Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2017
Under a special agreement signed December 17, 1930, the United States agreed to arbitrate (pursuant to the Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes signed at The Hague, October 18, 1907) with the Government of Sweden the questions:
First, Whether the Government of the United States of America detained the Swedish motorship Kronprins Gustaf Adolf between June 23, 1917, and July 12, 1918, and the Swedish motorship Pacific between July 1, 1917, and July 19, 1918, in contravention of the Swedish-American treaties of April 3, 1783 and July 4, 1827.
1 The agreement was ratified by Sweden on Jan. 3, 1931, and by the United States on April 17, 1931.
2 This includes Articles 2, 5 to 19, 21 to 23, and 25; Separate Articles 1, 2, 4, and 5 of the treaty of April 3, 1783.
3 Printed in this Journal, Vol. 26 (1932), p. 399.