PROTECTION OF SUBMARINE CABLES
- Convention and additional article signed at Paris March 14, 1884[1]
- Senate advice and consent to ratification June 12, 1884
- Ratified by the President of the United States January 26, 1885
- Ratifications exchanged at Paris April 16, 1885
- Proclaimed by the President of the United States May 22, 1885
- Entered into force May 1, 1888
24 Stat. 989; Treaty Series 380
[TRANSLATION]
His Excellency the President of the United States of America, His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia, His Excellency the President of the Argentine Confederation, His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, etc., Apostolical King of Hungary, His Majesty the King of the Belgians, His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, His Excellency the President of the Republic of Costa Rica, His Majesty the King of Denmark, His Excellency the President of the Dominican Republic, His Majesty the King of Spain, His Excellency the President of the United States of Colombia, His Excellency the President of the French Republic, Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, His Excellency the President of the Republic of Guatemala, His Majesty the King of the Hellenes, His Majesty the King of Italy, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans, His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, His Majesty the Shah of Persia, His Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves, His Majesty the King of Roumania, His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, His Excellency the President of the Republic of Salvador, His Majesty the King of Servia, His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, and His Excellency the President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, desiring to secure the maintenance of telegraphic communication by means of submarine cables, have resolved to conclude a convention to that end, and have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, to wit:
- ↑ For definition of the sense of terms of arts. 2 and 4, see declaration of Dec. 1, 1886 (TS 380-2), post, p. 112; for provisions for putting convention into execution pursuant to art. 16, see final protocol of July 7, 1887 (TS 380-3), post, p. 114.
