October 5.
Gruar Brit and the United States are justified in regarding with satisfaction the example they have set to the rest of the world in the settlement of disputes by arbitration. There are undoubtedly factors in the natural characteristics and the blood relationship of these two great nations which render the submission to arbitration of their misunderstandings ahd quarrels easier and, on the whole, more satisfactory than would be the case in international questions between other Powers. In the first place common language and common descent have created in both countries a strong body of publio opinion which would regard with horror and dismay the possibility of a war between the two Anglo-Saxon nations. Further, citizens of both nations pavo long been aatfetied that civil disputes between individuals can best he settled civil courts. A duel is no longer regarded as an indispensable corollary to blemish upon individual honour either in Great Britain or in America, For many years'past sober public opinion on both sides of the Atlantic has inclined to similar views regarding international questions, and, in consequence, great variety of disputes, which in the case of other nations could most probably only have been settled by a resort to arbitration Tribunals. National uceably and finally disposed el
honour, the fetish which has prevented so many other nations from arriving at a settlement of their difficulties in the same way, has been proved not to be, so grave an obstacle as is commonly believed. The Alabama dispute, for instance, one of the most serious that could arise between two powerful nations, was satisfactorily settled by arbitration, and no one would now contend that the award was other than just. Had national honour been the sole consideration, what looked like tuitous interference by President
with Venezuela, might well have Cleveland in our boundary
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