The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-03-30
TREATY RATIFIED.
The Behring Sea Matter Finally
Submitted to Arbitration
WITHOUT A DISSENTING VOTE

The Proceedings TO BE Conducted
In English and . Decision 10 BE
Rendered Within Four Months
After the Close or the Argument
on Both Sides.
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 Boring
sea was ratified by the senate by IMAM
imous vote. The secret session which
resulted in the ratification lasted two
hours.
Shortly after the doors were closed q
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 MIR.
Sherman announced that the PROPOSE
tons made by some senators at previous
sessions that the arbitration proceedings
should be conducted in English had
met with q 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
i -. he Dx-sf 81
| 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 90 that English should be the
languaged used in the conduct Of the
proceedings.
! There was also some discussion over
article X1 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 arbitrator for decision
| should be longer, and as there was nj
objection to this the time was extended
toGfour months.
i After discussion over these point
and some others Of minor importance
the treaty was ratified without furthe
change and without the passage of an,
resolution by yea and nay vote, and reso
buttons informing the president Of 1t
ratification and removing the injunction
of secrecy from the vote were adopted.
The senators not present weres Meesfs
i Aldrich, Blodgett, Brice, Casey. Chiffon
Colquitt, Davis, Faulkner. Harris, Hill
Irby, Jones ARK. J. Jones New Mander
SON, Morrill, and Stanford.
The Arbitrators-
i The BehriHg sea arbitration treaty, d
convention, was signed in Washington
on Feb. 30 last by James @. Blaine, o.
the part of the United States, and Julia
Pauncefote, ON the part of Great Britain
1t was sent to the senate IN confdenc
on the Sth inst.
| The treaty provides that the BehrinI
sea controversy shall be submittedto
tribunal Of arbitration, to be compose
of seven arbitrators, the president of tn
United States and her Britannia ma
iesty to have two each. and the presi
dent of France, the king of Italy ant
the king of Sweden and Norway t,
name one each. The arbitrator are +
be distinguished jurists in their respect
!. i've countries, and the treaty provide
that they shall meet in Paris within
! twenty days after the delivery Of tn
co unter case, or what might be calle'
evidence in rebuttal The printed cas-
of the two parties, accompanied b.
documents, official correspondence an.
other evidence, is to be delivered il
duplicate to each arbitrator, and to tn
agents Of each high contracting party q
soon as possible after the appointment
of the tribunal.