Evening star., 1914-10-25

lister in Washington. general arbitra-
| tion treaty SO comprehensive that It
! altered the Jurisdiction of the federal
supreme courts of both nations, in or
tional justice. Sarmiento was at that
time an enthusiastic champion OF the
peace societies which even then We're
endeavoring to secure the establish
ment OF permanent tribunals for the
settlement of international disputes.
IN 1874 the Argentine Republic soi-
EMMY declared before the whole world
that she was determined. with treaties
or without treaties. to put an end by
arbitration to all of her international
controversies And later. in the year
1902. the Argentine Republic also sub
mitted all of her other boundary ques-
tions of arbitration. celebrating the re.
spectlve treaties with Paraguay, Brazil
and Chile. submitting always respect
fully to adverse decisions. even when
they implied lamentable losses on more
than one occasion to the integrity OF
the national territory. 1t was this
manifest respect for the cause of arb.-
tration which led a distinguished pub
licist and diplomat to acclaim the Ar
gentine Republic as the champion or
arbitration on the continent
Limited Only by Constitution.
"Gentlemen, after hearing this. you
will not be surprised if 1 affirm that
my country was the first to strive for
| the success of a formula establishing
compulsory arbitration without limita-
tions, proclaiming and defending it in
all the deliberations of international
congresses and conferences in which
| she has participated. and finally in
GLIDING it in the numerous treaties of
arbitration which she has entered into
between 1899 and the present date. In
all of them the following clauses have
been inserted: The contracting parties
agree to submit to arbitration all
questions of any nature that may arise
between them, provided they do not
affect the provisions of the constitu-
ton of either state, and cannot be set
tied by direct negotiations.
The extent of this formula is such
that it is limited only Ivy the sacred
ness of the constitution. 1t has been
described by an eminent professor in
La Revue de Droit International as
the characteristic Argentine formula ;
1t received the applause OF the whole
world at the second Hague conference;
and when. during the sessions of that
congress, the Argentine and Italian
delegates signed the general arbitra-
tion treaty which now binds the two
nations, it's president. Count Nelidow
and the eminent Leon Bourgeois hailed
1t as the most advanced type of arbi-
Itration treaty that could be recon-
mended as an example. Baron Mar
schall Won Bieberstein, the eminent
German diplomat and ambassador of
Germany to that conference, also ac-
claimed it as the model international
arbitration treaty. and the universal
applause and acceptance given to the
Argentine formula on that occasion
was later regarded by some as the ex-
tension toward Europe of the Argen-
tine policy on international arbitra-
tion.
And, Eentlemen. I cherish the be-
iief-perhaps in my pride as an Argen-
tine-that it is the recognition of the
moral conscience of my country, rather
than her enormous economic vitality,
that now and always has won for her
the esteem and respect of the civilized
world"