New-York tribune., 1896-01-03
GRANVILLE AGREED TO ARBITRATloN'
THE STNTEMENT IEVN ri bI rET''"'''f
VENEZUELA HAS DELIVERED TO THE
STATE DEPARTMENT.

THE STATEMENT IEpN FL ID h''''
VENEZUELA HAS DELIVERED TO THE
STATE DEPARTMENT.
Washington. Jan. 2-The state Department is n
a position to prove the uuih OF 'n' 49,. r.n,.oI
to-.ay's "London Chronicle cabiei by the '''.''
Press that III Is learned the best au'ho'l'y
that Earl Granville. in 1885,. virtually coh''u"e'
with Rlanco treaty containing N a'o''i''''"
clause covering the V@nezu"lln ih'e'han ano,@' 10,
boundary dispute" ard that ''the MARQUIS OF ''','
bury however. on coming INTO power '"',i ~ ~, 80.
same year. virtually cancelled this clause Dy ""''
inc the nrovIs,ons Of the treaty to commercial
questions" ,, ,.
.Thc Chronicle" adds that nothing oonli nave
been more unfortunate. nasmrch as the p'''''a
DISPUTE was on the eve OF permanent s't"'"'".
The records which Venezuela delivered to t"e
I.nltcI States Government before the AdmihsuA
,ior took such A firm stand in the dispute WIN
ENGLAND leave no doGb; whatever on tAlS point
General Blanco IN 1855 negotiated with r'rI ''""-
VIE a treaty Of ami,y commcrre ana n'Vlsd''~"
10 suppllnt the existing con''n'0' o.. ''-'
tween Great Britain and Venezuela. IBIS treaty
included three paragraphs providing Tor the ar
hitration OF any and all differences, lni I.l''''
particularly to the boundary dispute EaF' '''"n-
yics letter accepting specifically he important
clause IN lts entirety l. ~ follows:
Foreign ONCE Nay -. 80.
NJ Minister. | have the honor TO acknOw. ."igc
,he r.ceipi on the nth inst Of your mo- dA,cI
he 2:h ins'.. respecting the props h'T u''.y u.y
| have 'he honor 70 inform you ihti - "tJ. & u
Government agree 70 me m ,b' hirb coz
,rnctlng parties ins,cai Of "arD,trators. N ~ :he
article respecting arbitration. ana W. r,rcas
fhcr agree tina. the ulI'rtlkinS 10 I,l'r t
80 ,rh'tr,,l,a shall include ali differences wh''h
- - n' ",.' - hc. y"~n The high contracting parties
AMI rot thgsf only which arise on TIE interpret
'.on - me fieaiy fler Majesys Govcrnmen,
,rc ais, prep1rei 10 meet generally the win %. Il
''h 'h Weoollloie ,i1vernmen; a. - river navgauJn
ana coas.ing trade as connected WIN H. bnt !
h. le,ve 80 p1iri on, Eat ,his exception t. mos.
rsvo~c. i-nstiaf or national treatment should "ot
yecn,iy.'y Al two or more por,' of the lsepr'lc'
Win r,.rrd q, tn arrangements mdi" ~ N"h'h-
,.,, vlfn Crlonhii hive the honor T. STATE tnat
r,y,.'"a. or m. INSTRUMENTATION article pro-
posci b., them snail not ih..t. Si',.'. r, h.,
T.roz.ieia wit respect t. traHie across ne ,Aio
fr,n,io- / t-us. ina thes" mo acAtion. ~N! me,
Your Views. ani i'hii my sh'lS, ".n' t'V'" ,,b
ira, formal dFaf' sa fr'ned m sh1 rls,,cri "ih
P,raguaH. win tn atd'ioi. 3D., ',, - ~, ,b 49,,
~" in,t,,r Stimulation now suggested. ma,
BE- prep,icl for your approval AMI >;.,r,r
r.~s than TWO months aftorward the treaty was
fully concluded. but the Gladstone Government
v,s oyer.brn~u anl Lord Salisbury succeeding
rar Granville as Foreign Secretary found II IN
cunn.a. unon himself TO complete the nego'ia-
,io,a which h, immoi ilaicly proceeded 70 80 b."
.,-si,g 20 General Guzman Blanco n1i' on july
- absolutely reversing Earl Granvilhs action The
portion o. %, hot. referring O. this clause is as
follows:
i.r Government
In rhe ascent glVon BY Their prrdeccss1ts ~ ofc'
-, The general nfilra,'ns articl' PROPOSED b. nrH-
r.lg an! fhsy unable 10 agree 20 100" Inclusion
m ~ az matters other inau ihoss arising out or M
n,rrrr.faf.oa or alleged violation OF iais pari't-
lar fr.uf, To engage to refer TO aruitfaipfl an
ll.n,f.a and controversies Whatsoever would De
vrlfhou, rrrcelcn' IN the treaties mad" hv Great
britain Questions might ari-" such as ihos" m
vci,lug the itlc o; the british crown 20 territory
or other sovereign right which Her Maj"st' 8 COY
eminent could not pefsc th"ms'lNcs b'for"hand 10
rcfer 90 arbitration
This letter removed al iouh' as 70 m" broad
terms Of Earl Granvc's agreement. for Lord
salisbury distinctly pu' such q construction on the
treaty (yhi.h he concedc was as ntod to- tn"t
the title 20 the territory of the BRUSH Crown colony
~ Guiana had to be arbltrated under its specific
terms This throw IN entirely now and unfaNora-
T ble ughr on a portion of Lord Salsbury's reply 10
Secretary Oln"y iu In" latter part Of IN" Foreign
onc. dlsraicn Of November -. In which ne says:
Mr. Olnov is mistaken n Supposing that IN lNN5
a treaty was practically agreed upon containing a
General arbitration claus" under which the parties
NIGH, have submitted the boundary dispute To the
DECISION of third Power, or OF several Powers. IN
a,ni,y With both. II H. that General tiuzindn
Nlanco proposed that IA, CONNER al ueaty be-
fwe,, IN, Two countries should contain clause Of
ths mature. but II had reference 10 future disputes
only
Lord Salisbury deemed proper In this dispatch TO
| underscore The word future" and II was printed
In italics In the Foreign Oillc" official document.
That iher. Is an cquvocat!on in this statement can
hardly l.. doubted when taken In connection Win
Lord Salisbury's own earlier letter TO fuZinan
Hlanco and Earl Granv!llc's notes.