The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-01
COURT OF CLAIMS
THE COMPROMISE MEASURE PRE-
SENTED TODAY.
TOO MANY STIPULkTI0NS.
CHILL AND MEXICO ADD REsTRIC-
TIVE FEATURES.

The Chance of Foreigners Recover
ing DAMAGES for Loss or Injury
Suffered in Any of These Repub-
lies Would Be Very Slim Indeed
Under the Proposed AdditiOns-A
Conference of Custom House EN-
perts Being COnsidered-The Aris-
tOcrntic Jockey Club Gives the
Delegates n Ball.
City of Mexico, Nov 30.-The COM
promise measure for the Court of
Claims as reported in yesterdays AS
ISOLATED Press dispatches was present
ed to-day to the Court of Claims Com
mittee of the Pan-American conference
at the suggestion of John Barrett, of
the United States delegation The
project provides, like its predecessors,
for the appointment by each of the
contracting states of three lurists of
recognized authority in matters of in
ternational law to serve as members of
the court, and from among their num-
Der, when a claim arises, each contend
ing party shall appoint one and the two
parties together shall, by common ac-
cord, appoint a third, who is to preside
over the court, which will adjudicate
the claim.
The members of the court must not
be citizens of the contending states.
Restrictive stipulations introduced at
the instance OF Chilli and to some ex-
tent by Mexico, are as follows:
Article l. The high contracting par
ties declare that the liability of the
government towards foreigners cannot
be greater than that assumed towards
their own citizens, save in the excep-
tional cases comprised in section two,
article of the present convention.
Article 2. The high contracting par
ties agree that their governments VIII
not be liable towards foreigners for
damages, veXatious acts or exactions
upon said foreigners by insurgents or
disturbers of public peace. or in case
of riots, sedition or rebellion or by In
dian tribes who are in arms against
said governments, except where there
has been remissness or negligence on
the part of the authorities or their
agents.
Article 8. The high contracting par
ties declare that no claim for hearing
or other demand through diplomatic
channels can be entertained on a ques-
ton relating to:
First. The rights of foreigners aris-
ing from contracts entered into by said
foreigners with the authorities when
it has been expressly stipulated that the
diplomatic agents of the states of
which said foreigners are citizens are
not to interfere.
Second. Claims or complaints OF for
Ai0nars n civ al ar. \ fY,ie +Y.o-
tive affairs, except in the event of de-
NAL Of justice or of undue delay in inn
parting il. or of execution of a
final decision pronounced by the courts
of justice or when all legal
proceedings have been exhausted
and there is an express viola
ton of the existing treaty with the
nation to which the foreigner belongs,
or of the precepts of international law,
public or private, universally recog-
nized by civilized nations.
Third. Claims and complaints of for
eigners based on acts of the authori-
ties, or of their agents in case of riot
sedition or rebellion when such for
eigners have taken part in them or
given aid to the disturbers of the
peace.
TO Simplify Tariff Systems.
The Committee on Commerce and
RECIPROCITY met this morning and dis
cussed some suggestions from Pablo
Macedo, one of Mexico's delegates
looking to a conference of custom
house experts from the several coun-
tries represented in the Pan-American
Congress and for a general simplifica-
ton of the tariff systems as far as the
special conditions of each nations
trade will permit.
Next week the committee will dis
cuss Mr. Buchanan's project for the
revision of commercial nomenclature.
The question of reciprocity will also
be taken up some time next week.
The committee on resources and sta
tistics also met to-day and considered
Mr.. Peppers suggestions with an
amendment proposed by Mr.. Calvo of
Costa Rica, prescribing the gold stand
ard as the basis of statistics.
Tonight all the delegates and their
families attended a ball given in their
honor by the aristocratic jockey club.
1t was the most splendid social func-
ton held in this city for years past.