International Commission charged with making a report. Notice shall be given to the President of the International Commission, who shall at once communicate with his colleagues. In the same case the President may, after consulting his colleagues and upon receiving the consent of a majority of the members of the Commission, offer the services of the latter to each of the Contracting Parties. Acceptance of that offer declared by one of the two Governments shall be sufficient to give jurisdiction to the case to the Commission in accordance with the foregoing paragraph. The place of meeting shall be determined by the Commission itself. ARTICLE 4. The two High Contracting Parties shall have a right, each on its own part, to state to the President of the Commission what is the subject-matter of the controversy. No difference in these statements, which shall be furnished by way of suggestion, shall arrest the action of the Commission. In case the cause of the dispute should consist of certain acts already committed or about to be committed, the Commission shall as soon as possible indicate what measures to preserve the right of each party ought in its opinion to be taken provisionally and pending the delivery of its report. ARTICLE 5. As regards the procedure which it is to follow, the Commission shall as far as possible be guided by the provisions contained in articles 9 to 36 of Convention 1 of The Hague of 1907. The High Contracting Parties agree to afford the Commission all means and all necessary facilities for its investigation and report. The work of the Commission shall be completed within one year from the date on which it has taken jurisdiction of the case, unless the High Contracting Parties should agree to set a different period. The conclusion of the Commission and the terms of its report shall be adopted by a majority. The report, signed only by the President acting by virtue of his office, shall be transmitted by him to each of the Contracting Parties. The High Contracting Parties reserve full liberty as to the action to be taken on the report of the Commission. ARTICLE 6. The present treaty shall be ratified 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 French Republic, in accordance with the constitutional laws of France. 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 five years, it shall remain in force until the expiration of a period of twelve months after either party shall have notified the other of its intention to terminate it. 29479 S. Doc. 348, 67-4- -9 In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the present treaty and have affixed thereunto their seals. Done at Washington this 15th day of September, in the year nineteen hundred and fourteen. [SEAL.] [SEAL.] WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN AGREEMENT EFFECTED BY EXCHANGE OF NOTES, EXTENDING THE TIME FOR APPOINTMENT OF THE COMMISSION UNDER ARTICLE II OF THE TREATY OF SEPTEMBER 15, 1914, FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PEACE. Signed November 10, 1915. (Treaty Series, No. 609-A.) [The Secretary of State to the French Ambassador.] Excellency: DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 10, 1915. It not having been found feasible to complete the International Commission provided for in the Treaty of September 15, 1914 between the United States and France, looking to the advancement of the general cause of peace, within the time specified in the Treaty, which expires tomorrow, I have the honor to suggest for the consideration of your Government that the time within which the organization of the Commission may be completed be extended by an exchange of notes from July 22, 1915 to January 1, 1916. Your formal notification in writing, of the same date as this, that your Government receives the suggestion favorably, will be regarded on this Government's part as sufficient to give effect to the extension, and I shall be glad to receive your assurance that it will be so regarded by your Government also. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest con sideration. His Excellency Mr. J. J. JUSSERAND, The Ambassador of France. ROBERT LANSING [The French Ambassador to the Secretary of State.] [Translation.] EMBASSY OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC Mr. Secretary of State, Washington November 10, 1915. In reply to Your Excellency's letter of this day's date I hasten to confirm the oral assurances which I had previously given you and to the effect that my Government agrees with that of the United States to decide that the time within which the members of the Com mission provided by the Treaty of September 15, 1914, are to be designated will be extended from July 22, 1915, to January 1, 1916. The present exchange of notes is considered by my Government as sanctioning the said extension of time. Be pleased to accept, Mr. Secretary of State, the assurances of my high consideration. His Excellency The Honorable ROBERT LANSING Secretary of State of the United States. 1918. JUSSERAND AGREEMENT EXTENDING THE DURATION OF THE ARBITRATION CONVENTION OF FEBRUARY 10, 1908. Signed at Washington February 27, 1918; ratification advised by the Senate March 26, 1918; ratified by the President April 8, 1918; ratified by France April 13, 1918; ratifications exchanged at Wash ington May 15, 1918; proclaimed May 16, 1918. (Treaty Series, No. 631; 40 Statutes at Large, 1616.) ARTICLES. I. Extends 1908 convention five years. | II. Ratification. The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the French Republic, desiring to extend for another five years the period during which the arbitration convention concluded between them on February 10, 1908, and extended by the agreement concluded between the two Governments on February 13, 1913, shall remain in force, have authorized the undersigned, to wit: Robert Lansing, Secretary of State of the United States, and J. J. Jusserand, Ambassador of the French Republic to the United Sates, to conclude the following agreement: ARTICLE I. The Convention of Arbitration of February 10, 1908,1 between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the French Republic, the duration of which by Article III thereof was fixed at a period of five years from the date of the exchange of ratifications, which period, by the agreement of February 13, 1913,2 between the two Governments was extended for five years from February 27, 1913, is hereby extended and continued in force for the further period of five years from February 27, 1918. ARTICLE II. The present agreement shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by the President of the French Republic, 1 For text see Vol. I, p. 549. For text see p. 2586. in accordance with the Constitutional laws of France, and it shall become effective upon the date of the exchange of ratifications, which shall take place at Washington as soon as possible. Done in duplicate in the English and French languages at Washington, this 27th day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen. ROBERT LANSING. [SEAL.] [SEAL.] 1918. CONVENTION PROVIDING FOR RECIPROCAL MILITARY SERVICE. Signed at Washington September 3, 1918; ratification advised by the Senate September 19, 1918; ratified by the President September 26, 1918; ratified by France October 15, 1918; ratifications exchanged at Washington November 8, 1918; proclaimed November 11, 1918. (Treaty Series, No. 636; 40 Statutes at Large, 1629.) ARTICLES. I. Applies enlistment laws of each country to citizens of the other resident therein. II. Time limit for choosing service under own flag. III. Certificates of exemption. V. Nationality preserved. The President of the United States of America and the President of the French Republic, being convinced that for the better prosecution of the present war it is desirable that American citizens in France and citizens of France in the United States shall either return to their own country to perform military service in its army or shall serve in the army of the country in which they remain, have resolved to enter into a Convention to that end and have accordingly appointed as their Plenipotentiaries the President of the United States of America, Robert Lansing, Secretary of State of the United States, and the President of the French Republic, J. J. Jusserand, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States, who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers found to be in proper form, have agreed upon and concluded the fol lowing Articles: ARTICLE I. All male citizens of the United States in France and all male citizens of France in the United States shall, unless before the time limited by this Convention they enlist or enroll in the forces of their own country or return to the United States or France, respectively, for the purpose of military service, be subject to military service and entitled to exemption or discharge there from under the laws and regulations from time to time in force, of the country in which they are: Provided, that in respect to citizens of the United States in France, the ages for military service shall be the ages specified in the laws of the United States prescribing compulsory military service, and in respect to citizens of France in the United States the ages for military service shall be for the time being twenty to forty-four years, both inclusive. ARTICLE II. Citizens of the United States and citizens of France within the age limits aforesaid who desire to enter the military service of their own country must enlist or enroll or must leave France or the United States as the case may be for the purpose of military service in their own country before the expiration of sixty days after the date of the exchange of ratifications of this Convention, if ouible to military service in the country in which they are at said de yes or if not so liable, then before the expiration of thirty days afoun'he time when liability shall accrue; or as to those holding cert of exemption under Article III of this Convention, before th ration of thirty days after the date on which any such ce becomes inoperative unless sooner renewed; or as to those wh for certificates of exemption under Article III, and whose applications are refused, then before the expiration of thirty days after the date of such refusal, unless the application be sooner granted. ARTICLE III. es The Government of the United States and the Government of the French Republic may, through their respective diplomatic representatives, issue certificates of exemption from military service to citizens of the United States in France and citizens of France in the United States, respectively, upon application or otherwise, within sixty days from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this Convention or within thirty days from the date when such citizens become liable to military service in accordance with Article I: Provided, that the applications be made or the certificates be granted prior to their entry into the military service of either country. Such certificates may be special or general, temporary or conditional, and may be modified, renewed, or revoked in the discretion of the government granting them. Persons holding such certificates shall so long as the certificates are in force, not be liable to military service in the country in which they are. ARTICLE IV. The Government of the United States and the Government of the French Republic will, respectively, so far as possible facilitate the return of citizens of France and of the United States who may desire to return to their own country for military service, but shall not be responsible for providing transport or the cost of transport for such persons. ARTICLE V. No citizen of either country who, under the provisions of this Convention enters the military service of the other shall, by reason of such service, be considered, after this Convention shall have |