ARBITRATION CONVENTION—S\VITZERLAND. FEB. 29, 1908. 2089 established at The Hague by the blie par la Convention du 29 juillet Convention of the 29th July, 1899, 1899 a La Haye, a la condition, provided, nevertheless, that they toutefois, qu’ils ne mettent en, do not affect the vital interests, cause ni les interets vitaux, ni the independence, or the honor of Pindependance ou Phonneur des the two Contracting States, and deux Etats contractants et qu’ils do not concern the interests of ne touchent pas aux interets dc third Parties. tierces Puissances. ARTICLE II. ARTICLE II. In each individual case the High Dans chaque cas particulier, les d§§§‘§Ql $§*Qf,'}'g°’§E Contracting Parties,before appeal- Hautes Part1escontractantes,avant dispute €*°· ing to the Permanent Court of Ar- de s’adresser at la Cour permanente bitration, shall conclude a special d’arbitrage, signeront un compro- Agreement detinin clearly the mis special determinant nettement matter in dispute, the scope of the l’objet du litige, Pétendue des powers of the Arbitrators, and the pouvoirs des arbitres et les delais periods to be fixed for the formai a observer en ce qui concerne la tion of the Arbitral Tribunal and constitution du tribunal arbitral et the several stagesof theprocedure. les diiierentes phases de la pro- It is understood that such special cedure.Il est entendu que de tels agreements on the part of the compromis spéciaux seront, de la United States will be made by the art des Etats-Unis, conclus par President of the United States, by lt President des Etats-Unis, avec and with the advice and consent of l’avis et le consentementdu Sénat, the Senate thereof, and on the et, de la part de la Suisse, par le part of Switzerland, by the Fed- Conseil federal de laC0nfederation eral Council of the Swiss Confed— suisse, avec Pavis et lc consenteeration, with the advice and con- ment de l’Assemblee féderale. sent of the Federal Assembly. I ARTICLE III. ARTICLE III. The present Convention is con- La presente Convention est con- D““}“°“· eluded for a period of five years, clue pour une duree de cinq ans, a dating from the day of the ex- partir du jour de Pechange des change of the ratiiications. ratitications. AR·rIcI.I: IV. ARTICLE IV. The present Convention shall La presente Convention sera cn15¤g$]1:¤¤z¤ of ¤i¤¤· be ratified by the President of the ratiiiee par le President des Etats~ " United States of America, by and Unis, apres y avoir été autorise with the advice and consent of the par le Senat americain, et par le Senate thereof; and by the Cov- Gouvernement de la Confederaernment of the Swiss Confedera- tion Suisse conformement aux tion in accordance with its consti- prescriptions de la constitution et tution and laws. des lois suisses. The ratiiications of this Conven— Les ratifications de cette Contion shall be exchanged at WVash— vention seront echangees zi \Vashington as soon as possible, and it ington aussitét que faire se pourra shall take effect on the date of the et elle entrera en vigueurle ]our de exchange of its ratifications. Pechange des ratifications. Done in du licate in the English Ainsi fait a Viiashington, en Si¥¤**¤¤'€5· and French languages, at \Vash- double expedition, en langues anington, this twenty-ninth day of glaise et francaise, le vingt-neuf February, in the year 1908. fevricr de l'an 1908. ELIHU Roor [L. s.] L. ITOGEL [L. s.]
