The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-27
INTERNATIONAL REPATRIATION.
Abstract of the Report Made to the Ameri-
 can Bar Association.

Cleveland, Aug. 25-The committee on international law, consisting of E. P. Wheeler, S. Wilmer, P, M, Venable and M. D. Follett, made report of what had been accomplished in comph- ance with the instructions of the last meeting to make recommendations to forward the cause of international arbitration; also a memorial from the Virginia Bar association favoring fur therinS the cause of friendly settlement of all international disputes" Accord ingly the committee corresponded with the chairman of the Virginia commit tee and with numerous senators of the United States, and it's chairman con ferred also with President. Cleveland and Mr Olney, the secretary of state, under whose auspices the treaty of ar bitration between the United States and Great Britain, which was transmitted to the senate for its ratification Janu- ary Il, 1897, was negotiated.
 "The great advantage of the method embodied in the before mentioned treaty is that it Is the result of long and very careful consideration by two eminent men, Lord Salisbury and Mr. Olney, whose official position make it their duty to consider the question and de- eide upon it.
 Tt seems to your committee that diversities of opinion on the treaty should now, for the sake of harmonious and concerted action, be laid aside, and that 1t is in the interest of international arbitration that the influence of this and kindred associations should be
 brought to bear in favor of substan- tially the plan embodied in the treaty.
 This seems to your committee still more clear in view of the fact that the treaty received a majority vote in the senate, although not the necessary tWo- thirds vote to complete the ratifica-
 tion.'
 The committee then recites the terms of the treaty and then says:
 Tt thus appears that the rights of both parties are carefully protected, If | Great Britain should have a territorial claim against the United States, the award should not be final unless the British counsel should succeed in con- vincing two American judges that the claim was just and vice versa.
 Tt seems to your committee that the especial advantage of the ratification Of such a treaty is this: The claims that are difficult to settle by negotiation are those that give rise to angry feelings on one side or the other. Popular gov ernments are necessarily somewhat in- fluenced by popular clamor. It was
 probably only by the personal influence of Queen Victoria that Lord Palmer ston's dispatch in reference to the seiz-
 ure of Mason and Slideli was softened down as to make it practicable for Sec retary Seward to negotiate and finally to surrender the two prisoners, whose arrest he was obliged to admit was contrary to international law.
 Certainly, at that time, we had a very narrow escape, and it could hardly
 be expected that such an extraordinary circumstance should occur again. With ! an arbitration treaty in force 1t would not be necessary under such conditions to make an agreement for arbitra ton. The agreement would be made in ad- vance, the machinery would be provid- ed and the natural thing to do would be to appoint the arbitrators and let | the matter be discussed before them | The decision would involve delay, and before it's announcement popular ex- ctement would naturally subside The objection Is often taken to an | arbitration treaty that the court has nc power to enforce it's decisions. But | your committe believe that experience i shows that this objection, which seems plausible at first, is without solid foun-
 dation. During the past thirty years J many controversies between the owners of capital and their workmen have been | referred to arbitration. No law has | ever been passed compelling submls- sion to the award of arbitrators under such circumstances. It would be diff cult and perhaps impossible to procure | the enactment of such a law. Yet, ex- perience shows that these awards are
 generally submitted to by both sides | The very fact that obedience is no | compulsory is the strongests possible argument to the arbitrators to make 6 | just award which shall command re.
 spect upon all it's merits. The case k
 one of those so frequent in history, 1T
 which liberty of action secured by law | ilct7 5SSli ol llSell ct SdleS udlN dSdluS hasty and unreasonable action. Tn,
 exercise of liberty. of itself, tends to in duce sense of responsibility.
 Your committee, therefore, recon
 mend for adoption the following reso1u
 tions;
 Resolved, That this association learnet | with much satisfaction that the treaty o | arbitration between the United States an, 1 Great Britain, which was transmitted f | the senate of he United S tates Januar | Il, 1897, received the approval of maiorit,
 of the members voting upon the question | of ratification, even though that maiorit
 was not sufficient to ratify the treaty
 Resolved, That the provisions of thi | treaty afford a reasonable, fair and jus
 method of adjusting the differences betwee l the United States and Great Britain whcl are within the scope of the treaty.
 Resolved, That the president of the Unite | States be respectfully requested to talk
 such measures as may be within his powe
 to secure the adoption either of the treat
 before mentioned or of similar arbitra
 ton treaty"
 AT MISHKAN ISRAEL TEMPLE.
 The first regular service at the Mish
 kan Israel Temple since the secon