The Russellville Democrat., 1890-04-17

| | ternationai Law for the settlement ol l Differences--Howi 1t shonId he Exerrises Other Nations May Become Party ff I the Agreement.
 WASHINGTON, April P. The Pan. American Conference had under consid- eration yesterday the report of the com mittce on general welfare. The full text of the report is as follows: ARTICLE l. The republics Of Central and 1 south America and IIayti, hereby adopt arbitration as a principle of American international law for the settlement of al differences. disputes or controversies be. | tween two or more of them.
 Art. 9 Arbitration shall be obligatory in controversies concerning diplomatic eti. quette. boundaries. territories. indemnities | the right of navigation, and the validity construction and enforcement of treaties Art !. Arbitration should be equally obiIg atory in all cases other than those men. toned In the foregoing article whatevel may be their origin, nature or occasion with the single exception mentioned In the next following article
 Art | The exception above referred tc shall be when. in the opinion of nation, its independence may be endangered by the result of arbitration; for such nation arbi tration shall be optional, hut compulsor, for the adversary powers fl required. Art 5 All controversies or differences with the exception stated in Article { whether pending or hereafter arising shal be submitted to arbitration. even ihougl they may have originated in occurrences antedating the present treaty.
 Art {. No questions shall be revived by virtue of this treaty. concerning which s definite treaty shall already have been reached. In such cases arbitration shall Dc resorted to only for the settlement of ques. Hon .fo ton or enforcement of such agreements.
 Art.7. Any government may serve in the capacity of arbitrator which maintains friendly relations with the nation opposed to the one selecting It The office of arbi- trator may also be intrusted to tribunals of justice, to scientific bodies. to public ofIi- cials or to private individuals, whether cit- zens or not of the states selecting them.
 Art. s. The court of arbitration may con. sist of one or more persons. If one person he shall be selected jointly by the nations concerned. If of several persons, their SC. lection may be jointly made by the nations concerned. Should no choice be made, each nation claiming a distinct interest in the question at issue shall have the rigbt to ap- point one arbitrator on it's own behalf
 Art. 3. Whenever the court shall consist of an even number of arbitrators the nations concerned shall appoint an umplre,who shall decide all questions upon which the arbi- trators may disagree, If the nations inter- ested fail to agree in the selection of anum- pire, such umpire shall be selected by the arbitrators already appointed.
 Art. 10. The appointment of an umpire. and his acceptance, sh Ill take place before the arbtrators eiftcr upon the hearing of the question in dispute.
 Art. IL The umpire shall not act as a member Of the court, but his duties and powers shall be limited to the decision of
 
 be unable to agree.
 Art. 1l. Should an arbitrator. or an um- pire be prevented from serving by reason of death, resignation or other cause, such arbitrator or umpire shall be replaced by q substitute to be selected in the same man ner in which the original arbitrator or um- pire shall have been chosen.
 Art. i3. Pie court shall hold it's sessions al such place as the parties in interest may agree upon, and in case of disagreement ol failure to name place. the court itself may determine the location.
 Art. IA. When the court shall consist O several arbitrators, q majority of the whole number may act, notwfthstandng the ab- sencc or withdrnwai of the minority. Ir such ease the majority shall continue in tn, performance Of their duties until they shall have reached a final determination of tn, questions submitted for their cons sideration
 Art. E. The decision of majority of the whole number of arbtrators shall he fna upon tine main and incidental issues, unles. in the agreement to arbitrate it shah have been expressly provided that nnaDimity |: essential.
 Art. i6 The general expenses of arbitra ton proceedings shall be paid in eqna proportion by the governments that ars parties thereto; but expenses incurred D, either party in the preparation and prose cution of it's case shall be defraycd by it in dividualiy.
 Art. r. Whenever disputes arise thu nations involved shall appoint courts O arbitration in accordance with the pro visions of the preceding articles Only b, the mutual and free consent of all suci nations may those provisions be dIsre gardcd. and courts of arbitration appointed under different arrangements.
 Art. ls- This treaty shall remain in force for twenty years from the date of the ratifi cations. After the expiration of that periot il shall continue in operation untii ono O the contracting parties shall have notified all the others of its desire to terminate it In the event of such notice the treaty shal continue obligatory upon the party giving it for at least one year thereafter, but tn, withdrawal of one nation shall not lnyaii date the treaty with respect to the other ma tions concerned.
 Art i9. This treaty shall be ratified b, all the nations approving it, according t, their respective constitutional methods and the ratifications shall be exchanged 1T the city Of Washington on or before the frs day of May, 1891. Any other nation may ac cept this treaty and become a party thereto by signing copy thereof and depositina the same with the Government of the United States; whereupon the said government shall communicate this fact to the othei contracting parties.