The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-06
TEXT OF TREATIES
GIVEN TO PUBLIC
President Desires That the Senate
Be Enlightened on Arbitration
Pact by Public Sentiment.
SOME OPPOSITION VOICED
Borah of Idaho and Bacon of
Georgia Express Dissent to
the Form Submitted.
SOME OPPOSITION VOICED
RN Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-The senate
today adopted the rather unusual but
! not unprecedented course of making
public the text of four treaties that
have not yet received action at its
hands. These werc the Anglo-American
and the Franco~American general arbi-
tration treaty and the treaties provid
ing for the adjustment Of the finances
and customs of Honduras and Mic
aragua.
Publicity was given to these impor
tant conventions at the request of the
administration, which desires that the
subject matter shall receive the fullest
consideration by the press and the pco-
pic in order to enlighten the senate as
to the real sentiment of the country,
Two Senators Dissent.
Some Justification for this procedure
developed today when in the course of
n short executive session, two senator's
of opposite parties, Borah of Idaho and
Bacon of Georgia, voiced their dissent
to the conclusion Of the arbitration treat
les in the forms submitted. Their crit
icsm was aimed at article identical
in the two treatics), which in their
opinion, provides for compulsory arbi-
tration and thus tends to deprive the
senate of its constitutional prerogative,
The treaty advocates. however, felt
that there had been misunderstanding
of the scope of the treaty by the two
senators named, and that a clause IN
article ] Of the treaties, which provides
that there shall be no arbitration ex-
cept under the terms Of Il special agree
ment. effectively guards the rights OF
the senate as such special agreement
shall receive the senate S sanction in or
der TO become operative.
Aside from few minutes talk In
committee and a very short debate IL
executive session of the senate the
treatment OF the subject was purely
formal.
The senate went into executive ses-
the sole purpose of referring the
treaties. which had been received by
the president yesterday, to the commit
tee on foreign relations.
Probably they would have been made
public at the same time had not Chalr"
man Cullom, voicing a suggestion py
Senator Root, taken the ground that
il would be better TO permit the com
| mittec first to inspect the documents;
The committee met this afternoon ana
adopted the resolution to make the
| trcatlcS pubic, WHicu iSSS''SH W.
mediate approval of the senate Wnen
that body again went into executive
session
Treaties Are Alike.
The British and French treaties are
substantially the same, with the excep-
tion of the prcambles and some of the
mechanical differences between the
treaty-making methods of the two gov,
ernments. One important provision OF
the British treaty requires the britlsn
Government to obtain concurrence OF
any of its eif-governing, domains al
fected by the proposed arbitratioh'
No date has yet been. set TOT M she
consideration of the treaties By tne
committee on foreign relations, 1t is
impossible to predict what the senate
will do with the committee S report
when made, but in view of the great
nressure of important legislative mat
iers il will be easy TO prevent ratlllca
tion this session if considerable opPosi
tion develops :. ::
In view Of their importance 1t IS es
timated that n motion may be naae ~ -
raitfy them in the open senate; an 81
most unprecedented procedure.
The text of the British treaty. whicf
60 nractically identical 10 the Frenct
trcaty with the few exceptions above
noted. noted follows: ,msr,o,
and hi his majesty. the king Of the
, United Kingdom OF Great SritaIn an
and Ireland and OF the br,t,sn oo ~
rrinIons bcyond the seas, emperor OF
India, being resolved that no tu--
2 ture differences shall be u cause VI
hostilities between them OF 5 lnS
runf their good relations ana frienu-
The high contracting parties have
therefore determined 10 concIuae
c treaty extending the scope and %,
+ legations OF the policy OF arnitratiion
adopted in their present arbitration
: treaty OF April 4. 1908, so as 20 en-
! cllde certain cceptions contained IN
u that treaty and TO provide means
n for the peaceful solution OF al cues
T. lions OF difference which II shdii pe %
7 bv diplomacy and for that purpose
they have appointed AS their rcspec-
y tive plenlpotentiaries; ;t., c+,,.s
NJ America. the Hon. Philnnder {;
Knox. secretary Of state OF the ohi'eu
s his Brittanic majesty, the s,s Right light
n bassador extraordinary and plenipo-
C ten,,;Narg at Wash'nS51n' Sawe agreed upon
n the following articles;
e Articles Agreed Upon.
= article l. All differences, here
n after arising between the high con-
&c tractlng parties. which II mas n0s
4 bcen possible TO adjust By diplomhcS
c relating 90 international matters IN
which the high contracting parties
are concerned by virtue OF claim
O. OF right made by one against the
IN other under the treaty or otherwise
es and which are iustiiiablc In their ma
II ture by reason OF being suscepe,pIle .I
- OF decision by the application OF the
principles OF law or equity. shall be
+. submitted to the permanent court OF
arbitration established at The Hague
a by IN, convention OF October lS. 1877,
10 or TO some other arbitral tribune as
~ may be decided In each case ny spu-
III cial agreement. which special agree
Mt mcnt shall provide for the organ'Za-
to tion OF such tribunal " necessary.