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ship which it has been the aim of this

government in every possible way to

further and cultivate.

Arbitrations—Panama and Costa Rlea.

Colombia and Haiti.

In further, Illustration of the practi

cal and beneficent application of the

principle of arbitration and the under

lying broad spirit of conciliation, I am

bappy to advert to tbe part of the

United States in-facilitating amicable

settlement

o't

disputes which menaced

the peace between Panama and Costa

Rica and between Haiti and the Do

minican Republic.

Since tbe date of tbeir independence

Colombia and Costa Rica had been

seeking a solution of a boundary dis

pute which came as a heritage from

Colombia to the new republic of Pana

ma uiton its beginning life as an inde

pendent nation. Although the dis

putants hud submitted this question

for decision to tbe president of France

uiulei' the terms of an arbitration trea

ty. tbe exact interpretation of the pro

visions of the award rendered had been

a matter of serious disagreement be

tween the two countries, both contend

ing for widely different lines even un

der tlio terms of tbe decision. Subse

quently and since 1903 this boundary

question had been the subject of fruit

less diplomatic negotiations between

the parties. In January, 1010, at the

request of both governments tbe agents

(•presenting them met in conference

•t the department of state and subse

quently concluded a protocol submit

ting this long pending controversy to

the arbitral judgment of the chief

justice of the United States, who con

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The evening times. (1911). Grand Forks, N.D., 1911-12-08. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85042373/1911-12-08/ed-1/?sp=7

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The evening times, 1911-12-08.