Show iAis PROTEST AGAINST PRESIDENT AS AN ARBITRATOR Pressure Brought to Bear From Other Sources CABINET CONSIDERS MATTER Prolonged Meeting Regarding Venezuela Trouble Bovornl Members Presidents Official Paniily Anxiouo That Ea Accept Proposal of the Powers Washington Dec 2JThe formal l lrolosals of Great Britain and Ocr liiany that President Roosevelt arbitrate arbi-trate the Venezuela dispute did l not arrive ar-rive here over night nor were they at luiml when the Cabinet met but it Is expected that they will reach Washing Ion within a day or two It Strong pressure Is being brought to Fvcnr F upon the Proldent to decline the Invitations to act as arbitrator Thl > J pressure cornea from the newspapers horn public men and from Senator r aid Representatives In Washington Senator Cullom called at the State department de-partment today with a bundle of tclo ipratrH nil entering protests against the < dubarlratlon of the President iion this Utirbltlxtlon scheme SESSION A PROLONGED ONE t Qh meeting was prolonged more than two hours All the members were present exctpt Secretary Moody who In I out ot the city Secretary Root wan IIHit to rUTh at the executive offlcea UP entered the office shortly after 10 Ocln ii The President denied himself 1 tQ till callers and remained In consultation consul-tation with the Secretary of War until Lthe arrival of the other members 0eSecretary Hay brought to the meet jjlrtj practically nothing new elating to tht situation No response has been reed 4t re-ed to the Presidents original sug I ftHlon to the powers that they con rCt to the reference of the Venezuelan JontrovcrJ to the arbitration of The Hague tribunal ond no formal request bad been received for the President toad to-ad as arbitrator That such a request will be received formally and officially Jflo t now practically assured WHAT IS KNOWN I It Is known that the President and all the members of his cabinet at first preferred that the question should bet be-t z referred to The Hague tribunal It hi known that the Presidents plan If he determines to arbitrate contemplates the appointment of a hoard of arbitration arbitra-tion He would not confide this Important Import-ant undertaking to any ope man nor docs he feel able himself to spare the vaet amount of time necessary for an examination In detail of each of the many claims that would be presented against Venezuela Necessarily the i c Presidents own arbitration board would Include some members of a high order of legal talent as1 I well as others J thoroughly veraed in the practice of International law r CALVO DOCTRINE It Is Bald the crucial point before the f urbLratlon board IB l the famous Calvo doctrine This doctrine which was laid down by the greatest of ItalianS Italian-S American International lawyers and for very many years has been regarded regard-ed aii beyond question by all of the I LatlnAmprlcan republics denies the right of any nation to Intervene diplomatically diplo-matically In behalf of one of Its subjects sub-jects where the courts of the country are open to hilt application for Justice Thus Venezuela has nsFertcd that all of these claimants British German Italian and French mIght have gone before the Venezuelan courts and If their causes had been Just and sincere and decided by the courts the Government Govern-ment would have paid the judgments The objection to thin view la that no account b taken of miscarriage of Justice Jus-tice NOTABLE CASE CITED I But no determined arc the South I American countries to adhere to this I doctrine that some of them have gone to extraordinary lengths In their resistance re-sistance of diplomaticeiTorla of orS or-S eign Government to secure Justice for I their nil bJlct > > A notabl case Is that of Salvador Recently a Unltcd SUites S corporation obtained after arbitration 5 1 Judgment a alnet the Government ol Salvador The verdict was received with Intense Indignation In Salvador and EO Intense wao the antlforclgn feeling excited that a law has been pasacd within the last few weeks making mak-ing It a criminal offense and one to be heavily punished for any Salvadorean to give any evidence before a court In behalf of a foreigner claiming damages dam-ages against the Salvadorean Government Govern-ment This doctrine will be upon trial before the arbitration and because of HB vast Importance If President Rooio velt appoints a board he will see that the members are men of high abilities VIEWS OF CABINET It Is known now that some member of the cabinet are opposed to referring the matter to The Hague tribunal for thtlH reaiona In the first place they tavo no desire to oubmlt the Monroe I I 1 > It rVI l doctrine to the arbitration to any non American tribunal not even excepting the augUHt and eminently fair tribunal of The Hague They very much prefer hat If thin doctrine Is to be the subject sub-ject of arbitration If It Is even brought InCidentally that American Influences shall pass on it Not that the fairness fair-ness of The Hague arbitration Is Impeached Im-peached but as most of them represent repre-sent European and moaarchlal interests In-terests It Is realized that their training train-Ing may be icgarded as unsympathetic where they ate required to deal with such an essentially Ain rlran subject as the Monroe doctrine It Is true that on Its fice th arbitraton proposal contains nothing that Indicates that this dor trine Is to be attacked but so complex and numerous are the questions ques-tions which will come before thf arbitration arbi-tration that It Is apprehended here that i the famous doctrine scarcely can be I kept from consideration I MACHINERY IS PONDEROUS I Another reason that animates these I cabinet officers In this Inclination toward to-ward acceptance Is their conviction that an Inordinate length of time would be consumed If the lusuc In taken before be-fore The Hague tribunal Thc machinery machin-ery Is sufficient but ponderous and difficult to put In motion First there must he arranged a basis of arbitration then arbitrators must be selected by the parties to the case and these In turn must choose an umpire or um jlrcs and while all thin Is going on the blockade would continue with Its ever present danger of active war ond bloodshed that might render void all attempts at arbitration On the other hand If the President undertakes the same he can get rid of all red tape and start the work of arbitration withIn with-In a few days AS TO CALVO DOCTRINE One of Arbitration Commissioners Salvador Case Is Heard Detroit Mich Dec 23 Former Postmaster Post-master General Don Dickinson of this city was one of the Arbitration oomnils Flon appointed to decide the Salvador I care referred to In a Washington dispatch I dis-patch on the Venezuelan situation In racE Mr Dickinsons opinion on the mints of International Jaw Involved l In the Salvad3r case probably had the greatest weight In the decision referred to When Mr Dickinson was jhown the Washington dispatch he said Calvo was a native of either Venezuela Vene-zuela or Brazil and he laid down the doctrine that foreign nations have no right to Interfere In behalf of their sub ecls In obtaining Justice This doctrine doc-trine either through diplomatic arrangements ar-rangements or other agreement was adopted by all the LatinAmerican countries of South and Central AmerIca Amer-Ica In our decision of the Salvador case Sir Henry Strong and myself refused absolutely to recognize the Calvo doctrine doc-trine The position taken under this Idea Is entirely erroneous IT a sovereign State makes a contract with an individual indi-vidual and controversy arises between them as to the terms of the contract Its It-s ridiculous to assume that the sovereign sov-ereign Slate one of the parlJes to the contract has the right t to sit sis a court and end a quarrel In which It Is Itself apart a-part partThat doctrine will have to be abandoned aband-oned by all countries that have taken lL t up as all foreign nations will Insist upon the right to Intervene In behalf of their subjects Since our decision was rendered President Diaz of Mexico ono of the most capable executive official In any LatinAmerican country has decided a case Involving 2000000 On this decision deci-sion he Ignored the Calvo doctrine President J Pres-ident Diazs > position Is a very Important Import-ant precedent and I expect that the belief be-lief of LatinAmericans that they can uphold the principle of the nonintervention noninter-vention will not last very long AWAITING RESPONSE Washington Expecting British Reply to Como Today Washlhgton Dec 23GIeaL Britains response to the Presidents suggestion that the issues Involved In the Venezuelan Vene-zuelan troubles be referred to The Hague tribunal for arbitration had not been received In Washington up to 0 l oclock tonight It Is expected tho first thing In the morning the delay In transmitting the reply which Is presumably pre-sumably quite long no doubt being due to Sis reduction to cipher I I The administration Is anxious that the whole matter of the settlement of the question shall go to The Hague rib5 unal In preference to the President actIng act-Ing In the capacity of arbitrator CORO NOT BLOCKADEDS S Venezuelans Believe Allies Are Working with Revolutionists Caracas Dec 3Tlie port of Coro which Is surrounded on the land side by the revolutionists Is not blockaded In Caracas this fact Is taken to mean that the English and German Governments are working In harmony with the revolutionists revo-lutionists and not blockading Coro in order to allow the free entrance of Dutch schooners from Curacoa bringing bring-ing arms and ammunition BRITISH VIEW MADE KNOWN Document Transmitted to Washington Washing-ton from London London Dec tAn Important and caElhy communication dealing with British views of the arbitration of in Vvneciictaii dispute was made by Foreign Secretary Lansdowne to United States Charge dAttalroa White Continued on Page Ii I 1 R r IIJ 1 M i f SEATOSOJET P Continued from Page 1 this evening It was transmitted immediately Im-mediately to Washington Lord Lansdowncs communication contains no final decision further than a lengthy statement of what Is expected expect-ed by Great Britain Notifications have been received at the Foreign office from Germany and Italy that the announcements announce-ments of their blockade of the Venezuelan Vene-zuelan coast have been gazetted |