Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-03-14
ZELY -FOUR COPIES

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Of tIl1 nezueian blue Book Received in
1st trf = One for Ambassndor Bay
n,r- ~. ,'rer 'or "a. STATE pspas.msnr.
secn' 81 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Case
not Nj UP.
IVA E6roN, March 1O.--Four copies
| Of ti;.''- = zuelan blue book reached
WaaG BON Sunday, having been sent
lin I'D ee Of their publication in En-
| glnuj e came to Sir Julian Paunce-
fote, .sssiycly for his information
andI< ns was expected, to be pre-
senl< him to the Venezuelan COM
miss M the British case. The other
copic jne to the; state department
from nDassador Bayard, to whom
they given BY Lord Salisbury,
over elk ago y is supposed, Sim
ply act Of personal courtesy to
the ]can am bassador, as the state
dep1 ent officials are most myste-
riou put the matter and deny all
knof &c Of 'the book
| m c 1neantime the Venezuelan
COM 'pu has TO depend for inlor-
ma \ A9fl p1ect upon tine fuli
ao5tt1ssps catied sDy tne 'oni0eu fress
last Friday. Inc copy OF tne docu-
ment received at the britisn EN- oassy
Is, IN appearance v,ry imposing al.
1air' witn its accompanying ioio OF
maps, and is evidently prepared Win
the direct end In view OF tne consio-
GRAFTON oy such a judicial pooy as Is
constituted IN fresldent Oieveiano
commission. Each chapter oeallng
with the various phases OF she ques-
tion closes with a concise statement
OF what is demonstrated ana the entire
work seems TO nave neen accomplished
In most painstaKing, careIui man
ner.
To those who have seen 1t, no doubt
exists that it is an exhaustive state
ment of Great Britain's claim, and that
it could not be extended in any par
ticular If England had consented to
arbitration, and had expressed will
lingness to let her case stand or fall
on the evidence therein presented.
The fact but one copy of the blue
book was sent to the British ambassa-
dor here, who alone would be the
vehicle of communication for such a
document to the United States gov
ernment, and the extreme reticence of
the state department regarding the
three copies which were transmitted
unofiicially by Ambassador Bayard,
confirms the impression that En-
gland, while declining to recog-
nize in any direct manner the
creation by President Cleveland of
commission to designate the true
divisional line, would, in Justice Brew
er's words in his letter to Secretary
Olney inviting information from the
two Governments, ''act the part of an
umyus curiae,'' and be willing to
throw light upon difficult and complex
matters of fact. To that request,
which the commission made January
Is. Venezuela responded by formally
appointing counsel and promising all
the evidence obtainable.
Lord Salisbury's acquiescence, ac-
cording to best reports, was confined
to personal assurances to Mr.. Bayard
that Great Britain's case would be
fully made up for the information of
parliament, and that the entire world
would then be IN possession of every
argument upon which England's claim
to the territory was based.
As appears from the United Press
cablegrams, the preliminary edition of
the blue book on Friday, when it was
delivered to parliament, was totally
inadequate to supply the demand, not
more than one hundred copies Delng
available for distribution. This may
account for only one copy being Tor
warded to Sir Julian ana only three TO
Secretary Olney.
Some speculation has been set aiioat
as TO what Secretary oiney intends TO
do with his pies. Naturally ne
would wish to keep one for his own In
formation, as it replies more fully to
his famous dispatch OF July ~ last
than did Lord Salisbury in his two re-
joinders of November 20. Another
copy might go to the president IN
formally, merely as matter OF inter-
esting literature, but the destination
of the remaining copy is not yet per-
mitted to be guessed at.
The Venezuelan commission, which
would, under ordinary circumstances,
be thought to be the most appre-
ciativc repository for the third copy
claims to be utterly dependent upon
formation regarding the contents OF
the blue book.
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