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S t a t e s , s i g n e d a t S a n t i a g o d e Chile, M a y 3 , 1 9 2 3 , 3t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e s u p p l e m e n t a r y a n d a m e n d a t o r y p r o v i s i o n s o f t h e G e n e r a l Conv e n t i o n o f I n t e r - A m e r i c a n C o n c i l i a t i o n s i g n e d a t W a s h i n g t o n , 1Article V I I I o f a r b i t r a t i o n c o n v e n t i o n between Germany a n d Belgium, i n i t i a l l e d October 16, 1925, A m . J . X X , d o c u m e n t s , 27. See i n t h i s connexion, A. P e a r c e Higgins, Studies i n International L a w a n d Relations, Chap. V I I , " T h e Locarno T r e a t i e s " , Cambridge: 1928. 2Article X I I , A m . J . X X , documents, 28. According t o Article I X : "Failixig a n y special provision t o t h e c o n t r a r y , t h e P e r m a n e n t Conciliation Commission shall l a y down i t s own procedure, which i n a n y case m u s t p r o v i d e for b o t h p a r t i e s being h e a r d . I n regard t o enquiries t h e commission, unless i t decides u n a n i m o u s l y t o t h e c o n t r a r y , s h a l l a c t i n accordance w i t h t h e provisions o f C h a p t e r I I I ( I n t e r n a t i o n a l Commissions o f E n q u i r y ) o f t h e H a g u e Convention o f t h e 1 8 t h October, 1907, for t h e Pacific S e t t l e m e n t o f I n t e r n a t i o n a l D i s p u t e s . " 3United States Treaty Series, No. 752.