The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-04
PERMANENT COURT
PLAN is FAVORED
American Delegates to Peace
Conference Win Brilliant
Success.
THEIR PROPOSITION WIN:
In Committee Twenty-Scvcl
Favor Peflnane@t Arbitration
Tribunal.

TILE HAGUE, August 3.-Another
American aproposition--for the estab-
lishment OF Il permanent court Of arbi-
trntlon at Tho Hague. and one which
will occupy place In history--to- day
obtained n splendid SUCCESS IN the
subcommittee which had the matter
IN hand. .Twcnty- seven delegates
voted an,rmatlvely and twelve abb
stained. This means that tho pro-
posal was unanimously approved. The
vote on the proposition was as efollows:
III favor of---Gcrmany. Argentine,
Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Chile, Coloin-
bia Denmark. Santo Domingo Ecua-
dor, France. Grent Britain, Guatemala
Italy, Japan, Mexico, Montenegro, NOR
way Panama, Paraguay, Holland, Peru
Portugal, russia, Sweden. Venezuela
and tho United States.
| The following abstalned from voting,
some Of tl,oin ibeca,lse theylWero with
out instructions from their govern
mcnts. Austria, Belgium Spain, Greece,
Rounlanin Servin, siam. Switzerland,
turkey, Uruguay, Luxembourg and Sal
vadnr.
II is quite probable that Great
Britain, France, Germany, Russia and
the United states will agree to present
to a special committee, on TUESDAY a
combined scheme for constituting a
working permanent court OF arbitra-
! -tion.
In opening the sitting Joseph II
EChoate. Of the American delegation
T. urged that the Russian proposition De
taken by the editing committee, to-
gether with the American proposition.
belgian DelcEntc'. Objections.
Ar. Beernaert (Belgium) then made :
| apl, In, 1vI,i ~
/ opposed the idea. Of arbitration. hu
commended that the permanent bureau
or the present court had the advantage
, of permitting the assembling Of TIL
! court at will and constituting 1t In &C
!. cortlance with tile particular condition;
Of the litigation in hand.
. Tho question to decide, he said, va:
/, whether the proposal Of the Unitce
! States really constitutes progress o.
, not If permanent tribunal were
3 established Legislation would be ere
g ated outside the sphere Of the SOY
: creigntytof the State. The permanent
g tribunal must, therefore be essential
/ ly a tribunal ofnrbitration, the coun
7 tries remaining FREQ to appeal to othe
arbitcrs 8 Continuing, M. Becrnaer
: snid no was not sure they would b
able to find seventeen first elias
!, illrists to act as Judges who Would'8b
: willing to cNpatriate themselves. an
y moreovar all people would not be rep
n resented on the tribunal which nigh
le be suspected Of not being fully I'M
n partial.
' Senior Estezcv (Mexico) proposed a
,s amendment providing that the perme
t nent court should accept the juri:
1t diction. Of the appellant nations. Th
ed amendment was accepted s.bytf M
ca Choate. s 100
!, Old Court Not Superseded.
II Sir Edward Fry said lie would be
at the opinion of NJ Beernaert II the ne
er court was to replace that OF 1899, b,
H. nothing would prevent the two cour
nj from acting simultaneously, and partf
y would thus be free to appear bcfo
Judges of their own choice. This 2co
sheraton led him to support the Anne
lean prOpOSition..sgss. IA $50.
NJ. Bourgeois agreed witlSiSir j.
= ward Fry that there could he no que
z ton Of suppressing the existing cou
which would remain for political di
putes, but he thought that in5 the ca
IA Of purely judicial questions the parti
would prefer the permanent court,
this always would be optional.
M. Bourgeois concluded by sayi
that the institution OF permanc
court Of arbitration would be one.
m the greatest glorics Of the twentie
Ia century. The world wants peace"
,r- said, 'and we'mus t. estubiishihere, ]
H. a peaceful organization of war, !
H. the judicial organ Of peace
W. After the vote had. been taken
he nroposition was sent to q commit
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