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 2764 ARBITRATION TREATY-LATVIA. JANUARY 14, 1930. ARTICLE I Intel'Datlonal dUlar- All differences relating to international matters in which the High enoes not adjmted by • • dlplC?DIaCY, ralarred by Contractmg PartIes are concerned by virtue of a claim of right made ~ana~rec~:: ~ by one .!l .gainst the other under treaty or otherwise, which it has not Arbitration, ate. been possible to adjust by dip!omacy, which have not been adjusted as a result of reference to an appropriate commission of concilIation, and which are justiciable in their nature by reason of being sus- Vol. 36, p. 2221. ceptible of decision by the application of the principles of law or equity, shall be submItted to the Permanent Court of Arbitration established at The Hague by the Convention of October 18, 1907, or to some other competent tribunal, as shall l)e decided in each case by special a~reement, which special agreement shall provide for the organizatIon of such tribunal if necessary, define its powers, state the Special agreement. question or questions at issue, and settle the terms of reference. The special agreement in each case shall be made on the part of the United States of America by the President of the United States of America by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and on the part of Latvia in accordance with its constitutional laws. ARTICLE II Su~ not JDclud· The provisions of this treaty shall not be invoked in respect of any ed. dispute the subject matter of which (a) is within the domestic jurisdiction of either of the High Con- tractmg Parties, (b) involves the interests of third Parties, (c) de~nds ,!pon or involves the maintenance of the traditional attitude of the United States concerning American questions, com- monly described as the Monroe Doctrine, (d) depends upon or involves the observance of the obligations of Latvia in accordance with the Covenant of the League of Nations. ARTICLE TIl RatUloaUon. The present treaty 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 Latvia in accordance with its constitutional laws. tl~Cbange of ratiftca- The ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as pos- . sible, and the treaty shall take effect on the date of the exchange of Duration. the ratifications. It shall thereafter remain in force continuously unless and until termini1ted by one year's written notice given by either High Contracting Party to the other. Signatures. Ratifications ex- changed. In faith thereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this treaty in duplicate in the English language, and hereunto affixed their seals. Done at Riga, the 14th day of January in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty. [SEAL] F. W. B. COLEMAN [SEAL] A. BALODIS AND WHEREAS the said Treaty has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Washington on the tenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty;