Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-12
THE ARBITRATORS.
Terms Of The Treaty Between the
United States and England.
IN THE INTEREST OF PEACE.
international Courts Provided For and
their Decisions are
Final.

says in an editorial: "We announce
this morning the event of the nine
teentb century," and follows this with
the preamble and the text OF fifteen
articles OF tho general arbitration
treaty signed yesterday at Washington
between the United States and Great
Britain. This second article provides
that all pscunisry elaine not exceed.
ing an aggregate OF cl00,0OD sterling,
and which ehall not involve deter
naination OF territorial claims, shall be
| decided by an arbitration tribunal, TO
| DO constituted as provided In the third
| article.
The third article provides that each
of the high contracting psrties shall
nominate ae atbiter jurist OF national
repute, ant these two, within two
months, shall select an umpire. II
they fail in this the umpire shall be
appointed by agreement between the
members Of the Supreme court OF the
United States and the jud cial COM
miitee CT the privy council of Great
Britain, each nominating body acting
by msjority. II they fail TO agree
within three months the umpire ehnll
be selected in accordance with article
10, namely, by the kirg OF Sweden.
The umpire shall preside over the trl-
bunal, aud the award OF the majority
shall be final.
Article provides that all pecuniary
claims excee hug Gl00, coo sterling, or
oieputes involving treaty rights but
not territorial elaine, snail 30 decided
by the tribunal in Rccorugnue with
article 8. Article 5 provides for the
submission OF the foregoing to the
tribunal, where the awards, II unani.
NOUS, shall be final, bus II not unani-
mpus either OF the contracting parties
may, within six months from the date
OF the award, demand u review thereof.
The matter shall then he submitted to
tribunal OF i've entirely fresh juriste,
each eide selecting two, aud tine tour
thus chosen selecting an umpire with
in three months. In the event OF
failure the umpire shall be chosen in
accordance with article 3, or falling
that, by King Oscar of Sweden. the
award of u majority OF the tribunal
shall be fual.
Article 8 provides that territorial
claims shali be submitted to r tribunal
! OF siS, three of whom, tubje.. 10 the
provlsions OF article 3, shali be judges
J OF the Supreme court OF tbe United
States or Iudges OF the citcait curt,
nominated by the President OF the
United States, ana the other three shaIl
be judges OF HE British supreme cou 1T
or members of the Judicial committee
OF the privy council, nominated by the
queen. whose award, by majority Of
uot less than five to one, shall be Il AL.
In case the award ID made by a less
majority IL shall also be final, unless
either power shall, within three
months, protest that the award was
erroneous, when 1t shall be Invalid.
There shall even then be no recourse
TO hostile measures until the media
ton of one or more friendly powers
has been invited by one or both
parties.
Article IL provides that each gov.
erument shall pay its own counsel
ana arbiter, and the tribunal, in finally
dispOsing OF the matter, sball direct
whstever, II any, OF the expenses OF
the unsuccessful party.
THE PRESIDENTS MEssAGEi ON sqHR
TREATY.
| WAsIIINGToN, Jan. 1.-THE general
arbitration treaty with Great Bcitain,
and "a the "A Presidents letter urging
its ratification, were ssnt to the SeuRs
this afternoon. The treaty will be laid
before the Senate in executive SESSION,
and not made public, for the present at
least.
| Following is the Presidents mes.
sage:
To the Senate:
transmit herewith the treaty for
arbitration of nil matters in difference
between the Unitad States anu Great
Britain. The provisions OF the treaty
are the result OF long and patient de.
liberation, and represent concessions
made by each party for the sake OF
agreement upon a general scheme.
Though the result reached may not
meet the views Of advocates OF I'M
mediate. Unlimited aud irrevocsbIe
arbitration OF all International contro-
versies, 1t Is nevertheless confidently
believed the treaty cannot iail to be-
everywhere recognized as making a
long step in the right direction ana as
embodying q practical working plan
by which disputes between the two
countries will reach q peaceful adjust
ment as a matter OF couree and In the
ordinary routine.
In the initiation OF such an import
ant movement, 1t must be expected
some Of It's features will assume ten
tstive character looking to further
advance, ana yet III 10 apparent the
treaty which has been formulated not
only makes war between tue parties to
1t remote possibility, but preeludes
those fears aud Iumors OF war which OF
themselves too often assume the pro-
portions OF a National disaster. II 10
eminently fittlng, as well 10 fortunate,
that an attempt to accomplish results
so beneficent should be Initiated by
kindred peoples, speaking the same
tongue and joined together by all the
ties vi common traditions, common In.
situations and common aspirations.
The experiment OF substituting
civilized methods Ter brute force
means the settling OF inter
national questions OF right will
thus be tried under the hsppiest
auspices ITS success ought not TO be
doubtful, and the fact that lie ulti mate
ensuing benefits are not likely to be-
limited to the two countries immedi-
ately concerned should cause IL TO be
promoted all the more eagerly. The
example set and the Lesson furnished
by the successful operation OF this
tfesty are to be felt anu taken to heart
sooner or later by other nations, and
will thus marx the beginning OF new