The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-20
eTHE GOVERNMENTS"

To rHE EDiroR oP TIM suS-Str' The
! President and the Secretary Of state com
| planned bitterly OF Colombia because her
| Congress did not ratify the canal treaty. They
dwelt on the imputed failure OF her Executive
TO press the ratification, Surely the Presi-
dent cannot. after all he has done. be justly
blamed for the refusal OF our Senate TO con-
sent 10 the arbitration treaties Having uis-
charged his full duty In that regard. WIN ne
not do well II he pockets his pride ana ashs
the Governments concerned 20 accept the
Senate amendments. ratlfy. exchange anu
Proclaim
Those Governments probably Appreciates
that what has happened in the SENATE was
very likely 10 come to pass. and we're no.
! surprised by the Senate amendment. Ihey
well knew the control that the Senate oouiu
exercise, and do not blame tho President lot
that exercise They take only languid
Interest. 1t may be- in the difference OF opinion
between the President and the Senate re-
gardlnK the relative meaning. In our Juris
prudence. OF treaty and Agreement,
Perhaps they sympathlze with ths SENATE
contention and prefer its predominance'
Al any rate. an academic dlsoussion now
OF the question whether or not eonrenhoh'
lroife and accord are synonymous In puDio
law VIII not lend TO any useful practical re-
suit for the question at issue concerns only
he American source OF American ueaty
making, In which those French words are not.
A treaty" IL the only document that can bind
the United States regarding arbitration.
Equally useless will II be to wrangle over
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