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Show ARBITRATION i VIEWS OF ii 1 ED. ( GREY I i 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4-4- 4 - 4 5 4- LONDON. March 17 Sir Ed- -- y gl 4 ward Oroy further devoloped 4- rJ 4 his vlows on International arbl- -- ' 4 tratlon today at the annual 4- i jff 4- bunquet of the International Ar- 4- J ( 4 bltratlon league, and corrected 4- gk 4 misapprehensions regarding hlB 4- (W; 4- speech In the house of com- 4 f J 4- nious. in which hP gavo support 4- j pi 4- to tho suggostlon of Presldont 4- ijf 4 Taft for an Anglo-American 4- j(f 4 treaty for the settlement by 4- JjJJj 4- arbitration of any question 4- E 4 that might arise between tho 4- pj 4- two governments, 4 i 4 , IftS 4-4-4-4-444444-4-4-4-4-T4-4' ,gi "I observe," ho said this evening, j 5? "that some of tho words I used the ftifr other day aro being construed ag lt ke a general arbitration treaty between' :jU two great nations would bo tnnta-' U mount to a defensive alliance between i -'d two great nations and bocame firmly ci rooted In tho feelings of tho people , M of both countries, and If one of thom B was, In tho courso of time, made the , object of an attack In a disputo with a JJ third power, In which arbitration had j III been offered and refused by tho third flj power, certninly I think, there would ) ll bo a strong sympathy between tho two j JU powers who had mado the general ar- i: 3 bltratlon treaty. But that Is a mat- ter which depends upon public opln- f Ion and In which public opinion wlir toko care of Itself. i I "To Introduco any such condition j or stipulation would Impair the chance i of It hero or elsewhere. It might oven ejf lead other countries to suppose that JJ the arbitration between the two pow- j ,jg, ors was directed against one or more ffj of tho other powers. That would com- :'fL- pletely spoil Its possible effect In mlt- igatlng tho general expenditures on i?j armaments. ly; "If an arbitration treaty is made -ff between two groat countries on the n. llnea scheduled out as posslblo bv the jW prosldont of tho United 8tates, let It 5. be dono between the two powers con- , f-j corned without 'arrlero pensee' (by r- purpose), but don't let them set nar- fft'J row bounds to their hopea of the be- rfl neflclent results which may develop iS from It In tho courso of time results j which, I think, must extend far beyond - ! the two countries originally concerned. ' "The effect on the world at large of ff the experiment would be bound to i i! have benoflcient consequence. To J set a good example ls to hope that :L others will follow It. and if others t J5 of tho great powers did follow, thero ).W would eventually bo something like u 2 league, of peace." j E |