| Show Of Verbally Ve ballY T The IB e British Proposition P I Communicated to Delegates By M FIELD DAY FOR GEN PORTER Stroll 11 Ht I h for American Doctrine Concerning C nt Tho Collection ot of Debts rhe fhe Hague July Jul IG SI I president or the conference today to 0 the leading the thc proposition for or the tp allon of ot O Armaments presented 1 to him jy y Sir Edward Fry bry head 1 of o tho ThIt sh sli delegation who na IB o yet has ha not nol ot It Il with the other delegates The tc IC t ot or the thu th proposition cannot ie O obtained for to Or I publication but hut It sets eti orth forth substantially Unit that the burden of or having greatly Increased ed tin III considers that the fines ques lion tion ot or their limitation baa uta now as ts umed nn till Urgent character M A f hH proposition to son o head heid ot or the tho German delegation the tho latter said suhl that ho bo would be unable to give lIve an tn answer us ai uso aia o a Germanys attitude until ho he hail bad with Berlin Tim The of he first e today tolay discussed ih he American for the cot col of or contractual debts M 14 Frune presided I nil and tho thu WILli va of o tho most tory lory n tu P The Impression Is I 1 that even those he bitt countries that oppose coercive oCcie measures of or any ind while making a IL declaration to IQ hIs this effect will end V supporting y the th nitea States Stales whose proposition pro Is 19 nn on step In the th ight direction THE AMERICAN PROPOSITION Gen Jen Horace Hurace Porter in French or halt an ZU hour and his speech was WIlS considered a n clear and ind convincing argument in behalf of ot o the thc hm of or tie the American doctrine ras exceedingly well received Ho He bv ly y explaining 1 that jho Amen Ameri American can 0 proposition refers reter sQl I to t eon con debts does not oL cover coer ove II of at Injury to ti resilIent resident aliens flUen 1 ett by bS h t Imprisonment toots nob ot oC property and on of ot o a tI like nature on account of if which indemnity I 11 J e It might be demand cd u d He lie wild that there was lS a n grow lag o ag Impression that the employment of 01 sinned COlT to 10 collect debts debt would be ionic conic n II fruitful source of r f war var while If IC the n If blockade there thoro would W uld he be un nn n increasing ing leg disposition dl po on II the ho part purt of neutral commercial nations nation not flOt to IC recognize nth blockade Ie Thus lIUs war must bo b de dured to o ithe the blockade effective Continuing he ho pointed d out the thc poe poa PO of orl o a i speculator making a van ven venture en ture tune abroad with the role ole object of ot In nn r bis ide private fortune and tat lat ir tn r demanding that his country co g tw tv toI I 1 to recover r over by I which the tho unity In no way WilY befouls The tax t the coercing country hi lie fald ild must m st bear the of en Ill the Statistics of last CO tiO O years show hat that in iii th tb cuse ot f 13 Inre for tor unpaid debts etc lC tho the larg largest lar laret est st et sum coin allowed was only all SO per er cent of or ofHie orthe the Hie raIn claim while In some DIlle cases It fell to tr the thc lh amount of t 34 31 per cent These examples cs lie lio said enid should deter forever civilized from resorting to force orce ray for the lite collection of debts not previously adjudicated by an Imperial tribunal Gen Cen GI Porter contended that neither the prestige nor the honor ot of a D country auld be considered at nf stake In Its ro re teal to submit to such sueh coercion co Hu lie tiled cited the opinions ot or statesmen statesman stat os men diplo n flats ats and Jurists to prove tOSi that the nut Ial owes owel no 00 such duty to Its citizens Palmerston In III John Russell In Salisbury In l SQ und and In 1903 during the Venezuelan Controversy declarations to this effect Hu lie quoted Alexander Hamilton ion Blaina I and a number of n on International h Im w and Dr Or Drogo Drago o on Ills his exhaustive study of or tho the question The speaker declared that though h hIbe the Ilic view of or the majority seems lU to be bb that the Ih correct t rule hue of or International law is nonintervention Intervention Is legally and morally In lii ex ox cases Nonintervention ho hu said would bo ho of or Incalculable to nil 11 th thi parties concerned Firstly l to the theer creditor er nation nn lion as a It warning t that hut I clUBs class of ot persons too apt to trade upon the UIN of or em emIlIn IlIn secondly H to neutral whose commerce would not be lie int thirdly to tho debt debtor or tat lol a It would bo bl announced to that they must bite their operations solely on th the Ihl consid considerations of ot It gil faith of ot the gay ROV ov national credit nod Just nd nt ut Under Indor such stances responsible roan mon be he likely to It leans kaie on OH air 1111 nn reasonable terms tennis The Tho 11 court fourt ot Of arbitration nt nl Tho hague ho he wild nill would bo b nut nat naturally In lIy given the reference In tho the eI M of 01 such Buch claims Gen Goll C ri Porter concluded us follows One feature of ot o this con ferem i Is that for tor the Out time In history hINtor the creditor and debtor nations of ot tin tilt world been brought together er or In III Irlo council This setups scorns to tobe tolie be lie a ut I ly I appropriate n occasion for tor endeavor to agree agre upon triton somis rule one oar the treatment ot oC con cou debts which may commend to IC all nil hure hurc re no rein stIlling HUllIng in a It general genera treaty traLy treal on this subject s among the tho Li nations represented In III i the true truo Interests of ot the tho worlds world peace Venezuela presented nn utti amendment prohibiting Iho the use ot or force toree oven even utter after arbitration |
