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 ARBITRATION AGREEM.ENT——GREAT BRITAIN. JUNE 3, 1918. 1627 Arbitration agreement between the United States and Great Britain ¥¤¤¤ 3,1918· extending the duration of the convention of A `Z 4, 1908. Signed at Washington, June 3, 1918;  advisednliiy the Senate, June 94, 1918; ratlined by the President, September 20, 1918; ratiiied by Great Britain, nly 15, 1918; ratiyications exchanged at Was inton, September 24, 1.918; proclaimed, September 30, 1918. Br mm Pnrrsmmw or THE UNITED STATES or Ammzroa. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas an A eement between the United States of America G;:;§'§:,§; with and the United §ngdom of Great Britain and Ireland extending Pmugbne. for another five years the period during which the Arbitration Con- V°1'3°' P` 1°°°‘ vention concluded between them on April 4, 1908, shall remain in force, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington on the third day of June one thousand mne hundred gn}? eighteen, the original of which Agreement is word for word as o ows: The President of the United States of America and His Majesty °°°*’°°“¤8 P°“’°”· the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, bein desirous of extending for another five years the period durin whicg the Arbitration Convention concluded between them on Epril 4, 1908, extended by the agreement concluded between the two Gov- V°*· ”·¥’· *76*- ernments on May 31, 1913, shall remain in force, have authorized the undersigned, to wit: Robert Lansing, Secretary of State of the "°°’P°‘°°“°'*°'· United States and The Earl of Reading, His Brrtannic Ma`esty’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary on Special Ldissron to the United States, to conclude the following Articles: Article I. The Convention of Arbitration of April 4, 1908, between the Gov- ,,,,€,‘§,';‘,Z°§T§l‘Q'},d§§ $932 ernment of the United States of America and the Government of Wm- His Majesty the Kin of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the éritish Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, the duration of which by Article IV thereof was fixed at a period of five years from the date of the exchange of ratifications of the said Convention on June 4, 1908, which period by the agree- _ _ ment of May 31, 1913, between the two Governments, was extended ‘°‘·"8·"· 1‘°7· for five years from June 4, 1913, is hereby extended and continued in force for the further period of five years from June 4, 1918. Article II. The present Agreement shall be ratified by the President of the ,,,gFh““g°°"““f‘°”’ United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by His Britannic Majesty, and it shall become 120808°—-von 40, rr 2--19