Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-22
ENCLAND'S CASE IS READY
Documents on the Boundary Dispute Have
All Been Compiled
HISTORICAL FACTS HELD UNAsSAlLABLE
Diplomatic Feature of the Case No
Considered So Etrong-England
May Wait for the Commis-
sion's Report.

stands that the attorney general, Sir Rich
ard Webster, has revised the statement Of
the British case in the Venezuela dispute,
prepared by Sir Frederick Pollock of OK
ford university and that II will be issued
early next week with maps and documents.
1--WE believe" says the Standard, that
the government regards the British case as
| historically unassalahle, although the diplo-
matte aspect Is by no means free from con-
! FUSION
| The Standard also has an editorial on this
subject, which, recognizing the rapproach-
| ment between England and America, pro-
| tests against undue haste in settling the
Venezuela dispute. 1t commends the gov
, ernment for going slowly and believes the
American government is equally circumspect.
| The Standard also claims authority to
| assert that President Cleveland has refused
| to assist President Crespo in resisting Eng
| lands claim for indemnity and 1t thinks the
fact that the Washington government has
brought Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British
ambassador in Washington, into direct COM
munication with Senor Andrade, the Ven
ezuelan minister, is hopeful for the resump-
| tion of relations between England ana VEN
| eZuela.
| Hon. G. S. Baden-Powell, conservative
| member of Parliament, who acted as Cana
dian commissioner on the Joint commission
| on seal lie III BeTlnS sed III 1871, WRITES
| to the Times this morning, suggesting that
before England agrees to joint commission
| she should ascertain how Venezuela would be
bound by the decision and what degree of
responsibility the United States assumes in
| the control of Venezuela.
The Chronicle says with reference to G. w.
| Smalley's suggestions for the settlement of
| the Venezuelan question: I'VE do not need
! to assume that Lord Salisbury has rejected
the American proposal in it's entirety. But
| our information is that matters have reached
| a less hopeful final stage than is assumed in
| some quarters.
1T Is doubtful IL our government will take
| any decisive action until after the committee
| has reported. If the report should favor the
| British claim, the government might be
| inclined to say that the case was ended, and
| that the only remaining step for America to
take was to bring pressure to bear upon
! Venezuela. We fear, however, that the re-
! pert will be delayed, and will bring us peril
ousy near the great rock ahead, namely the
| American election"
TAKE ALL OR NONE.
| g. w. Smalley, in dispatch
| it is not open to the British government to
| pick out one part of the plan for Ven
ezuelan settlement which he has outlined in
| dispatches to that paper as favorably looked
| upon by the United States government for
acceptance, while rejecting others. I'm any
follow that Washington would not consider a
| counter proposal or a reasonable proposition.
| But embarrassments are thickening. Jingo
opposition to the scheme is daily rising here
and similar disposition is appearing in some
| non-jingo quarters"
| The correspondent quotes some of the lead
| ing New York papers on the scheme to IL
lustrate the above views.
| An editorial in the Times says:
"The turning point has been reached in
| the Venezuelan dispute. The press has been
called upon to play novel and delicate part
on both sides of the Atlantic. 1t has now
done it's work. II is for the diplomats to
complete the good work the journals have
begun by diplomatic usages. The next move
rests with Secretary Olney. 1t is for him to
resume the correspondence and to submit the
present views Of his government 70 Lord
Salisbury. We are confident that they are
practically the same as those embodied in
our Washington dispatches, and they would
be received here with the greatest respect
and a desire for an amcable settlement.
! When negotiations are resumed it Is only
fair that they should be conducted in Wash
| ingtcn in preference to London, since we
are unfortunately deprived of the presence
Of Venezuelan envoy here
| Nothing is further from our intentions
than to imply that Lord Salisbury should
! accept the joint commission and should re-
ject the rest. 1t is well understood here
that the project Of the Washington govern
ment stands or falls as whole. We have
every reason to hope and believe that 1t will
| bring blessings and a firm and enduring
peace to the two great branches OF the Eng
ish speaking race"