Absolutely justifiable, nay, imperative, as most of us believe our action to have been, when tried at the bar of conscience, no arbitral court, acceptable to the two nations, would have decided as our own conscience did.
"Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles"
Alfred T. Mahan
On the refusal of Great Britain to heed her protests, the Venezuelan government suspended diplomatic relations in 1887, although the United States attempted to prevent a rupture by suggesting the submission of the difference to an arbitral tribunal.
"The United States Since The Civil War"
Charles Ramsdell Lingley
Members agree to carry out an arbitral award, and not go to war with any party to the dispute which complies with it; if a member fails to carry out the award the council will propose the necessary measures.
"Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights"
Kelly Miller