Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1928, Volume III

711.6512A/9: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Italy (Bobbins)

Washington, March 8, 1928—4 p.m.

23. Department handed Italian Ambassador March 8 a draft of a proposed treaty of arbitration between the United States and Italy. The provisions of the draft operate to extend the policy of arbitration enunciated in the Root Treaty of March 28, 1908,¹ which expired January 22, 1924. The language of the draft is identical in effect with that employed in the draft arbitration treaties recently submitted to the French, British and Japanese Governments.² Text of proposed treaty will be forwarded in next pouch.³

Kellogg

1. Foreign Relations, 1909, p. 385.
2. See vol ii, pp. 810 ff. and pp. 943 ff; and post, pp. 135 ff.
3. Draft treaty not printed.