The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-01
ARBITRATION
DANGEROUS
Declared Senator Lodge in Ad-
dress to the Senate
PLAN TOO COMPREHENSIVE
He Says That One Clause Is a Menace to
the Monroe Doctrine-Even Title
to the Panama Canal Might
Be Involved.
PLAN TOO COMPREHENSIVE

Washington, d. c., March 1.-The per-
lis OF submitting to arbitration ques-
| tions which affect the vital policies and
problems of the nation We're outlined in
the Senate yesterday by Senator Henry
! Cabot Lodge, a Republican leader and
| fourteen years member of the foreign
/ relations committee. Some OF the SEN
ator's references to the Monroe doctrines
relation to the arbitration proposed in
the pending treaties with England and
Frauee caused stir. He pointed to the
reported efforts of foreign powers to
obtain coaling stations and harbors near
the Panama canal and declared there
was afoot an effort by a foreign power
to gain possession of Magdalena bay
on the Pacific side of Mexico. Efforts
had been made, he said, to buy the Ca
lapagos 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 Sl0,000000 by the Hay.Herran
treaty of 1908 were even now strug.
Cling through assistants in this country
who mean to share the spoil. to secure
by arbitration what they failed to OBJ
tain by blackmail and could not seize
by violence"
The HayHerran treaty was conren-
ton between the United States and Co
lombia by which the United States was
to pay $4,000 for the Panama canal
route and rent of S25000O year 1t
was rejected by Colombia. The Panama
revolution followed Colombia is now
pressing for an arbitration of her claims
The strained situation Of eight years
reached climax few days ago when
Senior Ospina, the Colombian minister,
published a letter suggesting that See
rotary Knox might find it "inopportune"
to visit Colombia on his coming tour
Of Central America. Minister Ospina
was promptly recalled by his govern
ment
"'The tolls to be charged by us in the
Panama canal which we have built at
our own expense, might be brought be-
fore tribunal, wholly or partly com.
posed of foreigners, to be fixed and de-
termincd by Them declared Senator
Lodge. Worse than this. our title to
our own canal might be called in ques-
ton Three successive secretaries of
state have refused, and properly refused,
w NubllAJ bhI TUE ~ TUG AtlAdt w NLbl~
tration and now under clause three Of
article three as | interpret il. We might
be forced to submit that title to The
Hague court or some outside tribunal.
'The men who rejected the Hay Her
ran treaty because they hoped to extort
more than Sl0,000,000 from us for their
own use are even now struggling,
through assistants in this country who
mean to share the spoil, TO secure by
arbitration what they failed to obtain
by blackmail and could not seize by VIC.
lence. Our title to the canal. or TO our
territory anywhere, is not to be dragged
before any arbitral tribunal for exam
ination and determination, and nothing
should be subscribed to by us which bv
any twisting could be construed into
promise that we would submit such II
question TO any Judgment but our own"
The wide discussion of the pending
arbitration treaties he said. had been
brought about by the alleged delegation
OF the treaty -making power, in the third
clause of article three Those opposed
to the ratification of the treaties I'M
amended claim this clause nfringes upon
the constitutional treaty making power |
Of the Senate. Secretary Knox and
President Taft hold otherwise and are
supported by many senator's Mr. Lodge /
urged that it should be clarified by an
amendment or an explanation in the /
Senate's resolution of ratification.
Clause three Of article three is as
follows
at is further agreed, however, that IN
cases in which the parties disagree as
TO whether or not a difference ia subject |
to arbitration under article | of this |
treaty that question shall be submitted /
to the joint high commission of inquiry /
and if ALL or all but one, of the mem
bers of the commission agree and report |
that such difference is within the scope |
of article it shall be referred to arbi-
tration in accordance with the provisions |
of this treaty.
Under that clause, Senator Lodge de-
clared il the commission decided that
given question was arbitrable, the presi-
dent and the Senate would be bound,
morally. not to object to the special
agreement which would follow, on the
ground that the subject Of the agreement
was not arbitrable. Clause three, he
declared. carried promise which the
United States could not fulfill under
certain contingencies.
"Are YOU ready to submit to arbitra-
ton he asked, "the right of expatria-
ton. which we have enforced more than
fifty years. Will you arbitrate with
Russia the question Of her right to dis