The distinct and prompt refusal by the American Commissioners to submit questions at issue between them and their Spanish colleagues to arbitration marks a limit to the application of that principle in international controversy which even its friends will be apt hereafter to welcome.
Reid notes the American Commissioners' refusal to submit to arbitration, marking a significant stance in international disputes.
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