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 1642 TREAT1'—CHINA—PEACE. Snrrnmnnn 15. 1914. S¤r>¢¤¤¤b¤r 15, me Treglty between the Untwd States and China for the advancement of gene peace. Signed at Washirigton, September 15, 1914; ratificatwn advised by the`Senate, October 12, 1914; ratwgied by the President, June 17, 1916; ratified by China, June 18, 1915; ratifications exchanged at Washington, October 22, 1915; proclaimed, October 23, 1915. BY THE Pxmsmnzrr or THE Unrrnn STATES or Aminrcx. A PROCLALMATION. _ c€,{’,,’f°'“' "°°°°’ Whereas a Treaty between the United States of America and the P¤*¤b'°· Republic of China looking to the advancement of the cause of general peace was concluded and signed by their respective Plempo— tentiaries at Washington, on the fifteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, the original of which Treaty, gtiiilg in the English and Chinese languages, is word for word as 0 ows: °°""“‘°““‘ P°"°“’*· The President of the United States of America and the President of the Republic of China, desiring to strengthen the friendly relations which unite their two c0untr1es and to serve the cause of general peace, have decided to conclude a treaty for these purposes and have consequently appointed the plenipotentiaries designated hereinafter, ., n mr to wit: Pi€mp°`° t i°s` The President of the United States of America, the Honorable lVilliam Jennings Bryan, Secretary of State of the United Statesd 7 an The President of the Republic of China, Kai Fu Shah, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of China to the United States; Who, after exhibiting to each other their full lpowers, found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon the fo lowing articles: Anrxcnn I. mlitigitdi i·°$¤i:a¤iii;i°E Any disputes arising between the Government of the United States §,@§§*°§,’Q‘,%,‘{‘,¤‘*,; of America and the Gbvernment of the Republic of China, of what- ¤¤<1r¤1>¤r¢- ever nature they may be, shall, when ordinary diplomatic proceedings have failed and the High Contracting Parties do not have recourse to arbitration, be submitted for investigation and report to a Permanent International Commission constituted in the manner prescribed in the following article. The High Contracting Parties agree not to resort, with respect to each other, to any act of force during the investigation to be made by the Commission and before its report is handed in. Axrrrcnn II. m1isgi§h?3ii‘?¤31 C°°°` The International Commission shall be composed of five members “°"“°°“"’°"· appointed as follows: Each Government shall designate two members, only one of whom shall be of its own nationality: the fifth member shall be designated by common consent and shall not belong to any of the natmnahties already represented on the Commission; he shall perform the duties of President.