The morning times., 1896-12-29
TREATY SENT TO ENGLAND
Draft of the Venezuelan COnvep-
tiOn Left Here Saturday.
BOUNDARY INCIDENT ENDED
Lord SaIisbury's Final Instructions
In the British Amba s~ador Are
Expected Within Ten Days-Place
of Tribunals Meeting Yet TO Be
determined.

The completed draft of the Venezuelan
treaty went to Lord Salisbury by last
Saturdays mail, and his final instructions
60 the British ambassador are expected
withiE a week or ten days. The only inn
portant point still open is the place Of
meeting of the tribunal. This viii be left
60 Sir John Pauncefote and Mr.. Andrade
60 settle.
The last little point Of difference in
the Anglo American general arbitratiJn
protocol has also been settled, and the
treaty Will probably be ready to be sent
% the Senate in about two weeks
The international incident of the Fene-
EHelan boundary dispute is considered
flosed AS far as the United States is
concerned. and all further negotiations
for its adjudication lie wholly with the
two parties To the controversy, Venezuela
and Great Britain.
This explanation comes from the State
Department, where it is further stated
that with the acceptance of the Venezuelan
executive three weeks ago, of the heads
For the proposed treaty of arbitration, as
signec 10y Sir Julian Panncefote and Mr..
plney. on November IL, the friendly in
lervention Of the United States had been
completed.
The only additional acts of the United
States in the matter viii be the publication
OF the evidence and reports collected by the
Venezuelan high commission and the even
tual refcrcncetothe United states Supreme
Court Of the concurrent request of the two
countries for the appointment or two Ju-
rists as members OF the tribunal as provide ID
by the treaty.
As The Venezuelan congress. which must
pass upon this treaty, has been called to
meet in extra session on February 1 in
stead OF waiting until it's constitutional
meeting day, February 20, it was pre-
Eumed. aS they have done. il appears, that
Mir. Andrade ana the British ambassador
would complete the details OF the conven-
tion directly in order that it may reach
Caracas within month.
Meeting of Diplomats.
Senior Audrade met Sir Julian Pauncerote
atthe British Embassy yesterday afternoon
and discussed the few remaining details re-
hating to the treaty.
The Venezuelan governments is very deSir-
Gus that citizen Of that country should
be placed on the board Of arbitration, and
IL as well known that Senor Andrade
cherisheS the hope that this may be done,
though Ids wishes are not likely to be
gratified II was the belief in Caracas that
this consideration would not be shown to
Venezuela, and this formed the basis Of
bome of the opposition to its approval
The treaty itself simply provides that two
justices OF he United States Supreme Court
and two members Of the British supreme
court shall select the board, and that in
the event OF their failure to agree King
Oscar, 0f sweden, shall nominate the fifth
umpire.
The time and place of the meeting have
been lcfta blank in the treaty, TO be agreed
upon by Sir Julian and Senor Andrade.
il may lie stated that these meetings will
not be held either in Venezuela, the United
States, or in British Territory. Neutra
ground, satisfactory TO both countries, will
be selected, and it is not improbable that
Tor variety Of reasons Paris OF BRUSSELS
may be chosen.
The Protocol.
It may lie ten OF twelve days before
the protocol viii be signed. The tr-Ity
provides that Sir Julian ana Senor An
Cirade may sign for their respective gov
crnments. hut Sir Julian cannot do this
until he receives his formal instructions
from Great Britain. and il is understood
that these have not yet been mailed.
Senor Andrade, on the ether hand, is
said to have brought this authority with
him 70 Washington, but lie VIII defer
acting until Sir Julian Can act CO. Jointly
with him.
Private letters, which arrived on the
steamer that brought Mr. 8ndrade TO
this country. disprove the correctness ol
thedspatch printed several weeks ago, that
when the terms ofthe treaty became known
in caracas great indignation existed
smorg the people, and that strong ia
nueuces were eXcTted to pre- vent its
ratification.
All the information is to the contrary
1t is stated in these letters that while
Mfr. Michelani, the former minister to
England, objected particularly to Tn,
- fifty-year clause of the treaty his pro-
test was contained in a single letter
publishedin Caracas newspaper.
1t was Immediately followed by a sue
cession Of otser letters from former SecTc.
taries Of state, former Venezuelan min
listers at Washington and London, and
other prominent persons declaring that
the treaty was precisely what Venezuela
desired and what she had asked Great
Britain a score Of years ago to make.
II is arguF from this ana from other
information which has been current in
diplomatic circles for some weeks that
the treaty IS acceptable to the Venezuelan
people generally, and it is not doubted
that it VIII be promptly signed by Senol
Andrade and Sir Julian Pamcefote, rep
resentlng, respectively, Venezuela and Greal
Britain.
At noon yesterday Secretary Olney drov,
TO the British embassy and had q lon:
conference with Sir Julian, presumably
with reference TO the treaty.