The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-03
ambassador Jusserand to AfiiX
His Signature to Arbitration
Convention in Paris.
KNOX TO SIGN BRITISH
TREATY IN WASHINGTON
Little Likelihood That the Sell
ate Will Take Action Dur
ing Present Session.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 9.@Tho general
arbitration treaties between the United
States. Great Britain and France. con-
stituttng the most advanced step ever
taken in the family of nations for the
peaceful settlement OF disputes. will be
signed tomorrow. Paris and Washington
will be the scenes OF the conclusion OF
the negotiations Of the world-heralded
convention,
The fret signature will be appended 10
the French treaty by Embnssador Jean
j. Jusserand, who IS now In Paris. at
SoSc m 1omTTsoM stteTIcon noon ha This .,v Will
Ing OF the British treaty here will not
take place until in the afternoon. or
six hours after Embassador Jusserand
has committed France to the arbitration
OF any dispute she may have In the fu
ture with the republic OF the west,
In the presence of President Taft, who
invited all nations to join hands with the
United States In broadening the arbitra-
tion principle. Secretary Knox will sign
both the British and French treaties In
the historic East room OF the White
bassador James Bryce OF Great Britain
Will sign the British treaty.
Withheld From Public.
Because OF the tradition that the text
Of no treaty shall be made public until
the senate has acted upon II, the details
OF the conventions are withheld from
publication. but their general substance
is known.
The new treaties are different in the
Important particular that they eliminate
the exceptions contained in all former
arbitration treaties that questions of vi
be subject to arbitration.
1t remained for American diplomats
to hit upon the solution of the problem
providing for judicial settlement of
keen international disputes without Of
Tending the pride of the principals. This
was done by the creation OF the com
mission OF inquiry" which Is the novel
feature OF the treaties.
Duty Of Commission.
This commission Is 10 be made UP Of
representatives of the two governments
interested. who are members OF The
Hague court. The commission is charged
with the duty of preventing arbitration
ii possible, 1t must first investigate the
volved and, II possible, recommend a
settlement that Will preclude the ncces-
sity OF arbitration. Either government
interested may cause tha commission to
delay report OF It's findings one year.
But there may be cases where the two
nations honestly disagree. That is where
the commission Of inquiry is TO prove
Its %us for T. er sr lsrsps SfTeTs study Eod
be arbitratcd each OF the parties TO the
treaty binds itself TO accept that judg-
ment and then the issue must be sub
mitted to The Hague tribunn' unless by
special agreement some other tribunal Is
created or selected,
To save the constitutional treaty-Inak-
ing power OF the United States senate. II
is specially provided that the terms of
submission OF the issue to arbirra ton
shall be subject to the advice ana con-
sent OF that body In other words, while
the senate cannot defeat the purposes of
the general treaty by refusing arbltra jon
II can exercise great control over the out
come by regulating the conditions Of the
adjustment.
Protection Provision.
In order that tls o.ier nation shall
have means OF protecting Itself from In
discriminate arbitration. II Is provided
that the Issue shall be submitted TO the
selected tribunal only after the principals
have come TO thorough agreement as to
the limitations to be imposed
1t Is the intention of the president and
Secretary Knox to follow tho action to-
day by negotiating like conventions with
as many of the great powers as are will
Already progress has been made In pre-
pairing for such treaties with Germany,
Tho Netherlands and Sweden and there
Is reasonable expectation that Japan Will
soon be a party 10 the negotiations
No great confidence Is expressed by
senators In the speedy ratification of the
British American arbitration treaty,
Some members Of the foreign relations
committee have expressed the opinion
that the British treaty Is technically de-
fective.
In case OF adjournment next week It
would be difficult to procure action during
the present session on either treaty