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ARBITRATION TREA.TY -LITHUANIA. NOVEMBER 14, 1928. 245"l Arbitration Treaty between the United States an,d Lithuania. Signed at November 14, 1928. Washinpton, November 14-, 1928; ratification advi:;;ed by the Senate, December 18, 1928; ratified by the President, January 4-, 1929; rati- fied by Lithuania, November 19, 1929; ratifications exchanged at Wash-- ington, January 20, 1930; proclaimed, January 20,1930. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS an Arbitration Treaty between the United States of .Arbi~r8tion with America and Lithuania was concluded and signed by their respec- Ll~~U::;;~ie. tive Plenipotentiaries at Washington on the fourteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, the origi- nal of which Treaty is word for word as follows: The President of the United States of America and the President Contracting Powers. of the Re:public of Lithuania Determmed to prevent so far as in their power lies any interrup- Purpose declared. tion in the peaceful relations that have always existed between the two nations j Desirous of reaffirmin~ their adherence to the policy of submit- tIng to impartial deciSIOn all justiciable controversies that may arise between them j and Eager by their example not only to demonstrate their condemna- tion of war as an instrument of national policy in their mutual re- lations, but also to hasten the time when the perfection of interna- tional arrangements for the pacific settlement of international dis- putes shall have eliminated forever the possibility of war among any cf the Powers of the world; Have decided to conclude a treaty of arbitration and for that Plenipotentiaries. purpose they have appointed as their respective Plenipotentiaries The President of the United States of America: Mr. Frank B. Kellogg~ Secretary of State of the United States of America; The President of the Rep1.lblic of Lithuania: Mr. Bronius K. Balutis: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plani·· potentiary of the Republic of Lithuania at W ashin~on j Who, having communicated to each other their full powers found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles: ARTICLE I All differences relating to international matters in which the Hi~h Internation.al differ- C . P. db' f . f ences not adjusted by ontractmg arbes are concerne y VIrtue 0 a claIm 0 ri~ t diplomacy, referred to . h d ... Permanent Court of made by one agamst the ot er un er treaty or otherWIse, WhICh It as Arbitration, etc. not been possible to adjust by diplomacy, which have not been ad- justed as a result of reference to an appropriate commission of con- ciliation, and which are justiciable in their nature by reason of being susceptible of decision by the application of the pr.inciples of law or equity, shall be submitted to the Permanent Court of Arbitration established at The Hague by the Convention of October 18, 1907, or Vol. 36, p. 2221 . to some other competent tribunal, as shall be decided in each case by special agreement, which special agreement shall provide for the