Switzerland has not greatly aided the sacred cause of International Art tion by her action in regard to the Delagoa Bay Railway. Con idering that Portugal 1 abandoned all defence of her action in. seizing and confiscating the property of the Deluzoa Bay Railway Company, and that the only question to be decided by the Arbitra ors was as to the amount of dama which Portugal ought to pay, ten years certainly seems ait unreasonable time for deliberation. At Toast one might have expected that an estimate which had taken s" long to form would be an exee dingly accurate estimate of the amount of suffered ames though the illegal seizure, But the estimate is most obviously inaccurate ud inadequate. Moreover, the arbitrators made no attempt to apportion the nages among the different applicants. That doubtless would take them another years t> settle, However, the apportionment will now be made by another tribunal which it is to be hoped wil not be quite so dilatory, so the unfortune family of Colonel McMurdo, the ori concessionaire, may hope within 1 able time to obtain a small portion of the camp nsition for which they ha vd long. I strict justice it is the vaal and not Portugal which should pay these damages; bat the Transvaal will debis enough of its own to pay befure Jong.
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