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Show a)" 227 Anglu‘American British claims, could be safely entrusted to an it should tribunal. The contentiuns of the [Tnited States that ous strip of mainland . continu a of ion possess the jnv en to continue the sea were separating the British territor)~ from the inlets of nut the purpnse (if this artiele tu discuss the expediency nr necessity Hf such reservatiuus iii general arbitratiun treaties. It is of interest. ltnwevet‘. to note 1utreutheticall)‘. that according to an emnnussimiers but sustained not only by the three American natiunal Law. tdited by bur gutid friend Dr, Scott, the Sulieitor tn the Department of State. it is said. and l quutt- the language: "It may he that natiuus will tine da_\ agree tn arbitrate questions cuneerning their vital interests. iudepeinlence pr honor. but at present they are either unwilling: or unable tn du su.""‘ Nor is it the purpuse of this paper to inquire whether a general arbitration It will also by Lord Alverstnne. the president of the tribunal. who States, United the for counsel chief be remembered that the impurtanee labored industriously in this legal controversy of vast the presi- to two nations, was the Honorable jacoh M. Dickinson, w" mum will" Ho dent of this congress. own The foregoing Cases illustrate well the fact that our law suffi- countrr has found that there are rules of international differcient to guide a judicial tribunal in adjusting territorial are not out- ences. They indicate also that such legal problems theaward side the scupe (if arbitration b} reason of the fact that n1 terriof a court may require a state tn give up the pUSsession under a tnry preriouslj: uccupied by its own citzens or subjects claim (if right. tif $97, In the liritishit2uianaW'enezut-la buundary dispute to be in in \‘lC\\‘ of the tact that the claim of Venezuela seemed law with defiance of certain accepted principles at international was made reference tn the acquisitiun Hf territory, arbitration certain feasible l)\' inserting in the treaty providing therefnr by a rules applicable tn the case. A decision was duly rendered Supreme the of justices two membership its in tribunal cnrnprisingr natiuns Court at the [inited States. \V'here the issue between two inrnlves a cnntmversy as to the very existence of a particular to rule of laux the insertiun in the treaty of arbiratirm of rules guide the criurti or rules which the cunrt may assume the parties a ha : tndt-rtaken to act upun. may be the means of securing the in ease the was Sueh parties. bath tn derisiun satisfactury (inn-Va arbitration under the C nt'entiun of 1971. the 'l'he general arbitratirun treaties recently eoncluderl by reservin alike substantially :‘re puwers rither linited Hide: with natttreivm‘ in;r irmm their ripei‘atimn stteh dint-retires ml :1 legal relatingr tn the interpretatirni (if trezitiest as may affect the Vital interests. the independence (if the hrmnr (if the cnntracting parIt is ties. and dry npt mnzwrn the interests pf third parties." editorial cumun-ut «it last year in the American .lttllrlléll of litter- treaty with a particular state, such as tin-at l'n‘itaiu, might not be more comprehensit't‘ in scppe than thuse which the L'uitcd States has already cuneluded. Nnr is it the object «it the writer tn inquire whether certain classes nl' disputes are better settled by reference to arbitration beture a cuut't having a neutral umpire than by a jtriut commission ewmprisuig' an equal number 01' judges belungiuer tn the states ultieh are parties tn the particutar cuntrm‘ers 1 ‘l‘he-e are prnlilems uf uatiunal pulit'i. 'l‘hey are of Qt‘.t\t' urtauet', requiring; the must careful lltlt'lllbill utvt uuly pt thme \\lbn pusses's the necessar) technical ltunnrlt'ilec but :tlst» pi the but} who an- interested in the pzu‘itic settlement Hf inter, Ilillll-llttl disputes. 'l‘hm are must :ippttiprizue fur the careful \‘1‘1l‘lllt‘l'dllt‘ll «it. .t lltlllttlldl peace outgrew. (ltljll‘lll‘it'lll bx arlutixitinu. 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