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 ARBITRATION TREATY-DENMARK. JUNE 14, 1928" 2265 Arbitration treaty between the United States and Denmark. Signed at _. .: . .1un==-61::..;:4,<.. .::19=28:::..._ Washington, June 14, 1928; ratification advised by the Senate, December 18, 1928; ratified by the President, January 4, 1929; ratified by Denmark, .March 12, 1929; rat~fications excha·n,ged at Washington, .April 17, 1929; proclaimed, .April 17, 1929. By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS an Arbitration Treaty between the United States of D:r.r ,::.:. .\{ation America and Denmark was concluded and signed by their respective Preambie. Plenipotentiaries at Washington on the fourteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, the original of which Treaty, being in the English and Danish languages, is word for word as follows: witb The President 0; the United States of America and His Maj- esty the King of Denmark and Iceland De Amerikanske Forenede Staters Prmsident og Hans Majes- tmt Kongen af Denmark og Island Contracting Powers. Determined to prevent so far as in their power lies any inter- ruption in the peaceful relations that have always existed between the United States and Denmark; Desirous of reaffirming their adherence to the policy of sub- mitting to impartial decision all justiciable controversies that may arise between the two countries; and Eager by their example not only to demonstrate their con- demnation of war as an instru- ment of national policy in their mutual relations, but also to hasten the time when the perfec- tion of international arrange- ments for the pacific settlement of international disputes shall have eliminated forever the pos- sibility of war among any of the Powers of the world; Have decided to conclude a new treaty of arbitration enlarg- ing the scope and obli¥ations of the arbitratIon conventIOn signed at Washin~ton on May 18, 1908, which expIred by limitation on March 29, 1914, and for that der er besluttet paa, saavidt det staar i d~res Magt, at forebygge enhver Forstyrrelse af det frede- lige Forhold, der altid har bestaaet mellem de Amerikanske Forenede Stater og Denmark; der paany ~n8ker at bekrmfte deres Tilslutning til en Politik, som gaar ud paa at underkaste aIle retlige Tvistig!Ieder, som maatte opstaa mellem de to Lande, en upartisk Afg~relse; og som er besjaelet af fOnsket om ved deres Eksempel ikke blot at vise deres Ford~mmelse af :Krig som et Midael for national Poli- tik i deres indbyrdes Forhold, men ogsaa at fremskynde det Tidspunkt, da en Forbedring af den internationale Ordning til fredelig Afg~relse af mellemfolke- lige Tvistigheder for stedse har fjernet Muligheden af Krig imel- lem nogen af Verdens Magter; har besluttet at afslutte en ny Voldgiftstraktat, der udvider den i Washington den 18. Maj 1908 undertegnede og den 29. Marts 1914 udlf/lbne Voldgifts- konventions Omfang.. og For- pligtelser, og har i den Hensigt som Purpose declared. Vol. 36, po 21S1,