THE ARBITRATION TREATY.
GERMANY EXPECTED TO JOIN. (Received 6, 8.5 a.m.) Washington, July 4. The State Department expects Germany to join. the arbitration movement on the same terms as Britain. It is explained that Germany misunderstood the force proposed in the Treaty of Berlin, thinking that she would be absolutely compelled to arbitrate, while the United States Congress, on the other hand, would be free to accept or reject. Mr. Knox now points out that any given issue shall not go to actual arbitration until after two Governments have exchanged notes. Objection could be taken at this stags by Germany or America. If so, arbitration would bo abandoned.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 114, 5 July 1911, Page 5
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