ARBITRATION, January 9.
Tax telegram that we publish morning in reference to the Anglo-American Arbitration Treaty shows that there is some possibility of a long desired, but hitherto seemingly unattainable compact being brought into existence between the two nations of the world which have most in common. This report states that President Taft has been in consultation with the Foreign Committee of the Senate with a view to making the Treaty still more effective, by bringing within the scope of arbitration even questions of vital interest or those which affect the honour of the parties. Should these consultations result in the acceptance of the Treaty by the United States Senate, which controls foreign affairs, a longer stride will have been taken towards the realization of worldwide than even the most optimistic has dared to hope for in recent years. The origin of wars is often difficult to discover and the real causes are not always those that contemporary commentators assign. But while unseen and unrecognized influences make in general for conflicts between nations, it has happened that the ostensible cause was an affront offered by irresponsible persons to the flag or the representative of another nation,
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