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 1756 ARBITRATION AGREEMENT—N'ETHERLANDS. Fnanuanr 13, 1924. IN TESTIMONY WI-IEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States to be aiiixed. DONE at the city of Washington, this seventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty- [san.] four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-eighth. Carvm Coomncn By the President; Cmnnns E. Hncnns Secretary of State. E’°l“'*¤° °*'*"*°°· [Excnsnan or Norms.] [The Secretary of State to the Netherlands Minister.] Dnranrmnur or Srurn, Sir Washington, February 13, 1924. From Semtary of  connection with the signing today of an agreement for the renewal of the S'“*°· Convention of Arbitration concluded between the United States and the Government of the Netherlands, May 2, 1908, and renewed from time to time, I have the honor, in pursuance of our informal conversations, to state the following understanding which I shall be glad to have you conlirm on behalf of your Govemment. On February 24 last the President proposed to the Senate that it consent under certain stated conditions to the adhesion by the United States to the Protocol of December 16, 1920, under which the Permanent Court of International Justice has been created at Th e. In the event that the Senate gives its assent to the proposal, I und that the Government of the Netherlands will not be averse to considering: modiiication of the Convention of Arbitration which we are renewing, or t making of a separate agreement, providing for the rderence of disputu mentioned in the Convention to the Permanent Court of International Justice. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. Cnanms E. Huenns Jonkheer Dr. A. C. D. nn Gnanrr, Minister of the Netherlands. [The N otherlands Minister to the Secretary of State.] N°. 475. Lncarrou ons Pars-Bas, S_ Washington, D. C., February 18, 1924. nr: “];";g*;r_ N°‘b°'l“°d* With reference to your note of today I have the honor to state that the Royal ` Government has instructed me to inform you 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 has been created at The Hague, the Government of the Netherlands will be willing to consider a modification of the Convention of Arbitration between the Government of the Netherlands and the United States, which we have renewed today, or to make a se te agreement, providing for the reference of disputes mentioned in the Convention to the Permanent Court of International Justice. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. nn Gunn Honorable Cuannns E. Huonns, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.