The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-02-22
Marks First Step of the
{ Foreign Policy of
y President
PLACES NATION
i'm GOOD POSITION
Arbitration Treaties With Lead.
ing Nations of khe World
Renewed for Period Of
Five Years
(RY Assoclnted ..prass

80
washington, Feb. 21st-Genaral
arbitration treaties ratified by the sem
ate today, renewed for fiye years
agreements Vita Great Britain. ia
pan; Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden.
PORTUGAL and Switzerland, and mark
edthe first step in thu oci.nt OF Prasi-
dent WILSON to place t,ja United states
IN more advantageous position in
the world OF nations.
amendments to the treaties having
been rejected Friday, debate closed
within a few minutes after the Senate
today went into executive session and
ratihed resolutions were adopted one
after another without a roll call. OPP
ponents OF the treaties made no ef-
tort to delay the votes.
Ihei treaties. briefly provide for ref
enence 10 Tne Hague tribunal OF legal
ninersnces, and questions relating to
tne interpretation of other existing
sreaties which canuot, be settled by
diplomacy They are not, of them.
selves, far reaching, but in view of
the long delay In Their ratification
during which many disturbing factors,
both as home and abroad have con
tributed&to general agitation. tho
feeling among the senator's is that The
sctlon to-day will serve TO place the
5unlteds states on q firmer confidential
OASIS With the powers &. n
The method Oh 4 ,ire f1yyh I'd
arDitration fixed BY, the treaties I,fos
Eides that a special agreerient shall
be drawn nj llSs n q /, 1T 81 "a
OF "a - ~;
and the scope s0f cons Iteration 70 Be
ss.s = s,ssl - s SfcAi
screen enfs .tanet 20 ignsd by. the.
President and rat Aed BY the Senafs
before the question can be submitted
At The Hague. 3. 81 = !,
Matters still before the Senate for-
sign relations committee are the
fanama tolls questions. the pending
treaty with nicaragua, and the treaty
WITH Colombia growing out of the
surrender OF the Panama strip. Re-
PORTS o. these, it is understood, will
be laid before the Senate II the near
future. ! - ! -
Although the majority for the ratI-
ncatlons or the trah&iaa wee syer4
. @helning and the amendment to
exempt from the Panama tolls duas )
lions was rejected by more than a
tWo-thirds vote, senator's who urge
repeal OF the tolls exemption proyl-
Sion, insist that these votes are not
significant OF the attitude OF the Sem
ate On the tolls Issue. Senator O,(,or-
man tonight said he did not regard
TIE ratification action as test. He.
is determined to continue the fight
Tor tolls exemption.
The Senateiis looking to the Presi-
dent for some Initiative action In the
tolls matter and several senator's to-
day ayerred that the Issue would Es
2 mater Of party caucus; That some
raj days st, = 80 /
The treaty with Nicaragua. which
has been before the Senate for seven
months, is expsetee TO be taken IN for
further ccnside by t..a 9fcressn
sreIaIIcns commit tee iE the near fu-I
ttres IT provides for the purchase of1
Q perpat: option ON the NicaraEaaTiI
eassal route. and OF naval station
rights on the lhores OF the Gnlf OF
FonEeca. FOR s:I,000, 900. Il also prn-
poses to extend the CHIEF featufes 81
sof the Plat anlend dEnent, which pfosldl
give this country control over the
cpstonB Of Nicaragua 5 the relations.
between the United States and. Nicasl
ragua