The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-12
AnglO-Amerlcan General Arbitration TIM
Sent TO the Senate by The President
HIS MESSAGE URGES RAT ifIGAlEl
He Considers Sc "a Long Step TowNi
Settlement by Civilized NIca sn d
all Questions Arising Ret y, cen In
Two Saiions-si. aeti by % lneY ast
PnumccfOtc-I,s ProyisioIss,


ate this afternoon transmltting e the Il
| glo-American German Arbitra ton ID
| ty:
| To the Senate:
| ] transmit herewith trea ty foft
arbitration Of all matters in diffcm
| between the United STATES and Gl.
| Britain.
The provisions of the trea ty arr L
result of long ana patient d elibcnt.
| and represent concessions ma Gle by ud
party, for the sake OF agree Inent UN
| tsie general scheme.
| Though the result reached may u
| meet the views OF the advOc ates OiG
| immediate, unlimited and ire NOca b$a
bitration of all international con trWG
sizes, II is, nevertheless, conf den ty |!
lieved that the NYcatr canIlot fail I
be eVeryWherc recognized AS makhg.
long step III the right direct Ion anl Z
embodyinS a practical work. ng pll h
! which disputes between the two un
tries VIII reach a peaceful udjusc,f
as a matter of course and IN ordtaj
| routine.
In The initiation OF such an mpGht
| movement II must be cXpccte q ,hatss
| of its features Will assume Il tenhl,,
character looking To Il furh er drllS
and yet ii is apparent thai the tity
which has been formulated not gb
makes war between the par ties bha
enote possibility, but precliI (les rt
fears and rumors of war viii ch of la.
selves too often assume the prOpoIlI:
of national disaster.
1t is eninently fitting as well ash.
tunato that the attempt 10 accolEa
results so beneficial should he iniNl
by kindred peoples, speakn Z the Nrt
toGue. and Joined together by al A
ties OF common traditions. comma b.
stitutions. and common aspirations 1b
experiment of substituting ckifpl
methods for force as the cans Gst.
Ting international quest,0 ions of rIglg1
thus be tried under the ha ppiesl NJ.
p!ces. Its success ought not TO be dcit
tul and the fact tha, lis ut ina te usl
ing benefits are not likely q be ht
To the two countries imme q cy tyl
| cerned should cause II to he DTOnlOtl2r
| the more eagerly. The example saNl
the lesson furnished by III - Suca,ii
| operation of this treaty ate. surebh
felt and taken to heart 500 ncr orM,
by other nations. ana will thus ,ns
the beginning OF Il new eloc II in chlil,
ton.
Profoundly impressed as 1 am. r.,.
| fore. by the promise Of tlansNiIiiI
good which this treaty afioi DIS. bm
hesitate To accompany It's transna.a
with an expression Of my earnest .it
that 1t may commend Itself 10 theh,d.l
able considera: ion of the Senate.
| tSiGneD GROVER Gle WEI AMP
| Executive Mansion. Jan. II. 1885,
| The treaty was signed In The diErl.
tic parlor OF the State Departing a.
twenty minutes past II TO- clay ly%I
retary Olney and Sir Julj an PAtN
fote.
NEARLY TWO YEARS TREArm
The negotiations for the treatyl!nl
nearly two years ago in the SPIT: 81
1895, shortly before The death dS.I
retary Gresham, which abrupty II. !
| minated further considcra ion u deI
question at that time. tn sligstgan
was one i'll which Sccrtta ry GNhn
was wrapped up, and altho ugh Hct.
| ference with Sir Julian Pamcetl a
! the subject did not reach a ven lf. |
| mite point the seeds were s0wn tlah |
| grew rapidly under the i'm petrs Gls |
| crisis in the Venezuelan di sputc dr |
ago. when the Nenczuelan COnngsa
was fairly launched upon ! Is inyea. |
| ton. Then on March 5th, 1895 sta
diplomatic relations between this trl.
try and Great Britain were unda l,h |
! tension Lord Salisbury sent Sir Igm
Pauncefote an instruction TO oGlNG
| to renew the subject, ,ra nsm ittil II /
the same time six heads "a Wtai
! treaty for arbitration In G ertain pa',
the obvious efforts being to ofsethNd ]
at least the firm refusal Of Great lt,ln
| 10 consent 10 arbitration of the Hll.
| dairy question. The proposed slime
n ,l.,r Il Is,.f.
/ tions by n judicial detc rmina.a Of |
Governments. and while no lalg !
award was contemplated the ppal
was expected TO provide Il mehl Of
disposition of very many c auses Nhtr. /
| tion which might arise bet Vveen isiIy /.
nations.
1t provided that each country &Gll
| select two or more pcrma nent klll
o.Osers, and when quest on arJS aa +
Government should design nate q, II .
said officers as arbitrator.
SOME OF THE PRO VIsI0N
Head 2 directed The albi tratonrln.
ever they disagreed 10 elect A. wi.
pire, whose decision sh oud L an
award. Head 8 was as follows:
Complaints made by tn natitlsOf !
| one power against the Officers q thc |
| other. all pecuniary claims or gflHOl !
claims, amounting To no moN tnn I
G100000. made on either power tha
| nationals of the other, w hethi Irll |
on alleged right by treaty OF pts- /
| ment or otherwise, all ella inns ii An-
| ages or indemnity una cr th sid
| amounts; all questions affeetlns GFo-
matte or consular privileg es; aliBed
rio h Z. ,Af hGla
commercial privileges. ana all GIn.ns
referred by special agree lnent battn
the two parties. shall be I eferrtlblr-
bitratlon in accordance vi tn thblr,ly
and the award shall be final"
HINDER hnal diffaran CA Ita.Irnpc