...Convention is in Parliamentary Papers, 1913, CXXI, p. 63 ff. * Cortissoz, op. cit., II, 427. * Article 4 : " Should either High Contracting Party conclude a treaty...Power with whom such treaty of arbitration is in force " (text in British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 104, pp. 173-4). " that much remained to console...

...that it might force England into conflict with the United States. The treaty indeed provided that, "should either high contracting party conclude a treaty...this agreement shall entail upon such contracting Power an obligation to go to war with that Power with whom such treaty of arbitration is in force."...

...Important stipulation due largely to the efforts of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, namely: Article IV which reads, "Should either High Contracting Party conclude a treaty...arbitration with a third power it is agreed that nothing in the agreement shall entail upon such contracting party any obligation to go to war with the Power with...

...with another Power to the prejudice of the objects described in the preamble of this Agreement. IV. Should either High Contracting Party conclude a treaty...with whom such treaty of arbitration is in force. V. The conditions under which armed assistance shall be afforded by either Power to the other in the...

...showed little interest in the matter, probably from fear of being dragged into a war with Russia. > "Should either high contracting party conclude a treaty...with whom such treaty of arbitration is in force." A general arbitration treaty was at that time being considered between Great Britain and the United...

...100"), an additional article was adopted which read, "Should either of the high contracting parties conclude a treaty of general arbitration with a third...it is agreed that nothing in this agreement shall impose on such contracting party an obligation to go to war with the power with whom such an arbitration...

...Grey promptly said that that would be arranged by an article in the new treaty with Japan that — " should either high contracting party conclude a treaty...Power, it is agreed that nothing in this agreement should entail upon such contracting party an obligation to go to war with the Power with whom such...

...It was then modified by the insertion of this clause: 'Should either high contracting party conchide a treaty of general arbitration with a third Power,...this agreement shall entail upon such contracting third party an obligation to go to war with the Power with whom such treaty of arbitration is in force.'...

...the new treaty the old clause is retained, but a new sentence is added to the following effect: — Should either high contracting party conclude a treaty...agreement shall entail upon such contracting party an 664 565 obligation to go to war with the Power with whom such treaty of arbitration Is In force. Thus...

...Alliance was again revised in 1911, and Article IV of that Agreement contains the following provision : " Should either High Contracting Party conclude a treaty...whom such treaty of arbitration is in force." This provision, in its relation to the United States, has often been made the subject of conflicting interpretations....