...heeded Mr. Root's request and made it the subject of the Second Convention, enacted in 1907, as follows: The contracting Powers agree not to have recourse...offer of arbitration, or, after accepting the offer, prevents any compromis from being agreed on, or, after the arbitration, fails to submit to the award....

...from the government of one country by the government of another country to be due to its nationals, the contracting Powers agree not to have recourse to armed force for the collection of such contractual debts. "However, this stipulation shall not be applicable when the debtor...

...Convention II, the powers agreed not to resort to force in the collection of contract debts unless " the debtor state refuses or neglects to reply to an...offer of arbitration, or, after accepting the offer, prevents any agreement of reference from being agreed on, or, after the arbitration, fails to submit...

...The convention subscribed to in that assembly by all the powers establishes, in its first article : The contracting powers agree not to have recourse...due to its nationals. This undertaking is, however, only applicable when the debtor state refuses or neglects to reply to an offer of arbitration, or,...

...adopted the proposals of General Horace Porter, of the American delegation, in the following terms: "The contracting powers agree not to have recourse...government of another country as being due to its citizens. 1 Moore, Digest of Int. Law, VII., 95: Foreign Relations, 1905, P. 653. "This undertaking...

...employment of force for the recovery of contract debts. The gist of this is found in Article 1 as. follows : The contracting Powers agree not to have recourse...of one country by the government of another country aa being due to its nationals. This undertaking is, however, not applicable when the debtor state refuses...

...being due to its citizens. 1 Moore, Digest of Int. Law, VII., 95; Foreign Relations, 1905, P- 653"This undertaking is, however, not applicable when the debtor...offer of arbitration, or, after accepting the offer, prevents any compromis from being agreed on, or, after the arbitration, fails to submit to the award."...

...their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following provisions: ARTICLE 1 The contracting powers agree not to have recourse...offer of arbitration, or after accepting the offer, prevents any compromis from being agreed on, or, after the arbitration fails to submit to the award....

...Recovery of debts. The essential provisions of the treaty were as follows: Contract Debts. "Article I. The Contracting Powers agree not to have recourse...offer of arbitration, or, after accepting the offer, prevents any 'Compromis' from being agreed on, or, after the arbitration, falls to submit to the award....

...Recovery of Contract Debts," the signatory powers agreed not to resort to arms for the recovery of such debts " claimed from the government of one country...of another country as being due to its nationals." But to this self-denying ordinance they made some exceptions. They expressly retained the right to...