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moral effect of that event has been such as to sug- 

 gest that it may hereafter be commemorated as the 

 illustrious herald of a new era. The Geneva event 

 was brought about by a treaty specially framed for 

 the purpose, and might thus be regarded as excep- 

 tional or extraordinary in its nature. Still greater, 

 then, would be the moral effect of a similar success 

 achieved by a tribunal created under the provisions 

 of a permanent treaty. 



The commission to arbitrate between the Argentine Republic 

 and Brazil, 1886. 



Arbitration by Spain between Colombia and Venezuela, 1887. 



Arbitration by the minister of Spain at Bogota between Italy 

 and Colombia, 1887. 



Arbitration by President Cleveland between Nicaragua and 

 Costa Rica, 1888. 



Arbitration by the Queen of Spain between Peru and Ecuador, 

 1888. 



Arbitration by Baron Lambermont between England and Ger- 

 many ; affair of Lamoo, 1888. 



Arbitration by the Czar of Russia between France and the 

 Netherlands ; affair of the boundaries of Guinea, 1888. 



Arbitration by Sir Edward Momson between Denmark and 

 Sweden, 1888. 



Compromise between the United States and Venezuela, 1890. 



Compromise between Germany, the United States, and Great 

 Britain ; affair of Terranova, 1891. 



Arbitration by Switzerland between England, the United States, 

 and Portugal ; affair of the railroads at Delagoa Bay, 1891. 



Arbitration between Great Britain and the United States re- 

 lating to the question of the delimitation of territorial power in 

 Bering Sea, 1893. 



