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TREATIES NEGOTIATED BY SIR JOHN BOWRING. 



In 1868, a Treaty was negotiated by Sir John Bowring, acting as 

 Plenipotentiary for the King of Siam, and Baron Hochschild as 

 Plenipotentiary for the King of Sweden and Norway, in which a 

 clause was introduced, providing that, in case of any misunder- 

 standing between the Sovereigns or subjects of the two countries, 

 the dispute shall not be settled by an appeal to arms, but by the 

 friendly Arbitration of some Neutral Power. 



In addition to the before-mentioned Treaties, the same clause was 

 introduced in several others negotiated by Sir John Bowring, viz. : 

 Between Belgium and Hanover, between Italy and Switzerland, 

 between Belgium and Siam, between Spain and Uruguay, and 

 between Spain and Hawaii. 



SPAIN AND URUGUAY. 



In 1870, a Treaty was concluded between Spain and Uruguay, 

 and through the influence of Don Arturo de Marcoartu, a Member 

 of the Cortes, a clause was introduced providing for Arbitration, in 

 any differences which may hereafter arise between the two countries 

 in connection with the Treaty. 



THE PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



On 8th July, 1873, the House of Commons adopted the following 

 resolution, moved by Mr. Henry Richard, M.P. : — 



" That an humble address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that she will 

 be graciously pleased to instruct her principal Secretary of State for 

 Foreign Affairs to enter into communication with Foreign Powers, with 

 a view to the further improvement of International Law, and the estab- 

 lishment of a general and permanent system of International Arbitration." 



ITALIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. 



On 24th November, 1873, the Itahan Chamber of Deputies unani- 

 mously adopted the following motion, introduced by Signor Mancini, 

 Minister of Justice, the whole House rising in token of approval, 

 ■viz. : — 



" The Chamber trusts that His Majesty's Government will endeavour, in their 

 relations with Foreign Powers, to render Arbitration an acceptable and 

 frequent mode of solving, according to the dictates of equity, such inter- 

 national questions as may admit of that mode of arrangement, as well as 

 to introduce opportunely, into any Treaty with those Powers, a clause to 

 the effect that any difference of opinion respecting the interpretation and 

 execution of those Treaties, is to be referred to Arbitrators, and to pro- 

 mote Conventions between Italy and other civilised nations, of a nature 



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