Show DIPLOAC1 HAS WOi The Behring Sea Sealer Cases Will be Arbitrated MILLER ANNOUNCES TUE PACT In the Supreme Court This Was the First Intimation of It Elaine Refuses to Say Anything WASHINGTON Nov 10The public was taken into the confidence of the diplomatio branch of the government this afternoon in the continuation of the hearing in tho Saywara case and the first announcement made that tho prolonged correspondence between be-tween Secretary Blame and Lord Salisbury had resulted in an agreement by which with the consent of the senate the pending dispute over the seal fisheries in Behring sea would be definitely settled Solicitor General Tart who was addressing the court made the first intimation that the correspondence between the two countries had reached a point of agreement on arbitration arbi-tration He stopped at this point and when Justice Gray desired some more explicit statement as to whether nn agreement upon arbitration had been actually reached the solicitorgeneral hesitated to reply and intimated perhaps ha had revealed more than he not being a cabinet officer and being authorized to speak only on legal questions should have done Thereupon AttorneyGeneral Miller Interposed andS and-S only substantiated all sUe solicitorgen gen oral had said but went further and announced an-nounced the government had effected an agreement This was practically the first announcement announce-ment maths as to the progress of the Bearing sea negotiations since the last correspon dence was made public showing the difference differ-ence of opinion between the two governments govern-ments as to the points of arbitration It was surprising that the news should first come out in an argument in court and the attorneygeneral was asked after adjournment adjourn-ment if he would throw some light on the subject It is true an agreement upon arbitra tion has been reached he said Yes ho added the matter has been settled bo tweon the two governments that is sub ject to ratification by the Senate What are the points of arbitration I I cannot say any more than I said In court Why dont you go to the state department de-partment Yes you can state as a fact that an greement has been concluded SolicitorGeneral Taft was next seen but would only confirm what the attorney general had said In the last correspondence correspond-ence you know he said there was simply sim-ply a difference between the two govern meats as to tho points of arbitration Well the correspondence since then has resulted in a treaty which now only needs to bo ratified by the Senate The reporter suggested it was something unusual to hear the announcement of such important news made in an argument In court But it is a fact was the response re-sponse Secretary Blame positively declined de-clined to make any statement touching tho matter Tha Inference arawn from tho p i e developments develop-ments today including the statement made by the attorneygeneral to a representative repre-sentative of the Associated Press as shown above is that the President will submit to the Senate an agreement In tho nature of a treaty between the United States ana Great Britain by which the parties bind themselves to adopt as final and conclusive conclu-sive the definition to be given by arbitrators arbi-trators of the exact rights of the United States in Behring sea as well as to pay any awards of damages suffered by the nation declared to have had the true contention con-tention It is also presumed the arbitrators have been selected but none of the officials seen would discuss the details of the agreement agree-ment doubtless for the reason It has to be submitted to the Senate for ratification and therefore comes under the executive session rules of the Senate which require secrecy to be observed When Taft finished fin-ished his argument Mr Choate in behalf of Great Britain addressed the court |