Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-03-01
PERIlS IN PLAN
OF ARBITRATION
Lodge in Senate Points Out
Dangers Which Idea
Entails
CITES FOREIGN ACTIVITY
REFERENCE To REPORTED FIJI
FOrTS To GAIN CcALiN6
STATIONS NEAR CANAL
CAUSES S1IR.

BY Associated Press
Washington, y. c., Feb 29.-.The
perils Of submitting 10 arbitration
questions which affect the ,ital poll.
cies and problems of the nation. were
outlined in the senate today by Sen
ator Henry Cabot; Lodge. Repub-
lican leader. and fourteen years
member OF the foreign relations COM
mittee.
Some of the senator s.refe, ences
TO the Monroe Doctrines relation to
the arbitration proposed in the pend
Ing treaties with England and France
caused a stir Ne pointed To the re-
ported efforts Of foreign powers to
obtain coaling stations and harfors
near the Panama canal ana declared
there was now afoot an effort by 4
foreign power TO gain possession Of
Magdelena Bay on the Pacific side
of Mexico Efforts had been made.
he said. &c buy the Galapagos Islands
of Ecuador. near the western end Of
the canal
One statement and one which held
the close attention OF the senate. was
that those who had hoped TO profit
more than $4,000, 900 by the Hay
Herrnn treaty of 1903, were even
now STRUGGLING through assistants In
this country who mean To share the
spoil, to secure by arbitration wha;
they failed to obtain by backmail
and could not seize by violence"
The Hay-Herran treaty was a con-
vention between the United States
and Colombia bv which the rrttss
States was to pay 100000 for
the Panama Caral route and n rent
of $3.50. 000 year II was rejected
by Colombia The Panama revolution
Colombia is now pressing for an ar
hitration OF her claims Tho strained
situation of eight years ClimaXed a
few days aeo when Senoi Osp:na
the Colombia Minister. published a
letter suggesting that Secretary Knox
might find II "inopportune' tc visit
Colombia on his coming tour Of Cen
trail America Minister Aspina was
promptly recalled by his government
The tolls TO be charged by us in
the Panama Canal which We have
built at our cwn expense, might bt
brought before a tribunal. wholly OF
} partly composed Of foreicrers O. bs
, fixed and determined by tner," de
clared Senator Lodge rNorse thar
this, our title TO our own canal might
be called in question Three sue
cessiye Secretaries Of State have re
. fused, and properly refused. 10 sub
NIT our title TO tho canal 10 arbitra
, tion and row under clause three o.
, article three rs interpret a. w
= might be forced 10 submit that titl'
, to the Hague Court or sou.o outsid'
tribunal
The men who rejected the liay
Herran treaty because thcv hoped L
eXtort more than slO,00o.00o from
MS for their own use are even nov
y struggling through assistants II
this country who mean 20 share III
= SPOIL - secure hv arbitration Vha
they failed to obtain hy blackmai
and could not seize by violence On
title TO the canal, or to our tcrriior,
anywhere Ia not 20 be dragged befor
any arbitral tribunal for examination
and determination and nothinl
should be subscribed to by rs whic
by any twisting could be constr ie'
y into a promise that We would suhni
; such a question to any judgment bu
g our own"
y The wide discussion OF the rcnd
g ing arbitration treaties he said ha
y been brought about by the alleges
u delegation Of the treaty-makirc pow
y er, In the third clause OF article thret
q Those opposed t. the ratifica,io
g of the treaties unamcrd'd calm HI
clause .nfrlnecs up6n the cons'ltr
J. tional treaty making power OF th
l. senate Secretary Knox lud i"es
T. dert Taft hold Otherwise and ar
o supported by many senators NJ
o Lodge arrtd that It should be car
e fled hv an amendment or an cNnli
nation in the scnates resolution
ratification
I Clause three OF article three is
follows
II 1T Is further agreed. howeTe
j that in cases In which tha partiC
disagree as to whe,her or not a ~
ference Is subject 10 arhitcation NJ
der article one Of this treaty III
question shall be submitted 20 b
. Continued on PAGE Four1