The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-12

larger sum, were. after arhitI- alton.
.lhject 10 appeal and The aw2rsl wlS
70 be reviewed by IL court comno%el Of
Ihrce judges OF Tie Supreme nRirt OF
treat Britain and three of the Limited
SI les Supreme Court. whose award
GOUld he Ilnnl II made by 4 vote -of FIVE
10 one. Head excluded differences i'm
0lV!ng national honor or inteGl- ity of
territory, and head provided th-'t any
Question might be referred To The arbi-
IN tors with the stipulation that unless
acceptable 10 both powers the dScision
should not be valid
4 ONLN'S SUBSTITUTES
i Secretary Olncy found no critic lsm TO
Ike TO the first two beads. and head
.hrce appeared to him 10 be res trictrd
10 controversies which could ncN-cr en-
danger peaceful relations. But Inc pro
posed a substitute to numbers and .,
|ghich made arbitration "hligat o1'y and
DE cCisivc. cNccpt where national honor
|EaS involved This made The award
al In all cases if unanimous and 10y
The substitution of n majority vote in
Stead of II five to one vote ot the appel
hate arbters, provided for deci sion in
every case. This was accompliS hed by
ha wing the three Judges of the STlrrcrnc
Court OF each country sitting together
10 Increase the number by app oihting
three additional impartial juriSt =, ire
Pcc,ive of nationality
Alr. Olney ut that time. April IL, lS9G,
uelan dispute should not be arioi,ra ted
III that manner.
when Lord Salisbury found that he
and Mr.. Olncy were practically agreed
on the first three heads he had pi- opoS ed,
he wished to include them in Il treaty
and go on subsequently TO the differ
enccs. involving more than $500 0GO He
found Nlr. Olney's counter propo$ ition Ia
heads and 6 objectionable in many
ways. ana pending the deliheratiCpns. Nlr.
Olncy thought advisable ON Jutlc II to
divorce the Venezuelan dispute wholly
from the general arbitration dis c'uss on,
and TO insist upon it's indepcnd sent set
Element. and from that time u ntil re-
Gently the general arbitration discussion
was suspended and every effort of both
GoVernmcn directed towards dlsp0s-
ing of the Venezuelan cont TOvcrSy,
which was accomplished as far as Eng
land and the United states VIE CON
cerncd by the Olney-Fauncctot@ - agree
ment of Nov. IL. approved ly i resident
Crcspo, of Venezuela. Dec las Z.
Since that date MIR. Oncy anCE Sir .lu-
lian Pauncefote have made ra Did pro-
grcss in the exact terms of the gen erai
arbitration convention conclude6 to-day,
They have been working ON lie lines
set forth in the negotiations g cscrihed
above. and, as is well known, they have
not departed materially from the first
three heads suggested by LoC-d Sails
bury ana the fourth article or = ct of ar
ticleS proposGn by secretary ((mcy.
RECEIVED BY THE SEN -=ATt,.
The treaty reached the Senate this af-
ternoOn while Senator Mills w as max
Ing his speech on Cuba. 1t was not laid
before the Senate until the doors had
been closed in executive session In aC-
cordancc with the usual custorn Of the
Senate. the text Of the convcn lion was
not even read for information n. The
seal was broken. and the vice Eoresident
that general trea ~ OF ar
had been received. I pom mo-
iion of Mr. Sherman it was ordered To
he referred TO the Committee on For
eign Relations. of which he is chair
man. and that reference was IN made with
out any Senator hcmg given I he privi-
Iege OF hearinE the document Eead.