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 2810 ARBITRATION TREATY-LUXEMBURG. APRIL 6,1929. Plenipotentiaries. THE PRESIDENT OF THE LE PRESIDENT DES UNITED STATES OF AMER- ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE ICA Mr. Edward Lyndal Reed, Charge d'Affaires a. i. of the United States of America, HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUTCHESS OF J..IUXEMBURG Mr. Joseph Bech, Minister of State and President of Govern- ment, Who, having communicated to one another -their full powers found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following artides: Article 1. International differ· All diff 1" ences not adjusted by erences re ating to mter- dipl<;>m&CY, referred by national matters in which the special agreement to • . • • Permanent Court of High Contractmg Parties are Arbitration, etc. concerned by virtue of a claim of right made by one against ~he other under treaty or otherwIse, which it has not been possible to adjust by diplomacy, which have not been adJusted as a result of reference to an aP1?ropriate com- mis.~ion of conciliatIon, and which are justiciable in their nature by reason of being susceptible of decision by the application of the principles of law or equity, shall be submitted to the Permanent Court of Arbitration established Vol. 36. p. 2221. at the Hague by the Convention of October 18, 1907, or to some other competent tribunal, as sha.ll be decided in each case by special agreement, which special agree- ment shall provide, if necessary, for the organisation of such tri- bunal, shall define its powers, shall state the question or ques- tions at issue, and shall settJe the terms of referen~·e. Special agreement. The special agreement in each case shall be maae on the part of the United States of America by the President of the United States of America by and with the ad- vice and consent of the Senate thereofl and on the part of Luxemburg in accordance with its constitutiouallaw. M. Edward Lyndal Reed,. Onarge d'Afraires a. i. des Etats- Ullis d'Am6rique, SON ALTESSE ROYALE LA GRANDE-DUCHESSE DE LUXEMBOURG M. Joseph Bech, Ministre d'Etat, President du Gouverne- ment, Lesquels, apres avoir echange leurs pleins pouvoirs reconnus en bonne et due forme, ont convenu des dispositions suivantes: Article ler. Tous differends concernant des affaires internationales dans las- quelles les hautes parties contrac- tantes se trouvent engagees par suite de 1a pr~tention d'un droit alMgue par l'une a l'enoontre de Pautre, en vertu d'un traite ou d'une autre mamere.' qui n'auront pu ~tre r~es par la voie diplo- matique, qui n'auront pu ~tre arranges par application du re- cours a une commission de con- ciliation appropcioo et qui, en raison de leur nature sont suscep- tibles d'une decision appliquant les pr.ncipesdu droit etdel'equite, seront soumis a 10. Cour Perma- nente d'Arbitrage etablie a. La Haye par 1a Convention du 18 octobre 1907, ou a. un autre tri- bunal comp~tent salon qu'll sera decide dans ehaque cas par un accord special, lequel accord spe- cial pourvoira, SI neeessa.ire, a l'organisation d'un tel tribunal, defini.ra les pouvoirs du dit tri- bunal, exposera la ou les ques- tions en litige, et dBimitera la question a. resoudre. L'accord spkial dans chaque cas sera eonelu, en ce qui con- cerne Ie Gouvernement des Etats- Unis d'Amerique, par Ie President des Etat&-Unis d'Am6rique, avec l'avis et Ie consentement du Senat des Etats-Unis, et, en co qui concerne Ie Luxembourg, en eonformiU de 8& loi constitution- nelle.