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3174 or to those which may arise in the future relative to acts prior to the date on which the said Treaty goes into effect.

The Delegation of Guatemala makes the following reservations: The Delegation of Ecuador, pursuant to instructions of its Government, reserves from the jurisdiction of the obligatory arbitration agreed upon in the present Treaty: The Delegation of Colombia signs the foregoing Convention with the following two declarations or reservations:
 * 1) In order to submit to arbitration any questions relating to the boundaries of the nation, the approval of the Legislative Assembly must first be given, in each case, in conformity with the Constitution of the Republic.
 * 2) The provisions of the present Convention do not alter or modify the conventions and treaties previously entered into by the Republic of Guatemala.
 * 1) Questions at present governed by conventions or treaties now in effect;
 * 2) Those which may arise from previous causes or may result from acts preceding the signature of this treaty;
 * 3) Pecuniary claims of foreigners who may not have previously exhausted all legal remedies before the courts of justice of the country, it being understood that such is the interpretation and the extent of the application which the Government of Ecuador has always given to the Buenos Aires Convention of August 11, 1910.

First. The obligations which the Republic of Colombia may contract thereby refer to the differences which may arise from acts subsequent to the ratification of the Convention;

Second. Except in the case of a denial of justice, the arbitration provided for in this convention