The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-26
WON'T GO TO ENGLAND.
Sir Julian PauneefOrte Has Several
Matters Here.
WHICH DEMAND HIS IMMEDIATE
AND PERSONAL ATTENTION..

British Government Makes Some More
Changes In Venezuelan Blue Book
| They Do Not Affect Part to Which
| Commission Attaches Most Importance
Lord Salisbury Thinks England's
Case Strengthened.
Washington, March 25.-Momentary
credence was given in England day or
two ago to the statement in the Birm-
was going to London to discuss Vene-
zuelan matters with Lord Salisbury. If
there is any truth in the report, the Brit
ish ambassador here is totally unaware
of it. Those near him declare it absurd.
in view of the fact that just at this
moment numerous important negotiations
between Great Britain and the United
States are progressing in way that
makes compulsory the presence Of Sir
Julian Pauncefote in Washington.
Among these questions is the owen
tion providing for the Behring sea claims
commission, which has been before the
Senate for ratification for over month.
In this connection some embarrassment
| occurred from the fact that the Senate
| in executive session authorized the
| changes in the convention as agreed upon
| by Secretary Olney and Sir Julian
Pauncefote. which it is contended, en-
body inaccurate versionsof the quotedipas-
sages from the treaty of arbitration.
Secretary Olney recently appeared before
| hn
| it Is understood, asked that the original
wording should be restored.
| Then there is the boundary convention
for marking convenient points on the
41st meridian in Alaska, for which Con-
gress has appropriated s75, 900, the under
standing being that this work ought to
be accomplished at the earliest pos sible
moment. In addition to these matters
there is general arbitration treaty, of
which SO much is heard and SO little de-
finitely known, and the Venezuelan
limited arbitration which occupies the
serious attention of both governments.
From none of these matters would it be
possible for Lord Salisbury to withdraw
| Sir Julian, even temporarily, without
injury to I'LL the great interests affected.
/ CORRECTIONS . IN The BLUE BOOK.
British Government Makes Some Changes
In the Original Document.
| London, March 25.-A parliamentary
paper was issued this afternoon entitled
'Errata in Venezuela Blue Book" The
first emendation of the text of the Blue
Book is of an extract from the secret re.
ports on the dominions of the King of
Spain in America addressed to the Span
ish government page s. which reads:
! sit appears that the Dutch settlement
in Guiana extends from close to the riv-
or Amazon to the Orinooo." This pas
sage was amended to read: SIT appears
that the Dutch settlement in Guiana are
already extended from close to the river
Amazon. at least as far as the Pomeroon."
| The errata withdraws the version of
the Centurions report in 10, page IA,
Blue Book,) and substitutes another,
affirming that the reports sent home by
ths Centurion, enclosed declarati On by
the perfect and three members of the
Spanish missions to the effect that the
Spaniards not then, and never had any
fort on Cuyuni What the Dutch believed
were two forts in that neighborhood,
were villages belonging to the missions
of the northern bank of the Yuruari.
The paper quotes parts of these decla-
rations from Audienoia de Caracas, with
letters and reports written in IT'S
A note appended to the errata says:
"Extracts from the documents cited in
preliminary statement, of which marginal
references are therein given, but not
printed, in the appendix, with other ex-
traits from Spanish and Dutch documents
bearing on the question, will be published
in supplementary paper"
Commission Is Studying Documents.