Compulsory Arbitration in the American Republics

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 25, 1900

Compulsory Arbitration in the American Republics

The late Latin-American Congress, held at Madrid, adopted, by almost unanimous vote, the principle of “compulsory arbitration in disputes between the American republics.” And since by the Monroe doctrine

all other nations are excluded from the affairs of this continent, south of the Canadian line, who but the United States can be the source of ultimate appeal, to do the compelling? “And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him”—in his sight.