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CONCILIATION TREATY--BULGARIA. JANUARY 21,1929. 2335 ARTICLE III In case the High ContractinO' Parties shall have failed to ad]'ust a Immediate refe.renoe • •• t:> of dISputes to the IDW- dls,Pute by diplomatic methods, and they do not have recourse to national COmmiS$IOD. adJudicatIOn by a competent tribunal, they shall at once refer it to the International Commission for investigation and report. The International Commission may, however, spontaneously by unani- mous agreement offer its services to that effect, and in such case it shall notify both Governments and request their cooperation in the investigation. The High Contracting Parties agree to furnish the Permanent .Facilitie.< to be fur- International Commission with all the means and facilities required !llShed. for its investigation and report. The report of the Commission shall be completed within one year Time. etc .. for report. after the date on which it shall declare its investigation to have be- gun, unless the High Contracting Parties shall limit or extend the time by mutual agreement. The report shall be prepared in tripli- cate; one copy shall be presented to each Government, and the third retained by the Commission for its files. The High Contracting Parties reserve the right to act independ- ~~_~dent a('lioD ently on the subject matter of the disput.e after the r<!port of the Commission shall have been submitted. ARTICLE IV The prc-sent treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United Ratitlcation. States of America bv and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof. and by Bu(~aria in accordance with its constitutional laws. E h f t'~ Th. -fi' IbhdWh' xc ange il ra IIlca- e rat! catIOns s a I e exc ange at as mgton as soon as pos- tions, and duration or sible, and the treaty shall take effect on the date of the exchange of Treaty. the ratifications. It shall thereafter remain in force continuously unless and until terminated by one year's written notice given by either High Contracting Party to the other. In faith whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this Signatures. treaty in duplicate, and hereunto affixed their seals. Done at 'Vashington the twenty-first day of .J anuary in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, FRANK B KEu.ooo [SEAL] S. RADEFF [SEAL] AND WHEREAS the said Treaty has been duly ratified on both Ratificatiofls dh ill ' fh G h d exchanged. parts, an t. e rat catIOns 0 t e two overnments were exe ange ill the city of Washington on the twenty-second day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine; NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Herbert Hoover, Proclamation. President of the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty to 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 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 twenty-second day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL] twenty-nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-fourth. By the President: H1!!NRY L STIMSON Seoretetry of State. 578!J4 0 -,'n -PT 2---45 lIERBERT HOOVER