In the International Arbitral Court of the Hague

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Excerpt from In the International Arbitral Court of the Hague: The Case of the Pious Fund of California, Statement of the Proceedings and Letter to the Most Reverend P. W. Riordan, Archbishop of San Francisco, CalIn 1882, and again in 1883, it was proposed to me by Archbishop Alemany to take steps to collect from Mexico further installments of the interest on the Pious Fund. I wrote him, pointing out some difficulties which arose from the wording of our former contract, and which I wished settled first and leaving the settlement to him, so it was not until 1884 when he renewed his request for further efforts in the Pious Fund case, and I again insisted on his deciding the unsettled question mentioned in my letter in 1883, that he gave me an answer, and thereupon engaged me for such further effort. It was agreed that the compensation of myself and my associate, whom I was to select myself, was to be the same as in the former case, viz: 25 per cent of all collected, and that the clause about disbursements which had led to a little difference in the former case should be slightly changed.I mentioned the possibility of Mexico's ceasing further payments on the former award if we commenced proceedings immediately, and whether from this suggestion or from some other, the Archbishop determined to call together his coadjutor (archbishop Riordan), and the Bishops of Monterey and Grass Valley, for consultation before proceeding further. I was invited to and attended their meeting, which was held at the Archbishop's residence. Archbishop Alemany laid the matter before the gentlemen present, and I was requested to give an explanation of the Pious Fund case and its status. The arrangement between the Archbishop and myself for making further demands on Mexico was stated, and the question of the prudence of immediate proceedings propounded. Questions were asked me and discussion ensued. They decided that it would be better to postpone action, and, in fact, nothing further was done about it until 1889.In 1885, Archbishop Alemany surrendered and turned over to Archbishop Riordan the administration of the archdiocese, while he himself was translated to another, and retired to Spain. In 1886, at the request of Archbishop Riordan, I prepared and furnished him a written statement of the nature of the Pious Fund case, the litigation we had had about it, its status, etc., offering further oral explanation, if desired.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.