Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-02-06
GENERAL ARBITRATION TREATY
Text of Changes Made by the Senate
Committee.

Text of Changes Made by the Senate
Committee.
Washington, Feb. 2. The text Of
changes made in the general arbitration
treaty by the senate committee on foreign
relations is as follows:
AS sent to the senate article l read as
follows: THE high contracting parties
agree to submit to arbitration, in accord
ance with the provisions and subject to
the limitations of this treaty, all ques-
tions in difference between them which
they may fail to adjust by diplomatic ne
gotiations.' The senate committee to this
added: But no question which affects
the foreign or domestic policy Of either of
the high contracting parties, or the rela-
tionS of either to any other state or pow
er, by treaty or otherwise, shall be sub
ject for arbitration under this treaty ex
ccpt by special agreement
Article of the original treaty reads as
follows: "Objections to jurisdiction of the
arbitral tribunal constituted under this
treaty shall not be taken except as pro
vided in this article If before the close
Of hearing upon the claim submitted to
the arbitral tribunal constituted under ar
ticle 8 or article s. either Of the high con
tracing parties shall move such tribunal
to decide, and thereupon it shall decide
that determination of such claim neces-
sarily involves the decision of disputed
question of a principle of grave and gen
eral Importance affecting the national
rights of such party as distinguished from
private rights, whereof it is merely an in
te1national representative, the jurisdic-
tion of such arbitral tribunal over such
claim shall cease, and the same shall be
dealt with by arbitration under article
6, article IT, as amended by the commit
tee as follows: "Objections to jurisdiction
Of the arbitral tribunal constituted under
this treaty shall not be taken except us
provided in this article. If at any time
before the close of the hearing upon any
matter, except territorial claims, submit
ted to the arbitral tribunal constituted
under this treaty, either of the high con-
tracing parties shall declare that the de-
termination of such matter necessarily in
wolves the decision Of a disputed question
which is excluded from arbitration except
by special agreement by operation of ar
ticle !, then the jurisdiction of such arbi
trail tribunal over such matter shall
cease
The committee struck out entirely, and
without inserting anything in it's place,
article TO- which provided that King Os-
car of Sweden should have the naming of
the umpire in case of dispute.
Commons Considers 1t.
London Feb. I'm the house of COM
mons Mr.. Curzon, parliamentary secre-
tary Of the foreign office, replying to Mr..
Boules, conservative member from Lynn,
said if the latter introduced a motion ask
ing that the text of the arbitration treaty
be laid on the table, he would not oppose.
it. -. = Z.
In the general arbitration treaty, article
3 is amended by giving EACH government
tive ihstead -of''oifa t1rist Of repute and
the following is stricken from the article:
"In case they shall fail TO agree upon an
umpire within three months Of the date
of application made to them in that be-
half by the high contracting parties, or
either of them, the umpire shall be Sc