Salt Lake Herald | 1892-04-06 | Page 1 | England and Arbitration

Enclonil and Arbitration LOSDOX April 5In the house of commons I com-mons today Henry Labouchoro asked whether m view of the fact thai the American Congress had authorized President Presi-dent Harrison to conclude treaties with other powers providing for arbitration of u dsputed questions tho government intends in-tends to communicate with the United States with a view to the negotiation of such a treaty between Great Britain and the Uotul States J V V Lowther parliamentary secretary for the foreign oflice replied that in Sis3 Gladstone then prime minister in reply lug to a similar question said he was not prepared to do anything of the sort Although 1 Al-though he had tbe same opinion as Gladstone Glad-stone on this subject tbe government did cot desire to give such an abrupt statement state-ment of its views for the government Mr Lt wther added had shown itself not tol be l adverse t referring to arbitration several diSititPs that had arisen with foreign ccuulnes but there are questions such us ttise involving territorial and foreign rights that the government could not p de Itself beforehand to submit to arbitration