The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-09
THE MEXICANS FATHER IT
Largely Based on 0lney Pauncefote
Treaty Of 1897.
CONGRESS ADJoUsNs FOR A FORTNIGHT
This Is Done in Order That the Committees
May Have Time to Consider the Pro-
ect Which Has Been Sub.
mitled to Them.
(By The Associated Press.)

Mexico City, Nov. S.-The -Ameri
can Congress at it's session this morning
decided to adjourn for fortnight This
proposal was made by President Rogers
in order, as he said, to allow the COM
mittees time tc consider the project sub
mitted to them.
Senor Mattee, of Chile, moved that the
president be authorized during the re-
cess to refer the projects presented to
the proper committees. With this
amendment the motion was carried.
Copies of work on arbitration by
Evans Darby of the London Peace So
ciety. were at request of said society
distributed among tte members of the
conference.
a oableg9am OF felicitation was or
derel sent to Santos Dumont and a
cablegram of thanks for good wishes
sent to the Spanish Parliament.
Tomorrow by invitation of the Minis
ter Of War, General Bernado Ropes, the
delegates will visit tn Artillery Mus
cum and Arsenal and by invitation of
Finance Minister Limantour, they will
viist the Mint cn Tuesday.
Sonc da.F neSt week they will go out
to inspect The works for the drainage of
the Valley OF Mexico.
At today's session the project OF the
treaty for an International Court of
Claims was presented by the Mexican
delegation.
In an Introductory speech Francesca
l.. de la Barra, delegate of Mexico, and
author of the project, said that the same
was largely based on the Olney- Paunce-
fotc Treaty of January 12, 1885, with
notifications suggested by the objec-
tions which were made to the same
treaty in the United States Senate and
which caus-d that body to reject it.
The proposed convention provides that
the parties thereto will bind themselves
to submit 10 an international court all
claims proceeding from pecuniary losses
and damages occasioned to any state of
its citizens on account of the acts or
omissions Of another State Or any of it's
citizens provided that such claims can
not be arranged alphabetically
The obligation SO to submit claims
commences as soon as it is demanded by
an yof the contracting governments.
The Court of Claims will be consti-
tutei as follows.
Each contracting Government shall
chose one arbitrator who must be iur-
ist OF reputc, not q native of the State
appointing, and the two arbitrators to-
yether shall elect third one who will
preside. IL the two arbitrators cannot
agree as to the appointment of a third
they shall ask the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of any of the American
republics 20 designate a third arbitrator
who must not be native Of any of the
States interested n the controversy.
Should the States requesting the arbi-
tration be more than two each shall ap-
point an arbitrator and arbitrators thus
appointed will secure the appointment of
the presiding arbitrator in the same
manner as above indicated. The presiding
arbitrator will have the casting of vote
in case OF tie.
Sentence must be rendered within three
months, counting from the date on which
the case is closed. Sentence will be de-
cided by the majority of votes and must
be signed by all members Of the court
inincludipg the dissentient ones, who
may, however, express their private views
in an independent form. If the sentence
IS unanimous it will be final save that