V. Rolandi Ricci

Luigi Abertini.

T. Kato.

K. Shidehara.

M. Hanihara.

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And Wbereas the said Treaty has been duly ratified on ail parts and the ratifications of the said Governnaents were deposited with the Government of the United Staates of America on August 17, 1923;

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Calvin Coolidge, Président of the United States of America, hâve caused the said Treaty to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faitb by the United States and the citizens thereof.

In testimony whereof, I hâve hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

Done in the City of Washington this twenty-first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-eighth.

[seal] Calvin Coolidge.

By the Président:

Charles E. Hughes, Secretary of State.

Procès-verbal of deposit of ratifications of the Treaty between

the United States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy

and Japan, to limit their respective naval armament, concluded

at Washington, February 6, 1922.

In conformity with Article XXIV of the Treaty between the United States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy and Japan to limit their respective naval armament, concluded at Washington on February 6, 1922, the undersigned représentatives of the United States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy and Japan, this day met at the Department of State at Washington to proceed with the deposit with the Government of the United States of America of the instruments of ratification of the said Treaty by the Governments they rep resent.

The représentative of the Government of the French Republic made the following déclaration:

„Le Gouvernement français estime et a toujours estimé que les rapports des tonnages globaux en bâtiments de ligne et en porte-aéronefs, attribués à chacune des Puissances Contractantes, n'expriment pas l'importance respective des intérêts maritimes de ces Puissances et ne peuvent être étendus aux catégories de navires autres que celles pour lesquelles ils ont été expressément stipulés." The instruments of ratification produced having been found upon examination to be in due forra, are entrusted to the Government of the United States of America to be deposited in the archives of the Department of State.

230 Société des -nations.

In witness whereof, the présent procès-verbal, of wbich a certifiée! copy will be sent by the Government of the United States of America to each one of the Powers signatory to the said Treaty, is signed. Done at Washington, August 17, 1923, at 12 o'clock. For the United States of America:

Charles Evans Hughes. [seal]

For the British Empire:

H. G. Chilton. [seal]

For France:

André de Laboulaye. [seal]

For Italy:

Augusto Bosso. [seal]

For Japan:

M. Hanihara. [seal]