The Grenada sentinel., 1896-10-03
HE VENEZUELA. CASE.
4 commissions Report Said to
Pc Practically Made Up.
ri lvD's CLAIMS ARE ILL.FOuNDsO.
Administration Desirous Of Closing
n, tn. Matter Before March 4
Next-The Course That 10
Op:n for England.

o. LOUIS, Sept. 3O.-A Washington
,sc;al to the Globe Democrat says:
..rhe report of the Venezuelan COM
r;ssion is practically completed,
mics of few documents OF The
ascus being all that arc necessary to
.snder the examination absolutely
.horough. The report, according to the
,.w creating the commission, is to be
nade to the president, and there is no
doubt that he and Secretary Olney
~ill have it for consideration several
-eeks before congress meets.
ut can be stated positively that the
,enort will be convincing that En-
hands claims are ill-founded. This
being the case, interest naturally arises
a. to what course the president and
Ecretary Olney will pursue. The opin-
lon is expressed on some hands that
ihe president will. without delay, SUBJ
nit the report to congress, with
strong message recommending that the
limited State enforce its findings.
From a man who is semi-otticially
Interested in the Venezuelan side of
tbe controversy, and who is in a
position to keep well posted, it is
learned that the administration will
mos. likely pursue more diplomatic
Ieourse, and one which is better cal
|culated to settle the matter without
resort to unnecessary friction and
proba bly, war between the two ma
tons.
"This man informed the corre-
spondent that the course to be pursued
by the administration was this: Hav-
ing ascertained, after a most ex-
hausti7s investigation, that En-
glands claims to the terri
tory in dispute could not be sus-
tanned by evidence, the result of the
commissions research would be made
known to the British foreign office be-
fore it was communicated to congress.
AT the same time notification would 10
given that unless Great Britain could
disprove the accuracy of the American
commissions findings, the American
congress would call upon Great
Britain to evacuate Venezuelan
territory which it was occupying
without right. This would give
England an opportunity to settle with
Venezuela without the ignominy Of
On informal backdown to the United
States, in which event the president
and congress would take no action.
Lord Salisbury will, it is expected,
play for delay, hoping that If the
matter can be postponed until the in.
coming of a new administration the
chances of Great Britain coming
out of the difficulty better would
be improved, his idea being that
a new administration would be
more yielding than the administra-
ton which started the muss and had
its reputation to sustain. Neither the
president nor Secretary Olney, how.
ever, is desirous of leaving the settle
ment Of the matter over to their sue
cessors. Having raised the issue they
wish to fight it out ito finish,
50 that it can not be said that they
shirked any responsibility for
the outcome. This being the disposi-
ton, of the administration, Lord
will find it difficult to secure
any unreasonab BILE delay. The settles
'nent Of the controversy, therefore can
be looked for before the 4th of March.
The probabilities of peaceful settle
ment are excellent, because England
can better afford to abandon her un.
just claims than to 60 to war on an
issue upon which the civilized world
can be convinced that she was in the
wrong.