711.5712a/4: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Minister in Norway ( Swenson )

1. Department handed Norwegian Minister today a draft of a proposed treaty of arbitration between the United States and Norway.1 The provisions of the draft operate to extend the policy of arbitration enunciated in the Root Treaty of April 4, 1908.2 The language of the preamble and of the articles covering arbitration is identical in effect with that employed in the draft arbitration treaties recently submitted to the French, British, Italian and Japanese Governments.3

Text of proposed treaty will be forwarded in next pouch.

Kellogg