The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-23
ARBITRATION.
The Correspondencs Between the
United States and England.


i United States and England.
a ~ Constitutes the First Authoritative Dis.
n closures Upon These Great Questions
4 eincs Clevsland's Christmas Message
~ to Congress-Little Progress Made.
4 WASHINGTON, July 1S-The efforts
y Of the United States and Great Britain
TO agree upon general arbitration
\ treaty for the settlement of all con.
y troversies through the establishment
of permanent tribunal, as well "a
n the progress of diplomatic nego.
tiations toward solving the Venez.
uelan problem are set forth in
16 communications made public by the
state department Friday night. While
they constitute the first authoritative
disclosures upon these great questions
4 since President Cleveland's famous
Christmastide message to congress, it
will be found that previous reports Of
the United Press of the negotiations
between the two governments, have ac-
,curately outlined the course of events.
Little substantial progress toward a
general arbitration treaty lis disclosed
by the documents An outline in part
iof the proposed procedure is laid down
and the views of the two governments
are so explicitly stated that future dis
cussion may be confined towards
narrowing the few Emergencies
of method. The further fact is made
apparent that the United States has
mot relaxed its vigilance in demanding
q just settlement of the Venezuelan
boundary question and has rejected the
British proposals for arbitrating that
dispute under terms involving the sur
render of any part of Venezuela's
claims.
The correspondence opens with let.
ter from Ambassador Bayard to Lord
Salisbury. dated February ~ last, pro.
posing an entrance forthwith upon ne.
lgotiations concerning the Guinaian
boundary question at Washington be-
tween the British ambassador and the
secretary of state.
Mr.. Bayard added that Secretary OF.
Iney greatly desired that there should
he propounded a clear definition of the
''settlements" by individuals in the dis
Ipnted territory, which it was under
stood Great Britain wished excluded
from the proposed arbitration.
Lord Salisbury, in reply, on March
lB. said his government readily con-
CURED in the suggestion and had
sent instructions to Sir Julian Paunce-
tote, directing him to discuss the ques-
ton, either with the Venezuelan repre-
sentative or the United States, acting
las the friend of Venezuela. He had
asked the secretary of state of the col
onies for the precise meaning attached
TO the word settlements"
Lord Salisbury's instructions to Sir
Julian Pauncefote, dated March 5,
form the third document and are de-
voted to the system for general inter-
national arbitration. negotiations for
the establishment of which had been
ruptured by Secretary Gresham's death.
5 Lord Salisbury submits draft of
treaty for arbitration which provides
that her Britannia majesty and the
president of the United States shall
each appoint two or more permanent
judicial officers t,r the purposes
Of the treaty and on the appear
ance of any difference between the
two powers which in the Judgment Of
negotiation, each of them shall desig-
nate one of the said officers as arbi-
TRAITOR; and the two arbitrators shall
hear and determine any matter refer
red to them in accordance with this
treaty.
Before entering on such arbitration,
the arbitrators shall select an umpire
by whom any question upon which
those disagree, whether interlocutory
or final, shall be decided. The de-
cision of such umpire upon any interlo-
cutory question shall be binding upon
the arbitrators. The determination
of the arbitrators, or, if they
disagree, the decision of the
umpire, shall be the award upon the
matters referred. All pecuniary claims
amounting to not more than s1OO, 900,
for damages or indemnity, all questions
affecting diplomatic or consular privi-
1eges, alleged rights of fishery, access,
navigation or commercial privilege, and
sn questions referred by special agree
sment between the two parties shall be
/ referred to arbitration and the decision
shall be final.
In cases of questions of fact or of in
|ternational law, involving territory or
Territorial rights, sovereignty, jurisdic-
tton or claims involving more than
100, 900 pounds, the decision of the
HbOarS of arbitration shall be
subject to review within three months
!, BY court composed of three of
the judges of the supreme courts of
Great Britain and three of the judges of
the supreme court of the United States,
and II this court shall determine by a
tmajority of not less than five to one on
sany issue the award shall be final, but
IL default of such determination, it
Shall not be valid, If no protest is en-
1ered by either power against the
award within the time limited, it shall
~ 1nnl.
Any difference, which in the judge
|neut of either power materially affects
ST. honor or the integrity of its terri
|51ory shall not be referred to arbitra-
'!1loh under tae treaty, except by spe-