Supplement: Official Documents || Arbitration Convention between the United States and Ecuador

Arbitration Convention between the United States and EcuadorSource: The American Journal of International Law, Vol. 4, No. 4, Supplement: OfficialDocuments (Oct., 1910), pp. 347-348Published by: American Society of International LawStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2212086 .

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OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS 347

PUBLIC RESOLUTION- No. 47.

[H. J. Res. 223.]

Joint Resolution to authorize the appointment of a commission in relation to universal peace.

Reso7ved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemnbled, That a commission of five memnbers be appointed by the President of the United States to consider the expediency of utilizing existing international agencies for the pur- pose of limiting the armaments of the nations of the world by international agreement, and of constituting the combined navies of the world an international force for the preservation of universal peace, and to consider and report upon any other means to diminish the expendi- tures of government for military purposes and to lessen the probabilities of war: Provided, That the total expense authorized by this Joint Reso- lution shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars and that the said commission shall be required to make final report within two years from the date of the passage of this resolution.

Approved, June 25, 1910.

ARBITRATION CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ECUADOR.'

Signed at Washington, January 7, 1909; Ratified by the President, March 1, 1909; Proclaimed, June 23, 1910.

The Government of the United States of America, signatory of the two conventions for the pacific settlement of international disputes, concluded at The Hague, respectively, on July 29, 1899, and October 18, 1907, and the Government of the Republic of Ecuador, adherent to the said convention of July 29, 1899, and signatory of the said convention of October 18, 1907;

Taking into consideration that by Article XIX of the convention of July 29, 1899, and by Article XL of the convention of October 18, 1907, the high contracting parties have reserved to themselves the right of con- cluding agreements, with a view to referring to arbitration all questions which they shall consider possible to submit to such treatment;

Have authorized the undersigned to conclude the following eonvention

1 U. S. Treaty Series, No. 549.



348 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

ARTICLE I.

Differences which may arise of a legal nature, or relating to the inter- pretation of treaties existing between the two contracting parties, and which it may not have been possible to settle by diplomacy, shall be re- ferred to the Permanent Court of Arbitration established at The Hague by the convention of the 29th July, 1899, for the pacific settlement of international disputes, and maintained -by The Hague Convention of the 18th October, 1907; 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.

ARTICLE II.

In each individual case the high contracting parties, before appealing to the Permanent Court of Arbitration, shall conclude a special agreement, defining clearly the matter in dispute, the scope of the powers of the arbitrators, and the periods to be fixed for the formation of the Arbitral Tribunal and the several stages of the procedure. It is under- stood that on the part of the United States such special agreements will be made by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and on the part of Ecuador shall be subject to the procedure required by the Constitution and laws thereof.

ARTICLE III.

The present convention is concluded for a period of five years and shall remain in force thereafter until one year's notice of termination shall be given by either party.

ARTICLE IV.

The present convention 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 the President of Ecuador in accordance with the Constitution and laws thereof. The ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible, and the convention shall take effect on the date of the exchange of its ratifications.

Done in duplicate, in the English and Spanish languages, at Wash- ington, this seventh day of January, in the year one thousand nine hun- dred and nine.

ELIHu ROOT [SEAL] L. F. CARBO [SEAL]

