one year from such a time as either of the High Contracting Parties shall have notified to the other an intention of modifying or terminating the Treaty. ARTICLE XXV. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Vienna as soon as possible. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same and have affixed their seals hereto. DONE in duplicate in the English and German languages at Vienna, this 19th day of June 1928. ARBITRATION Treaty signed at Washington August 16, 1928 Senate advice and consent to ratification December 18, 1928 Ratifications exchanged at Washington February 28, 1929 Proclaimed by the President of the United States February 28, 1929 45 Stat. 2752; Treaty Series 776 The President of the United States of America and the Federal President of the Republic of Austria Determined to prevent so far as in their power lies any interruption in the peaceful relations now happily existing between the two nations; Desirous of reaffirming their adherence to the policy of submitting to impartial decision all justiciable controversies that may arise between them; and Eager by their example not only to demonstrate their condemnation of war as an instrument of national policy in their mutual relations, but also to hasten the time when the perfection of international arrangements for the pacific settlement of international disputes shall have eliminated forever the possibility of war among any of the Powers of the world; Have decided to conclude a new treaty of arbitration enlarging the scope and obligations of the arbitration convention which was signed at Washington, January 15, 1909,1 but is not now in force, and for that purpose they have appointed as their respective Plenipotentiaries The President of the United States of America, Mr. Frank B. Kellogg, Secretary of State of the United States of America; and The Federal President of the Republic of Austria, Mr. Edgar L. G. Prochnik, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, Who, having communicated to one another their full powers found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles: 1 TS 524, post, p. 442. ARTICLE I All differences relating to international matters in which the High Contracting Parties are concerned by virtue of a claim of right made by one against the other under treaty or otherwise, which it has not been possible to adjust by diplomacy, which have not been adjusted as a result of reference. to an appropriate commission of conciliation, and which are justiciable in their nature by reason of being susceptible of decision by the applicaton of the principles of law or equity, shall be submitted to the Permanent Court of Arbitration established at The Hague by the Convention of October 18, 1907,2 or to some other competent tribunal, as shall be decided in each case by special agreement, which special agreement shall provide for the organization of such tribunal if necessary, define its powers, state the question or questions at issue, and settle the terms of reference. The special agreement in each case shall be made on the part of the United States of America by the President of the United States of America by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and on the part of Austria in accordance with its constitutional laws. ARTICLE II The provisions of this treaty shall not be invoked in respect of any dispute the subject matter of which (a) is within the domestic jurisdiction of either of the High Contracting Parties, (b) involves the interests of third Parties, (c) depends upon or involves the maintenance of the traditional attitude of the United States concerning American questions, commonly described as the Monroe Doctrine, (d) depends upon or involves the observance of the obligations of Austria in accordance with the Covenant of the League of Nations. ARTICLE III The present treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof and by Austria in accordance with its constitutional laws. The ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible, and the treaty shall take effect on the date of the exchange of the ratifications. It shall thereafter remain in force continuously unless and until terminated by one year's written notice given by either High Contracting Party to the other. In faith whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this treaty 'TS 536, ante, vol. 1, p. 577. in duplicate in the English and German languages, both texts having equal force, and hereunto affixed their seals. Done at Washington the sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight. CONCILIATION Treaty signed at Washington August 16, 1928 Senate advice and consent to ratification December 20, 1928 Ratifications exchanged at Washington February 28, 1929 Proclaimed by the President of the United States February 28, 1929 45 Stat. 2756; Treaty Series 777 The President of the United States of America and the Federal President of the Republic of Austria, being desirous to strengthen the bonds of amity that bind them together and also to advance the cause of general peace, have resolved to enter into a treaty for that purpose, and to that end have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries: The President of the United States of America, Mr. Frank B. Kellogg, Secretary of State of the United States of America; and The Federal President of the Republic of Austria, Mr. Edgar L. G. Prochnik, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in proper form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles: ARTICLE I Any disputes arising between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Austria, of whatever nature they may be, shall, when ordinary diplomatic proceedings have failed and the High Contracting Parties do not have recourse to adjudication by a competent tribunal, be submitted for investigation and report to a permanent International Commission constituted in the manner prescribed in the next succeeding Article; and the High Contracting Parties agree not to declare war or begin hostilities during such investigation and before the report is submitted. ARTICLE II The International Commission shall be composed of five members, to be appointed as follows: One member shall be chosen from each country, by the |