The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-11

Washingtn n, Nov 10.-The king of
Sweden and Norway, Oscar III, has been
chosen by treaty between the United
States and G reat Britain as the fifth and
final arbitrator of the Venezuelan boitn
diary qucstio The other arbitrators
two by the lord chief justice of England
and two by i6he chief justice of the United
States.
This is TIN final and most important
feature OF the treaty for the complete adj
iustrnent OF the long pending Venezuela
controversy. The treaty was concluded
in Washingi on last night at the British
embassy Sir. Julian Pauncefote represent
ing Der Britannia majesty and Secretary
Olney the United States.
When Mr.. Olney and Sir Julian reached
their final conclusions IL cablcGram was
ut once dispatched to Lord Salisbury no.
tifying him of the result 1t reached him
within IN hour of the time when he arose
to speak Iii Guild Hail. and il was the
basis for his announcement tc England
and to the entire world that the NcneHu-
elm controversy was settled.
Although Lord Salisbury's statement
was without details, it is possible To give
all the essential features of the treaty
concluded in Washington last night
The main point, as already stated, is that
IN
of Sweden and Norway, the Goths and
Nanduls," is the fifth or decisive nrbitra-
tor. 1t was deemed best to make this
choice rather than to leave it to the selec-
ton of the other four illustrators. The
latter are assured of being men Of emf
nent judicial attainment, as their choice
is left entirely to the Judiciary of the re-
spcctive countries.
The other essential feature Of the treaty
is that sixty years actual possession is to
constitute tiUlc With this limitation as
to the settled districts, the entire sweep
of Venezuela boundary Is placed in the
hands of the court of arbitration. The
treaty covers only Venezuela, and the ques-
tion OF general arbitration between the
United States and Great Britain is left
to future negotiations. AS II king sell
dom leaves his country, except ON state
visits to other sovereigns, it is not en-
rected that King Oscar II will 20 outside
of Sweden for the meeting of the Drbitra-
tors, and the court is likely to sit at
Stockholm. the capital Gf Sweden, where
King Oscer's palace is located. The choice
of King Oscar appears To have been n
most fortunate one rs he is universally
regarded rs II man of great ;ttainments
of Judicial temperament and of eminent
fairness Among the monarchs of
Europe, he is probably the. most popular
as he goes freely among he people and is
thoroughly democratic in his ways. The
feeling entertained for him is shown Ivy
the fact that the Scadinavian residents
of the United States are ut ssprcseut rails
ing II large SUN with which to buy him
present on the celebration of his Goth
birthday. He is known also as the .'Giant
King, us he stands six feet three inches
i'll height, towering above most men ami
II central figure in all asscmblages. lie
comes from noble stock, being the grand
son of the French marshal Bcrnadotte
who is considered first among the mar
ShalS of France, and, save Napoleon him.
self, undoubtedly the greatest character
upheavcd by the French revolution.
The present king was reared rs II sailor,
and us he had two elder brothers, it was
not expected that he would reach the
throne. He became commander of the
Swedish navy, and OH The death of his
ewO elder brothers, became the crown
prince, ant. thereafter king.
King Ocar is not only ruler whose
. craftsmanship has advanced Norway and
Sweden. but he has also IL reputation
tiiroughouuIiurope rs Il l;nguist, author,
poet and musician. He speaks half
dezen languages fluen,ly and has q
thorough command of English, which
WIKI he OF especial advantage in the
present arbitration.
While most, cordial towards the 'nitct
states, King Oscar is not the less
friendly to Crest Britain, although there
are no ties of iicmediate kinship with the
British royal family. He i, however, a
warm personal friend of lie Prince of
Wales. who Visited him ut Stockholm in
1880 when royai elk hunt through the
woods of Sweden took place. His special
ally Is Emperor William, who visited
him last year.
The learning and judicial fairness
which King Oscar has shown in several
recent arDitrations had led to the feeling
that he is prominently qualified for the
responsibility involved in his present
choice by The United States and Great
Britain.
Washington, Nov. 1G.--The arbitration
of the Venezuelan dispute is settled
fact. All arrangements have been com.
pleted and all details of the arbitration
treaty hetwesn the Unired States and
Great Britain arranged. .IV,e final terms
OF the treaty of arbitration were arranged
in this city last night. The terms were
cabled to London and have been ac-
cepted The tGeaty covers VenezueIa
only and does net include a gen eral treaty
of arbitration of all future disputes be-
tween the two great English. speaking
nations. This treaty is to be arranged
later by future negotiations. The Ven.
eZuelan arbitration commission will con-
sist of five artitrators, two TO be named
by the United States, two by Great
Britain, these four to select the fifth ar
bitrator. Venezuela will not be directly
represented on the commission.
The treaty fixes sixty years undisp1ted
possession as the test of conclusive pre-
sumption of rightul occupancy of the |
settled districts