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Show NEW TREATIES AREJATIFIED United States, Great Britain and Canada Exchange Draft Ratifications at London. THOUSANDS AFFECTED State Department Explains Regulations and Their Applications Ap-plications in United States. WASHINGTON, July 30. Ratifications Ratifica-tions of tho draft treaties between the United States and Great Britain and Canada were exchanged today at London, it was officially stated at the state department, making them effective effec-tive from today. It is estimated that some 54,000 American citizens in the British empire, em-pire, including 3G.000 in Canada, and 250,000 British subjects and 60,000 Canadians in the United States -will be affected by thc treaties. N American citizens between the ages of 21 and 31, resident in thc British empire will be given sixty clays in which to enlist, enroll or return to their own country for service but after aft-er that time they will be subject to draft unless they had been grantod exemption by tho American ambassador ambassa-dor as provided in tho treaties. All British subjects and Canadians between tho ages 'of 21 and 31, the state department explained, who have mado declaration of intention to become be-come citizens of tho United States and who aro liable to service under the draft law may during the sixty-day sixty-day period enlist, or enroll voluntarily in the British or Canadian forces at any British or Canadian recruiting mission in the United States or may leave tho country for the purpose of military service in their own country. coun-try. "British subjects and Canadians," said the department's statement, "between "be-tween thc ages of 21 to 30, both Inclusive In-clusive which havo not made declarations declara-tions of intention to become citizens of the United States and British subjects sub-jects and Canadians of the age of 20 to 44 both inclusive whether they have or have not declared their intentions inten-tions to become citizens of the United States may enlist or enroll or leave thc United States, as tho case may be, for the purpose of military service in their own country during sixty days 'from July 30 thc date of the exchange of the ratifications if, on or before July 30, they are required to register by a proclamation of the president (under the draft law) or, if not so required re-quired to register on or before July 30 then they may enlist or enroll or leave the United States as the case may be for military service in their own country, before tho expiration of 30 days after the date Tvhcn draft registration reg-istration shall thereafter be required by proclamation of the president. "If within these periods of sixty and thirty days they do not enlist or enroll or leave the United States for military service in their own country they will, unless exempted by the British ambassador under article 3 of the conventions, be liable to military service in the United States and entitled en-titled to classification and exemption under the laws and regulations relating relat-ing to compulsory military service in force In the United States and in the same manner as if they were American Ameri-can citizens. "British t subjects and Canadians, may now apply for such exemption, subject to certain rules and limitations, limita-tions, which will be made known by the ambassador upon request" |