laws of the Kindom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. This bond is payable as to both principal and interest at the Treasury of the United States in Washington, D.C., or at the option of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. This bond is issued pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 2 of an Agreement dated May 3, 1926, between the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and the United States, to which Agreement this bond is subject and to which reference is hereby made. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes has caused this bond to be executed in its behalf by its Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Washington, thereunto duly authorized, as of June 15, 1925. By THE KINGDOM OF THE SERBS, CROATS AND SLOVENES Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. ARBITRATION Treaty signed at Washington for the United States and the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes January 21, 1929 Senate advice and consent to ratification January 31, 1929 Ratified by the President of the United States February 14, 1929 Ratified by the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes May 18, 1929 Ratifications exchanged at Washington June 22, 1929 Entered into force June 22, 1929 Proclaimed by the President of the United States June 22, 1929 46 Stat. 2293; Treaty Series 790 The President of the United States of America and His Majesty the King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Determined to prevent so far as in their power lies any interruption in the peaceful relations that have always existed between the two nations; Desirous of reaffirming their adherence to the policy of submitting to impartial decision all justiciable controversies that may arise between them; and Eager by their example not only to demonstrate their condemnation of war as an instrument of national policy in their mutual relations, but also to hasten the time when the perfection of international 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: Mr. Frank B. Kellogg, Secretary of State of the United States of America; and His Majesty the King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: Mr. Bojidar Pouritch, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes at Washington; Who, having communicated to one another their full powers found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles: ARTICLE I All differences relating to international matters in which the High Contracting Parties are concerned by virtue of a claim of right made by one against the other under treaty or otherwise, which it has not been possible to adjust by diplomacy, which have not been adjusted as a result of reference to an appropriate commission of conciliation, and which are justiciable in their nature by reason of being susceptible of decision by the application of the principles of law or equity, shall be submitted to the Permanent Court of Arbitration established at The Hague by the Convention of October 18, 1907, or to some other competent tribunal as shall be decided in each case by special agreement, which special agreement shall provide for the organization of such tribunal if necessary, define its powers, state the question or questions at issue, and settle the terms of reference. The special agreement in each case shall be made on the part of the United States of America by the President of the United States of America by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and on the part of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in accordance with its constitu tional laws. ARTICLE II The provisions of this treaty shall not be invoked in respect of any dispute 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 Monroe Doctrine, (d) depends upon or involves the observance of the obligations of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in accordance with the Covenant of the League of Nations. ARTICLE III The present treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof and by His Majesty the King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in accordance with the constitutional laws of that Kingdom. The ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible, and the treaty shall take effect on the date of the exchange of the ratifications. It shall thereafter remain in force continuously unless and until terminated by one year's written notice given by either High Contracting Party to the other. In faith whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this treaty in duplicate in the English and French languages, both texts having equal force, and hereunto affixed their seals. Done at Washington the twenty-first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine. CONCILIATION Treaty signed at Washington for the United States and the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes January 21, 1929 Senate advice and consent to ratification January 31, 1929 Ratified by the President of the United States February 14, 1929 1929 Ratifications exchanged at Washington June 22, 1929 Entered into force June 22, 1929 Proclaimed by the President of the United States June 22, 1929 46 Stat. 2297; Treaty Series 791 The President of the United States of America and His Majesty the King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, being desirous to strengthen the bonds of amity that bind their two countries together and also to advance the cause of general peace, have resolved to enter into a treaty for that purpose, and to that end have appointed as their plenipotentiaries: The President of the United States of America: Mr. Frank B. Kellogg, Secretary of State of the United States of America; and His Majesty the King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: Mr. Bojidar Pouritch, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes at Washington; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in proper form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles: ARTICLE I Any disputes arising between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, of whatever nature they may be, shall, when ordinary diplomatic proceedings have failed and the High Contracting Parties do not have recourse to adjudication by a competent tribunal, be submitted for investigation and report to a permanent International Commission constituted in the manner prescribed in the next succeeding Article; and the High Contracting |