The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-27
OIney and Pauncefote Said to
Have Agreed on a Treaty.
WILL SOON BE SUBMITTED
OFFICIALS NOT SANGUINE OF
ITS RATIFICATION.
1t Will Probably Go Over to the Nc
Kinley Administration, and This
Is What Some Republicans, It
Is Said, Desire-The Conditions
Named.

New York, Dec. ga Herald special
from Washington says:
Secretary Olney and Sir Julian
Pauncefote have finally agreed upon
the draft of treaty providing for a
general system of arbitration of dis
putes between the United States and
Great Britain. The negotiations were
concluded during the absence of the
president on his recent cunning trip,
and although the latter has not yet
given his approval of the agreement,
there is little doubt that he will do so
and the proposed treaty will be sub
mitted to the senate Immediately after
congress conveneS.
1t is stated that the proposed treaty
is drawn mainly upon the lines pro-
posed by Lord Salisbury in April last,
ard it is, therefore, assumed that there
Will be no delay in securing the ap-
proval of the British premier. A copy
of the instrument as agreed upon by
Secretary Olney and Sir Julian Paunce-
fote was mailed to him about week
ago, and the British embassy here is
expecting daily to hear of its accept
ance.
Although well satisfied with the
terms of the agreement, administra-
ton officials are not very sanguine of
its ratification by the present senate.
1t will doubtless be attacked, osten-
sibly on the ground that undue con-
cessions have been made to Great Brit
ain in the preparation of che treaty,
but mainly for partisan reasons.
With less than 90 days of the session
remaining, it will require little oppose
ton to throw the whole matter over
to the Mckinley administration and
this is what many of the Republicans,
it is said. desire.
The proposed treaty, as agreed upon
contemplateS, it is understood, the APP
pointment of three permanent judicial
officers as arbitrator on all matters in
dispute between the two countries not
involving questions of national honor,
which, in the judgment of either, can
be settled by negotiations.
Before entering on the work of arbi-
tration the arbitrator are to select an
umpire, by whom any question upon
which they disagree shall be decided.
The determination of, the arbitrator,
or, if they disagree, the decision of
the umpire, shall be the award upon
the matters considered.
In the event of either power protest
ing that an award is erroneous in re-
Spect to some fact of international law,
the decision of the arbitrator may
be reviewed by court composed of
three Judges OF the supreme court OF
the United States, and an equal num-
Der appointed by Great Britain. A ma
jority of four to two will be necessary
to make the determination of the issue
finaL
This has been one of the main
points of difference in the negotiations
conducted between Secretary Olney and
Sir Julian Pauncefote. The latter orig
inally proposed that there should be
a majority of five to one to make the
decision final. Secretary Olney's coun-
proposition was in favor of a sin
gle majority and in the event of an
equal division that three jurists should
be added to the court.
1t is said that they finally compro-
missed on a majority vote of four to
one and an agreement was reached to
limit the life of the treaty to five
years.