The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-10

WASHINGTON. May s-The United
States and Great Britain will stand to-
gether In the advocacy OF the adoption Of
scheme for the settlement Of international
disputes by arbitration. which viii be pre-
sented 10 the disarmament conference at
its meeting In The Hague on the 18th Of
the present month.
The American delegates. headed by AM
bassador White. are equipped with fair
ly well digested plan for the execution OF
this long cherished project. while the Brit
ish delegates are prepared with plan
which is aimoss identical with the Ameri-
can project.
The details cannot be procured for pub
lication In advance Of the presentation Of
the projects to the conference. 1t " known,
however. that there are essential differ
ences between this las, plan and that EN- =
bodied in the treaty drafted by Secretary
Oiney and Sir Julian Pauncefo.e. which
failed OF action in the senate when sub
misted for ratification.
The differences are rather In the methods
approved for securing an impartial adjudi-
cation than In the principles OF the former
convention. and II IL believed on those
points the British and American proposi-
tons arc not precisely similar.
II cannot be said that the American dele
gates go. TO the conference with any strong
expectations that their own scheme for
curing the adjustment OF disputes by ar
bisratson. or. indeed. any project OF the
Kind, will secure the adhesion Of the en-
tire conference. or even a majority OF IN.
delegates. but they are content 20 pinn.
the seed and make beginning which X In
hoped by the president and Secretary Hay
win In the end have substantial results
The American delegates go committed
to this arbitration project much more
strongly than TO anything likely 70 figure
before the conference. Regarding disarm-
ament their instructions are 10 tell the
conference that the present armament OF
the United States and any within the possi-
hilsties OF the future are 80 far below the
present minimum arnaments with which
any OF the great powers OF Europe are
likely TO be content that there Is really no
resson why the United State~ should be
called into the agreement Other points
upon which the delegates have been in
structea arc correctly referred 20 In the
cable dispatches this morning namely. the
exemption from seizure OF individual prop
erty and the extensio, OF the Red Cross
rules to warlike operations at sea. As TO
the former. the president expressed himself
very strongly IN his last message TO con-
gress. and the delegates go charged TO give
practical effect To these views. As 70 the
Red Cross extension. both the United States
and Spain during the recent war voluntar-
lily agreed TO apply the Red Cross rules at
sea
Ba. another point In the Instructions
which IL not mentioned In the cable dis
patches is that relating 70 the ao,eAora.ion
Of the horrors % war. and with this. too.
the American delegates arr deeply con-
carned X was because OF the PRESIDENT 3
interest IN this subject. as much as for
any reason. that the two technical experts.
Cart; Mahan and Cart. Croxier, were in
s,i,is.si IN the American delegation and the
state department encourages hope that
something In this direction VIII be accom-
piished Al the approaching conference.