Show I COURT OF ARBITRATION I I Ratification of The Hague Convention I is Announced i j I Is with satisfaction that I am able to announce the formal notification at The Hague on September Ith of the deposits de-posits of ratifications of the convention conven-tion for the pacific settlement ot the international disputes by i sixteen powers pow-ers namely the United States Austria Aus-tria Belgium Denmark England France Germany Italy Persia Portugal Portu-gal Roumanla Russia Slam Spain Sweden and Norway and The Nether ant lands Japan has also since ratified the I convention convcnlon The administrative council of tho permanent 1 per-manent court of arbitration has been organized and has adopted rules of order or-der and 3 constitution for the international Interna-tional arbitration bureau In accordance accord-ance with article 23 of the convention conven-tion providing for the appointment beach b-each signatory power of persons of known competency In questions of international in-ternational law I have appointed as members of this court Hon Benjamin Harrison of Indiana exPresident of the United Slate Hon Melville W Fuller of Illinois Chief Justice of the United States Hon John W Grlggs of New Jersey AttorneyGeneral of the United States and Hon Geqrge Gray of Delaware a Judge of the Circuit court of thc United Slates |