The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-13
Of the Dispute Over the Bound
ary Line Of Venezuela.
OFFICIAL NEWS LOCKED UP,
But Both Sides Admit That Progress
Is Being Made.
A London Paper Tries to Belittie the
BlundeTs in the British Biuebook-
England Declines to Declare Her
Position on PrivatecrinG In Case OF
u spanish-American War.

London. March le.-The under secretary
Of state for foreign affairs. George y Cur
zon, replying 10 a question in the house or
commons today. said the government had
no information as 10 a settlement of the.
Venezuelan question having been arrived
at.
II negotiations directly between Xen=z-
uela aad Great Britain have been renewed
al Caracas the fact is rot known 10 efii-
Gals here who should surely have been
advised for their ow. guidance. and as the
Venezuela commission is proceeding dill.
gentiy 10 the discharge of its duty of
weighing; all of the evidence obtainabse re
specting the actual location of the bonn-
dairy line. and IN this has been assured
OF the cooperation tirformaliy. ii is irle.
as 10 Great Britain. but none the less ef-
fectisely) of both parties in the dispute.
the public expectation appears TO turn in
that direction. Owing 10 the limited num-
ber of advance copies of the British hlue-
book containing the British case which
have been received 50 far, the commis-
son has been obliged TO struggle along
with ore single copy. which i. Of courSs.i (
Inadequate for the simultaneous study of
all OF the meulssrs. but ii i expected that
within a day or TWO the mails viii bring
a sufficient supply of the documents from
London 10 facilitate the progress Of the
work Meanwhile. SO far as the document
has been examined. it can De stated that
II is not regarded as bearing out the prom
ise Of invulnera5.lity claimed for il In Loi-
don. In fact, II Is in many points re-
garded as open TO Impeachment as 10 &C
iual historical events cited.
The Daily News this morning states
that neg )tiatiors on the Guiana boundary
dispute continue. but the question upOa
which both Lord Salisbury and Mr.. Olaay
have made mutually unacceptable propo-
sails refers to the treatment Of the settled
districts. If an agreement is reached On
this point. the boundary dispute will be
referred 10 a joint commission Of English
men and Americans" With respect 10 the
rumor from Washington City that settle
ment had been arrived at. the Daily News
suggests that IL means that a joint com
IN ssioa has been agreed 10.
The Daily News also g.ves long ex2ia-
nation OF the flaws which have been point
ed out by other London newspapers in me
British case. ard admits that slips have
crept INTO the hluehook Such errors are
unfortunate" 1t continues. 'bu; are al
most unavoidable in dealing with an i'm
mense mass of documents. But they do
not substantially impair the cogency Of
the British case"
~. asi,inxtoa City, March. IL v-It can. be
stated positively, notwithstanding publ
cations to the contrary. that no settlement
has been reached on the Venezuelan gues-
ion but, according 10 the best authority,
matters are proceeding in such a fashion
as TO warrant the belief that there will he
a satisfactory outcome. At present il can
not he told whether the ultimate settlement
of this question will be effected as = re-
suit of direc; negotiations between Great
Britain and Venezuela through the me-
dunn Of some mutually friendly power. or
as the conclusion of the work Of our own
Venezuelan boundary commission. hut in
one way OF another \ peaceful settlement
is believed to be entirely probable in the
end. though the end still may be far re-
moved.