Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-01-16
ARBITRATION.
Now an Assured Fact Between
United States and Great Britain.
Treaty Ready to Bo signed by Secretary
olney--senate VIII Soon Ratify It
Principal Points of the
Agreement.

Washington. Jan. 11.--The general
arbitration treaty between Great Brit
ain and the United States has been
completed. To-day Secretary of State
Olney will sign the measure and will
then transmit it to congress for rati-
cation by the senate. On Tuesday II
duplicate copy of this important puper
bearing the official signature of the sec
retary of state will be started for Eng
land to receive the approval of the
British government. This is purely n
perfunctory duty ,however,a ,as Lord Sails
bury has in advance ratified for the
English government the essential points
contained in the formal treaty. He has
been cognizant of every step in the
preparation of the paper, so that to all
essential purposes the treaty will be-
come operative as soon as Il is ratified
by the senate of the United States.
The treaty rs drawn and agreed to by
Mr.. Olney and Ambassador Pauncefote
covers these points:
l. IT establishes a high court OF arbitra-
ton. This commission is composed of thre.
members of the supreme court of the
United states, to be chosen by the pres.
dent, and of three members OF the high
court of appeals of Great Britain, to be
elected by the prime minister
z The treaty Is to be operative for q
period of five ears from the date of the
exchange of ratitcations.
3. The court Of arbitration shall have ex-
elusive jurisdiction over all questions be-
tween the two countries on which differ
elces are now pending or which NAV arise
during the life of the treaty, with the OK
ccption of the Rehring sea question and the
Venezuelan dispute.
4. No dispute involving national honor
or sovereignty is to be submitted tn the
arbitration commission.
The Alaska boundary and other
boundary questions not otherwise dis
posed of are to be included in the list of
questions to be submitted for final ar
bitration. 1t is proposed that the tri-
bunal shall also act as a claims COM
mission.
AS soon as the treaty is sent to the
senate and ratified by that body the
machinery will be set in motion that
will send various disputed boundary
questions to the arbitration tribunal
The reason for the withdrawal of Lord
Salisbury's opposition to having the
treaty signed and sent to the senate is
| that the differences that arose over the
Venezuelan treaty have been satisfac-
torily compromised.
The Venezuelan government insisted
that it should have the privilege of sug-
! gesting one member of the arbitration
tribunal within the provisions of the
treaty. This was due to the severe ignty
of Venezuela, and was considered on the
withdrawal of objections to the 50-ycar
clause. 1t is further agreed that the
member suggested by Venezuela shall
be a citizen of the United States instead
of being, as had been stated by lll-in-
formed newspapers, n citizen of Venez,
uela selected by the United States su.
preme court. No further step will be
taken by Sir Julian Pauncefote and
Minister Andrade until after the ratiti.
cation of the provisional treaty by the
Venezuelan congress, which will meet
next month.