- it operative on and from August 24, 1913 as provided in Article I above referred to." The Department of State concurs in the views of the Japanese Embassy as stated above, regarding the termination of the Arbitratron (lonvention of May 5, 1908, and the retroactivity of the Agreement signed June 28, 1913. Dzranmnm or Sure, May 9, 1914.