GENERAL PROVISIONS. 17 



Article LV. 



The duties of Arbitrator may be conferred on one Arbitrator alone 

 or on several Arbitrators selected by the parties as they please, or 

 chosen by them from the members of the Permanent Court of Arbi- 

 tration established by the present Convention. 



Failing the constitution of the Tribunal by direct agreement be- 

 tween the parties, the course referred to in Article XLV, paragraphs 

 3 to 6, is followed. 



Article LVI. 



When a Sovereign or the Chief of a State is chosen as Arbitrator, 

 the arbitration procedure is settled by him. 



Article LVII. 



The Umpire is President of the Tribunal ex officio. 

 "When the Tribunal does not include an Umpire, it appoints its 

 own President. 



Article LVIII. 



When the " Compromis " is settled by a Commission, as contem- 

 plated in Article LIV, and in the absence of an agreement to the 

 contrary, the Commission itself shall form the Arbitration Tribunal. 



Article LIX. 



Should one of the Arbitrators either die, retire, or be unable for 

 any reason whatever to discharge his functions, the same procedure 

 is followed for filling the vacancy as was followed for appointing 

 him. 



Article LX. 



The Tribunal sits at The Hague, unless some other place is selected 

 by the parties. 



The Tribunal can only sit in the territory of a third Power with 

 the latter's consent. 



The place of meeting once fixed cannot be altered by the Tribvinal, 

 except with the consent of the parties. 



Article LXI. 



If the question as to what languages are to be used has not been 

 settled by the " Compromis," it shall be decided by the Tribunal. 



Article LXII. 



The parlies are entitled to appoint speeial agents to attend the 

 Tribunal to act as intermediaries between themselves and the 

 Tribunal. 



