The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-14

| seq gral english papers. The advisable
| ity of establishes by permanent treat
les, the principle of arbitration rather
than war between nations, was dis
cussed at length on the 10th Of Au-
gust at the conference of the Interna-
| tional Law Association in Glasgow.
Lord Alverstone, who is Lord Chief
Justice of England, and who was pres
ident Of that conference, In his opening
address, referred at length to the UNI
| fortunate failure of the Pauncefote-
Olney treaty in 1896, which provided for
a permanent Arbitration Treaty be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States, but which failed to receive a
two thirds majority vote in the United
States Senate in January, 1897
| The subject was discussed at length
subsequently by members of the con-
| ference and vote was passed unani-
mously in favor of the principle of ar
bitration especially between England
and the United States and England
and France, being provided for by sep
arate, but carefully drawn treaties
Some of the American newspapers J.
believe, were misled subsequently by a
blunder of press reporter into the
mistake Of publishing this discussion
and the remarks of Lord Alverstone as
| referring to the Hay Pauncefote treaty
or the Canal treaty of last winter That
| treaty was not suggested, referred TO,
discussed, or talked about publicly or
privately, at the conference. Lord AL
verstone and several members of the
executive council Of the association are
much interested in pushing this subject
of arbitration with the proper repre-
sentatives of the governments OF Great
Britain, the United States and France.
A. few days before T sailed for home,
I met Lord Alverstone in London, and
he told me that he considered the ad-
dress of NJ. Mckinley at Buffalo as the
most important ever made by him, and
as it was his dying messaga--in GER
tain sense, he thought 1t would have
great weight in affecting public opinion
and action in both the United States
and England. He also expressed his
pleasure at the fact that President
Roosevelt had endorsed all that Mr..
Mckinley said on the subject. / heard
several other English gentlemen ex-
press the same opinion in relation to
this subject before I sailed for home.
AS result Of my observation, | am
convinced that, because of the conf
dence felt in President Roosevelt In
England, the two countries will be
brought still closer together along the
lines of industrial development. Some
perplexing questions remain unsettled,
but with common sense prevailing on
both sides of the Atlantic there need be
no fear as to the outcome, and under
the new administration, unless | am
much mistaken, there will be no place
for passion Of the revival of those en-
Filtered prejudices that in what are
fast becoming the prehistoric ages, rent
the two people apart and made them
for a time what they should not have
been, enemies. instead of what they
should have been, the closest of friends
In the working out of the splendid des-
TIMES which have placed, and are GER
tain to keep them in the van of civiliza-
ton. A quarrel with the United States
on any question whatever, would be de-
plored in England, and no political par
ty there can dare to make one with i'm
punity. Rivals we are and shall doubt
less continue to be in many fields of
endeavor, but it will be the rivalry OF
friends, not enemies. of men of the
same lineage and language, bound to-
gether by ties that can never be sew
cred