Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 46 Part 2.djvu/672

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2280 ARBITRATION TREATY-NORWAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1929. SubJects Dot eluded. ARTICLE II In· The provisions of this treaty shall not be invoked in respect of any dis{>ute 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 Mon- roe Doctrine, (d) depends upon or involves the observance of the obli~tion.s of Norway in accordance with the Covenant of the League of Na- tions. ARTICLE III Rati1lcatfon. The present treat:}" shall be rati- fied by the PresIdent of the United. States of America by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof and by the Kingdom of Norway in accord- ance with its constitutional laws. tI::n!c~ged16:12, 18 January 2013 (UTC)i The ratifications shall be ex- Treaty. changed at Washington as soon as possible, and the treaty shall take effect on the date of the ex- change of the ratifications. It shall thereafter remain in force continuously unless and until ter- minated by one year's written notice given by either High Con- tracting Party to the other. Signatures. In faith wliereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have si~ed this treaty_in duplicate in the English and Norwegian languages, both texts having equal force, and hereunto affixed their seals. Done at Washington the twen- tieth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine. ARTIKKEL II Bestemmelsene i denne traktat kan ikke paberopes for sa. vidt angar tvister hvis gjenstand a) horer inn under noen av de hoie kontraherende parters egen jurisdiksjon, b) berorer utenforstaende mak- ters interesser, c) avhenger av eller berorer hevdelsen av De Forente Staters tradisjonelle standpunkt i ameri- kanske sporsmal, almindelig be- tegnet 80m Monroe-doktrinen, d) avhenger av eller berorer opfyllelsen av Norges plikter efter Folkeforbundspakten. ARTIKKEL III Denne traktat ska! ratifiseres av Presidenten for Amerikas Forente Stater mad Senatets rad og samtykke og av Kongeriket Norge i overensstemmeIse med dets statsforfatning. Ratifikasjonene skal utveksles i Washington sa snart 80m mulig, og traktaten trer i kraft den dag utvekslingen av ratifikasjonene finner sted. Den bkal derefter vedblivende vaere gjeldende, medmindre og inntil den bringes til ophor med ett ars skriftlig var- sel fra den ene part til den annen. Til bekrefte1se herav har de re- spektive befullmektigede under- skrevet denne traktat i to eksem- plarer i engelsk og norsk tekst som begge liar samme gyldighet, og har satt sine ~~gl pa den. Utferdiget i Washington den 20de Februar 1929. FRANK B KEu.ooo [SEAL] H. H. BACHKE [SEAL]