Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-11
CREMER'S MISSION.
Attempt to Negotiate a Great
Arbitration Treaty
LIKELY TO RESULT IN A FAILURE.

Matters Involved That Would .T;e Up"
the United States-The Monroe Doctrine
~ Now. Interpreted and the Question of
Naturalization Factors In the scheme
Thurston ON the News from Honolulu
-Ex-Queen Lii To BE Tried.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE recent visit
to Washington of Mr.. Crcmer, the British
member of parliament who was charged
with the presentation to cur government
of a memorial signed by about $50 of his
colleagues in parliament, urging the ne
gotiation Of an arbitration treaty with
Great Britain, has resulted in stimulating
interest in the project which had rather
Jagged since the introduction of the Alli-
son resolution some years ago. In con-
gress the proposition has taken tangible
shape in a radical joint resolution sub
mitted by Senator Sherman and referred
to the committee on foreign relations au-
thorizing the president to move in the
matter. While this resolution has not
been entirely acceptable to the advocates
Of the scheme, it has served its purpose of
forming the basis of consideration by the
committee.
Grave COnseQ uences to the United states.
But, meanwhile, negotiations have
been opened, as yet only preliminary in
nature, between our government and the
British ambassador that will, it is said, if
they result in the contamination of a
treaty. be fraught with the gravest conse-
quencest so far rs the United States is
concerned. In its present shape the pro-
position is extremely broad, though it
may be narrowed as the negotiations
progress, for it contemplates nothing less
than a great general treaty to which the
United States and all of the great Eu-
rOpean powers shall be parties, by the
terms of which any matter in dispute be-
tween any of the signatory powers. which
cannot be adjusted by the ordinary meth
DDS of diplomacy, shall be submitted to
arbitration. There is nothing substanti-
ally new in this proposition, which has
been discussed for many years in various
shapes. but the fact that negotiations
have actually begun and it is ut last really
within the reach of possibility has had the
effect to draw the attention of certain
senators who must pass upon any such
treaty to grave consequences that might
be expected to follow its ratification.
Danger TO the Monroe Doctrine.
These senators say that the Monroe
doctrine upon which our predominance in
this hemisphere depends would be speed
lily dismissed as of no force in an arbitra-
ton" Each of the signatory powers
would be represented upon the arbitra-
ton commission, and as the European
powers would be largely in the majority
there could be but one result should any
question be submitted involving the ap-
plication of this doctrine. to which they
have never subscribed. There is another
view of the Monroe doctrine, however,
that is based on the words of Monroe,
which simply inform European govern
ments that any encroachments by them
on South American governments would
be looked upon as unfriendly TO the
United States, and does not necessarily
involve any performance IN those gov
Right Of Revolution Denied.
vapc.d il thn. the arbitration treaty.
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