The herald., 1896-11-12
THAT SUBMISSION
70 arbitration
Is Not Very Pleasing to
English Editors
LOOKS TOO MUCH like 4 BACKBONE
The Agreement Includes Some
Pleasant Features
THE TREATY IS WELCOMED
As Tending to Make Future Disputes
Less Likely
Monroeism ls Not Recognized a. lsternatloso
THE TREATY IS WELCOMED
As Tending to Make Future Disputes
Less Likely
Monroeism Il Not Recognized a. lsternatlosao
Law
An Unofficial Statement That King o.
car of Sweden Will Be the Odd -
Member of the Arbitra-
ton Commission.
Associated Press Special wire

Associated Press Special Wire
LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE Westminsteh
Gazette this afternoon, referring to the
practical settlement of the Venezuelan
question by submitting it to court oH
arbitration, says:
"The locus standu of the United States
which the marquis of Salisbury at first
denied is now undisputed, and b ac-
cepted even to the length Of ruling out
Venezuela. We would much rather set
tie with the United States, but we natu-
rally look to the United States to go bail
for Venezuela in return. In this asser-
tion of the Monroe doctrine the most
satisfactory point of all is appended to
the arbitration agreement"
The st. James Gazette asks whether
the agreement will not throw into arbi-
tration "all the sparsely settled region
between the Schomburg line and the ter
ritory Of Guiana, which Lord Kimberley
and the marquis of Salisbury declared
they would never submit to arbitration.
and which President Cleveland and Sec
retary Olney declared they should or the
United States would make them"
It adds: "If Great Britain does submit
this issue to arbitration, it will be diff
cult to disprove the American claim
that the agreement is a square back
down on the part of Great Britain. That
treaty of arbitration is an indisputable
benefit, and the decision of the commit
tee not to report relieves President
Cleveland's government of the most se-
rious difficulty of its own creation"
The Pail Mall Gazette thinks that
hereafter disputes are less likely to oc-
cur, now that "the principle of dealing
directly with the little republic is set
aside in favor of negotiations with their
powerful protector"
The Globe welcomes the agreement,
because it releases the American gov
ernment from false and dangerous po-
sition." Continuing. 1t says: when the
commission reported adversely to Great
Britain, it would force President Cleve-
land to attempt the coercion of Great
Britain or to eat the humblest of humble
pie. No one in this country wishes to see
the development of the United States
retarded for half a century. as would
necessarily have been done If the gov
ernment at Washington had seen fit to
enter on so trivial pretext upon SO un-
equal a contest. The decision of the
commission to withhold it's report is an
obvious one but an effective way out OF
an awkward situation
The Globe then proceeds to criticise the
composition of the tribunal and in this
connection refers to the fact that Vene-
zuela is not represented 'in spite of lord
Salisbury's early assertion that the
question at issue only concerned the
United Kingdom and Venezuela" and
concludes: 1T must clearly be under-
stood that this institution of the new
tribunal of arbitration is not to constl-
tute precedent for arranging all futuro
disputes between the United States and
the United Kingdom in North and South
America, and that we are not ready to
recognize Monroeism as an international
law"
After a cabinet council held today, the
attorney general, Sir Richard Webster,
went to the colonial office and had con-
ference with one of the under-secreta~
ries, Mr.. C. A. Harris, who has been
prominently associated with the Vene-
zuelan question from the first.
ARBITRATORS CHOSEN.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE ex-
elusive information of the Associated
Press that King Oscar II of Sweden and
Norway hx; been agreed on as the fifth
and final arbitrator in the Venezuelan
question, and that the other four arbi-
traitors are to be named by the judicial
authorities of the two countries, two by
the lord chief justice of England, two by
the chief justice of the United States.
has been fully verified from authorita-
tive sources. The official announcement
is likely to be made at an early day.
Those best acquainted with the facts
stated that the Associated Press report
covered all the essential particulars.
Additional information can be given
that King Oscar II Will be the fifth arbi-
traitor With the understanding that II his
royal functions are such as to make 1t
undesirable to sit with the arbitrators
he will designate another. probably his
chief justice, to participate in the formal
meeting. At the same time it is the king
whom the governments will regard az
the final arbitrator even though he
should designate some one to serve in the
formal capacity. The personnel of the
judicial members of the commission has
not been determined and no names have
been mentioned except that the solicitor
general of England may be one OF those
designated