The record-union., 1896-11-13
The President Holds a Position on the
American Continent,
Which Pcpes and Emperors Vainly
Tried 10 Claim in Europe.
King Oscar of Norway and Sweden in
the Venezuelan Arbitration Tri-
bunal, But VIII Probably be Rep-
resented by Fifth Jurist NOm-
mated by Himself.

LONDON, Nov. 12.-The est. James
Gazette" publishes q leading article
headed, AN Historic Moment" in
which it says:
Lord Salisburys great admission of
the principle that the United States
have the right to intervene in frontier
! disputes with American powers and
compel the disputants to arbitrate al
together transcends in Importance the
question of the Guiana boundary. 1t
is a formal recognition of the hegemony
of the United States on the American
continent and gives the President
position in the new world which the
mediaeval Popes and Emperors tried
vainly to claim in Europe"
The statement published in the news
papers here that British arbitrators in
the Venezuelan dispute will be appoint
ei by the Lord Chief Justice, Baron
Russell of Killowen, has excited great
interest in and about the law courts
ana elsewhere, and there is much spec
ulation regarding the probable choice
of Lord Russell.
Sir Frank Lockwood, @. c.. who ac-
companied Lord Russell on his recent
visit to America in an interview on the
Il
crafty every Englishman, particularly
as it was reached without sacrifice of
principles on either side. 1t is, how
ever, no surprise to me or to the other
| members of the party which recently
visited the United States. We knew
before leaving this country that there
was a strong English feeling in favor
of a peaceful settlement of the matter,
I
ciprocal. / am sure that every
thoughtful Briton has mentally con-
graduated his Government on the re-
suit achieved, and that they no longer
contemplate, even in their widest
thoughts, the responsibility Of an APP
proach to warlike Interruptions be-
tween the two nations"
| An official of the Foreign Office said
to-day it was not likely that King Os-
| c3r III. of Norway and Sweden would
sit with he four Venezuelan arbitra-
ton jurists, intimating that he would
nominated by himself.
The report published here this morn
ing that the Chief Justices of the
United States and Great Britain would
not select natives of the United States
TO act as aTDlIfdloES Is USiliel- II 10
added the Chief Justices will have
nothing to do with the matter.
AN ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL.
LONDON, Nov 12-G. T. Wheeler,
the eminent barrister and Chief Clerk
of the Privy Council, in an interview
on the subject of the probable COM
position of the Venezuelan arbitration
tribunal as far as Great Britain is con-
cerned, informed a representative of the
United Associated Presses to-day that
it was an unusual thing for Judges to
sit upon arbitration tribunals 1t was
more than likely, he thought, that emf
nent international jurists such as Sir
w. r. Anser Warden of All Souls Col
lese, oxford, and Lord Davey, Lord
of Appeal in Ordinary, would be APP
pointed, though the latter would pos
sibly refuse to serve.
UNITED STATES INVESTED WITH
ABSOLUTE SUPREMACY.
PARIS. Nov. 12-The Temps in
an article on the proposed settlement
by arbitration of the Anglo Venezuelan
question, remarks upon the immense
inlpulsion Great Britain is giving to
one of the most extreme consequences
cf the Monroe doctrine. 1t contends
that with the consent Of Great Britain
the United States is invested with the
right to interfere in all territorial quar-
rels of European powers with the new
world States, even when not asked by
the latter and without their consent.
These great innovations in interna-
tional law, the paper adds, consecrate
the absolute supremacy of the United
States in the Western Hemisphere, and
must cost British pride dear. Europe,
however, will be unable to accept such
q grave departure from the rights of
nations.