Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1901 — Arbitration for China. [ARTICLE]

Arbitration for China.

If the international tribunal established by the conference at The Hague has any practical usefulness the dispute among the powers at Pekin affords an opportunity to put it to the test. The suggestion of the United States to refer the question of indemnity to this tribunal is worthy of a civilized nation. Its adoption is scarcely probable unless the powers should And It impossible to reach an agreement in any other way. The Island of Chios, in the Aegean sea, has an oak the age of which is believed to be twenty-two centuries.