New-York tribune., 1907-08-04
.rrRICAN PLAN VOTED.
,cTION IT THE HAGUE.
c,5-Comra;ttse Iccepfs Motion for
permGr crt -4rHtr.t.on Court.

--s 5.ffsrz1eut OF e permanent board Ot
- to ~ The EoEue-a proposal which is
o., occupy place in history-to-day was
q, 7f.. eu committee which had the mat
-. Twea;y-seven delegates voted af-
...,-s,z- and twelve abstained. This means
-r,-oeal was unanimously approved
u -. r4z-- Of the proposal was as follows:
az ,~-sa,-e. Brazil, Bulgaria. China.
l,,ror-s..a. Denmark, Santo Domingo,
I'm rance. Great Britain. Guatemala
-,4- Mexico. Montenegro. Norway. Pan
49, -,.-..--s- Holland Peru, Portugal. Russia,
~ IN ze-szue.a and the United States.
~.-,r,-:rz nations abstained from voting.
- -bc-. because they were without in
s,---s,--s from their governments:
-~=a ns.ziu.n. Spain. Greece, Rumania,
=, siam Switzerland, Turkey. Uruguay,
1,.-,4t t,c,--r ana salvador
L-N'--- L-s -~sbabIe that Great Britain, France
- F.ssia and the United States VIII
Nt'- ---z---r- n a special committee on Tues
q --,.ri~es sci. me for constituting work
- .-.-a-l- COZ. . ot arbitration. In addition
-. 4a-sfls already known. a section regarding
Z '. Genres VIII doubtless be arranged like
~ me Universal Postal Union at Berne. the
-;o,,e countries heing divided into different
- according 10 their population, and bear
-. -ror,7~ri5.atc share Of the costs.
q he opening of the sitting, Joseph II.
=. n rre American delegation. urged that
-. z,rssfan PROPOSAL he taken by the editing
e.-r;--aa. together with the American PROPOSE
- y Beerrae~t (5elEiurnl then made long
-, y which lie in no way opposed the idea
y 5i--sto- hu- Con-ended that the permanent
80 af Tie present court had the advantage
:. ,s-r7f-rfrE tie assembling q the court At VIII
- Constituting i II accordance with the par
-i-,ls- conditions # the litigation In hand The
ovas-ion u decide. he said, was whether the
-nossl # -ha United States really constituted
-nq-sss OF NOT. L a permanent tribunal were
es-ahIste5 'aEi Station would be created outside
+bA s-tere q the sovereignty of the state The
-ar-,z-er- tribunal must. therefore. be essen
sally tribunal Of arbitration. the countries re-
-,sfri,g free 20 appeal 70 other arbiters- NJ
Besrnaert said he was not sure they would be
abe % fnd seventeen first class turists TO act
Is +r6ees T-o would be willing 70 eXpatriate
themselves. and moreover all peoples would not
be rerrezerted On TIE tribunal which might be
suspected o+ ngt being fully impartial
MEXICAN AMENDMENT ACCEPTED
sezor Escezev CNexicol proposed an amend
rezt providing that the permanent court should
eccer- he Jurisdiction OF the appellant nations.
Tnis amendment was accepted by Mr.. Choate-
Se1c- Po--as lPanauaD was not opposed to this
proposal. provided public opinion was strong
enough 70 force large states 10 submit TO the
court their differences with lesser countries. NJ
Lsge- GIaz-iD said he accepted the proposal.
and hoped that q codifcatiCn Of international
law would rrecede the establishment Of the court
Or Ruy Barboza (BraziD expressed adherence
= The proposition, but SAID that as the court
woul5 always represent the stronger nation.
parties should not be deprived Of the right OF
choosing outside arbiters-
Sir Edward Fry said he would be Of the opin-
Ion of Il Bee-naert II the new court was TO re
place that OF 1899, bur nothing would prevent
TIE Two courts from acting simultaneously, and
parties would thus be free 10 appear before
Judges Of their own choice This consideration
led him 70 support the American proposition
The Portuguese delegate said he did not see how
the proposed court could proceed without com
pu-so-y arbitration.
y. bourgeois agreed with Sir Edward Fry
that there could be no question Of suppressing
the existing court, which would remain for pO-
lttical disputes. but he thought that il the case
q purely iurdiCal questions the parties would
prefer the permanent court, but this always
would be optional They must recognize, the
speaker said. the great difficulties in extending
the arbitration clause 70 political questions but
this was quite different with regard 10 juridical
questions lie asked why the principle OF oblig-
atorv arbitration should not De established
purely ard simply IN this domain. For this
reason .1e co-operated with the establishment Of
z permanent court. NJ Bourgeois concluded by
saying that the institution Of a permanent court
q arbitration would he one Of the greatest
gIo-tes Of the twentieth century The world
wants peace" be sa5d, and we must establish
hers not q peaceful organization Of war but the
.url5ical u-Ezuization Of peace"
= QUESTION FROM RUNfAHIA-
Dr. Beldiran CRuulania) asked the Ameri-
caa delegation what figure Of population was
70 Be taken as d basis for representation in the
permanent court. r the proposal was adopted
he said hat he would introduce an amendment
ecogIlziuE the right Of countries 70 choose ar
; ~ ont
Dom Pedro Castro Uruguay supported the
American motion. but Rechid Beyr in the ab-
sanc= Il Instructions from COnstanUnople, ao-
stained from votirg as did N Beldiman, since
;he American delegation v0uchsafed no explana-
tons as 10 the basis Of representation
after tLe vote had been taken the proposal
vas ss-1 10 a committee which VIII meet on
TaesGa-. with Joseph Il Ch0ate, Baron Mar
schau Won Bieberstein Germany, Van EyslnGa
(Nethe-IanGz) AIr. Rtnault France and NJ Bel
di-lar CI2una:is) added as members This dlNldeS
TIE general arbitration committee into two sub
committees, one Tor arbitration ana 'i'S o'I'
tcr q -.eraa1ent court.
The Associated Press is officially aGthoflZeu
70 announce that i Is untrue that the JIlted
sta,es and Great Britain viii present q PROPOSE
ton IN common regarding perlodlc meetings u
the peace conference. The American delegation
is .gft.o-.- mower 10 1oin another delegation in
the Introduction of Z proposal, but IL can achere
Thereto after presentation Il the proposal CORE
sponds substantially 10 the American idea Of
making the conference a permanent, vital ana
Progressive institution.
Some Gelegates have proposed that Queen
WiIhelr1lna be ernpowered TO call future con-
te-eIces but this idea fnds no support It Is
poItei out that while depriving Russia o. heT
position n the conference il would confer the
privilege now enjoyed by Russia on auolher
rG-e-. and majority Of the delegates WISH 10
make the conference independent OF any indi-
Nlcua.. nation or ruler.
LIP RnrREFFMER,s PHILOSOPHY