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The Wheeling Daily Register
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
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US Senate passes resolution 42-9 advising President to negotiate supplemental article to Treaty of Washington, broadening indirect claims language; notifies UK via Minister Schenck, expects London response Monday for ratification.
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The Times' special from Washington says: In the Senate, at 9 o'clock last night, by a vote of 42 to 9, a resolution was passed advising the President to negotiate the supplemental article to the Treaty of Washington. The article as agreed to is substantially as amended and reported by the Committee on Foreign Relations. One principal amendment is a change of the language covering the agreement with reference to indirect claims for the future so as to include all indirect and incidental claims. In the rule as proposed by Great Britain, the words "such claims" were used, and a strict interpretation would have confined the agreement of the parties to such indirect claims only as are subject to the present controversy. Therefore it is provided that the rule shall cover in broader terms that no indirect or incidental claims shall be presented by one nation against the other for a failure to observe neutrality. Whether the article is in such shape as to be acceptable to Great Britain remains to be seen. The President and Secretary Fish were officially notified of the action of the Senate last night, and a telegram was sent by the latter to Minister Schenck, acquainting him with the facts for the information of the British Government. It is expected that a response will be received from London on Monday, when the Senate will ratify the additional article.
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resolution passed by a vote of 42 to 9 advising the president to negotiate the supplemental article; expected response from london on monday, when the senate will ratify the additional article
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In the Senate, at 9 o'clock last night, by a vote of 42 to 9, a resolution was passed advising the President to negotiate the supplemental article to the Treaty of Washington. The article as agreed to is substantially as amended and reported by the Committee on Foreign Relations. One principal amendment is a change of the language covering the agreement with reference to indirect claims for the future so as to include all indirect and incidental claims. In the rule as proposed by Great Britain, the words "such claims" were used, and a strict interpretation would have confined the agreement of the parties to such indirect claims only as are subject to the present controversy. Therefore it is provided that the rule shall cover in broader terms that no indirect or incidental claims shall be presented by one nation against the other for a failure to observe neutrality. Whether the article is in such shape as to be acceptable to Great Britain remains to be seen. The President and Secretary Fish were officially notified of the action of the Senate last night, and a telegram was sent by the latter to Minister Schenck, acquainting him with the facts for the information of the British Government.