The Washington herald., 1911-07-24
ARBITRATION, PAST AND PRESENT.


the British cabinet has agreed to approve
party for the discussion of
of the Of the United States. ~
will be universally admitted general rule arbitration is better
than The trend of worldwide sentiment has been toward
establishment of The Hague
Tribunal has welcomed toward The present
nation would not in itself excite discussion were not
be gathered
from the words of President Taft quoted by Lord Gray:
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the home and find ample reparaton in filing suit court
that the high moral plane which
stand in order these calculating methods of ghtng
will eventually be achieved by humanity He has painted beautiful
peace yet certainly
analysis brayng An
of world he thinks would have benefeent eonse-
then he belief that this would probably
lead their following that they would join each other
refused Thus the United States might be expected to assist
land should with Germany while England her might
aid should be attacked by Japan The enngments of foreign alliance
against further
Admitting for the sake of that the adoption of the arbitration
dametcay opposed
Lord Gs the fact still that under
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fitting corol materaic spirit
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ancestors of the Revolution nless
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words if adopt the proposition submitted should do with
full understanding of American history and with the knowledge of what
have gained through bitraon with GreaBr Britain.
According idealts should have arbrated
with England the whether should free and independent nation
we should have referred to joint high Sa the fact that
American serving under ompuson in the British because
Great Jefferson preferred anything violate pisny
and fagy the 1885, under the provisions of which the military
but which the British retained but made the bases for supplying
coard Leopard upon
Upon peace
fallen.
passing Oregon boundary
We claimed and ghfu northern along latitude of $40 Rather
go yielded territory
to-day be under the American flag We asserted with
that would have fight"
for did did fight The
admirable otherwise of excellence The
to-day would be better lose that to which have
ghtf claim than sacrifice single human life If have
honal honor, the position is perfectly sound
ton with Great Britain unfortunately fact that the record
the least unsatisfactory that the dispute the Northeastern
boundary lost nothing but this might have been claimed
the Lord Ahbuon had American wife The Geneva award
expressed dispute
considered The Hague Tribunal gained five
award did impair mpugn the sole sovereign rights of Great
question
the decision which compelled for civil
claims
absolute rights of American citizens by
American Engman and the third to be selected by
Great Britain suggested Maurice Dfosse Belgian Minister
Washington Secretary admitting a
ing gentleman personally replied that the political relations existing between
Belgium Britain made impossible regard him independent
arbitrator This maon did change England attitude That
further selection of Mr. Dfosse
United
outcome1 English commissioner
mulod the United of T6
of the United States who represented before Halifax
commission" What else have been expected?
Take the fur seal The United seized
dmned British vessels which violating rights and