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 1644 TREATY——CHINA—PEACE. SEPTEMBER 15, 1914. actixgg by virtue of his office, shall be transmitted by him to each of the ontracting Parties. ,,§},}§°,*],‘{"d°”° °°“"‘ The High Contracting Parties reserve full liberty as to the action to be taken on the report of the Commission. Arrricmz VI. ¤£§Y°h”“g° °"°m°°” The present treaty shall be ratiied by the President of the United States of America, with the advice and consent of the Senate of the _ United States, and by the President of the Republic of China. D“"“‘°“‘ It shall go into force immediately after the exchange of ratifications and shall last five years. · Unless denounced six months at least before the expiration of the said period of Eve years, it shall remain in force until the expiration of a period of twelve months after either party shall have notified the S mn other of its intention to terminate it. mm In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the present treaty and have aflixed thereunto their seals. Done at Washington this 15th day of September, in the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, corresponding to the 15th day of the ninth month in the third year of the Republic of China. [ami.,] Wrnnmiu Jmvmuos BRYAN [Signature and seal of Chinese Plenipotentiary.] [KAI FU SHA1;] [Chinese text not printed.] _ ch§,’j§§f°’*i°°’ °¤‘ And whereas the said Treaty has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the City of Washington, on the twenty-second day of October, one thou- _ sand nine hundred and fifteen; P'°°1“°°"°"‘ Now, therefore, be it known that I, lVoodrow YVilson, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty 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 twenty-third day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [emu.,] fifteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fortieth. Woomzow `VILSON By the President: Roamrr Lansmo, Secretary of State.