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Treaty Series No. 786

Arbitration Agreement Between the United States of America and the Netherlands, Signed at Washington, February 27, 19292

The Government of the United States of America and Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, desiring to extend further the period during which the Arbitration Convention concluded between them on May 2, 1908, and extended by the Agreement concluded between the two Governments on May 9, 1914 and further extended by the Agreements concluded by the two Governments on March 8, 1919 and February 13, 1924, shall remain in force, have respectively authorized the undersigned to wit:

Frank B. Kellogg, Secretary of State of the United States of America; and

Dr. J. H. van Roijen, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands in Washington, to conclude the following agreement:

Article I

The Convention of Arbitration of May 2, 1908, between the Government of the United States of America and Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, the duration of which by Article III thereof was fixed at a period of five years from the date of the exchange of ratifications, which period, by the Agreement of May 9, 1914,3 between the two Governments was extended for five years from March 25, 1914, and was extended by the Agreement between them of March 8, 1919,4 for the further period of five years from March 25, 1919, and by the Agreement of February 13, 1924,5 for the further period of five years from March 25, 1924, is hereby extended and continued [Page 540] in force from March 25, 1929, for the further period of one year or until within that year a new arbitration convention shall be brought into force between them.

Article II

The present Agreement 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 Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, and it shall become effective upon the date of the exchange of ratifications, which shall take place at The Hague as soon as possible.

Done in duplicate in the English and Dutch languages at Washington this 27th day of February, 1929.

[seal]
Frank B. Kellogg

[seal]
J. H. van Roijen
  1. In English and Dutch; Dutch text not printed. Ratification advised by the Senate, March 2 (legislative day of February 25), 1929; ratified by the President, March 6, 1929; ratified by the Netherlands, April 19, 1929; ratifications exchanged at The Hague, April 25, 1929; proclaimed by the President, April 26, 1929.↩
  2. Foreign Relations, 1915, p. 1099.↩
  3. Ibid., 1919, vol ii, p. 651.↩
  4. Ibid., 1924, vol. ii, p. 474.↩