The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-01
CARS PEACE CONFERENCE
THE E1lTEIICANS SCHEME FOR ARBI- TRATION SUBMI1TED.
It Differs from the British Proposal Provides for Establishment of a Trl- bunnl-Each Country to Appoint Single Arbitrator to be Selected by Supreme Courts of Stgnatory Powers.

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 Supreme Courts of Signatory Powers
 The Hague, May 31.-The American
 day submitted to the drafting commit
 tee of the arbitration committee theil
 scheme for the establishment of an in
 ternational tribunal of arbitration. The
 text of the proposals follow:
 Resolved, That in order to aid ir
 the prevention of armed conflicts by
 pacific means, the representatives of the
 sovereign powers assembled together in
 this conference be and they are hereby
 requested to propose to their respec-
 tive governments a series of negotia-
 tions for the adoption of an arbitration
 lowing plan with such notifications as
 may be essential to secure the adhesion of at least nine sovereign powers, four
 of whom at least shall have been sigma
 tories of the declaration of Paris, the
 German empire being, for this purpose,
 the successor of Prussia, and the king
 dom of Italy the successor of Sardinia: | Article 1.-The tribunal shall be com | posed of persons nominated on account of their personal integrity and learning in international law by majority of the
 members of the highest court at the
 time existig in each of the adhering
 states, one from each sovereign state
 participating in the treaty and shall
 hold office until their successors are
 nominated by the same body and duly appointed.
 Article 2-The tribunal shall meet for organizati ton at a time and place to be agreed upon by the several govern ments, but not later than six months after the general treaty shall be ratified by the nine powers, as hereinbefore pro- posed and shall organize itself by the appointment of a permanent clerk and such other officers as may be found necessary, but without conferring any distinction upon it's own members. The tribunal shall be empowered to fix its place of sessions and to change the same from time to time as the interests of justice or the convenience of litigants may seem to require, and to fix it's own rules of procedure.
 Article 3-The tribunal shall be of per- manent character and shall be always open for the filing of new cases subject to it's own rules of procedure, either by the contracting nations or by others that may chose to submit them and all cases, and counter cases, with the testi- mony and arguments by which they are to be supported or answered, are to be in writing or print. All cases, counter cases, evidence, arguments or opinions in expressing judgment are to be access ible after decision is rendered to all who desire them and who pay the necessary charges of transcription.
 Article Amy and all questions of may, by mutual consent be submitted by the nations concerned to this international tribunal for decis- ion; but every such submission shall be accompanied by an undertaking to ac- cept the ward.
 Article 5--The bench of judges for | each particular case shall consist of as | many as may be agreed upon by the lit | igating nations, either of the entire bench or of any small number, not less than three to be chosen from the whole | court In the event of bench of three judges only, no one of those shall be either a native subject or citizen of a state whose interests are in litigation in the case
 Article 6-The general expenses of the tribunal are to be equally divided or t41l ncis 1,afyp adherent powers; but those arising from each particular case shall be provided for as may be directed by the tribunal The presentation of a case wherein one Dr both of the parties may be non- adherent state shall be admitted only upon condition of mutual agreement hat the states so litigating shall pay a sum to be fixed by the tribunal for expenses of adjudication. The salaries of the judges may be so ,diusted as to be paid only when they ,re actually engaged in the duties of he court.
 Article 7: Every litigant before he international tribunal shall have he right to a hearing of the case before he same judges within three months liter notification of the decision on al- eging newly discovered evidence of submitting questions of law not heard md decided at the former hearing.
 Article &: This treaty shall be- .ome operative when nine sovereign tates, such as are indicated in the res ,lution, shall have ratified it's provi- ions The American project was accompa- lied by a memorandum, entitled Mem randum from the commissioners of the United States submitted with their pro- ect for permanent international tri unal" The text of the memoran um follows: "The proposal herewith ubmitted takes it's form as resolu ion looking to action outside of the { onterence from our instructions. The roposal shows the earnest desire of the l ( resident of the United States for a ( armament international tribunal for the E onduct of arbitration between nations 2 nd the willingness of the president to I i'd in the establishment of such a tri- C unal upon the general lines indicated t he commissioners from the United tates are ready, without insisting upon t le form of their own resolutions to try develop the proposals heretofore sub- fitted to the conference so that they nall embody what is essential in this Ian. It seems to the United States com | | lissioners that it onght not to be V fficult to associate with the several | a