Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-28
DISCUSSED IN LONDON
Names Suggested for the Venezuela
Boundary Commission.
SPOKEN OF With GREAT RESPECT
American Military Officers and
Militia.
JOBS IN THE DOCK YARDS

| LONDON, December 2S.-The difficulty
between Great Britain and the United
States regarding Venezuela is still the
| leading topic Of debate and thought in po-
| litical and newspaper circles
The. reports cabled over here that the
| United States commission which will in
| quire into the boundary question is ex-
pected to include ex-Minister Edward j..
| Phelps, ex-Minister Robert Lincoln and
| Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller have
| given much satisfaction. All the gentle
men spoken of as likely to be members of
| the compassion are referred to here as
| being entitled to the greatest respect and
| as furnishing the assurance that they will
deal with the matter in a spirit of the
| most perfect impartiality.
| The general feeling in connection with
| this feature of the question is expressed in
| the utterance of London newspaper
which says: I'VE might soon expect to
see Lord Russell of killowen or Mr.. James
Bryce lend himself to lingo intrigue as see
men like Chief Justice Fuller. Mr.. Phelps
or Mr.. Lincoln sit on the commission with
any intention but that Of getting at the
facts"
1t cannot be SAID, however, that any
favor is expected to be shown to Great
Britain, and it is pointed out that Mr.
Phelps Is in no way an Anglo-phile. His
attitude on the Boring affair is re-
ferred to, and Ii is the popular belief that
he was opposed to referring the Boring sea
matter to arbitration.
Approve the Princes Message.
The message of the Prince of Wales and
the Duke of York to the people of the
United States, through the New York
World, which asked for an expression of
opinion the Venezuelan dispute, has
oaGsed.a sensation here, the action of
the prince was entirely unprecedented. But
| the tenor and language of the message has
net with nothing but approval.
According to one account, before sending
the message the Prince of Wales entered
into communication with the queen and
with the Marquis of Salisbury. Her ma
jesty, who has followed every development
of the incident with eager and anxious in
tcrest. is said to have assented readily
The Marquis of Salisbury, it appears, was
less yielding: but discovering that the ac
ton commended itself to the royal family,
whose dignity was most concerned, he
al andoned his scruples and approved not
only Of the princes action, but the precise
terms of the message.
American Troops Considered.
The war scare has had the effect of
| arousing interest in the American and
Canadian military forces, and elaborate
ard more or less accurate comparisons be-
tween them have been made.
says in regard TO the American officers:
Their tone is good. they are very keen
and their education is of the best. 1 doubt
| if any country provides sound a system
of education for its young officers the
West Point Academy. Bey ond that no op-
portunities have been given the senior Off
GERS of harding troops a large scale
and few American generals have ever COM
| manded more than a battalion of infantry
| or a regiment of cavalry"
n
opinion that the organized militia is not
| nearly 50 well trained or reliable as the
British militia.
| The Morning Post prints a special article
| on naval questions in the United States,
| during which it points out the alleged dis
| loyalty and often the dishonesty of the
officials responsible to the administration
| of the dock yards and construction of the
| warships." and declares that the naval de-
| partment is hot bed of jobbery.''
In spite of the fact that the financial side
| of the Venezuelan question is attracting
| more attention here than its political as
| pect. 1t must not be imagined that every
| body has been luled into sense of false
| security, or that the authorities are utter
| iy blind to the fact that serious trouble
| may yet arise in connection with the
| boundary dispute.
Mail News From British GUIANA.
! The St. James Gazette this afternoon
| gives prominence to article dwelling on
| the mail news just received from British
| Guiana, and in which it is announced that
| at a meeting OF influential residents recent
| ly held at Georgetown, capital Of British
| Guiana, a provisional board of directors was
appointed for the company known the
| British Guiana Chartered Company. organ
! lied for the purpose of developing the in
| terror of British Guiana.
This marks a decided change in the atti-
| tude of those prominent in the planting in
| terests of the colony. This new develop
| ment is mainly due to the dispatcn of the
| secretary of state for the colonies, Mr.. Jo-
Seph Chamberlain, in September last ask
| ing IL the local capitalists Of British Gui-
| ana were prepared to take up a large con-
| Cession in the northwest portion of that
| colony, and develop the mineral and other
resources of the territory.
| 1t now remains to be seen whether the
| government Will grant a charter to this
| company, in view of the fact that 1T has as
| competitors the home syndicate, which has
already made proposals to the local govern
ntent. which propositions, however, have
| not been accepted.
In another paragraph of this article the
! ST. james Gazette says: Hitherto the in
| spectors of the British Guiana police have
| been uniformed civilians. but now they will
| be strengthened by the addition of Capt
| tombstone and Lieut. Cobb of the British
| army as subinspectors. Their appointments
| were announced today, and are significant
| of the rapid transition of the British Guiana
police into a military force Capt john
stone, we apprehend, will instruct the negro
| police in the working of Maxim guns
| All About Great Britain.