Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-13
ALL FINED But one POINT
Difficulty II Finding & Method to Choose
ArbitrUtorS,
DETAILS or The TREATY OVER VENEZUELA
Terms of the Cotuprct Included in
Two separate Papers, 10 one
of Which Venezuela
- a Party.
or The TREATY OVER VlNEzJELt

WASHINGTON. Nov 1g-Eut one point
"A matter o, detail ana 40, OF merli-re-
mains open between the United States ana
Great Britain lu the se-tlemtu; OF the Ntug-
zuelEu question. ana the gEhlerrHms pass .ur
between London and Washington give every
reason 20 believe that TINS point which
has delayed the formal uffy nr OF signatures
to The Arrangement OF settlement viii bs
determined within 4 day ur Two. j relates
70 the choice o. the four judicial members
Of The court Of arbitration. two ry tins
country and two ny Great Britain j, has
been found that it was no easy task 70 take
the lord chief justice the solicitor general
or another eminent British judicial fuuCtiou-
AIRY from his present Important duties and
charge him with other duties which may
take months or years in their execution
For that reason il has been considered
wise 70 settle this matter a. the outset
As stated, the point remaining 10 he set
ueu relates wholly 10 the pe-guunel uf the
arbitration tribunnl and ir any event will
not AFFECT the merits Of tre agreement Al
ready reached on the lines given IL fun
ID the ASsnciuteu press dispatches The
arrangement Is 10 King Oscar i OF Swe-
oeu Is no; open but Is final so far as NJ
Dluey and Sir Julian puuurefute are con
cern"d. The agreement on the king aF thu
chlei Arbitrator was made under the same
circumstances and conditions tha: always
attach TO the selection Of 4 ruler ot Z M
ton At times ]; has been the president o.
The Swiss republic, a. other times kim
Eumhert. who ms been named but ALWAYS
with the understanding diplomatic usage
implies that the KING could name another
nominal representative to relieve himself
Of The more llhorious duties o. the position
In the present case King Oscar wac the
one upon whom the TWO countries
agreed and with the usual limitations
suggested they VIII look 10 hin or such
one as ne may designate ae MS representa-
tive There is much amusing cur-rert uuprl
these intimately familiar with the facts a.
The efforts IN some quarters 10 make nice
distinctions as 10 the times Of King Oscar 5
service and 70 question the service itself
when II TACT ttls branch uf the subject vur
removed from the field Of discussion some
days ago
Now tha; the facts os the agreement ars
known fuller information Is pt.Hluuhle ne
10 The form the compact mas taken There
are Two distinct papers II the transaction
The trsi and 10y far the more important one
IE N the nj ure O. solemn GCreprneu. be
tween the luited States ana Grel. Britain
on the terms Ny which the boundary cues
bon viii be settled and the form Of the
court Of arbitration. ]; Is lacking IN the
technical characteristic Of L treaty and n
ior-u II final agreement duly signed ny the
representatives o. the TWO governments on
the terms by which they will settle the
differences arising out OF their divergent
views on The disputed boundary question
Then. because the subject rratfer Of lht
boundary itself lies between Greut Britain
and Nenezus.a, second paper Is made ueces-
sEry. TINS viii be In the form o. Z treuty
the contracting parties being Great Britain
and Venezuela. This will explain some
ambiguity o. terms that has arisen uE 70
The agreement and treaty Literally the
United States ana Great Britain have made
Al agreement by which the terms Of an
arbitration treaty between Great Britain and
Venezuela are framed. Each nstrumeu: Will
relate 10 the other and ae Z part OF 4 com
mon understGnL'n nE on the entire subject
In this way NenezuelE retains her attitude
as contracting party 10 the final treaty
But, HE the treaty is shaped 10y the agree
ment, the United StuteF Is The instrumental
ity by which the fun results are accom-
plishec and the United States names TWO
oi he judicial ErbirrEcUrs.