Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-11
PEACE TREATIES
BIND THE NATIONS
Senate Breaks Custom and Makes
Public Terms Of Agreement With
Great Britain and France.

Washington, Aug. 10-The United
States senate has lifted the injunc-
ton of secrecy on the general arbit-
ration treaties signed on Thursday
shortly thereafter they were made
public simultaneously in Washington,
London and Paris. The two great
European powers solemnly declare
that they are resolved that Their eshall
be no future wars between them and
the United States and the United
States gives an equally definite pledge
to each of its determination to avoid
armed hostilities with them.
The preamble Of the treaty with
Great Britain speaks of the peace
which has existed between the two ma
lions since the treaty of Client in
1914, and which has been confirmed
and strengthened in recent years by a
number of conventions; comments on
the facts that now for the first time
there ale no important questions of
difference outstanding between the
United States and Great Britain, and
solved that no future difficulties
shall be a cause of hostilities between
them or to interrupt their good relat-
ions and friendship"
Except for the preamble. the points
of difference between the Anglo-Am-
erican and Franco American treaties
are not very marked. The chief diff
ference is that the French convention
stipulates only twelve months notice
the convention whereas twenty-four
months is the period fixed i'll the Brit
ish treaty. The difference was brought
about at the instance of the French
government, but the reasons for it
have not been disclosed. Under both
treaties it is apparent that the United
States senate will remain supreme so
far as his country is concerned in pas
sing upon any controversy which the
United States may have with either
England or France.
While both treaties provide that all
disputes involving even questions Of
national honor and vital interest
shall be submitted to arbitration, it is
stipulated that in each case there is to
be a special agreement made on the
part of the United States, by and with
the consent of the senate, defining
the scope of the powers of the arbitra-
tors and the questions at issue The
senate under the agreement foregoes
its right to pass on the general prop
osition of whether or not question
shall be arbitrated, but still retains its
power to pass on the terms of sub
mission. This. of course, means that
in the last analysis the senate would
be able to prevent arbitration, al
though such an act obviously would
be regarded as violation of the
treaty
AS an offset to this power on the
part of the senate Great Britain re-
serves the right, before concluding A
special agreement in any matter af-
fecting the interests of self-govern-
ing dominion of the British empire, to
obtain the concurrence of the govern
ment.
The treaties We're made public to-
day by the senate at the request of the
president. This action before ratifica
ton is unusual. There are still rum
blings of opposition to the treaties
based largely on the protests of Irish
Americans against the convention
with Great Britain and the anxiety Of
Pacific coast representatives lest this
government, after establishing a pre-