The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-01
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that the arbitration treaties between
! Great Britain and France and the
United States will be the principal
topic for discussion before this ses-
sion of the senate, the Worlds Peace
Foundation has taken up the objec-
tions of the Senate Committee on For
eign Relations, as expressed in It's
report at the last session on the treat
les and answers them point by point
The foundation grants the right Ci
the senate TO guard its constitutional
treaty-makng prerogatiyes as it did in
objecting to article III of-the treaties
which provides for submitting the arb
! itrability of questions not otherwise
| decided to the commission OF inquiry.
1t says if the majority of the OBJ
| jections found by the senate commit
tee are valid they should be accept
ed, but it proceeds to show that the
declaration that the treaties would not
stand test of law is Offset by quota
tions from the statues covering the
questions involved in the treaties.
1t is argued by the foundation that
the treaty is satisfactory as it was
submitted to the senate by the presi-
dent. an inquiry made into the agree
ments having convinced the founda
tions of this fact. An appeal is made
to individuals and organizations work
ing for the peace of the world to com
municate with senators advancing the
arguments used in the behalf of the
treaties and giving the facts as found
in support of these arguments. In
this connection the foundation sub
mits a form of resolutions which it
urges organizations to adopt and for
ward to the senate.
The resolution as suggested fol-
lows: Whereas, the completion Of
the general arbitration treaties signed
on August 3rd, 1911, between the
United States, Great Britain and
France has been delayed by the fail
ure of the senate to advise their rat
fication, because it is alleged by its
Committee on Foreign Affairs in is
majority report that to take from the
senate, in any degree or by any
means, the power to say whether a
given question is one for arbitration
or not, is to destroy the power Of the
senate on the most important point
to be decided in connection with diff
ference arising with any other nation.
Whereas, President Taft, in his al
dress before the American Bar AssO-
citation in Boston on August 31st, 1871,
satisfactorily answered this state
ment when he said: THE quest ion
arising before this Commission of IL
Quiry is the construction of the fire.
section of the treaty. Therefore all
the senate agrees to do is 20 abide
by the judgment of this Joint Nigh
Commission as to what the construc
tion of this clause shall be in the
future as cases arise? In other words
it is only agreeing to do what it has
already agreed to do in a dozen
treaties, namely, to abide by the arb-
tratiOn of certain classes of questions
that arise in the future"
wherefore. Be it resolved that This
association indorses the view Of the
president and urges the senate TO
adopt it by accepting the treaties
without amendment of Article III.
paragraph 3, over which disagreement
has risen.
In answer to the objection of the
senate committee to the treaty that
under the first section it might be
claimed that the United States wal
be called upon to submit to "rbitrd-
ton the Monroe Doctrine. the right
to exclude foreign people from 'he
country, and the question of the vail
dity of southern bonds issued in re-
days, the foundation
cities President Taft's speech at
Rochester August %, 1911, in which
the president declares the Monroe
doctrine is not justifiable policy but
one of purely governmental action, |
which has been followed for a cen |
tury and which the countries of Eur
ope have generally acquised in.
1t is further pointed out that Sir
Edward Grey. the secretary of stare
FOR foreign affairs, has publicly an