The Wilmington daily Republican., 1892-03-30
TREATY RATIFIED.
The Dohring Sea Matter Finally
Submitted to Arbitration
WITHOUT A DISSENTING VOTE.

Tho Proceedings to Ee Conducted
III English and q Decision to He
Rendered within Four Months
After the Close Of the Argument
on Both Sidca.
WASHINGTON. March S0.--The treaty
or convention providing for arbitration
In the settlement of the differences be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States over the jurisdiction of Bcrng
sea was ratified by the senate by unan-
imous vote. The secret session which
resulted in the ratification lasted two
hours.
Shortly after the doors were closed a
call of the senate was ordered, and an
unusually large number of senators an
swered to their names, the number be-
ing increased to seventy-two when the
vote on the treaty was taken. There
was some general discussion concerning
the perfection of the treaty, and Mr..
Sherman announced that the PROPOSE
tions made by some senators at previous
sessions that the arbitration proceedings
should be conducted in English had
met with favorable response from
Lord Salisbury.
The Proceedings in English.
The treaty does not stipulate the
language in which the proceedings shall
be conducted. Mr.. Sherman said that
the suggestion that they be conducted
in English had been communicated to
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British min
lister, who replied that he had no OBJ
lection, but preferred to communicate
with his own government before agree
ing to it. This he did, and Lord Sails
bury approved. After Mr.. Sherman
made this statement the treaty was
amended so that English should be the
languaged used in the conduct of the
proceedings.
There was also some discussion over
article XII of the treaty, which provides
that the decision of the tribunal shall.
if possible, be made within three months
from the close of the argument on both
sides. Several senators thought the
time allowed the arbitrators for decision
should be longer and as there was no
objection to this the time was extended
to four months.
After a discussion over these points
and some others of minor importance
the treaty was ratified without further
change and without the passage of any
resolution by yea and nay vote, and reso-
lutions informing the president of its
ratification and removing the injunction
of secrecy from the vote were adopted.
The senators not present were: Mcssrs.
Aldrich, Blodgett, Brice, Casey Chiffon,
Colquitt, Davis, Faulkner, Harris, Hill,
Hby, Jones (Ark.), Jones New, Mander.
son, Morrill, and Stanford.
The Arbitrators.
The Behring sea arbitration treaty, or
convention, was signed in Washington
on Feb. 20 last by James G.. Blaine, on
the part of the United States. and Julian
Pauncefote, on the part of Great Britain.
1t was sent to the senate III confidence
on the 9th inst
The treaty provides that the Behring
sea controversy shall be submitted to
tribunal of arbitration, to be composed
of seven arbitrators, the president of the
United States and her Britannia ma.
1esty to have two each. and the presi-
dent of France, the king of Italy and
the king of Sweden and Norway to
name one each. The arbitrators are to
be distinguished jurists in their respect.
i've countries, and the treaty provides
that they shall meet in Paris within
twenty days after the delivery of the
co unter case. or what might be called
evidence in rebuttal. The printed case
of the two parties, accompanied by
documents official correspondence and
other evidence is to be delivered in
duplicate to each arbitrator, and to the
agents of each high contracting party as
soon as possible after the appointment
of the tribunal.