- Republic of Cuba: Carlos García Vélez, Rafael Montoro y Valdés, Gonzalo de Quesada y Aróstegui, Antonio Gonzalo Pérez, José M. Carbonell.
- Dominican Republic: Américo Lugo.
- Republic of Ecuador: Alejandro Cárdenas.
- Republic of Guatemala: Luis Toledo Herrarte, Manuel Arroyo, Mario Estrada.
- Republic of Haiti: Constantin Fouchard.
- Republic of Honduras: Luis Lazo Arriaga.
- Mexican United States: Victoriano Salado Alvarez, Luis Pérez Verdía, Antonio Ramos Pedrueza, Roberto A. Esteva Ruiz.
- Republic of Nicaragua: Manuel Pérez Alonso.
- Republic of Panama: Belisario Porras.
- Republic of Paraguay: Teodosio González, José P. Montero.
- Republic of Peru: Eugenio Larrabure y Unánue, Carlos Alvarez Calderón, José Antonio de Lavalle y Pardo.
- Republic of Salvador: Federico Mejía, Francisco Martínez Suárez.
- Republic of Uruguay: Gonzalo Ramírez, Carlos M. de Pena, Antonio M. Rodríguez, Juan José de Amézaga.
- United States of Venezuela: Manuel Díaz Rodriquez, César Zumeta.
Who, after having presented their credentials and the same having been found in due and proper form, have agreed upon the following Convention on Pecuniary Claims.
1st. The High Contracting Parties agree to submit to arbitration all claims for pecuniary loss or damage which may be presented by their respective citizens and which cannot be amicably adjusted through diplomatic channels, which said claims are of sufficient importance to warrant the expense of arbitration.
The decision shall be rendered in accordance with the principles of International Law.
2nd. The High Contracting Parties agree to submit to the decision of the permanent Court of Arbitration of The Hague all controversies which are the subject-matter of the present Treaty, unless both parties agree to constitute a special jurisdiction.
If a case is submitted to the Permanent Court of The Hague, the High Contracting Parties accept the provisions of the treaty relating to the organization of that arbitral Tribunal,[1] to the procedure to be followed and to the obligation to comply with the sentence.
3rd. If it shall be agreed to constitute a special jurisdiction, there shall be prescribed in the convention by which this is determined the rules according to which the tribunal shall proceed, which shall have cognizance of the
- ↑ See conventions of July 29, 1899 (TS 392), ante, p. 230, and Oct. 18, 1907 (TS 536), ante, p. 577.
