CONCILIATION TREATY-EGYPT. AUGUST 27, 1929. 2133 ARTICLE II The International Commission shall be composed of five members, ~~tlonal to be appointed as follows: One member shall be chosen from each ComPoaltlOD. country, by the Government thereof; one member shall be chosen by each Government from some third country; the fifth member shall be chosen by common agreement between the two Governments, it being understood that lie shall not be a citizen of either country. The expenses of the Commission shall be paili by the two Govern- Expenaes. ments in equal proportions. The International Commission shall be appointed within six Appointment. months after the exchange of ratifications of this treaty; and va- cancies shall be filled according to the manner of the original appointment. AImOLE m Com- In case the High Contracting Parties shall have failed to adjust Immediate reference a dispute by diplomatic methods, and they do not have' recourse u20:57, 11 June 2014 (UTC)~ to adjudication 1>y a competent tribunal, they shall at once refer it to the International Commission for investigation and report. The International Commission may, however, spontaneouflly by unanimous agreement offer its servlces to that effectz and in such case it shall notify both Governments and request theIr cooperation in the investigation. The High Contracting Parties agree to furnish the Permanent Facilities, etc., to be International Commission with all the means and facilities required furnished. for its investigation and report. The report of the Commlssion shall be completed within one year Tlme,etc. , forreport. after the date on which it shall declare its investigation to have begun, unless the High Contracting Parties shall limit or extend the time by mutual agreement. The report shall be prepared in triplicate; one copy shall be {>resented to each Government, and the third retained by the COmmlssion for its files. The High Contracting Parties reserve the right to act independ- Independent actlon ently on the subject matter of the dispute after the report of the reserved. Commission shall have been submitted. ARTIOLE IV The present treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United Rat11ICl8t'.oa . States of America by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by Egypt in accordance with its constitutional laws. The ratifications· shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as Exchange of rati1le&o possible, and the treaty shall take effect on the date of the exchange of tlon. the ratifications. It shall thereafter remain in force continuously DuratlOlL unless and until terminated by ono year's written notice given by either High Contracting Party to the other. In faith whereof th~ respective Pienipotentiaries have signed this sJgnatures. treaty in duplicate, and hereunto affixed their seals. Done at Washington the 27th day of August in the year one thou- sand nine hundred and twenty-nine. [SEAL] HENRY L STIMSON [SEAL] M SAMY.
