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 2882 TREATY-NAVAL ARMAMENT LIMITATIOX. APRIL 22, 1930. embarcations du bord ne sont pas considerees comme un lieu s'fir, a moins que 10. securite des passagers et de l'equipage ne soit assuree, compte tenu de l'etat de 10. mer et des condi- tions atmospheriques, par 10. proximite de 10. terre ou lao presence d'un eutre batiment qui soit en mesure de les prendre a bordo . o\.ssent by othf'r Les Hautes Parties Contrac- Powers invited. tantes invitent toutes les autres PART V. Duration. Supra. Pliissances a exprimer leur as- sentiment aux regles ci-dessus enoncees. PARTIE V. ARTICLE 23. Le present Traite demeurera en vigueur jusqu'au 31 decembre 1936, sauf les exceptions sui- vantes: (1) 10. Partie IV restera en vigueur sans limite de duree; Antt, pp. 2864, 2871. (2) les dispositions des Articles Vol. 43, p. 1682. 3,4 et 5, ainsi que celles de l'Arti- cle 11 et de l'Annexe II a 10. Partie II en tant qu'elles con- cernent les porte-aeronefs, reste- ront en vigueur aussi longtemps h que Ie Traite de "rashington. ~°I:f~Wf):e aut or- A moins que les Hautes Parties Contractantes n'en decident autre- ment en raison d'un accord plus general limitfl,nt les armements navals et auquel elles seraient toutes parties, elles se reuniront en conference en 1935 en vue de conclure un nouveau traite qui remplacerait Ie present Traite et repondrait aux m~mes fins. nest entendu qu'aucune des disposi- tions du present Traite ne prejuge l'attitude d'aucune des Hautes Parties Contractantes a cette con- ference. ARTICLE 24. Ratlflcctions to be deposited. 1. Le present Traite sera ratifie par les Hautes Parties Contrac- tantes selon Ies procedures consti- tutionnelles auxquelles elles sont respectivement tenues, et les rati- fications en seront deposees a Londres Ie plus tOt qu'il sera pos- sible. Des expeditions authen- regarded as a place of safety un- less the safety of the passen- gers and crew is assured, in the existing sea and weather condi- tions, by the proximity of land, or the -presence (}f another vessel which IS in a position to take them on board. The High Contracting Parties invite all other Powers to express their assent to the above rules. PART V. ARTICLE 23. The present Treaty shall re· main in force until the 31st De- cember, 1936, subject to the fol- lowing exceptions: (1) Part IV shall remain in force without limit of time; (2) the provisions of Articles 3, 4 and 5, and of Article 11 and Annex II to Part II so far as they relate to aircraft carriers, shall remain in force for the same period as the Washington Treaty. Unless the High Contracting Parties should agree otherwise by reason of a more general agrt:e- ment limiting naval armaments, to which they all become parties, they shall meet in conference in 1935 to frame a new treaty to re- place and to carry (}ut the pur- poses of the present Treaty, it being understood that none of the provisions of the present Treaty shall prejudice the attitude of any of the High Contracting Parties at the conference agreed to. ARTICLE 24. 1. The present Treaty shall be ratified by the High Contracting Parties in accordance with their respective constitutional methods and the ratifications shall be de- posited at London as soon as pos- sible. Certified copies of all the proces-verbaux of the deposit of