Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-21
THE "ARBITRATING NAT1ON.n

The United States Has Engaged In
Forty International Adjustments.
"No other nation" according to the
late Frederick r. Coudert, has arbi-
trated It's differences with other ma
tions as much as the United States.
We are the arbitrating nation. In the
last hundred years the United States
has settled disputes with other powers
by arbitration more than forty times.
"As said recently in magazine
article, war, logically speaking, Is an
anarchronism. It belongs to other
ages and other forms Of civilization
than those under which we live. It's
brutality, cruelty and injustice jar
against the humanizing tendencies Of
the nineteenth century. We are accus-
toned to look elsewhere than to the
hazards Of the battlefield for the solu-
tion of international problems, and
have learned that there are better and
cheaper methods of settling controver-
sizes than those which depend upon
heavy artillery and needle guns.
There Is no question between two
nations, In my mind, which cannot be
settled by arbitration. II we are right
our claims will be acknowledged by any
just tribunal; II we are wrong we shall
fail.
1.-THE more serious the question the
more need there is for patient consider
alton and careful argument. It is
cheaper to hire lawyers than to build
battleships and buy big guns. It does
not cost nearly half as much; 1t does
not mean bloodshed, sorrow and mis-.
cry"
Here is q table which covers some Of
the results Of arbitration:
17s4Great Britain, boundary dis.
pute, contended that the schoodic Riv-
er was really the st. Croix.
17stGreat Britain, 1T claims.
awarded to the United States.
S14-Northeastern boundary.
1S14-Great Britain, boundary.
1S1S-Great Britain for slaves car
ried away by British soldiers after the
war Of the Revolution. $1,2s4,seo.
1S3s-Mexico claims $671, ,7s8.
1S5s-Great Britain claims 365.000.
1s57-New Grenada claims 3s45.307.
1S5s-Chili claims $4,000.
1S6O-Costa Rica claims $25,704.
1S62-Ecuador claims $94.7s9.
1863-Peru claims $3, $50. ug
: Colombia claims $S45, ,3N.
:, sss-yene1uela claims $1,25s,S10.
1868 Mexico claims $4,0O0,000.
1SsS-Peru claims $150.000.
1870-Brazil claims $100,740.
1871-Spain claims $1,6S8,683.
1S71-Great Britain. San Juan, land.
1S71-Great Britain, Geneva, for dep
relations Of the Alabama and other
cruisers of the Confederate States At
ted out in Great Britain, $15,5oo, 900.
1874-Celombia claims $3.50
1ss5-spain claims $45,03k
1ss2-venezuela claims 3141,500.
1Sss-Ecuador claims $4,000.
There have been seven cases In which
the United States was defeated In all
her claims, and yet accepted the rul-
ings with the greatest possible grace.
They are as follows.
1794-Great Britain. Claims for roy
alist losses during the war Of the Rev
olution, $s,0oo,Ooo.
1S51-Portugal. LOSS of the United
States privateer, General Armstrong,
destroyed In the harbor Of Fayal
1ST1-Great Britain. Claims Of Brit
ish subjects for property lost in the
war Of the Rebellion, $1,929. $40.
1S71-Great Britain. Claims Halifax
fisheries, $5,500.000.
1SSO-France. Claims for property Of
French citizens destroyed in the war OF
the Rebellion, S612,0O0.
1SSS-Denmark. Butterfleld claims.
1sSs-Great Britain. Bering Sea con-
troversy.