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ARBITRATION TREATY-BuLGARIA. JAN"CABY 21, 1929. 2333 at The Hague by the Convention of October 18, 1907, or to some other competent tribunal, as shall be decided in each case by special apeement, which special agreement shall provide for the organiza- tIon of such tribunal if necessary, define its powers, sta~ the ques- tion or questions at issue, and settle the ~rms of reference. Vol. 36, p. 2ZlL The special agreem.ent in each case shall be made on the part of the United States of America by the President of the United States of America by and with the adVIce and consent of the Senate thereof and on the part of Bulgaria in accordance with its constitutionJ laws. ARTICLE II The provisions of this treaty shall not be invoked in respect of cl~3~u any dispute the subject matter of which (a) is within the dome.stic jurisdiction of either of the High Con- tractin~ Parties, (b) Involves the interests of third Parties, <c) depends uJlon or involves the maintenance of the traditional attItude of the United States concerning American questions, com- monly described as the Monroe Doctrine, (d) depends upon or involves the observance of the obligations of Bulgaria in accordance with the Covenant of the League of N&tions. ARTICLE III Dot Ill· The present treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United RatitlcatiOD. States of America by and with the adVIce and consent of the Senate thereof and by Bulgaria in ftCcordance with its constitutional laws. . The ratifications shall be exchafed at Washington 88 soon as . Exchange of ratlfica- . tIODS. possible, and the treaty shall take e ect on the date of the exchange . of the ratifications. It shall thereafter remain in force continuously DuratlOD of Treaty. unless and until terminated by one year's written notice given by either High Contracting Party to the other. In faith whereo.f t~ respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this Signatures. treaty in d!JJllicate and hereunto affixed their seals. Done at Washington the twenty-first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine. FRANK B KEu.ooo [ SEAL] S. RADEFF [ SEAL] A~~ WHEREAS the said Treaty has been duly ratified on both Ratifications parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged exchanged. in the city of W' ashington on the twenty-second day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine; NOW. THEREFORE, be it known that I, Herbert Hoover, Presi- Proclamation. dent of the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty t.o be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. IN TESTIMONY ""'HEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the L"nited States to be affixed. DONE at the city of Washi!lgton this twenty-second day of July in the year of our LOrd one thousand nine hundred and [SUL] twenty-nine, and of the Independence of the Uni~d States of America the one hundred and fifty-fourth. By the President. : HENRY L STIMSON Secretary of State. HuBERT HooVER