The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-16
CHILL FAVORS
THE HAGUE PLAN
Show Impracticabi|ih Of Com
puIsoy Arbitration
PRESENT STRONG ARGUMENT
Resolution Goes Into Detail, Maps Out
a Plan for the Adherence OF Ma
tions to The Hague conven-
tlon-Advantages Shown.
PRESENT STRONG ARGUMENT


Mexico City, January 15.-The plan for
the adherence of the nations represented
at the Pan-American Congress to The
Hague convention was introduced by the
Gillian delegation today after long and
able statement tending to show the adj
vantages Of The Hague convention and
the impracticability of compulsory arbi-
tration. The plan for the adherence of
the nations Of America to The Hague
convention is as follows;
The states represented at the second
International American conference re-
solve:
First To adhere to the conventions
signed at The Hague by the powers rep
resented at the international peace con-
ference (a) for the peaceful adjustment
of international differences; (b) for the
adoption to maritime warfare of the
principles of the Geneva convention of
August %. 1864; (c) with respect to the
laws and usages of land war.
Second-To confer in order to attain
that end, upon the United States OF
America and the United States of Mexi-
co, signatory governments to said con-
ventions, authority to take the necessary
steps to establish Cor secure) the adher-
ence of non-signatory powers.
Plan of Acceptance.
The following Is the official plan of ac-
ceptance of The Hague conference con-
signed by the delegations to the Pam
American conference. with the exception
of Chill, who. 1t is claimed. for purposes
of obstruction presented an independent
plan. and Ecuador. who has sided with
Chill throughout the conference.
Article 1.-The American republics rep
resented at the international conferences
| at Mexico and which were not parties TO
the three conventions signed at The
Hague on July %, 1899, recognize tho
principles set forth in those conventions
as part OF the public interPational law of
the Americas.
Article 2. The acceptance Of the conven-
tions which are open when once ratified
by the several governments shall be COM
municated by those governments through
Diplomatic channels to the government Of
The Netherlands.
| Article s. AS it is anxiously expedfent
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| agreed to submit to arbitration should be
| confined to the confirmation of a tribunal
| of SO high character as is the per-
| manent arbitration court of The Hague.
| and also that the American nations
which did not sign the convention which
, created so benehcient an institution may
be able to have recourse to 1t by virtue
of a recognized and accepted right. and
taking, moreover, into consideration the
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United States of America and the United
States of Mexico, the conference be-
slows on said governments the mission OF
negotiating with the other powers who
signed the convention for the pacific adj
justment of international differences to
the end that the nations of America
which did not sign the convention may
now become parties thereto
Mexico Must Find Out.
In an additional article the signatory
nations empower the Mexican govern
ment in the interval between the present
and the next Pan-American conference to
communicate with other governments OF
America with view of ascertaining the
practicability OF concluding still more
comprehensive plan of arbitration. IL
those steps are successful a further treaty
will be concluded between two or more of
the nations in question, and in any event
Mexico will report at the next conferences
as to the success OF her efforts in this di-
rection.
1t should be noticed that the above Is
the only official plan of joining The
| Hague convention. that of Chill having
| been pressed, it is claimed, merely for OBJ
| structive purposes.
ChIli's Tactics Renewed.
,rhe obstructive tactics of Chill were
| clearly revealed at this mornings and
| afternoons sessions and begins to be ap-
| parent that 1t will be practically impos-
| sible to ever bring either OF the arbitra-
| tion projects to a vote unless some rule
resembling the cloture of the British par
| lament, is adopted as the Chilans will
continue to talk indefinitely.
After attacking throughout the after
noon session the plan of general accept
ance of the Hague articles as having
been partly adopted, they finally changed
front, dropped their own plan of accept
ance and gave their assent to the gem
eral plan but insisted that instead of
merely passing through the conference
1T be submitted thereto for debate.
They know that II 1t is only debated.
they will be able to delay things indefn-
iteiy and in the mean time work for the
withdrawal of more Central and South
American delegations until in that way
they have succeeded In wrecking the
conference. The discussion will be con-
tinued at an extra session tomorrow IL
must be observed that the Chilans have
repeatedly declared themselves strongly
in favor of the Hague convention so that
in promoting debate on the plan for it's
acceptance. they clearly show their OBJ
structive intentions.
Chils object in presenting an appro-
PIRATE plan of adherence to The Hague
convention. in which II is joined only by
Ecuador, IL to cause its plan to be refer.
red to the committee on arbitration In
which event the committee win either
have to accept 1t or II 1t rejects the con-
ference will be placed in the position Of
discarding what 1t has already achieved.
in either OF which cases. Chilli will score
q point besides delaying other work. The
delegations that have been fairly favor
able to Chilli are now experiencing
change But what excites the greatest
indignation is the efforts of Chill to un-
dermine the conference by procuring the
withdrawal of delegations, as In the case
of Venezuela. This is regarded as q
direct difference of the United States ana
Mexico the two nations that are respon-
sibie for convening the conference