AGREEMENT-—NETHEI?.LANDS—PA]Z»MAS ISLAND. JAN.23,·1925; 2007
between the Un/ited‘Statee and the .%¢nhE7‘bG7l»d; $01- Arbiglmtion
o z erences r eating ewereignty over is a o mas. zgned' at WZehington,e?i1mwry 23 1925; rataificatwbn adbtscd by the Senate Febrvayvy 10, 1925; ratwjied bythe Preszdent, March 2, 1925; regied by the etherlande, March 3, 1925; razgiyioatione exchanged at ash- ington, April 1. 1925; proclaimed, Apr:. 2 1925. BY THE PRESIDENT OFVTHE UNITED STATES or AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS a S ecial eenient between the United States of S ° '°°'¤°¤* America and the Nletherlaiigls to provide for the submission to arbi- 5'si h:i*ri>in1`i: tration of the differences which have arisen between the two Govem- °°p‘},u55';Q"f'°°‘ ments with respect to the sovereignty over the Island of Palmas was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Wash- ington on the twentg-third day of January one thousand nine hundred and twenty- ve, the original of which Special Agreement, being in the English and Netherlands languages, is word for word as follows: ` The United States of America De Vereeni de Staten van °°¤*'°°“¤¢ P°"°¤- and Her Majesty the Queen of Ame1·ika en Hgare Magesteit de The Netherlands; Koningin der N ederlan en; A Desiring to terminate in ac- Verlangend om in overeenstem- m;‘,·’°_‘f*”°**°¤ °‘ d“’°’< cordance with the (principles of ming met de beginselen van het international law any aglpflic- volkenrecht en toepasselyke ver- able treaty ,{f0V.lS10DS the ` er- dragsbepalingen het `geschil te ences which ave arisen and now beemdigen at de Hooge Con- subsist between them with respect tracteerende Partyen verdeeld to the soyereignlizz over the Is and houdt ten aanzien van de sou- of Palmas (or iangas) situated vereiniteit over het eiland Palmas approximate(l/y hftg miles south- (of Miangas) gelegen dngeveer 50 east from ape an Augustin, mylen ten Zuidoosteiivan Kaap Island of Min anao, at about {ive San Augustin op het eiland Min- degrees and thirty—iive minutes danao en ongeveer op 5° 35' (5 35’) north latitude, one hun- Noorderbreedte en 126° 36' dred and twenty-six degrees and Oosterlengte van Greenwich; " ‘ tlurtcy-six minutes (126 36’) lon- gitu e east from Greenwich; ‘ Considering _ that these dif- Overwegende, dat dit geschil F°¤¤°*°°¤'°¤“°¤¤· ferences belong to those which, behoort tot de zoodanige,welkein pursuant to Article I of the de termen vallen om aan arbi- V°*‘°°""°“°‘ Arbitration Convention conclud- trage te worden onderworpen ed by the two high contracting ilslgevolge artikel 1 van het op 2 parties on May 2, 1908, an . ei 1908 tusschen ide beide _ renewed by a%{eements dated Hooge Contracteerende Partyen 41§{‘;‘:§q}°¢5°1?°;3YY;‘_ Meiy 9 1914, arch 8, 1919, gesloten arbitrageverdrag, dat I" an February 13, 1924, respec- yerlengd werd by de verdragen tively; might well be submitted onderscheidenlyk van 9 Mei 1914, to ar itration; Sggliaart 1919 en 13 Februari Have appointed as thei1· re- Hebben benoemd tot Hunne m°°*°°°°°°°"°‘ spective p enipotentiaries for the Gevolmachtigden teneinde het
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