Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-06-05
FOR A PERMANENT ARBITRATION
TRIBUNAL.
OF THE SUGGESTION
Proposal Looks to Action Outside CT
the Peace Observation-Disclosures
Anxious for Creation of Tribunal
and Willing to Accept Any Plan on
General Lines Indicated.

The Hague, June 1.-The text OF the
American arbitration proposal TO lae
neace conference is as follows: he
solved, that in order to. aid in the pre-
yentation of armed conflicts by pacific
means, the representatives OF the SOW
ereign powers assembled together at
this conference, be and they are hereby
requested to propose to their respec-
tive governments a series OF negOtla-
tions for the adoption Of a general
treaty, having for it's object the fol-
lowing plan, with such notifications
as may be essential to secure the Ad-
hesion of at least nine sovereign pow
ers. four of whom at least shall have
been signatories Of the declaration II
Paris, the German empire being, for
this purpose, the successor OF Prussia,
and the kingdom Of Italy, the sue
cessor of Sardinia:
article 1.-The tribunal shall &c
composed of persons nominated on ac-
count of their personal integrity ana
learning in international law by ma
iority of the members of the highest
court at that time existing in each OF
the adhering states, one from each
sovereign state participating IN tue
treaty, and shall hold office until their
successors are nominated by the same
body and duly appointed.
The American project is accompan-
led bv a memorandum, entitled "A
memorandum from the commissioners
of the United States submitted with
their project for a permanent inter-
national tribunal" The text of the
memorandum follows: "The proposal
herewith submitted takes it's form as
a resolution looking to action outside
| of the conference from our lnstruc-
lions. The proposal shows the earnest
| desire of the president of the United
States for a permanent international
tribunal for the conduct of arbltra-
ton between nations, and the willing
ness of the president to aid in the es-
enlistment of such tribunal upon the
general lines indicated. The commits
sioners from the United States are
ready, without insisting upon the form
of their own resolution, to try to de-
velop the proposal heretofore submit
| ted to the conference, so that they
shall embody what is essential in this
plan. It seems to the United States
commissioners that it ought not to be
difficult to associate with the several
proposals, as they may eventually pc
developed for mediation in various
forms of international inquiry and ar
bitration by special arrangement,
plan for a permanent tribunal OF ar
bitration, which will embody what is
essential in the American resolution.
The amendment of Count Nigra,
head of the Italian delegation TO
peace conference, to the Russian arbl-
tration scheme, proposes the follow
ing article:
lin the event of an immense con-
flict between two or more powers, after
failure of all attempts at Cancellation
by means of indirect negotiations, the
contending parties will be obliged to
have recourse to mediation or arbl-
tration in cases Indicated by the pres
ent act.
2-All other cases of mediation or
arbitration will be recommended by
the signatory powers, but remain OPP
tional.
each of the signatory powers not
involved in conflict, has in all cases.
even during hostilities, the right 10
offer the contending parties its good
offices or mediation, or propose that
they have recourse to the mediation OF
another power equally neutral, or 10
arbitration. This cannot be consld-
cred by either of the contending par
ties as an unfriendly act, even IN case
where mediation or arbitration now
being obligatory would be rejected.
4-The demand for, Or offer OF medl-
alton takes precedence OF a proposal
for arbitration, but arbitration may
or must be proposed, according to CIR
cumstances, not only when there
is no demand or offer of mediation but
also when mediation would have been
rejected or would not have led to con-
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