The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-12

news.
London. Nov 1.-THE Westministe
Gazette his afternoon, referring 10 tn
question by submitting it to a court o.
arbitration, says:
The locus stand; OF the United States
which the marquis of Salisbury at frs
denied, is now undisputed, and Is accept
ed even to the length of ruling out VeEe
zuela. We would much rather settle witt
the United States, but we naturally look
TO the United States to go bail for Ven
ezueia I'm return. To this assertion Of the
Monroe doctrine, the most satisfactory
point of all is appended-a general arbi-
tration agreement
The St James Gazette asks whether
the agreement viii not throw into arbi-
tration ''all the sparsely settled region
between the Schomrburgk line and the
settled territory of Guiana, which Lord
Kimberly and the marquis of Salisbury
declared they would never submit TO ar
Ditration, and whereupon President
Cleveland and Secretary Olney declared
that they should, or the United States
would make them.
1t adds: III Great Britain does submit
this issue to arbitration il VIII be diff
cult to disprove the American claim that
the agreement is a square backdown on
the part of Great Britain"
That the arrangements includes a
general treaty Of arbitration is ar indis-
putable benefit, and the decision Of the
committee not to report relieves Presi-
dent Cleveland's government of the most
serious difficulty Of its own creation"
The Pail Mall Gazette thinks that here
after disputes are less likely to occur,
now that the principle OF dealing directly
with the little republics is set aside in IA
vor of negotiations with their powerful
protectors
The Globe welcomes the agreement,
because it releases the American gov
eminent from a false and dangerous po-
sition."
Continuing, the Globe says: when the
commission reported adversely to Great
Britain it would have forced President
Cleveland to attempt the coercion Of
Great Britain, or 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 it would necessarily have done, if the
government at Washington had seen iii
10 enter, on so trivial preteXt, on so un-
equal a. contest. The determina lion of
The commission 10 withhold its report is
an obvious but effective way out OF an
awkward situation
The Globe then proceeds to criticize
the composition Of the tribunal and in
this connection referrs to the fact that
Venezuela is not represented, "in spite
OF Lord Salisburyss early assertion that
=,
United Kingdom and Venezuela" con-
Guiding: 1T must be clearly understood
that this institution of the new tribunal
of arbitration is not to constitute prec-
edent for arranging all future disputes
between the United States and the Unit
ed Kingdom, in North and South Ameri-
CO, and that we are not ready TO recog-
nize MonroeiSm as an international law"
Those who are best acquainted with
she facts read with satisfaction the As
sociated Press reports printed today con-
cerning the arbitration and stated that
Il covered all essential particulars and
was correct The additional information
can be given that the agreement is that
King Oscar III. will be the fifth, or final,
arbitrator, with the understanding that
If his royal functions are such as to make
it undesirable to sit with the arbitrators
chief justice. to participate in the formal
meetings. At the same time il IS the
king whom the governments will regard
as the final arbitrator, even though he
should designate someone 10 serve in a
FORMAL capacity.
The personnel Of the judicial members
of the commission has not been deter
mined. and no names are mentioned. ex-
rept that the solicitor general of Eng
land may be one of those designated.
This. however. viii be a matter of sub
eequent adjustment as the exact names
do not appear in the draft of the treaty.
London, Nov. 1.-THE statement pub
1ished in the newspapers here that Brit
ish arbitrators in the Venezuelan dispute
will bc-appointed by the lord chief jus
fice. Baron Russell OF Kiloween, has eX-
cited great interest in and about the law
courts and elsewhere and there is much
speculation regarding the probable
choice of Lord Russell.
Sir Frank Lockwood. Q. c.. who ac-
Companied Lord Russell on his recent
visit TO America, in an interview on the
subject with a representative of the AS
Sociated Press, said:
The result is one to crafty every
particularly as il was reach
I'd without any sacrifices principles ON
either side. II is so surprise TO me or