The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-17
TH|RTY-EIGHT
VOTES IN FAVOR
Question of Permanent Court
of Arbitration Finally Set
tied at The Hague.
LAST SESSION ON FRIDAY
SOME OF THE DELEGATES CON-
S!DER 1T AN ILL-OMEN.

The Hague Oct. 1.-THE ninth pleaary
day, voted upon the question of the es-
Enlistment of a permanent court.
There were 3S votes in favor of the
project. Belgium, Denmark Greece,
ROumania, Switzerland and Uruguay did
not vote. and Mexico Brazil, Greece. Co
lomba, Salvador, Persia. Guatemala,
Hayti, Venezuela, San Domingo. Para
quay, Panama and Ecuador, China, Boz
livia and Nicaragua voted favOrably to q
permanent court, but with the reserve
that such court and the negotiations in
that direction should be conducted on the
basic principle of absolute judicial
equality.
With Reservations.
The report of Baron Guillaume (Bel-
gium) on the declaration of Count TOuri-
ELI Utaly) regarding obligatory arbitra-
ton was adopted unanimously, with sew
eral reserves. including the United States
and Japan, David j. Hill (Americal say
ing that the United States would not de-
part from her traditional policy of nom
Interference in the affairs of other states.
The next subject taken up was the
proposal of General Horace Porter on the
subject of the collection of the contractual
debts.
Arbitration First.
The substance of the proposition is that
in order 10 avoid, between nations, armed
conflicts ''Of purely pecuniary origin. -
caused by contractual debts. claimed by
the subjects of one country from the gov
eminent of another, and also to guarantee
that .al1 contractual debts of this ma
ture which are not settled in friendly
manner through diplomacy should be sub
mitted to arbitration" it is understood
that cOerciVe measures shall not be taken
until the creditor country offers arbitra-
ton and the debtor country refuses 1t or
leaves the offer unanswered, or until
after the decision of the arbitrator is
not fulfilled by the debtor. The proposal
was approved by 80 votes. with five alb
sent, Belgium, Sweden, Roumania,
Switzerland and Venezuela, twelve Amer
lean governments making reservations.
The final session of the conference will
take place Saturday.
Superstitious Delegates.
Some of the superstitious delegates 10
the cOnerfence are of the opinion that
session Friday, principally in view of the
fact that the conference will have signed
an even thirteen conventions. These con-
VentiOns are as follows:
First-The peaceful regulation OF inter-
national conflicts.
Second-Providing for an international
prize court.
Third-Regulatlng the rights and duties
of neutrals on land.
FOurth-Regulating the rights and du-
ties of nautrals or sea.
Fifth-COvering the laying of submarine
mines.
SixtI.-Regulating the bombardment OF
towns from sea.
Seventh-In the matter of the collection
of contractural debts.
Eighth-The transformation of mer-
chantmen into warships.
Ninth-Regulating the treatment of cap
tured criminals.
Tenth-Covering the inviolability of fish
ing rights.
Eleventh-The inviolability of the postal
service.
Twelfth-The application of the Geneva
conference and the Red Cross TO sea war
fare
Thirteenth-The laws and customs reg
ulating land warfare.
Resolutions.
In addition the conference has conclud-
ed the following resolutions and dec
larations:
First-That balloons shall not be used
for throwing explosives.
Second-A recommendation in favor of
obligatory arbitration.
Third-A recommendation regarding the