2438 ARBITRATION TREATY-POLAND. AUGUST 16, 1928. August 16, 1928. Arbitration treaty between the United States and Poland. Signed at Washington, August 16, 1928; ratification advised by the Senate, December 18, 1928; ratified by the President, January ,4, 1929; ratified by Poland, December 23, 1929; ratifications exchanged at Warsaw, January ,4, 1930; proclaimed, January 6, 1930. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Arbitration with Po- WHEREAS a Treaty of Arbitration between the United States of ~~mble. America and the Republic of Poland was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington on the sixteenth day of Au~ust, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, the original of which Treaty of Arbitration, being in the English and Polish languages, is word for word as follows: Contracting Powers. The President of the United Prezydent Stan6w Zjednoc- States of America and the Presi- zonych Ameryki i Prezydent Purpose declared. Pleo.ipotentiaries. dent of the Republic of Poland Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej Determined to prevent so far zdecydowani nie dopu§cic, 0 as in their power lies any inter- ile to lezy w ich mocy, do zerwania ruption in the peaceful relations stosunk6w pokojowych, kt6re that have always existed between zawsze istnialy Inl~dzy obu naro- the two nations; dami; Desirous of reaffirming their pragnflc potwierdzic ich trwanie adherence to the policy of sub- przy polityce poddawania do mitting to impartial decision all bezstronnej decyzji wszelkich justiciable controversies that may spor6w prawnych, kt6re moglyby arise between them; and mi~zy niemi -powstac, oraz Eager by their example not dflZflC gorflco do tego, aby only to demonstrate their con- nietylko dowiesc no. wlasnym demnation of war as an instru- przykladzie, ze pot~piajfl one ment of national policy in their wojn~ jako jeden ze srodk6w mutual relations, but also to polityki narodowej w ich wza- hasten the time when the perfec- jemnych stosunkach, ale r6wniez tion of international arrange- j>rzyspieszyc chwil~, gdy udosko- menta for the pacific settlement nalenie urzfldzen mi~dzynarodo of international disputes shall wychdopokojowegorozstrzygania have eliminated forever the pos- spor6w mi~zynarodowych usunie sibility of war among any of the no. zawsze mozliwoS6 wojny po- Powers of the world; mi¢zy mocarstwami swiata, Have decided to conclude a postanowili zawrzec traktat treaty of arbitration and for that arbitrazowy i w tym celu miano- purpose they have appointed as wali swymi Pelnomocnikami their respective Plenipotentiaries The President of the United States of America Mr. Frank B. Kellogg, Secre- tary of State of the United States of America; Prezydent Stan6w Zjednoc- zonych Ameryki p. Frank B Kellogg, Sekre- tarza Stanu Stan6w Zjed- noczonych;
