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 liable to military service in the country in which they are at said date; or if not so liable, then before the expiration of thirty days after the time when liability shall accrue; or as to those holding certificates of exemption under Article III of this Convention, before the expiration of thirty days after the date on which any such certificate becomes inoperative unless sooner renewed; or as to those who apply 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 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 expired or after his discharge, to have lost his nationality or to be under any allegiance to the United States or to France, as the case may be. ARTICLE VI The present Convention shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, and by the President of the French Republic, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington or at Paris as soon as possible. It shall come into operation on the date on which the ratifications are exchanged and shall remain in force until the expiration of sixty days after either of the contracting parties shall have given notice of termination to the other. Whereupon any citizen of either country incorporated into the military service of the other under this Convention shall be as soon as possible discharged therefrom. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention and have affixed thereto their seals. DONE in duplicate at Washington, the 3rd day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen. NAVIGATION AND COMMERCE Agreement signed at Washington July 17, 1919, modifying convention of June 24, 1822 Senate advice and consent to ratification August 8, 1919 Ratified by France August 31, 1919 Ratified by the President of the United States December 8, 1920 Entered into force January 10, 1921 Proclaimed by the President of the United States January 12, 1921 41 Stat. 1723; Treaty Series 650 The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the French Republic, being desirous of modifying the provisions of Article VII of the Convention of Navigation and Commerce concluded between them on June 24, 1822,1 have authorized the undersigned, to wit: The Honorable Frank L. Polk, Acting Secretary of State of the United States, and His Excellency Mr. J. J. Jusserand, Grand Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honor, Ambassador of France at Washington, To conclude the following Agreement: ARTICLE I It is agreed between the High Contracting Parties that Article VII[7], of the Convention of Navigation and Commerce, concluded between the Government of the United States and the Government of France on June 24, 1822, shall be modified and replaced by the following: "The present temporary Convention shall be in force for two years from the first day of October next, and even after the expiration of that term, until the conclusion of a definitive treaty, or until one of the parties shall have declared its intention to renounce it; which declaration shall be made at least three months before hand. And in case the present arrangement should remain without such declaration of its discontinuance by either party, the extra duties specified in the 1st and 2nd articles, shall, from the expiration 1TS 87, ante, p. 824. of the said two years, be, on both sides, diminished by one-fourth of their whole amount, and, afterwards by one-fourth of the said amount from year to year, so long as neither party shall have declared the intention of renouncing it as above stated." 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, and shall become effective upon the exchange of ratifications which shall take place at Washington as soon as possible. Done in duplicate at Washington in the English and French languages this 17th day of July one thousand nine hundred and nineteen. MILITARY PENAL JURISDICTION Exchange of notes at Washington July 13, and August 10 and 29, 1919, extending agreement of January 3 and 14, 1918 Entered into force August 29, 1919 Expired in accordance with its terms 1918 For. Rel. (II) 754 The French Ambassador to the Secretary of State [TRANSLATION] WASHINGTON, July 13, 1919 MR. SECRETARY OF STATE: My Government has just advised me that owing to the delay to be foreseen in the departure of Allied troops and services from France, it deems it expedient to maintain in operation even after the treaty of peace is ratified the declarations relative to military penal jurisdiction. It therefore wishes me to propose to the Federal Government simultaneously to publish at an early date a note to the effect that the two Governments concerned have agreed to maintain in full force and effect, until further notice, the Franco-American declaration of January 3/14, 1918.1 I should be thankful to Your Excellency if you would kindly let me know at your earliest convenience how this proposal was received by the Federal Government. I have the honor to refer to your note of July 13, 1919, in which you state that your Government deems it expedient to maintain, even after the 'TS 630-A, ante, p. 891. |