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, it being understood that he shall not be a citizen of either country. Each of the High Contracting Parties shall have the right to remove, at any time before investigation begins, any Commissioner selected by it and to name his successor, and under the same conditions shall also have the right to withdraw its approval of the fifth Commissioner selected jointly; in which case a new Commissioner shall be selected jointly as in the original selection. The Commissioners shall, when actually employed in the investigation of a dispute, receive such compensation as shall be agreed upon by the High Contracting Parties. The expenses of the Commission shall be paid by the two Governments in equal proportion. The International Commission shall be appointed as soon as possible after 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, by unanimous agreement spontaneously 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 International Commission with all the means and facilities required for its investigation and report. The report of the International Commission shall be completed within one year after the date on which it shall declare its investigation to have begun, unless the High Contracting Parties shall limit or extend the time by mutual agreement. The report shall be prepared in triplicate; 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 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 Bolivia, 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 twelve months 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 Washington on the 22d day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fourteen. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN [SEAL.] SEAL.] And whereas, the said Treaty has been duly ratified on both parts and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the City of Washington on the eighth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen; Now, therefore, be it known that I, Woodrow Wilson, 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 ninth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-ninth. By the President: W. J. BRYAN Secretary of State. WOODROW WILSON ABROGATION BY THE UNITED STATES OF ARTICLE 34 OF THE TREATY OF MAY 13, 1858, BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND BOLIVIA. ACCEPTANCE THEREOF BY BOLIVIA. (See Circulars: Abrogation of provisions of certain treaties, etc.; Mr. Belden's telegram of October 6, 1915.) BOUNDARY AGREEMENT BETWEEN BOLIVIA AND PARAGUAY.' File No. 724.3415/27. No. 67.] Minister Mooney to the Secretary of State. [Extract.] AMERICAN LEGATION, Asunción, Paraguay, July 29, 1915. SIR: I have the honor to advise you that on July 19 a protocol was signed at Asunción by the Bolivian Plenipotentiary, Dr. Ricardo Mujía, and the Paraguayan Plenipotentiary, Dr. Fulgencio Moreno, extending the Ayala-Mujía Agreement of April 5, 1913, relative to the Paraguay-Bolivia boundary dispute, until July 28, 1916. * * 1 Continued from For. Rel. 1914, p. 27. I have the honor to inclose herewith a translation-copy of the Ayala-Mujía Agreement of April 5, 1913; and shall transmit to you a transcript of the Protocol of July 19, 1915, as soon as I am able to obtain a copy thereof. I have [etc.] [Inclosure Translation.] Ayala-Mujía Agreement. DANIEL F. MOONEY. At the City of Asunción, the capital of the Republic of Paraguay, on April 5, 1913, meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Dr. Ricardo Mujía, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Bolivia, and His Excellency Dr. Eusebio Ayala, Foreign Minister, agreed to sign the following Protocol: Article I. The High Contracting Parties undertake to negotiate a definitive boundary treaty within two years counted from the date of the approval of the present agree ment by the respective Governments. Article II. The possibility of concluding a treaty by direct negotiations, taking into account the commercial obligations of both countries, is primarily contemplated. Article III. Should it not be possible to agree upon a treaty by means of direct negotiation, the High Contracting Parties will submit their boundary dispute to arbitration upon its legal merits. Article IV. Until the direct negotiations reach a successful conclusion, or the arbitration award is delivered, the status quo of the Agreement of January 12, 1907, shall continue in force, both parties declaring that they have not modified their respective positions since that date. Article V. By virtue of the preceding clauses which modify the stipulations of the Agreement of January 12, 1907, the High Contracting Parties agree to declare that that agreement has lapsed. Article VI. The period for the approval by the respective Governments of the present agreement and referendum shall be four months from this date. In witness whereof the undersigned Plenipotentiaries sign the present Protocol in duplicate. RICARDO MUJÍA. NOTE. The above agreement was approved by the respective Governments thereto, on July 28, 1913. 93072°—F R 1915- -3 BRAZIL. MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT, WENCESLAU BRAZ P. GOMES, TO THE CONGRESS. File No. 832.032/10. No. 584.] Ambassador Morgan to the Secretary of State. [Extract.] AMERICAN EMBASSY, SIR: I have the honor to enclose duplicate copies of the Message which President Wenceslau Braz sent to the Federal Congress when it convened in the first session of the new legislature on the 3rd instant. I have also the honor to enclose an English translation of the salient portions of the Message relating to foreign affairs. * I have [etc.] EDWIN V. MORGAN. [Inclosure-Extract-Translation.] During the civil wars which for some time past have interfered with the normal development and prosperity of Mexico, serious friction (to the general regret of all American countries) unfortunately arose also between the United States and that country, the situation being rendered even more acute about the beginning of last year by the incident of Tampico, which almost culminated in armed warfare between the two nations. On this difficult and anxious occasion, when the international peace of America and our continental fraternity were in great danger, the Brazilian, the Argentine and the Chilean Governments tendered their good offices in the matter and had the satisfaction of seeing the same accepted by the other two Governments concerned, the first hostilities being immediately suspended. I take great pleasure in advising Congress that this mediation produced the most complete and satisfactory results. It is, however, but just to acknowledge that the happy outcome of our joint efforts was mainly due to the well interpreted patriotism and high judgment shown by the two divergent Governments on that occasion. At the Niagara Falls Conference the deplorable incident was brought to a conclusion and, to the satisfaction of all concerned, the protocol (preliminary treaty) of June 24, 1914, was signed by the Delegates of the three mediating Governments, and by those of the two Republics involved, with the approval of the other American nations and, most assuredly, of all the Powers as well. This protocol decided only on the international features of the conflict, leaving the Mexicans the exclusive right to discuss and agree upon all matters of domestic nature, such as the organization of a provisional government and its political program, amnesties, calling of elections, liberal and progressive reforms, and any other measures indispensable to the free exercise of national sovereignty. The Brazilian Government, in that emergency, merely pursued once more its traditional policy of peace and confirmed its inalterable sentiments of Continental Fraternity. Brazil, therefore (as was, no doubt, the case with Argentina and Chile as well), experienced great satisfaction in the applause and cooperation of the American Republics, in its endeavor to strengthen the ties of friendship and harmony which should unite them always for the welfare and the enhanced moral grandeur of our Continent. CHILE. MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT, RAMÓN BARROS LUCO, TO THE SIR: I have the honor to report that the President of the Republic opened the ordinary sessions of the Congress on the first instant * at which the President's Message was read. Copies of the Message, with translations of the most important passages, are enclosed herewith. I have [etc.] GEORGE T. SUMMERLIN. [Inclosure Translation-Extract.] The friendly mediation of the Argentine, Brazilian and Chilean Governments in the conflict stirred up between the United States of America and the Government of General Huerta in the Republic of Mexico, which was so successful at the Niagara Falls conferences, has been an eloquent testimony of the solidarity spirit which governs the relations of the American peoples. Inspired by the same sentiment of Pan-Americanism which led them to tender their good offices on that occasion, the Governments of these three Republics agreed upon an interchange of visits between their Ministers for Foreign Affairs in order to contribute by a public act of cordiality to the drawing closer of their relations. In fulfilling this agreement the capital of the Republic has had the honor of receiving the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Brazil and Argentina, Messrs. Lauro Müller and José Luis Murature; and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Alejandro Lira, has visited Buenos Aires. The enthusiastic and warm welcome which these three representatives met in Santiago and Buenos Aires is a frank manifestation that the diplomatic action of the Governments has faithfully interpreted the sentiment of the people, and that the policy of approximation so happily initiated is a solid guaranty of peace for the American Republics and of respect for their rights, the most vital of which is the integrity of the Continent. As a practical result of this international act, a treaty between the three Republics was signed in Buenos Aires on the 25th of May last, destined to strengthen the cordial understanding which unites them and which establishes a formula, inspired by the Bryan Peace Treaty, for the solution of questions which might arise among them. Upon the initiative of the Government of the United States, our Government raised its diplomatic representation in that country to the rank of Embassy, and we continue to cultivate a constantly closer friendship with that country. In order to increase the means of solving through juridical channels the differences that might arise between the nations, the Secretary of State of |