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SPANISH PARLIAMENT.


egation-Project Largely Based on
the 0Iney-Pauncefote Treaty of
1897, which Was Rejected by the
United states Senate-Treaty De-
signed to Remain in Force Five
Years.
City of Mexico, Nov. 8.-The PAN
American Congress, at its session this
morning, decided to adjourn for a fort
night. This proposal was made by
President Raigosa, in order as he said,
to allow the committees time to con-
slider the projects submitted to them.
Senior Matte of Chilli moved that the
president be authorized during the re-
cess to refer the reports presented to
the proper committees. With this
amendment the motion was carried.
Copies of a work on arbitration by
Evans Darby of the London Peace So
ciety were, at the request of the So
ciety. distributed among the members
of the conference.
cablegram of felicitation was or
dered sent to Santos -Dumont, and a
cablegram of thanks for good wishes
sent to the Spanish Parliament.
Tomorrow by invitation of the min
lister of war, Gen. Bernardo Reyes, the
delegates will visit the artillery muse
UNI and arsenal and by invitation of
Minister of Finance Limantour they
will visit the mint on Tuesday.
Some day next week they will go
out to inspect the works for the drain
age of the valley of Mexico.
At to-days session the project of She
treaty for an International court of
claims was presented by the Mexican
delegation.
In an Introductory speech Francisco
l.. de la Barra, delegate of Mexico,
and author of the project, said that the
same was largely based on the Olney-
Pauncefote treaty of Jan. II, 1897, with
notifications suggested by the objec-
tions which were made to the same
treaty in the United States Senate, and
which caused that. body to reject It.
The proposed convention provides
that the parties thereto will bind Them
selves to submit to an international
court all claims proceeding from pecu-
81 MARY losses and damages occasfoned to
any state or its citizens, on account of
acts or omissions of another state, or
any Ol us GillZ0HS lldb SuCA
claims cannot be arranged diplomatic
Cally.
The obligation so to submit claims
commences as soon as it is demanded
by any of the contracting governments.
The court of claims will be consh
tuted as follows:
Each contending government
shall appoint one arbitrator
who must be a jurist of repute, not a
native of the state appointing him, and
the two arbitrators together shall elect
a third one who will preside. If the
two arbitrators cannot agree to the
appointment of a third they shall ask
the chief justice of the Supreme Court
OF any of the American republics to
designate third arbitrator who must
not be a native of any of the states in
terested in the controversy.
SHOULD the states requesting the ar
bitration be more than two, each shall
appoint an arbitrator and arbitrators
thus appointed will secure the appoint
ment of the presiding arbitrator in the
same manner as above indicated. The
presiding arbitrator will have the cast
ing of a vote in case of attendance.
Sentence must be rendered within
three months counting from the date
on which the case is closed. Sentence
will be decided by the majority of
votes, and must be signed by all MEM
ent ones, who may, however, express
their private views in an indeDendent
form. If the sentence is unanimous it
will be final save that, within two
months of it's revision by the same
court, may be demanded in case it's
publication gives rise to doubts of va
rious interpretations: or in case it fails
to decide any of the points at issue
the court will decide the case anew
and definitely within one month from
the date of application for a revision.
If the original sentence was render
ed by majority of the votes only the
losing party may appeal to an inter
national court composed OF i've mem
bers of whom two will be selected by
the heads of the contending states, four
of those thus elected appointing fifth
or proceeding as above indicated in
case of failure to come to an agree
ment as to the fifth. But if in case OF
non-unanimous sentence no appeal
rs taken within three months, the
sentence shall become irrevocable. In
case that an appeal is taken the case
shall be considered and decided irrev
ocable by the court of appeal, consti-
tuted as above within such a period Of
time as it may fix. Both the court Of
claims and the court of appeals may
order the payment of court expenses
by either of the contending parties
court expenses equally. Each of the
contending parties shall pay its pri-
vate expenses. The high contracting
parties in the. treaty obligate them
selves in good faith to comply with
the stipulations Of the said treaty. but
If any state fails so to comply other
states may subscribe to collective note
Of censure. which shall become public
and official provided ii is subscribed
by at least three of the contracting
states
The treaty is to remain in force FIVE
Years counted from the date on which
che exchange of ratifications by at least
three of the states shall take place.
ANY state may withdraw from the con-
Nenton one year after giving notice
TO that effect
The Mexican delegation at this MORN
ing session of the conference pre-
sented a project on international SAN
liary regulations. The project reviews
me recent scientific discoveries and
,oncludes with the following resolu-
lions:
From the above facts II is seen that
NE solution Of the problem OF avoiding
lle propagation Of tho principal cpl
'-lnic has been modified IN accordance
n the continual progress Of science,
10 therefore. In view Of the discov-
les since the arst Pan-American
ongress, IN 1890, n is 10 be desired
mot its recommendation be responder
ana that other measures be pro-
nofed more IN accord with present
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