Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in proper form, have agreed upon the following articles:

ARTICLE I

The high contracting parties agree that all disputes between them, of every nature whatsoever, which diplomacy shall fail to adjust, shall be submitted for investigation and report to an International Commission, to be constituted in the manner prescribed in the next succeeding Article; and they agree not to declare war or begin hostilities during such investigation, and before the report is submitted.

ARTICLE II

The International Commission shall be composed of five members, to be appointed as follows: One member shall be chosen from each country, by the Government thereof; one member shall be chosen by each Government from some third country; the fifth member shall be chosen by common agreement between the two Governments. The expenses shall be paid by the two Governments in equal proportion.

The International Commission shall be appointed within the four months following the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty; and vacancies shall be filled according to the manner of the original appointment.

ARTICLE III

In case the high contracting parties shall have failed to adjust a dispute by diplomatic methods, they shall at once refer it to the International Commission for investigation and report.

The International Commission may, however, act upon its own initiative, and in such case it shall notify both Governments and request their cooperation in the investigation.

The report of the International Commission shall be completed within one year after the date on which it shall declare its investigation to have been initiated, unless the high contracting parties shall protract the term by mutual consent. The report shall be prepared in triplicate; one copy shall be presented to each Government, and the third retained by the Commission for its archives.

The high contracting parties reserve the right to act independently on the subject-matter of the dispute after the report of the Commission shall have been submitted.

ARTICLE IV.

The present treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof; and by the President of the Republic of Paraguay, with the approval of the Congress thereof; and the ratifications shall be exchanged as soon as possible. It shall take effect immediately after the exchange of ratifications, and shall continue in force for a

period of five years, and it shall thereafter remain in force until one year after one of the high contracting parties have given notice to the other of an intention to terminate it.

In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the present treaty and have affixed thereunto their seals.

Done in Asuncion on the twenty-ninth of August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fourteen

AGREEMENT EFFECTED BY EXCHANGE OF NOTES EXTENDING THE TIME FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE COMMISSION UNDER ARTICLE II OF TREATY OF AUGUST 29, 1914.

Sir:

Signed at Washington and New York November 16-22, 1915.

(Treaty Series, No. 614-A.)

[The Secretary of State to the Minister of Paraguay.]

DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 16, 1915.

The time specified in the Treaty of August 29, 1914, between the United States and Paraguay, looking to the advancement of the general cause of peace, for the appointment of the International Commission having expired, without the United States non-national Commissioner, the Paraguayan Commissioners and the Joint Commissioner being named, I have the honor to suggest for the consideration of your Government that the time within which the organization of the Commission may be completed be extended from July 9, 1915, to January 15, 1916.

Your formal notification in writing, that your Government receives the suggestion favorably, will be regarded on this Government's part as sufficient to give effect to the extension, and I shall be glad to receive your assurance that it will be so regarded by your Government also.

Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. ROBERT LANSING

Mr. HÉCTOR Velázquez,

The Minister of Paraguay.

[The Consul-General of Paraguay to the Secretary of State.] CONSULADO General del PARAGUAY EN

Sir:

NUEVA YORK November 22, 1915.

Replying to the note of Your Excellency of the sixteenth instant addressed to His Excellency, Dr. Héctor Velázquez, Minister of

Paraguay, suggesting an extension until January fifteenth, 1916, for the completion of the International Commission provided by the Treaty of August twenty-ninth, 1914, I beg to advise that, in the absence of Dr. Velázquez, I communicated with the Government at Asunción by cable as follows: "Lansing suggests exchange notes extension time to January fifteen next appointment Peace Treaty Commissioners ", to which I am in receipt to-day of a cable message reading as follows: "Suggestion accepted you are authorized exchange notes. Gondra."

I therefore, by virtue of this authority, accept formally on the part of the Government of Paraguay Your Excellency's suggestion for an extension until the date mentioned, and beg to give assurance that Your Excellency's note will be regarded as giving full effect to such extension.

I have the honor to be, Sir,

Very respectfully,

To the Honorable ROBERT LANSING,

WM. WALLACE WHITE

Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.

1919.

CONVENTION FACILITATING THE WORK OF TRAVELING SALESMEN.

Signed at Washington October 20, 1919; ratification advised by the Senate January 31, 1920; ratified by the President February 16, 1920; ratified by Paraguay September 22, 1921; ratifications exchanged at Washington March 22, 1922; exchange of ratifications consented to by the Senate April 24, 1922; proclaimed April 28, 1922.

The United States of America and the Republic of Paraguay, being desirous to foster the development of commerce between them and to increase the exchange of commodities by facilitating the work of traveling salesmen, have agreed to conclude a convention for that purpose and have to that end appointed as their plenipotentiaries:

The President of the United States of America, Robert Lansing, Secretary of State of the United States of America, and

The President of the Republic of Paraguay, Manuel Gondra, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary for the Republic of Paraguay near the Government of the United States of America, who, having communicated to each other their full powers, which were found to be in due form, have agreed upon the following articles: ARTICLE I.

Manufacturers, merchants, and traders domiciled within the jurisdiction of one of the High Contracting Parties may operate as commercial travelers either personally or by means of agents or employees within the jurisdiction of the other High Contracting Party on obtaining from the latter, upon payment of a single fee, a license which shall be valid throughout its entire territorial jurisdiction.1

In case either of the High Contracting Parties shall be engaged in war, it reserves to itself the right to prevent from operating within its jurisdiction under the provisions of this Convention, or otherwise, enemy nationals or other aliens whose presence it may consider prejudicial to public order and national safety.

ARTICLE II.

In order to secure the license above mentioned the applicant must obtain from the country of domicile of the manufacturers, merchants, and traders represented a certificate attesting his character as a commercial traveler. This certificate, which shall be issued by the authority to be designated in each country for the purpose, shall be viséed by the consul of the country in which the applicant proposes to operate, and the authorities of the latter shall, upon the presentation of such certificate, issue to the applicant the national license as provided in Article I.

ARTICLE III.

A commercial traveler may sell his samples without obtaining a special license as an importer.

ARTICLE IV.

Samples without commercial value shall be admitted to entry free of duty.

Samples marked, stamped, or defaced, in such manner that they cannot be put to other uses, shall be considered as objects without commercial value.

1 Licenses are issuable under identic conventions with other countries by the Department of Commerce in accordance with "An act to give effect to certain provisions of conventions with foreign governments for facilitating the work of traveling salesmen," approved September 22, 1922.

ARTICLE V.

Samples having commercial value shall be provisionally admitted upon giving bond for the payment of lawful duties if they shall not have been withdrawn from the country within a period of six (6) months.

Duties shall be paid on such portion of the samples as shall not have been so withdrawn.

ARTICLE VI.

All customs formalities shall be simplified as much as possible with a view to avoid delay in the despatch of samples.

ARTICLE VII.

Peddlers and other salesmen who vend directly to the consumer, though they have not an established place of business in the country in which they operate, shall not be considered as commercial travelers, but shall be subject to the license fees levied on business of the kind which they carry on.

ARTICLE VIII.

No license shall be required of:

(a) Persons traveling only to study trade and its needs, even though they initiate commercial relations, provided they do not make sales of merchandise.

(b) Persons operating through local agencies which pay the license fee or other imposts to which their business is subject. (c) Travelers who are exclusively buyers.

ARTICLE IX.

Any concessions affecting any of the provisions of the present Convention that may hereafter be granted by either High Contracting Party, either by law or by treaty or convention, shall immediately be extended to the other party.

ARTICLE X.

This Convention shall be ratified; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington within two years, or sooner if possible. The present Convention shall remain in force until the end of six months after either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same, each of them reserving to itself the right of giving such notice to the other at any time. And it is hereby agreed between the parties that, on the expiration of six months after such notice shall have been received by either of them from the other party as above mentioned, this Convention shall altogether cease and terminate.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF the respective plenipotentiaries have signed these articles and have thereunder affixed their seals.