exclusive jurisdiction within American territory of American justice over persons not belonging to the French land and sea forces who may commit acts prejudicial to the said military forces and the exclusive jurisdiction, within French territory, of French justice over persons not belonging to American land and sea forces who may commit acts prejudicial to the said military forces. The word "persons" as used in the first paragraph of this agreement designates, together with the persons enrolled in the army, navy and marine corps, any other person who under the American or French law is subject to military or naval jurisdiction, especially members of the Red Cross regularly accepted by the Government of the United States of America or the Government of the French Republic in so far as the American or French law and the customs of war place them under military or naval jurisdiction. Should this arrangement be acceptable to the Government of the French Republic your formal notification in writing to that effect will be understood on the part of the Government of the United States as completing the arrangement and putting it into force and effect, and I shall be glad to receive your assurance that it will be so understood also on the part of the Government of the French Republic. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. ROBERT LANSING By note dated the 3d of this month, Your Excellency was pleased to let me know that the President of the United States, as Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, had authorized you to propose to me a settlement by an exchange of notes of the question of penal military jurisdiction over the French and American Armies jointly participating in this war. Your Excellency was pleased to reproduce in the aforesaid note the terms of the contemplated arrangement the text of which in the French language is as follows: [For English text, see second, third, and fourth paragraphs of U.S. note, above.] Duly authorized by my Government I have the honor to say to Your Excellency that it accepts the terms of that note and that in consequence the provisions therein contained are from this moment in effect. My Government wishes to have the exchange of notes immediately published in the Journal Officiel to that end, and I shall be much obliged to your Excellency if you will kindly assure me that, as I surmise, you have no objection thereto. Be pleased to accept, Mr. Secretary of State, the assurances of my high consideration. JUSSERAND His Excellency The Honorable ROBERT LANSING Secretary of State of the United States ARBITRATION Agreement signed at Washington February 27, 1918, further extending Senate advice and consent to ratification March 26, 1918 Ratified by France April 13, 1918 Ratifications exchanged at Washington May 15, 1918 Entered into force May 15, 1918 Proclaimed by the President of the United States May 16, 1918 40 Stat. 1616; Treaty Series 631 AGREEMENT EXTENDING THE DURATION OF THE ARBITRATION CONVENTION OF FEBRUARY 10, 1908, BETWEEN THE UNITED States and the French REPUBLIC 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, 1908,1 and extended by the agreement concluded between the two Governments on February 13, 1913,2 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 States, to conclude the following agreement: ARTICLE I The Convention of Arbitration of February 10, 1908, 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, 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. 1TS 490, ante, p. 870. 2 TS 577, ante, p. 881. 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, 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. MILITARY SERVICE Convention signed at Washington September 3, 1918 Ratifications exchanged at Washington November 8, 1918 Proclaimed by the President of the United States November 11, 1918 Treaty Series 636 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 following 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 therefrom 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. |