The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-22

WASHINGTON, April 21.-Hon. Ed
ward G. Whitaker, of New York,
president, and Hon. William D.
veeder, of Brooklyn, and Hon. w. Mar
tin Jones, of Rochester, members of
the New York State Bar association,
this afternoon presented to President
/ Cleveland, on behalf of and by direc-
ton of the association, the memorial
recently adopted by that body recon-
mending the creation of an interna-
tional court OF arbitration.
The memorial recites that in the
opinion of the petitioners, it is i'm
a satisfactory
ANGLO-AMERICA TRIBUNAL
for the adjustment of grave interna-
ton controversies and he composed
only of represent atives of the two gov
e1nments of Great Britain and the
United States.
It is recommended:
.'First-T7he establishment of a per-
manent international tribunal, to be
known as The International Court of
arbitration
''Second-Such court to be composed
Independent states or nations, such
representative to be a member Of the
supreme or highest court of the nation
he shall represent, chosen by a ma
jority vote of his associates, because
of his high character as a publicist
and judge, and his recognized ability
and irreproachable integrity. Each
judge thus selected to hold office dur
ing life or the will of the court select
ing him
.''Third-The court thus constituted
to make its own rules of procedure, to
have power to fix it's place of sessions
and to change the same from time to
time as circumstances and the
CONVENIENCE OF LITIGANTs
may suggest and to appoint such
clerks and attendants as the courts
may require.
Fourth = Controverted questions
arising between any two or more in
dependent powers whether represented
in said international court of arbitra-
ton or at the option of said powers
to said court providing only that said
treaty shall contain a stipulation to the
effect that all parties thereto shall re-
spect and abide by the rules and regu-
lations of said court and conform to
whatever determination it shall make
of said controversy.
"Fifth-Said court to be open at all
times for the filing of cases and counter
cases under treaty stipulations by any
nation, whether represented in the
court or not, and such orderly proceed
ings in the interim, but when sessions
of the court, in preparation for argu-
ment and submission of the contro-
versy, as may seem necessary, to be
taken as the rules of the court pro-
vide for and may be agreed upon be-
tween the litigantS.
"Sixth-Independent powers are re-
presented in said court, but which may
have
BECOME PARTIES LITIGANT
in a controversy before it, and by
treaty stipulation, have agreed to sub
init to it's adjudication, to comply with
the rules of the court and to con tribute
such stipulated amount to its expenses
as may be provided for by it's rules,
or determined by the court.
Your petitioner also recommends
that you enter at once into correspon-
dence and negotiation, through the
proper diplomatic channels, with re-
representatives. of the government of
Great Britain, France, Germany, the
Netherlands, Mexico, Brazil and the
Argentine Republic, for a. union with
the government of the United States
in the laudable undertaking of form
ing an international court substan-
TALLY on basis herein outlined
Arrangements are making for the
holding of am important conference
here, beginning tomorrow, to urge upon
the government the propriety of ad-
justing all international disputes, save
those affecting national sovereignty,
by arbitration.