The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-18
THEY CAN NOT AGREE.
Diplomatic Correspondence Relative
to Tribunal of Arbitration,
ENGLAND REFUSES TO BE BOUND.
Salisbury's Plan Is Merely an lmita-
ton Affair.
VIEWS OF SECRETARY OLNEY.
interesting Communications on an I'M
portan' subJect-No Precedent
To lie Followed.

l
Washington, July 1.-THE correspond
enee which has passed between the gov
ernmenIs OF The tnltcd States ana Great
| Britain. respecting the establishment of Il
f, general system OF arbitration for the set
| Element of any disputes which might
arise between the two countries and also
Tor the settlement by arbitration ut the
| dispute over the Venezuelan boundary,
has been made public in the shape of an
| even dozen letters which have boon cN-
| changed between Secretary blncV Lord
| SALISBURY. Sir Julian rauncefotr lni Am
| hassador BtyArd The currcsp ond,nce IS
Iol sirht intrrcs., us making u sensible
| ADVANCE toward the adoption hy the two
| f-nslsn speaking Nations ul the principle
| OF nrhNidilon as the moans OF settling
disputes between thrnse elves. Dut the per
| sons who nave looked forward with hope
| ana Expectancy 10 the sl,c,d y con'lus ion
| OF treaties cmbudNing The arbitration
| principle Tor the settlement of either or
| hoth ul ma twp great upen issues h tween
| the TWO nations ara doomed 10 ,ilsap loint-
| neni. FOR al tho date ui The exchange
OF the lasi notes from Secretary olucy
| to III" brush anbAS-i.lc, here, dated
| within the month past, lac points out tb.
| III ,st vital nature in tho case not only
Tor the Nenezu' Ian question sreciiicaliN,
! but OF the x moral arbitration ptoposi ion
|
| sion without much expectancy OF an early
| adjustment.
ne hoCinie feature OF the corresionh-
ence IS the fact that whereas, Mir. BAY
ard wts Instructed 10y Secretary onoy as
| L" lt1li"-fi negotiations Al AShnElon
Respecting the Venezuelan boundary dis
lH'r. i-"rh S'til7n'iS nrpad'Hti IL mo II
lead sol iy the late Secretary Gresham
IN "a" Sriiug al INA. Secretary piiiey
ia,'r mss upon ulslsSn lttlhS me Two
an
aluan.y otherwise. ~ to Gei'fai lrnitla-
tion, thu issues which sun prevent an
tsr'"ni ni are VIC indispoSitioh Of the
''i,,Sn sosSrn 10 ,inHe nerrs VI N,
"lsputcs save WIN IN. apnlti"h on pro
visions wA'ch, ~ IN es'tlnt'lioH OF Se,it-
'i.rN plneY VIII render M attempt NJ
arpitrttlon nuEa'"r$ h-caiiac 'Hs'" IL no
means "i making tue INNINGS % 'he ar :
hliraiors bMllUg uron the irirties or OF
r.inoNne from them IN" poNs'hilty " an
INIT" app.lis, As 20 m, ri,.@n. iIn ihai .
ter specifically. IN" difhcuiiY yQ2t can
Iot ~ "lle Is illr ~ o. "
British GoNnrutnehi 10 submit 10 the aH-
tion OF arni'ra,lY ION 'ne t''il'orE nl,oH
" hich British subjects nave actually set
tied
limitation arbitraiion' is what Secre-
"tlN 'ihtA h'S iSl'" - i<oiu ,p'i'H""l Z"
project while lhe iTiiSh premier eriIi..
ciseS SecretatN oii''i pan as rdlculatei
10 result III evils w'"ss than war.
Tho rolraspomea'o proper higgins WITH
note dated tcpinary - iast from MI
which he says that TN ora r - rcaoh 4,
wen doiine. %sr.cn9 l@r ,, ag ar' 9,,,o
and N.pozuela wlNch s,rins to lie almost
gnanim9asy , agsirod ,,., nG!h IN ne r9 me-,
.to,,s .ontinun To- Indicate an urgent de-
sire 10 have ihe oucs on romoved a. soon
asfpri.ciicablo from the ATMOSPHERE of a
possib controversy. Therefore he pro
nr.oJ 10 enter upon nogot1tions nj WASH
ngion 10 efYoa this purpose. IL also
nsIsed for n clear definition of the "srt-
,innanfsr. hv individi,a,s in tho territory
h ,l.spnte which Great Britain desired
sho,'id be- eyrludcd from arbitra1nn
',Witttn fllfr DAYS of the rereipt of this
note. Lerd salisbury madr reply readily
.oll. ,, i ra ,,oti,,~ tbn d,s,4re OF tha
pr 7 h Fovcrnmcni 10 bring To dincr-
en''S h u,wr,i .",,ia,nNn, lie e,n, nI III,
10 an nn,lon Of fae,s Is suitable
n ,am az, TO be- e nSidorcd by u properly con