2154 ARBITRATION CONVENTION—iCHINA. Ocroamz 8, 1908. °°'*°"°" “•”°°· Arbitration convention between United States and _C’hina. Signed at Washirigton October 8, 1.908* ratijication advised by the Senate December 10, 1.908* ratvyied by China February 12, 1.90.9; ¢·¢g;,;ied by the President Jllarch 1, 1:909; ratyjicatiorw exchanged at ashington April 6*, 190.9; proclazmed Aprzl 6, 190.9. Br THE Pnnsmnur or- THE UNITED STATES or Aunmoa. A PROCLAMATION. c,§;'f”'•“°“ "“" Whereas an Arbitration Convention between the United States of P¤¤£mb1¤· America and the Empire of China was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington, on the eighth dayu of October one thousand nine hundred an eight, the original of w `ch Convention, being in the English and Chinese languages, is word for word as follows: °°“”‘°“”"°"°"* The President of the United States of America and His Majesty the Emperor of China, taking into consideration the fact that the High Contracting Parties to the Convention for the pacific settlement _ of international dis utes, concluded at The H e on the 29th July, l°"32‘*"m°‘ 1899, have resorved) to themselves, by ArticleB§1IX of that Convention, the right of concluding Agreements, with a view to referring to arbitration all questions which they shall consider possible to submit to such treatment, have resolved to conclude an Arbitration Convention between the two countries, and for that purpose have named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: ` P¤¤¤*¤><>*=¤¤¤**¤¢ The President of the United States of America, Elihu Root, Secretary of State of the United States of America; and His Majesty the Emperor of China, Wu Ting—fang, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, Mexico, Peru, and Cuba; ‘ Who, after having communicated to each other their Full Powers found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles :—~ Aarrcuz I. beCg¤*',g,{{;,g,;P&*°§,e*;§ _ Differences which may arise of a legal nature or relating to the maue¤tiC<;1u¤{>fT.?x2 mterpretation of treat1es existmgl between the two Contracting '§§Q{,'Z§ ° "‘ Parties, and which it mag not ave been possible to settle by v0,_m,p_1m_ diplomacy, shall be referre to the Permanent Court of Arbitration established at The Hague by the Convention of the 29th July, 1899, provided, nevertheless, that they do not affect the vital interests the independence, or the honor of the two Contracting States, and do not concern the interests of third Parties. .
