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And whereas, the said Convention and Final Protocol have been ratified by the Government of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by the Gov- ernments of China and the Netherlands, and the ratifications of the said Governments were deposited by their respective Plenipoten- tiaries with the Government of the Netherlands;
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention and Final Protocol, to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with goodly faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington this third day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and [SEAL..] of the Independence of the United States of America the
one hundred and thirty-ninth.
By the President:
W. J. BRYAN
Secretary of State.
[Translation]
WOODROW WILSON
INTERNATIONAL OPIUM CONVENTION.
His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia in the name of the German Empire; The President of the United States of America: His Majesty the Emperor of China; The President of the French Re public; His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Iroland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India; His Majesty the King of Italy; His Majesty the Emperor of Japan; Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands; His Imperial Majesty the Shah of Persia; the President of the Portu- guese Republic; His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias; His Majesty the King of Siam
being desirous to take one step further in the way marked out by the International Commission at Shanghai in 1909;
resolved to pursue progressive suppression of the abuse of opium, morphine, cocaïne as well as drugs prepared or derived from these substances giving rise or which may give rise to analogous abuses;
taking into consideration the necessity and the mutual profit of an international understanding on this point;
being convinced that they will meet in this humanitarian effort the unanimous adhesion of all the nations interested,
have resolved to conclude a Convention for this purpose and have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, to wit:
His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia:
His Excellency Mr. Félix de Müller, His present Privy Counsellor. His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague;
Mr. Delbrück, His Superior Privy Counsellor;
Dr. Grunenwald, His Counsellor of Legation;
Dr. Kerp, His Privy Counsellor, Director at The Imperial Health
Office;
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Dr. Rössler, Imperial Consul at Canton.
President of the United States of America: Bishop Charles H. Brent;
Dr. Hamilton Wright;
Mr. H. J. Finger.
His Majesty the Emperor of China:
His Excellency Mr. Liang Cheng, His Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary at Berlin;
The President of the French Republic:
Mr. Henry Brenier, Inspector of the Agricultural and Commercial
Services of Indo-China;
Mr. Pierre Guesde, Administrator of the Civil Services of Indo-China. His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Dominions Beyond the Seas, Emperor of India:
The Right Honorable Sir Cecil Clemonti Smith, G. C. M. G., Member
of the Privy Council;
Sir Williaur Stevenson Meyer, K. C. I. E., Chief Secretary of the
Government of Madras;
Mr. William Grenfell Max-Müller, C. B., M. V. O., His Counsellor of
Embassy;
Sir William Job Collins, M. D., Deputy Lieutenant of the County of
London.
His Majesty the King of Italy:
His Excellency Count J. Sallier de la Tour, Duke of Calvello, Hia Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plonipotentiary at The Hague.
His Majesty the Emporer of Japan:
His Excellency Mr. Aimaro Sato, His Envoy Extraordinary and Min-
istor Plenipotentiary at The Hague;
Dr. Tomoe Takagi, Engineer of the General Government of Formosa; Dr. Kotaro Nishizaki, Technical Specialist attached to the Laboratory
of Hygienic Service.
Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands:
Mr. J. T. Cromer, Her Former Ministor of the Colonies, President of
the Dutch Commercial Company;
Mr. C. Th. van Deventer, Moniber of the First Chamber of the States
General;
Mr. A. A. de Jongh, Former Inspector General and Chief of the
Opium Régic Service in the Dutch Indies;
Mr. J. G. Scheurer, Member of the Second Chamber of the States
General;
Mr. W. G. van Wettum, Inspector of the Opium Régio in the Dutch
Indies.
His Imperial Majesty the Shah of Persia:
Mirza Mahmoud Khan, Secretary of the Persian Legation at The
Hague;
The President of the Portuguese Republic:
His Excellency Mr. Antonio Maria Bartholomeu Ferreira, Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague;
His Majesty the King of all the Russias:
His Excellency Mr. Alexandre Savinsky, His Master of Ceremonies,
His present Counsellor of State, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Stockholm.
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