The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-04
ARBITRATION WITH BRITAIN
PROMINENT MEN START MOVE
 MENT FOR TREATY.
Meeting in Washington at Residencs of Former Secretary of State Foster
 Scope of the Plan OntIined-New British Ambassador a Hearty Advo. cate of international Arbitration.

cate of International Arbitration.
 Washington, Dec. 3.-The awakening throughout the United States of pop ular sentiment which it is hoped will develop into national demand for an arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain was the ob- ject of gathering this afternoon at the residence of General John W. Eos ter, formerly secretary of state. is understood that the movement has the hearty approval of the president.
 Among those present to-day were Admiral Dewey, General Nelson A. Miles, Wayne MacVeagh, Thomas Nell son Page, Clifford Pinchot, General H. V. Boynton, John R. Proctor, Charles c. Glover, D. c. Gilman, District Com- missioners Mcfarland and West, John Joy Edson, Charles J. Bell, William J. Boardman and W. V. Cox. Monsignor D. J. O'Connell was unable to be pres ent, but telegraphed General Foster his sympathy with the movement. The gentlemen named constitute the local committee and will arrange for meet ing of the national arbitration commit tee in this city January 12 next.
 Regarding the scope of the plan, which is to be pushed vigorously in the hope of securing at an early date the conclusion of an arbitration treaty fol- lowing the general lines of the Hay Pauncefote treaty of 1897, the Associat- ed Press is authorized to make this statement: sz.- ...s.. .,.s.. .s-z- ..s
 'In April. 1896, a notable conference of the friends of international arbitra- tion was held in Washington, attended by prominent and representative citi- zens from all parts of the United States. That conference declared in fa- vor of an arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain, and it was followed in January, 1897, by the signing of such treaty by Secre- tary Hay and Sir Julian Pauncefote. The treaty failed by a close vote to re- ceive the two-thirds majority required for it's ratification. .s..-
 Tt is understood that prominent among the objections urged against this treaty were the complications growing out of the Clayton BulWer treaty and the controversy over the Alaskan boundary. These having been disposed of, 1t is felt by the friends of international arbitration that the pres ent is a favorable time to re-awakeni public sentiment in favor of new ar bitration treaty with Great Britain. They point out that France has already taken the lead of us in this matter by the convention recently made with Great Britain, when the United States as a Kindred nation should have set the example At a meeting of the execu- tive committee appointed by the con- ference of 1896, held last week in New York, it was decided to call a meeting of the national arbitration committee in Washington on December 12 next, to take,this subject into consideration and adopt such measures as may seem de- sirable to De taken. To advance these ends local committee was designated for Washington and 1t is contemplated to organize similar committees in other cities.'
 A circular letter to this effect has been sent throughout the country. It is learned that Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, the new British ambassador, who has just arrived in Washington, is an earnest advocate of international arbitration. M.
 While he is not associated with the movement in this country, of course, it can be stated that Sir Mortimer may be relied on to bring about in Great Britain the result which the interna- tional arbitration committee in the Ca British ambassador has been life time believer in the cordial and inherent friendliness on which British-American relations are based, and his appoint ment to the Washington mission is re- garded in official circles here as espe- cially fortunate for the movement which Admiral Dewey and General Foster head.