In conclusion it can be urged,—
That France and Holland agreed to have the boundary between their possessions in Guiana determined by arbitration.[13]
That the international committee which met in Washington to arrange the impending fishery question between Great Britain, Canada and the United States, decided to recommend the creation of a permanent tribunal of arbitration for adjusting future disputes respecting these relations; also:
That the council of the Swiss Confederation, at the combined request of Portugal and of the Congo State Government has undertaken to arbitrate the possible disputes which may arise respecting the regulation of boundaries amongst their African territories.
Besides these and other instances which I am acquainted with, many others have certainly taken place, though attracting less attention.
The idea of arbitration goes peacefully and quietly forward, and the world therefore takes little notice of it.
It is quite otherwise with the crash of war, whose external show of greatness and glory, and whose inward hatred and crime, are desolating the happiness of the nations and are accompanied by distress and gloom.
The one is a fearful hurricane which rends the mountains and breaks in pieces the rocks.
The other is the still small voice, mightier than the devastating storm, since it speaks to us in the name of everlasting righteousness, because it is the voice of God.