New-York tribune., 1911-03-23
ARBITRATION TREATY
PLANNED WITH CARE
President Taft will EndeavOr to
Avoid Obstacles Mr.. RoCSe-
welt Encountered.
TO MEET VIEWS OF SENATE
New Convention with Great
Britain to Provide for Settle
ment of All Questions, In
cluding National Honor.
From The Tribune Bureau

Washington. March 22.-President Taft
has no purpose of encounterinS the OBJ
stacle which so largely defeated the ef-
fort Of President Roosevelt to obtain
really important treaty of general arpl-
tration with Great Britain in 1908 Both
because ne realizes the futility of such
course and recognizes that the most
practical way to make progress is one
step at time. and because he construes
the Constitution strictly. the rreside1t
will not endeaN or to induce the Senate TO
abrogate in the slightest degree its posi-
tion as sharCr in the treaty making
po,cer Of the United States.
Two obstacles were encountered by
President Roosevelt when he sous. the
assent Of the Senate 10 a general treaty
Of arbitration. First. the Senate insisted
that while it was ready to approve in
general the policy Of submitting all ques-
tions TO arbitration il would not consent
to include any question which involved
the vital interests. the Independence or
the honor Of the two contracting
I
interests Of the third parties.
In the second place. the Senate insisted
that any agreement to submit a question
10 arbitration was in essence treaty,
and must. to he effective. receive the APP
proval Of the Senate. II was asserted.
therefore. ry President Roosevelt him
self that when the Senate got through
with the arbitration treaty Of 1905 it
amounted merely to an agreement 10
reach an agreement to arhitratc"
Arbitration Of All Questions.
President Tart viii devote himself to
inducing the Seuste 10 waive the first
IF these conditions. He will urge the
approval Of treaty which shall provide
for ths arbitration of ell questions
whether or not they concern the vital
interests. the Independence or the honor
Of the two contracting parties Whether
or not he will urge that the limitation
regarding questions which concern third
parties also be eliminated has not yet
been decided. but II the prospects are in
the slightest degree encouraging, ne will
probably urge that even that be elimi-
mated. so that the proposed treaty shall
provide for the arbitration of all ques
,ions, without reserve. which may arise
between the contracting parties?
Mr.. Taft will not urge. however. that
the Senate Weld its right to revise and
approve tho compromise. or agreements.
defining the scope Of the arbitration. OF
course. if the Senate assents to the
proposition that ell questions shall be
arbitrated. its retention Of the power TO
stIucrvise the agreements limiting and
defining the scope of the arbitration will
no longer be vitally important from the
point of view Of progress Of arbitration.
although il will doubtless be considered
of vital Importance in carrying out the
nrovision of ;he Constitution which
makes the senate part Of the treaty
making power Of the nation, coordinate
with the Executive.
Plan TO Avoid Opposition.
In this way the President will largely
obviate the opposition which the treaty
of 1905 encountered. while if he is sue
cessful in inducing the Senate To ap-
n,oyo a convention which goes even as
far as the one he proposes he viii have
made a giant stride in the direction Of
universal arbitration. With the Senate
as well as the Executive committed 10
the proposition of arbitrating all ques-
tions which will not yield To ordinary
diulomatic NEGOTIATIONS. the cause of ar
bi'ration may BE- regarded as even
stronger than it would bc II the Senate
had yielded its prcrogaiiye and still held.
CONTINUED on third page.
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