TREATIES OF ARBITRATION.
In the House of Commons on June 16 Mr W. R. Cremer, member for Shoreditch, moved :— " This House, having learned that the United States Congress had authorised President Cleveland to conclude treaties of arbitration, express a hope that the Government will open negotiations with a view to refer all differences to arbitration." Sir John Lubbock seconded the motion. Mr Gladstone suggested a modification of the resolution by the substitution of the words— "That the House of Commons cordially sympathises with the purpose in view, and hopes her Majesty's Government will lend its ready co-operation to the Government of the United States." The Premier reviewed the history of the arbitration movement, and after touching upon his own idea of a central tribunal of Great Powers, concluded with an eloquent appeal for moderation of claims as the most effective means of preserving peace. The resolution, as amended by Mr Gladstone, was unanimously adopted.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2056, 20 July 1893, Page 14
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