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2130 ARBITRATION TREATY-EGYPT. AUGUST 27, 19~9. , August 71, 1929. Arbitration treaty between the United States of America and Egypt. Signed at Washington, August sr, 19S9; ratification advised by the Senate, January SO, 1930; ratified by the President, t.Tanuary S3, 1930; ratified by Egypt, June S5, 1935; ratifications exchanged at Washington, August S4, 1932; proclaimed, August S5, 103S. Arbitration with Egypt. Preamble. Contracting Powers. Purpose declared. PleniPOtentiaries. By THE PREsIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS a Treaty of Arbitration between the United States of America and Egypt was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington on the twenty-seventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, the original of which Treaty, being in the English language, is word for word as follows: The President of the United States of America and His Majesty the King of Egypt Determined to prevent so far as in their power lies any interrup- tion in the peaceful relations now happily existing between the two nations; Desirous of reaffirming their adherence to the policy of submitting to impartial decision aU justiciable controversies that may arise between them; and Eager by their example not only to demonstrate their condemna- tion of war as an instrument of national policy in their mutual relations, but also to hasten the time when the perfection of inter- national 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 treaty of arbitration and for that purpose they have appointed as their respective Plenipotentiaries The President of the United States of America: Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of State of the United States of America; His Majesty the King of Egypt: His Excellency, Mahmoud Samy Pasha;..His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near the tiovernment of the United States of America, Grand Officer of the Order of the Nile; who, having communicated to each other their full powers found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles: ARTICLE I DUJerencel not ad- All differences relating to international matters in which the High TarmstroBot (talk)e~Y b~p~;:m Contractins Parties are concerned by virtue of a claim of right made ~~:~ ~~ lrtWr:: by one a~amst the. other ul!-der treaty ox: otherwise, which i~ has not tion,etc. been pOSSIble to adJust by dIplomacy,. whIch ha,:e I!-ot been adJ?-~te~ as a result of reference to an approprIate commISSIon of conCIliatIOn, and which are justiciable in their nature by reason of being suscep- tible of decision by the application of the principl~s of. law or equitJJ VoL 36, p . 2221. shall be submitted to the PermanEJUt Court of ArbItratIOn estabhshe at The Hague by the Convention of October 18,1907, or to some other