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under the terms of these treaties, by the President of the United States with 

 the advice and consent of the Senate." 



It is interesting to note that, from the point of view of the foreign 

 relations with the peoples of other countries, the government of the 

 United States has taken part in proceedings in arbitration, where 

 awards have been made by the arbitrators, in 83 cases altogether; 

 for example, with France 2, with Russia i, with Spain 6, with 

 Great Britain 17, with Germany i, with China 3, with Brazil 3, etc., 

 and the results of these different settlements are very well worth 

 notice also in this connection; for, the aggregate of all these awards 

 is $92,855,000.00, of which about sixty-nine millions were in our 

 favor, and about twenty- four millions against us. So that, taken 

 altogether, nearly 75 per cent, of all the awards have been made in 

 favor of the claims of the United States government, and 25 per 

 cent, opposed to them. 



So much for arbitration in the past. If we look forward the 

 future presents many problems to the statesmen and judges and 

 lawyers of all the Powers, which will have to be met by them when 

 order has been restored once more and men resume the habits of 

 civilized life after this period of conflict which we are now passing 

 through. The world requires order and tranquillity as the condi- 

 tions under which civilization may continue to progress. After 

 all the sacrifice, and all the terrible suffering and distress entailed by 

 this armed conflict, in spite of the courage and devotion and patriot- 

 ism so freely shown on every side, the one prominent intellectual 

 gain that we and all men hope to see as the result, will be the con- 

 viction of the futility of war, and renewed confidence in the precepts 

 of international law. The rules of adjustment and forbearance and 

 concession which led the nations to the Hague, must be restored and 

 must point the way again during our generation, let us hope, and 

 for beyond our day, to international well-being through the aid of 

 law and justice and arbitration of disputes, with mutual respect, 

 toward the peace of the world. 



Philadellphia, 

 April, 1916. 



