(b) The court to be composed of twelve arbitrators, as follows: Six to be selected by England and the same number by the United States.
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The King of England to appoint the Chancellor of England, a member of the House of Lords, a member of the House of Commons, a banker, a merchant, and the president or chairman of the leading industrial or labour organisation of the empire. The President of the United States to choose a judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, a member of the United States Senate, a member of the House of Representatives, a banker, a merchant, and the president or chairman of the leading industrial or labour organisation of the United States.
(c) The first meeting of the arbitrators to be held, say, within ninety days after their appointment.
(d) At their first meeting, without regard to whether any quarrel or dispute has arisen to be submitted to them, to select an umpire, who shall cast the final vote in case of a tie.
By selecting an umpire in the beginning, the Arbitration Court is fully organised and always ready to act. After a dispute has arisen the choice of an umpire becomes most delicate and difficult and sometimes insuperable.
[1] History of England in the Eighteenth Century, vol. ii., p. 50.
[2] Thucydides (Jowett), 2nd ed., vol. i., p. 242.
[3] Freeman, History of Federal Government in Greece and Italy, 2d ed., p. 42 et seq.
[4] Ibid., p. 43.