The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-15
Free From Selfish Ends al.
ways Promoting Freedom
Of the People.
Ia the Orient and Western
Hemisphere.
FOR COURT OF ARBITRATION.

Philadelphia. June 15.-Knox
sounded the keynote of American
diplomacy under the present admin
istratlon In his speech today at the
commencement OF the University OF
Pennsylvania.
Since American statecraft had It's
beginning n an effort 10 secure rec
oEafion .or young nation strug-
g'ng 20 relieve itself from what Il
considered to be intolcrabie upprcs-
iors. i "a but natural that its
oa..irft aiplomatists should have
been actu't,d and guided by broad
prime pies Of International right. JUS
tee. ana equality as well as by
large and fundamental oOnsidcra-
uo"r of iI.man'ty Representing a
smlH AMI weak beliigerent nation.
be- Hct with dihiculttyss OF discipline,
orsanizat."n. equipment men. and
finance. and realizing In the fullest
medsugc A. they did. how near they
scfc To losing. hccaus. ~ these de-
fc.'oc.ol. their own struggle Tor
what n me.r opinion. was a just
and rgnt,rus cause. u Is not strange
that thcl" men should have later
sought Goa same method Of adjust
irs their International dlhiculiies
other than BY the lawless uncer-
tuintier ~ VS. Therefore. In ne-
gotiatlng the trca'1, OF 1894 Jotn
LAY. finding u impossible al the mo-
meut dcflitr,y 20 adius, with Great
Britain certain boundary Disputes
along ou- flont.er. a. well az other
diffcrcnces affecting The citizens Of
the two countries preferred 70 pro-
We thst furh diHnufcs should bc
f~ftlcd D, arbitration rather thrn to
leaNe them as open question capa-
BIZ. az any time. OF Irritating tn
two governments into renewed con-
nict: and 70 must ever b. snid 10
The credit of the government and the
nrgot 8ios ~ the mother country
thst roalIT.rr. a. they must have
realized. the great advantage which
they might w.'b reason hope to OBJ
tain through an armed settlement OF
thcse queston thew giG were not
unNiilins to JON With the United
states u negotiating treaty which
provided for the settlement Of these
disputes By peaceful means By
this treaty tho two governments
uhcr'd n the modern era OF arbi-
tration"
From this date. 1874. until the
present time. the government OF the
United states has uniformly and
conttantly exhausted every resource
IN order imlcsbly and pcacsably 20
adjust lts International difficulties.
ana dur.ng this time u has. nCluj-
inF thosc now pending. taken part
In somo seventy arbitrations.
u should. moreover. In connection
With this matter. be observed that
ccnylrced as II has been that arbl-
t-ati'r should be essentially a judi
clal rather that a diplomatic matter
and that the award of an arbitral
couf should be not compromlse
I'M a JUDGEMENT founded upon prin
Cp'cs Of iaw and equity this gov
grnment las time aud again upon
, duo ami appropriate occasion sub
mittai TO International tribunals
tlucstlona Of International law. II rs
In nc oriance with this principle
ttot IN. UnAed States and Vene-
zuela have recently negotiated "a
protocol u arbitration providing for
tho suhm!-slon to The Hague NJ the
qucrtioo Of the revision OF an inter-
national award
" was rurNuant 10 this same
principle hat in the case of Pelle-
tier Tgainsi Haiti. the government Of
the United states. upon the protest
q The government of Haiti. and as
the result q an investigation of the
fscis aud c,rcums. snces surrounding
the case. itsolf declined to enforce
ami set aside the award made by
TIE arb'trator, in favor of the
American claimant.
II was this same spirit and UNDER
standing Of international arbitration
that lei the government of the
United states. upon charges of grave
irregularity, to join with Venezuela
in revis,on of the awards made by
the United states and Venezuela
commission OF 1866. and which also
prompta.: acton OF the United states