Page:Lltreaties-ustbv001.pdf/365

Rh

The Emperor of Russia shall be invited to name and appoint from the members of the permanent Court of the Hague three arbitrators to constitute the Tribunal which is to determine and settle the questions submitted to it under and by virtue of this agreement. None of the arbitrators so appointed shall be a subject or citizen of any of the signatory or creditor Powers.

This Tribunal shall meet on the first day of September 1903, and shall render its decision within six months thereafter.

The proceedings shall be carried on in the English language but arguments may with the permission of the Tribunal be made in any other language also. Except as herein otherwise stipulated, the procedure shall be regulated by the Convention of the Hague of July 29th 1899.

The Tribunal shall, subject to the general provision laid down in Article 57 of the International Convention of July 29, 1899, also decide how, when and by whom the cost of this Arbitration shall be paid.

Any nation having claims against Venezuela may join as a party in the Arbitration provided for by this Agreement.

Done in duplicate at Washington this seventh day of May one thousand and nine hundred and three.

The undersigned nations having claims against Venezuela hereby join with her as parties in the arbitration provided for in the foregoing protocol.

The Ambassador of France, duly authorized and acting in the name of his Government, accedes to the above Protocol, subject to the understanding that article IV of the aforementioned Protocol will not prevent application of the provision of article 38 of the Hague Convention, under the terms of