Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-06
NV Associated Press

Nv Associated Press
To the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives:
During the past year the foreign
relations of the United States have
continued upon basis of friendship
and good understanding
Arbitration
The year has been notable as
witnessing the pacific settlement of
two important international contro-
versies before the permanent court
of The Hague.
The arbitration of the fisheries
dispute between the United States
and Great Britain, which has been
the source of nearly continuous dip
lomatic correspondence since the
fisheries convention of 1918, has
given an award which is satisfac-
tory to both parties. This arbitra-
tion is particularly noteworthy not
only because of the emnently just
results secured, but also because it
is the first arbitration held under
the general arbitration treaty of
April 4, 1898. by the United States
. and Great Britain, and disposes of
a controversy the settlement of
which has resisted every other re-
source of diplomacy, and which for
nearly ninety years has been the
couse of friction between two coun-
tries whose common interest lies
] in maintaining the most friendly
and cordial relations with each
other.
The United States was ably repre-
sented before the tribunal, and |
should be wanting in proper recog-
milton of great patriotic service
if I did not refer to the lucid his
= torical analysis of the facts and the
= signal ability and force of argument
six days in length-presented to
the court in support of our case by
. Mr.. Elihu Root.
The tribunal constituted at The
- Hague by the governments of the
United States and Venezuela has
" completed its deliberations and has
rendered an award in the case OF
the Orinoco Steamship company
against Venezuela The award may
be regarded as satisfactory since II
has, pursuant to the contentious ot
the United States, recognized {
number of important principles
making for a judicial attitude il
|, the determining of international dis
\ putes.
In view of grave doubts which
had been raised as to the constitu
tionalty of The Hague convention
y for the establishment of an inter
~ national prize court, now before tn
90 senate for ratification, because o
- that provision of the convention
40 a. which provides that there may b
'" an appeal to the proposed cour
- from the decisions of nationa
~ courts, this government proposed i
~ an identic circular note addresse
to those powers who had take
part in the London maratime cor
ference, that the powers signator
to the convention, if confronte
with such difficulty, might insert
reservation to the effect that az
peals to the international priz
- court in respect to decisions of il
y national tribunals, should take tn
IL form of direct claim for comper
sation; that the proceedings. there
upon to be taken should be in tn
-, form of a trial de move, and tn;
"a judgment of the court should col
oh sist of compensation for the illeg;
,ro capture, irrespective of the decisio
,o of the national court whose jud,
s. ment had thus been International
:, involved. AS the result of an info
NAL discussion, it was decided [
provide such procedure by means
a separate protocol which should |
nm ratified at the same time as IL
prize court convention itself.
:. - Accordingly, the government
80" The Netherlands, at the request
-, this government proposed und
date of May "a, 1910, to the powe
signatory to The Hague conventi'
the negotiation of a supplemental
protocol embodying stipulations pr
viding for this alternative proce
de, ure. 1t is gratifying to obser
an that this additional protocol is bel
G. signed without objection, by t
E. powers signatory to the origin
Chi- convention. and that there is eve
reason to believe that the int,