Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, United States, Salvador, Venezuela and non-American powers... Argentina, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mex ico, Peru and Salvador..... | January 29, 1902 General Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Co lombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Salvador and United States.. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, January 30, 1902 | Pecuniary claims No. 1 COLOMBIA-PERU Provision for general arbitration in a treaty additional to one of union, league, and confederation of the same date.-Signed at Lima, July 6, 18221 ARTICLE I To draw more closely the bonds which should in future unite the two states, and to remove any difficulty which may present itself or interrupt in any manner their harmonious relations, an assembly shall be formed, composed of two plenipotentiaries for each party, chosen in the manner and with the formalities which, in conformity to established usages, ought to be observed in the appointment of ministers of similar character near the governments of foreign nations. ARTICLE II The two parties oblige themselves to interpose their good offices with the governments of the other states of America, formerly Spanish, to enter into this compact of perpetual union, league, and confederation. ARTICLE III As soon as this great and important object has been attained, a general assembly of the American states shall be convened, composed of their plenipotentiaries, which shall be charged with establishing and uniting in the most enduring manner the intimate relations which ought to exist between all and each of them, and which shall serve as a council in great conflicts, as a rallying point in common dangers, as a faithful interpreter of their public treaties when difficulties occur, and as an umpire and conciliator in their disputes and differences. 1 English: American State Papers, Foreign Relations, vol. v, p. 843. Spanish: Tratados Públicos de Colombia, vol. II (1884), p. 102. Ratified by Colombia, July 12, 1823; and by Peru, November 17 of the same year, excepting the words "juez árbitro," translated "umpire," in the third article, and with the declaration that the representatives to the general American Assembly should have a diplomatic character only. As Wiesse points out, in his Tratados de Arbitramiento Internacional, p. 4, the Peruvian modification changed this from an arbitration treaty proper to one of mediation and good offices. Noboa, Tratados del Ecuador, vol. 1, p. 101, gives November 12 as the date of Peru's ratification. This and similar treaties between Colombia and other powers were signed during the wars for independence from Spain. They led to the assembling of the first international American conference, the Panama Congress of 1826. Articles I, II, and III of this treaty are almost identical with Articles XII, XIII, and XIV of the following one between Chile and Colombia of October 21, 1822, No. 2, post, p. 2; and Articles I to V of this are entirely identical with Articles XII to XVI of that between Colombia and Mexico of October 3, 1823, No. 4, post, p. 5, with the exception of the name of the country in the first sentence of the fifth article. ARTICLE IV The Isthmus of Panama, the most suitable place for the meeting of this august assembly, being an integral part of Colombia, that republic cheerfully obliges itself to afford to the plenipotentiaries who may compose the assembly of the American states all the assistance which hospitality among brotherly people and the sacred and inviolable character of their persons demand. ARTICLE V Whenever, because of the fortunes of war or by the consent of the majority of the American states, the said assembly shall meet in the territory dependent on Peru, the latter state assumes hereby the same obligation that the Republic of Colombia has assumed in the preceding article, which shall apply not only to the Isthmus of Panama, but also to any other point of Colombian jurisdiction, which may be considered appropriate for this most interesting purpose because of Colombia's central position between the northern and southern states constituting what was formerly Spanish America. No. 2 CHILE COLOMBIA Provision for general arbitration in a treaty of union, league, and confederation.-Signed at Santiago, October 21, 1822 1 ARTICLE XII To draw more closely the bonds which should in future unite the two states, and to remove any difficulty which may present itself or 1 English: American State Papers, Foreign Relations, vol. v, p. 840. Spanish: Tratados Públicos de Colombia, vol. I (1884), p. 17. See also Noboa, Tratados del Ecuador, vol. I, p. 107, and in Cadena, Anales Diplomáticos de Colombia, p. 311. Ratified by Colombia July 12, 1823, excepting Article X, part of Article IX, and certain words of Article II, none of which are here printed. A clause of the treaty provided that it should be ratified by the Government of Chile with the approval of the National Convention within three days. But it is explained in an additional article signed November 20, following, that the Chilean legislative body had adjourned two days after the signature of the convention without having had time to discuss it; and an additional four months' period was allowed for the Chilean ratification. There is doubt whether it ever was ratified by Chile or exchanged. Articles XII, XIII, and XIV of this are nearly identical with Articles I, II, and III of the treaty between Colombia and Peru of July 6, 1882, No. 7, post, p. 9, and Articles XII to XIV of that between Colombia and Mexico of October 3, 1823, No. 4, post, p. 5. This between Chile and Colombia contains practically all the provisions not only of the additional treaty between Colombia and Peru, ante, p. 1, but that of the same day to which it was additional. interrupt in any manner their harmonious relations, an assembly shall be formed, composed of two plenipotentiaries for each party, chosen in the manner and with the formalities which, in conformity to established usages, ought to be observed in the appointment of the ministers of similar character near the governments of foreign nations. ARTICLE XIII The two parties oblige themselves to interpose their good offices with the governments of the other states of America, formerly Spanish, to enter into this compact of union, league, and confederation. ARTICLE XIV As soon as this great and important object has been attained, a general assembly of the American states shall be convened, composed of their plenipotentiaries, which shall be charged with establishing in the most solid and stable manner, the intimate relations which ought to exist between all and each of them, and which shall serve as a council in great conflicts, as a rallying point in common dangers, as a faithful interpreter of their public treaties when difficulties occur, and as an umpire and conciliator in their disputes and differences. ARTICLE XV The Republic of Colombia and the state of Chile bind themselves cheerfully to afford to the plenipotentiaries who may compose the assembly of the American states all the assistance which hospitality among brotherly people and the sacred and inviolable character of their persons demand, whenever the plenipotentiaries shall choose their place of meeting in any part of the territory of Colombia or of Chile. |