DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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FOR THE PRESS
AUaU3T     , 1941.
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EXCHANGE OP RATIFICATIONS OF TREATIES BET-SEN THE UMITEO
STATES AM) AUSTRALIA,  CANADA. AND NSW ZEALAND, HESPECTIVELX,
AMENDING IN THEIR APPLICATION TO EACH OF THOSE DOMINIONS
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY FOR THE ADVAWCEK1MT OF
PEACE BETWEEN THE UNITU) STATES AND HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY
BIONED AT WASH7HGTON, SEPTEMBER 16, 1914.
The Secretary of 5t*t<% Mr. Ccrdell Hull, and tha
British iktbaesedor, Lord Halifax, the Canadian Charge*
d'affaires ad Interim, Mr. H. H. Wrong and the Australian
Mlniotor, »'-r. Richard Gardiner Casey, exchanged ratifloations
on August     , 1941, at .o.9 of treaties between
the United States and New Zealand, Canada and Australia,
respectively, signed on September 6, 194C, amending in their
application to each of those dominions the provisions which
concern the organization of Coinff.iseions for the settlement of
disputes conteined in the Treaty for the Advancement of Peace
between the United Btntee and His Britannic Majesty, applic-
able to the Britleh Empire, signed at Washington Septem-
ber 16, 1914.     The Senate of the United States gave ite
advice and consent to the ratification of the three amend-
ing treaties on November 26, 1940 and the President
ratified
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ratified them on December 20, 1940.   The three treaties
hare been ratified by hie Britannic Majesty for the three
dominions concerned.
The treaty of 1914 between the United states and Hia
Britannic Majesty provided for the establishment of an
international commission of five members, the duties of
which were to make investigations and reports to the Gov-
ernment* with reference to disputes arising between the
United States and Great Britain (meaning any part of the
British rmpire) and referred to the Commission by the
Governments.   BM member of the Commission was chosen
from its own citizens by the Government of the United
states and one member from its own citizens by the Govern-
ment of Great Britain, one member was chosen by each
Government from some third country, and a fifth member
was chosen by agreement between the two Governments from
a oountry of which no oth^r member of the Comnil   ion is
a citizen.    The treaty of 1914 also provides that In the
event the interests affeoted by any dispute about to be
Investigated should be mainly interests of one of the
self-governing
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self-governing dominions of the British Empire ths
dominion concerned might furnish a list of persons from
which a member of the Commission would be appointed to
serve In place of the British national member.
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The amendatory treaties with Australia, Canada and
New Zealand provide for the establishment of a separate
commission between the United States and each of those
dominions Instead of a single Commission established In
the way provided under the treaty of 1014, on which, in
cases In which the interests involved might be mainly
Interests of one of the several dominions one member might
be appointed from a list reoomraended by the dominion con-
cerned.   The Commission established under eaoh of the
amendatory treaties will consist of five members, the same
number as the Commission established under the treaty of
1914 with Great Britain.    One national and one non-
national member will be appointed by the United States,
and one national and one non-nntlonal member will be ap-
pointed by Australia, Canada and New Zealand, respectively.
The fifth member of the several commissions will be chosen
by
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by agreement between the Oovernaant of the United States
and the Governments of Australia, Canada and New Zealand,
respectively, fr ra a country of which no other member
of the Commission Is a citizen.
The substantive provisions of the treaty of 1914 be-
tween the United states and Great Britain aa to the type
of disputes to be submitted to the Commission and other
matters ere made an Integral part of the treaties between
the United states and Australia, Canada and New Zealand,
respectively, for abservanoe and fulfillment between the
United States and eaoh of the dominions.   The relations
between the United States and the United Kingdom under the
trenty of 1914 and the constitution of the Commission to
Investigate and renort on disputes that might arise be-
tween them are'not affeoted by the amendatory treaties.
Arten^t^rY trontV with th» Union of   outh \frloa.
An amendatory treaty similar to those between the
United °tates and Australia, Canada and New Zealand was
signed with the Union of South Africa on April ?, 1940.
Hatlfloatl -ns
Ratifications were exchanged on March 11, 1941 and the
treaty wp.b proclaimed by the President on March 18, 1941
(Treaty Series 966).
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