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ARBITRATION CONVENTION—CH1NA. Ocroann 8, 1908. 2155 ARTICLE II. ~ In each individual case the High Contracting Parties before d§‘},‘§2§‘ §",?,§‘;‘§‘,°‘§",§ appealing to the Permanent Court of Arbitration shall conclude a di¤P“*€· special Agreement defining clearly the matter in dispute, the sco of the powers of the Arbitrators, and the periods to e iixed for th; formation of the Arbitral Tribunal and the several stages of the procedure. It is understood that such special agreements will be made on the part of the United States by the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof. Anrrcnm -III. The present Convention shall remain in force for the period of D““‘“°“‘ five years from the date of the exchange of the ratifications. Anricnn IV. The present Convention shall be ratified by the High Contracting c_'g§f)f§f*°8° °‘ ¤**“*· Parties, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as pomible. _ In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed S‘¥“‘*“'°* the present Convention, and have thereunto aiiixed their seals. Done at the City of Washington, in duplicate, this 8th day of October, one thousand nine hun red and eig t, corresponding to the 14th day of the 9th month of the 34th year of Kuang Hsi'1. Emmy Roor [situ.] WU Tmo uno [1] [Chinese text not printed.] And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both R*“”°*°*°¤· parts and the ratifications of the two governments were exchanged m the Cit of Washington, on the sixt day of April, one thousand nine hundiied and nine; · Now, therefore, be it known that I, William Howard Taft, Presi- P'°°‘•¤•“°¤· dent of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof ma be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this sixth day of April in the year ` of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, and of [SEAL.] the Independence of the United States of America the one lnmdred and thirty-third. Wu H Tam By the President: P C Knox Secretary of State.