The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01
SCHEME OF ARBITRATION
The Drafting Committee Outlines
q Plan of Action.
FORMING THE TRIBUNAL
Each Country to Have Single Repre-
sentative, to Be Appointed by the
Supreme Court-Count Nigrrs
Amendments.

The Hague, May 31.-Both sections of
the disarmament committee met to-day
and, as was anticipated, failed to agree
with regard to the questions of new in
ventions in ornaments.
The drafting committee of the arb-
tration committee made some advance
this afternoon. The delegates submit
ted their scheme relating to an arbitra-
ton tribunal. The plan provides that
each country shall appoint a single ar
bftrator, to be selected by the supreme
courts of the signatory powers
The tribunal shall have a permanent
central seat and be composed of at
least three Judges who shall not be ma
tiyes or residents of countries belong
ing to the powers in disaccord. The
general expenses shall be shared pro-
portionately. In the event of new fields
arising within three months of de-
cision, the same tribunal shall have
power to try again the questions in dis
pute Recourse to the tribunal shall be
optional for the signatory powers. The
tribunal shall not take cognizance of
any dispute until assured that the
parties concerned will accept it's decis-
ion.
The convention shall come into force
and the tribunal established when nine
powers. eight of whom shall be Euro
pean or American, and four of whom
shall be signatory of the declaration of
Paris, 1856, shall have adhered to the
convention.
Apart from the above project the
Americans proposed a special scheme
of mediation, providing that in the
event of a difference arising between
two powers, each shall choose another
power to act as its second. The powers
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er to act. The powers thus selected
shall do all they can to reconcile the
opponents. These Seconding powers
shall, even when war has broken out,
continue their efforts with a view of
ending hostilities as soon as possible.
The amendment of Count Nigri, head
of the Italian delegation to the peace
conference to the Russian arbitration,
proposes the following article:
"First-In the event of imminence of
conflict between two or more powers
after the failure of all attempts at con-
ciliation by means of indirect negotia
lions, the contending parties shall be
obliged to have recourse to mediation or
arbitration in the course indicated by
the present act
'Second-All other cases of mediation
or arbitration will be recommended by
the signatory powers, but will remain
optional. 3 ,r-aq ..-
'Third-Each of the signatory powers
not involved in conflict has in all cases,
even during hostilities, the right to Of
fer the contending powers its good of
fees, or mediation, or to propose that
they have recourse to the mediation of
another power equally neutral or to ar
bitration. This cannot be considered by
either of the contending parties an I'M
friendly act. even in cases Where media
ton or arbitration not being obligatory,
it would be rejected.
'Fourth---"A demand for or offer of
mediation takes precedence of a pro-
posal for arbitration. but arbitration
may or mustnbea proposed according to
circumstances. notsonly when there is
no demand or offer of mediation, but
also when mediation would have been
rejected or would not have led to con-
Citation.
"Fifth-A proposal of mediation or
arbitration until formally accepted by
all contending parties cannot, unless
there be convention to the contrary,
have the effect of interrupting or de-
laying impending mobilization or other
preparatory measures of military oper-
ations.
''Sixth-Recourse to mediation or ar
bitration in conformity with article is
obligatory in cases of (blank space fol-
low words cases Of to be filled in by
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