[275] 17 U. S. Sts. at Large, 863; Treaties of U. S., 478.
[276] Art. II., § 2, 2.
[277] Calvo, §§ 643-668.
[278] Grotius, II., 16; Vattel, II., 17. The rules of Vattel are briefly and well stated by Baker, "First Steps in International Law," 1899, p. 105.
[279] For the subject of interpretation, see Hall, §§ 111, 112, p. 350 ff.; 2 Phillimore, Pt. V., Ch. VIII.; Calvo, §§ 1649-1650; Pradier-Fodéré, §§ 1171-1188.
[280] For discussion of the "most favored nation" clause, see 2 Whart., § 134, also Appendix to Vol. III., p. 888.
[281] § 116, p. 367.
[282] See Holls's "Hague Peace Conference," 176 et seq.
[283] See, on this entire subject, Moore's "International Arbitration"; Holls's "Hague Peace Conference," 176-305; Cushing's "Treaty of Washington."
[284] 3 Phillimore, 21, 22.