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Show M11S INVOLVED !l THEGDNJROVERSY Arbitration Commission to Settle Disputes Between U. S. and England. WASHINGTON, March S. Numerous Numer-ous cases of importance, iuvolving mooted questions of international law, aro to be decided by thc international tribunal of arbitration, which begins its second session in Washington tomorrow tomor-row at the Carnegio institute. The commission, created by treaty to adjust all outstanding pecuniary claims between thc Unitod States and Great Britain, is expected to hear arguments on twenty-six cases, ten American and sixteen British, involving damages aggregating ag-gregating noarly $G,U00,000. Interesting historically and of groat imr.crtanco to the state of New York is the British claim of $1,000,000 in behalf be-half of the Cayuga .Indians resident in Canada, based on tho withholding from them of annuities plcdgod under tho treaty of Ghent. Great Britain has a claim for damages dam-ages for Dewey's action in cutting tho cable in Manila bay and for Sampson's severing of the ocean cables under lire at Cicnfngos, Cuba. Other claims involve in-volve thc loss of American missionary property through hostilo natives, in ."Sierra Lcona, Africa.- whose activities tho British authorities failed, to suppress sup-press and for damages causod by American Amer-ican naval vessels in collision with British ships. The tribunal lo pass upon these claims is composed of Honri Froma-gcot Froma-gcot of Franco, president; Sir Charles Fitzpntriclc, chief .iuslice of Canada, tho British arbitrator, and Chandler P. Anderson, American arbitrator. Great Britain is represented bv C. J. Hur6t of the London foroign office, and E. L, Nowconibc, deputy minister of justice of Canada, as agents, while the agent of the United States is Robert Lansing. |
