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<br />., <br /> <br />The Arbitration Treaty was signed by the united states, <br />Mexico and 18 other Pan American nations. Article 1 establishes <br />the purpose of the Treaty. It states that differences of an <br />international character, which it has not been possible to adjust <br />by diplomacy and which are juridical in their nature, shall be <br />submitted to arbitration. The article goes on to say that the <br />following items are considered juridical in character: <br /> <br />"(a) The interpretation of a treaty; <br /> <br />(b) Any question of international law; <br /> <br />(c) The existence of any fact which, if established, <br />would constitute a breach of an international <br />obligation; <br /> <br />(d) The nature and extent of the reparation to be <br />made for the breach of an international obliga- <br />tion.'. <br /> <br />Article 2 provides for the exception from the terms of <br />the Treaty of those controversies "which are within the domestic <br />jurisdiction of any of the Parties to the dispute and are not <br />controlled by international law". <br /> <br />Article 3 provides for the selection of the Board of <br />Arbitrators. In the absence of an agreement as to who shall <br />arbitrate'the controversy, each party nominates two arbitrators <br />of whom only one may be a national of the Party nominating him, <br />the other member selected must be from another American country. <br />These four arbitrators then select a fifth member who is presi- <br />dent of the court. Should the arbitrators be unable to agree <br />upon the fifth member, each Party designates a non-American mem- <br />ber of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague, and the <br />two selected designate the fifth arbitrator who may be of any <br />nationality other than that of a Party of the dispute. <br /> <br />Article 4 provides for the formulation, by the Parties <br />to the dispute, of a"special Agreement which shall clearly define <br />the particular subject matter of the controversy, the seat of the <br />court, the rules which will be observed in the proceedings, and <br />the other conditions to which the Parties may agree". If the <br />Parties cannot reach an accord on this special agreement within <br />three months, the court shall formulate the agreement. When this <br />Treaty was ratified by the United states Senate, a reservation <br />was added to this particular article which reads as follows: <br /> <br />-14- <br />