ARBITRATION TREATIES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 162, 2 April 1908, Page 11

ARBITRATION TREATIES.

AMERICAN SERIES. 1 TIIE'SENATE TO HAVE ITS Wl\.Y. ..iilyas. cabled onFebruary.l6 that liegotia- > tio'ns -'" for an ... Anglo-American... arbitration treaty, *ori';tho. lines of the rcccntly-conohuled Franco-American treaty, v. ero making s.itisV factory progress. Homo papers throw somo . light on\ tho matter. -, . • . . .. : cThe'\ original ' 5 arbitration ' treaty between. Britain and . America,- negotiated, on' the British„side. by Sir Julian iPauncefoto, mas wrcdkeil by: tho: United States Senate, stipu- . latirtg!(in' effect) that, beforo a Question goas .of the. .Senate, ."'mii st: Vbe obt v* it'.-jnkiw;;-.; socnis;, Uia . 'jfcho ■ Senate, is tb.liave its point., PRESIDENT AND SENATE The.'deadlock'.,'bet-ween _the President and V : tlia' Senate' begiin. in ltiOo..' ..At: the' end of;. ■ 19U4 *'• Secretary Hay'. concluded- treaties 'of. . :/arbitration with ,Great Britain',' France, Gerand other --countries,identical v in ' 'ternis,;b'yiwhich it'waa. agi'eed'.that in .case: a 'mittftr - iri: disputo,could:.not. be"settled by' ■ : the "ordinai-y methods'of. dipldmaoy'reference . ■ should'-bo made to The . Hague, but that in each '.'casq ' bcforo; doing so.' tbo contracting ■ parties weri -to conclude' a special agreenieiit defining; clearly tbo matter at issue, 'l'lie /, iSeiiate altered ; the''word;'. lVagreemcht >' to ;■ " tf^ty change, fcr a treaty , :to'.'b(>toriie;6per'atiyei must be'- ratified by. the .-./t. "thetreaties.-.were, 'originally'■ drafted, ' :air,th;atjwi's,:iiecessary ~to.:refer-a question mU in,;; disputes: t-oV The; Vwas /for', ;th,e';i(President: and -/jtb'e, opposing, Government: to"cbnclud(i;..:ari .the flues:tiorf:''trtPijs;ue, '"'i jAs -amended. ,by,. T.he ; Senate, the-'procoßS :was , made much - more complir. . './-oat'w. liecessary. in .every /case ■)i 'foritbfc to/iiegotiate^an-. '. fprtn'al .tfraty'/.defihiiig tho iss.\ie ; and : :;.:; the' ■ Sepat-e.' .-:t'p'.'-.l>e,: .rajifiod;^or; ' ' ' .:rejqcted;:; as' : that, body ' tnought-'fit.:.-As: a _ •: roruiy.:'meiins of reference to-Tho Hiigue.the' original treaties .would have been nullified; : V and Prosifient Roosevelt, refused to ."carry tho .' matter any. further.-'' He, contended- t-hat.tho, ; ,-: Senate's flactidii,' fnado- : tho treaties;: " agree- ' agree v ,to: arbitrate, '.subject, to the agroejnent. of tho Senate;" .V [X, - : ;/ OF AN INTENTION." .Reu{er's Washington correspondent says: v . -T- 1 ' It. wpuld appear tliat in pegotiatjng. Fi'ancO-Amencan Treaty President Roosevelt : practically ; yielded to the/ Senate,' -as It is ■:i-'flridMstoM:.ttot.;thft 1 which is 1 : to'setvP.as a patterii.for future, Cbnyentions, 1 contains'.,ah: article specifying: that- tho subject'for arbifcration and thb;6copp.'pf tho!proceedings shftll bo submitted to'.the Seriate for its ; :approval. :Whilo the i effect of this pro-. •;',:,yisi6h .'a'si .weakening; iiie: 'prinoipleA.ofj ' cbmpnlsory:; arbitration, '.'it\." is' ft9int&:;ptit that/by.. accepting.:the general. ' term? [.proposed .for the treaties:: eadh nation -j',' Wpulfli-.'effectiyely, biiid Vitself: ,t'c> . 'settle, ciitfer-; ;:V: l /ences'.^^in 7 ;a;peaceful;nianner."f,;-'^V ; ; >:[''::'^ritds!^ihe'v"'Mahchestcr.rGruardian"; lli'b;,last::obstacle tb.'thVoonclusion^of-'arbip: i tratioiiVagreemehts between.-.tho,' United 'States.:'aiid^ other : :cpuhtnes;\seftnm'Snow/to.have, been ;reiri^T^\'^y,titho'yr^iaOTtJs;*-yi^4inßV;.to*.:.tKo ; . l;j'^'clfiiSßS'r'of:.'^^'the/Senafe';' : J'VSlK.;.Rp6'spvclt , 4: ■. ; ,tb,::.the.^^^:&hatb,:'.:'ends ; .', a- - dispute-' which iihas hindered progress in this direction ./ for: many 'years.. :The now treaties v/ill'- not • provide any: definite' machinery whereby, an ■ appeal ■ to'-Tho .Hague follows automatically "V; xipdii^.the : -failure 'of.' diplomacy,': but rather, atfonl pledges -of ,'an : 'inte'ntipii;to resort - to- ' ::arbitratibn|; ; '*- : v ...- A..." Times "r:.telegram . from Washington states I jJiaVe ?;the,_: best,-': authprltjr'.; for stating',.tliat -:an /arbitrationtreaty between ! •: i.i i the^Lni'teclV'States■' and.. Great.' Britain may shortly bo-concluded.' A-few details,: about '/. :vwhich> 1 no ; -aiffioutti' *i§fiK'ti6ipat-eilJiri ;io ! '. bo 'settled before,: the treaty...can :'be ,'signed.: ' and :gp ;before tbo. Senate~"' : -Wliether 'that , bbdy-'iwill,; is .impossible-to..pro-' .' phiSsyj /.but '/it'- is/; 'understood / thai '.; ; sbvera 1 i . ', pbint|.wK^h.',were;found.objectionable, by. the: ::,:lSehafo/'in':the:ifirst ; :.treaty A have;now bbeii eliminated." . 1 -