Show mado public the bea award treaty with great britain washington june C the senate afternoon the injunction of secrecy from the treaty between this government and great britain as modified iby the senate and agreed to by the british government relating to the settlement of claims growing out ot the seizure of vessels engaged lia ahn sealing industry the text of this convention aad the amendments made by the senate were given in abstract form in the united dispatches at the time the matter was under consideration in the senate but the salient points are here repeated for general information the treaty la prefaced with an blab orate series of setting forth the finding ol 01 tho baria tribunal lit provides for the appointment of one com missioner for each power to whom stall be referred the claims in eliose behalf great britain eakas compensation the original text of tho treaty provided that these shall also sit at victoria but tho senate amendment that they shall also sit in san francisco provided cither commissioner shall so request if lie shall be of the opinion that the interests of so re cuire wae agreed to A material modification is found in the test of the third article of the treaty the original referred to every question of fact not found in the award of the tribunal of arbitration but the amendment strikes out the word award aad merely feea the phrase by the tribunal of arbitration the right ia also reserved to the united states to raise the question of liability in any case where it shall be proved that the was wholly or in part the actual property of a citizen of tho united slates in case of disagree bonton non ton any of th conditions a joint report is to be made to the two govern ment sand such difference is to be referred K abo governments can ibis president pj he swiss re public shall at the request of the two governments nominate an umpire the amount awarded to great britian is to be paid within six months after the amount is ascertained the additional vessels enumerated in the list and which were sought for a time to be excluded in the senate were the wanderer the winifred the henrietta and the oscar and hattie |