The sun., 1892-04-05
Jux.Handled Arbitration.

| Jux.Handled Arbitration.
Our esteemed contemporary. the 81. Pau
Pioneer Press. gurgles pGan from Its ven
cradle throat in celebration Of the Jug
died treaty OF arbitration between the
United States and Great Britain. In the
language Of this hymn Of praise. the ratifl.
cation OF this troaty"' is the seal and witness
OF the settled policy Of the future. Not all
the armies q nd ornaments Of Europe. not all
the declarations Of sovereigRs and Minis
| ters. could be OF such force Ind effect as
this In guaranteeing the peace OF nations
It tells OF changed conditions. and foretells
the time when the same change shall have
passed upon all civilized peoples. The
manner Of sanction given to this treaty is
OF the very highest value; for this vote
upon 1t represents not at all the opinion
which the Senate entertaihs OF the treaty
itself. but Its view Of arbitration as fixed
policy for settling international differ
ences." And the hymn closes with honey
comb Of prophecy:
more than anything that has gone before them In
history In that Of others. 10 this vote sE.
nincant OF futuro pocies 1t means that for there
be future unless we are wHntony assailed
1t maAns that tho two peoples who stand At the headot
the civilized world have put behind them armed con-
fiict means OF settling DISBURSEMENTS. Just A. they
have sont Into the limbo Of tho the trial by ordeal
and tho penalties Of wichcratt. matters much that
harmony between the United States and Great Britain
should be restored and roanirned II matters more
that each should declare to the world. by example a.
well by precep that the Of war lies In tho dead
and discarded past"
There will be nothing sweeter than this
until CRPHAs ALoNzO SPRIaG and ELNATHAN
EVERETT GORE speak their pieces on "Ar-
bitration tho Supplanter Of War" and
Peace Hath Her Victories at the gradu-
ating exercises Of the DummkoY Academy
for Both Sexes In East Millsbillville next
June. But II anybody cares to step down
from hymns to plain prose. such arbitra-
tion as is contemplated by the treaty which
the Minnesota poet exults In. Is even more
unpecessary than war. supposing that we
take the Quaker view Of fighting.
. The United States Senate has ratified by
unanimous vote treaty which submits
to arbitration i've points. upon four Of
which the judgment Of tho arbitrators is
sure TO be against the United States. Now
how much easier and less expensivei 1t would
have been to concede directly to Great Brit
ain every point in dispute. The expense
Commissioners and counsel. the sums that
will be devoted to international eating and
drinking and flddling and scraping. would
have been saved. The United States would
have said to Great Britain directly instead
Of indirectly: I'VE give up tho whole case.
Have everything your own way. We have
talked only for the sake OF hearing our
selves talk. Please consider our mouths o
mare clausur on the subject OF Behring Sea
and seals In future. II you see anything
you want that belongs to the United
States. take it. Speaking the tongue of
SHAKR2PEARE and TUPPER. shsrers In the
gloryof Magma Charta and the common law.
there is nothing which we will not do for
Gear old England!'
Why. neither war nor arbitration would
have been found necessary. In the days
when tho ancestors Of Marquises and Pres
idents were arboreal In their habits, II one
monkey grabbed another monkeys food.
all the second monkey had to do was to
wave his forepaws courteously and his tail
meekly as II to soy to his particularly
prehensilo contemporary. Il waive my
rights: anything for the sake OF peace"
There is no need OF arbitration when man,
monkey. or nation is willing to yield every
thing that the other side asks for.
Tho United States was bllked out OF
$5.5OO. 900 In 1877 by the Halifax Commission.
1t has bilked itself by the treaty which tho
81. Paul Pioneer-P Press celebrates SO ex-
ultantly. Arbitration OF this sort may
make tho American people doubt II arbitra-
ton is q blessing; and.by producing dissatis-
faction and irritation. tend toincrease rather
than diminish the chances Of war. People
don't like to be cheated. and their angor Is
only the greater II they find that they have
cheated themselves.