1684 TREATY RELATIONS-CUBA. MAY 29, 1934. ARTICLE IV m~~:n:fd~:g . If a;t any time in .the future a epidemic. sltuatIOn should anse that ap- pears to point to an outbreak of contagious disease in the territory of either of the contracting par- ties, either of the two Govern- ments shall, for its own protec- tion, and without its act being considered unfriendly, exercise freely and at its discretion the right to suspend communications between those of its ports that it may designate and all or part of the territory of the other party, and for the period that it may consider to be advisable. ARTICULO IV Si en cualquier tiempo surgiese en el futuro una situaci6n que apareciera presagiar un brote de enfermedad contagiosa en el terri- torio de una u otra de las dos partes contratantes, cualquiera de los dos Gobiernos, para su propia protecci6n, y sin que su acto sea considerado poco amistoso, ejer- cera libremente ya su discreci6n el derecho de suspender las comu- nicaciones entre los puertos suyos que designe y todo 0 parte del territorio de la otra parte y por el tiempo que estime conveniente. Ratification. Signatures. Proclamation. ARTICLE V The present Treaty shall be ratified by the contracting parties in accordance with their respec- tive constitutional methods; and shall go into effect on the date of the exch~ge of their ratifications, which shall take place in the city of Washington as soon as possible. ARTICULO V El presente Tratado sera ratiii- cado por las partes contratantes de acuerdo con sus metodos cons- titucionales respectivos; y co- menzara a regir en la fecha del cambio de sus ratmcaciones, el cual tendra lugar en la ciudad de Washington tan pronto como sea posible. IN FAITH WHEREOF, the re- EN FE DE LO CUAL, los Pleni- spective Plenipotentiaries have potenciarios respectivos han fir- SlgJled the present Treaty and mado el presente Tratado y han have affixed their seals hereto. estampado sus sellos. DONE in duplicate, in the HECHO por duplicado, y en los EnglliIb and Spanish languages, idiomas ingles y espanol, en at Washington on the twenty- Washington el dia veinte y nueve ninth day of May, one thousand de mayo, de mil novecientos nine hundred and thirty-four. treinta y {'uatro. [SEAL) CORDELL HULL [SEAL) SUMNER WELLES [SEAL] M. MARQUEZ STERLING AND WHEREAS, the said Treaty has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Washington on the ninth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four; Now, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, have 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 faith by the United States of America and the citizens thereof.