The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-16
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troyersies which can be raised, shall be and must be referred to International arbitration.
 The treaty of 1897 covered three classes of procedures: The first is for peeuniary claims which do not exceed in value $500, ,006. For the settlement of such claims each of the contracting parties was to nominate one arbitrator, who was to be a jurist of repute, and the two arbitrators so nominated were to select third who was to be the president of the tribunal, and the award of the majority of the three was to be final.
 The second set oflclaims was those that were peeuniary and in excess of $500, ,000. Such claims were to be re- ferred to the same kind of tribunal, but the award to be final must be unani-. nous. If not unanimous, either of the parties might demand review of the award within six months from it's date; and in such case the matter put in con- troversy was to be submitted to a tri- bunal of five jurists, no one of whom was to be a member of the original tri- bunal. Two were to be nominated by each of the contracting parties, and they were to select an umpire The award of the majority of the members at this second hearing was to be final. The third set of claims being important and involving territorial and boundary questions. was to be submitted to a tri- bunaI composed of six members, three of whom were to be judges of the Su- preme Court of the United States, or Justices of Circuit Courts of the United States to be nominated by the Presi- dent of the United States. The other three were to be judges of the, British Supreme Court of Adjudication, or members of the judicial committee of the Privy council nominated by the British crown The award in this case was to be final if made by a majority of five to one. In the event of its be- ing less than five to one, 1t was not to be binding If protested against by eith- CT party within three months of publi- cation. If so protested against, or if there was no award because the mem bers were equally divided, there was to be no recourse to hostile measures url- til the mediation of one or more friend-. ly powers had been invited by one of the contracting parties
 No sensible American, whether jurist or citizen, could object to the submis- sion of all questions between this coun- try and Great Britain, or any other civilized nation, on the terms provided as have set forth The fact that sev- en years ago a large majority, and al- most two-thirds of the United States senators approved 1t, and that was rat flied by the English government, de- monstrates that under the adninistra- tfon of Theodore Roosevelt there is no doubt the present senate of the United States will ratify, at an early day, a treaty prepared substantially on these lines.
 It has been announced by MT Hay at both Boston and Washington, and by Lord Landsdowne last week in L.onden,i that such a treaty is being prepared and will soon be ready for signature by the representatives of the two govern ments. The treaty of January, 1897, provided that it should absolutely re- main in force for five years, and should continue thereafter until after the ex- piration of twelve months from the time either of the high contracting par ties should give notice to the other of it's wish to terminate the same. We shall soon have such aStreaty, and it is safe to predict that neither party will ever desire during the coming century, to give twelve months notice of ia. wish to terminate it.
 Week before last a treaty on the lines of the Anglo French treaty of 1903, was signed by the representatives of the re- publics of France and the United States. The text has not yet been pub lished, built is brief and pertinent. It will be submitted to the United States senate when it ttconvenes at Washington in December.