[Enclosure]
Draft Articles for Proposed Pan-American
Treaty
Article I
That the high contracting parties to this solemn covenant and
agreement hereby join one another in a common and mutual guarantee
of territorial integrity and of political independence under
republican forms of government.
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Article II
To give definitive application to the guarantee set forth in Article
I. the high contracting parties severally covenant to endeavor
forthwith to reach a settlement of all disputes as to boundaries or
territory now pending between them by amicable agreement or by means
of international arbitration.
Article III
That the high contracting parties further agree, First, that all
questions, of whatever character, arising between any two or more of
them which cannot be settled by the ordinary means of diplomatic
correspondence shall, before any declaration of war or beginning of
hostilities, be first submitted to a permanent international
commission for investigation, one year being allowed for such
investigation; and, Second, that if the dispute is not settled by
investigation, to submit the same to arbitration, provided the
question in dispute does not affect the honour, independence, or
vital interests of the nations concerned or the interests of third
parties.
Article IV
To the end that domestic tranquility may prevail within their
territories the high contracting parties further severally covenant
and agree that they will not permit the departure from their
respective jurisdictions of any military or naval expedition hostile
to the established government of any of the high contracting
parties, and that they will prevent the exportation from their
respective jurisdictions of arms, ammunition or other munitions of
war destined to or for the use of any person or persons notified to
be in insurrection or revolt against the established government of
any of the high contracting parties.
