| Show lUN Sam Som Ume ni ago ugo It was waa 11 feared 1 that IhM the tho V lit 1 e a n as nI fin far an tnt tho arbitration lout tion Is but hUll it 19 Ic now I a l mil on that matter huis IMAM 11 reached ranched by hy this the dilt t I The hauls halll of the this Id 10 I the lie hague convention all itil tho American republics will betti Nuh to that convention In addition a 1 number of 01 stated will wilt sign among n III scheme of ot arbitration hut hUl stilt n The lingua nod The Tho ho Hague No Tiis IIII compulsory 1 It In hI Enid enl will take effect only till the signatory l nations lilt and will wilt willI I not the this official satiation sanction of at Urn the This In III i n it great aind 1011 till thu hope bopo that another Import rt nUl hUM been hoen taken at nt tho the close of or the tho year of the tho ho new century to toward worth ward universal pence It may bo ho ad said that Tho The hague convention Itself did not nol bring brInK tho the definite results that were hoped hotI for tor It II hut But It H was splendid work voth for tor arbitration tion end now tho the declaration d of nt nil all tho the republics In tItle this In favor of tho tue principles adopted nt at tho the Hague further progress III In tho the same seine direction And thus little by little tho the cause causa will advance until tho tue goal Is le ranched r and victory won Hon lIon Vol ol Foster of Chicago was Justified In taking n a hopeful view of tho the result of at atthe the conventions work foTI antI and declaring that ho believes the tue will be a n mid and that It will wiil achieve what It suit cot out to do under tinder the tho Tho The agreement couched r proves ui ll tho the In Influence fluence of ot tho the United In the Iho deliberations of the tho dole dele gates gatcH The Tho of our country tiled from tram UIO tue 11 II 1 II to per Iler persuade Persuade suade sunde the tho other oIlier delegates to accept the ho Hague convention us as a n basis of agree moat nod and In this thus thoy ilmy It ItIs Is III n a compromise c and ami one that will ion tIer It moro more difficult for tor quarrelsome to plunge tho little republics r Into the throes of ot war on trivial provo provocations Even an nn Indefinite agreement to arbitrate Is gratifying It should tend to the preservation ot of In South Bouth America |
