The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-02-05
AN AMENDED treaty.
Changes In the ArbItration Treaty Made
by senate COMMITTEES.

Changes In the Arb tration Treaty Made
by senate COMMITTEES.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 3.-The text of
the changes made in the general arbi-
tration treaty by the senate committee
on foreign relations are as follows: As
sent TO the senate article 1 read as fol-
lows:
The high contracting parties agree TO
submit to arbitration, in accordance with
the provisions and subject to the limita-
tions of this treaty, all questions in differ
ence between them which they may fail 10
just by diplomatic negotiations
The senate committee to this added
the following:
But no question which affects the for
eirn or domestic policy of either of the
high, contracting parties or the relations
of either to any other state or power, by
treaty or otherwise, shall be a subject for
arbitration under this treaty, except by
special agreement
Article 3 is amended by giving each
government two instead of one jurist
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 an application made to them in that
behalf by the high contracting parties, or
either of them, the umpire shall be Sc
lected in the manner provided for in ar
ticle TO-
In article the following has been
stricken out:
In case they shall fail to agree upon an
umpire within three months of the date
of an application made TO them in that be-
half by the high contracting parties, or
either of them, the umpire shall be selected
in the manner provided for in article To-
Wherever the word .'person" is used,
meaning the fifth member of the tri-
bunal, person is stricken out and
umpire inserted.
Article in the original treaty read
as follows:
Objections TO the jurisdiction of an
arbitral tribunal constituted under this
treaty shall not be taken, except as pro
vided in this article. If before the close
of the hearing upon a claim submitted 10
an arbitral tribunal constituted under
article or article ,, either OF the high
contracting parties shall move such trl-
bunal to decide, and JhereupOn II shall
decide that the determination of such
claim necessarily involves the decision OF
disputed question OF principle of grave
general Importance affecting the national
rights of such party rs distinguished from
the private rights whereof 1t l. merely
the international representative, the Jurls-
diction of such arbitral tribunal over
such claim shall cease and the same shall
be dealt with by arbitration under arti-
Gle Z.
Article as.amended by the commit
tee is as follows:
Objections to the jurisdiction of an
arbitral tribunal constituted under this
treaty shall not be taken, except as pro
vided in this article. If at any time be
fore the close of the hearing upon any
matter, except territorial claims, sub
mitted to an arbitral tribunal constituted
under this treaty, either of the high con
tracing parties shall declare that the de
termination of such matter necessarily
involves the decision of "A disputed queS-
ton which is excluded from arbitration
except by special agreement by the opera
ton of article l, then the jurisdiction of
such arbitral tribunal over such matter
shall cease.
The committee struck out entirely
and without inserting anything in its
place article 10, which provided that
King Oscar of Sweden should have the
naming of the umpire in case OF
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