711.8212/7
The Liberian Secretary of State ( Barclay ) to the American Chargé ( Wharton )68
Sir: I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your note of today’s date, in which you were so good as to inform me, in connection with the signing of a Convention of Arbitration between the Republic of Liberia and the United States of America, that you understand that in the event of the adhesion by the United States to the Protocol of December 16, 1920, under which the Permanent Court of International Justice was created at The Hague, the Government of Liberia will not be averse to considering a modification of the Convention of Arbitration which we are concluding, or the making of a separate agreement, under which the disputes mentioned in the Convention could be referred to the Permanent Court of International Justice.
[Page 600]I have the honour to confirm your understanding of the attitude of the Government of Liberia on this point and to state that if the United States adheres to the Protocol, Liberia will not be averse to considering a modification of the Convention of Arbitration which we are concluding, or the making of a separate agreement, under which the disputes mentioned in the Convention could be referred to the Permanent Court of International Justice.
Accept [etc.]
- Transmitted to the Department by the Chargé in Liberia under covering letter No. 371, May 12, 1926; received June 17.↩