The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-11-13

capital OF Sweden. where King Oscars
palace and the halls of the Swedish
reksdag are located
The choice of King Oscar appears to
have been IA most fortunate one. as he Is
universally regarded as "A man OF great
attainments, of judicial temperament
and of eminent fairness. Among the
monarchs of Europe he is probably the
most popular. as he goes freely among
the people and is thoroughly democratic
in his ways.
England s agreement to settle the Ven
ezuelan dispute by arbitration Is "A dis
tinct victory for Venezuela. backed ur
by the United States
Venezuela has asked arbitration for
40 years. Great Britain's reply always
has been uniform-namely, that while
arbitration was desired. vet the settled
districts, which We're regarded rs ''sov
ereign British soil" were not open TO
arbitration According TO the treaty
mutations the entire NeneZuela
Guiana boundary will be thrown open
To .IrJ....,"..., 1t remaining for Great
Britain to show that certain portions
have been occupied by her subjects so
long, peacefully. uninterruptedly and
publicly as to make Il conclusive terri
torial presumption
The country which, it is understood,
this will open tn arbitration embraces
all of the vast tract west of the EsIqulbO
river including the OrinOcO river on
both banks and at the mouth and the
stretch of land on either side: also, the
Barima country, Ill which are located
the gold fields, the most valuable re-
sources of the country. East OF the
EsiQuibo river lies the British colony
of Demerara. with its capital. George
town. and lesser settlements radiating
westward This portion east of the
Esiquibo is. from the Venezuelan stand
point, about the only territory IN which
the doctrine of prescription, or long CON
tinued possession, applies There are
scattered English settlements i'll the in
terror. and to them. II Is said. it will be
a question of fact before the arbitrators
TO determine whether the British occu
pancy has been open and notorious for
term of 90 years.
Among the diplomats it is felt that
the efforts of the Venezuelan commits
sion have not been III vain. 1t is re
garded as the moral force which has
helped toward the present result
Moreover. the commission has accumu-
lated mass of evidence bearing di-
rectly on the facts of the British occu.
pancy, which Is now the test of settle
ment. The fullness of this information
gained by the commission leads TO some
general comment as to the probable
choice of Justice Brewer or others of
the commission as arbitrators. but this
is purely speculative.
Mr.. Frederick R Coudert a member
of the commission. said that it would
be much better for the boundary to be
determined by arbitration than by a de-
ciSion of the commission. The report
of the commission however it should be
made, would be of much value in de
termining the matter III dispute.
The commission has issued the fol
lowing:
THE statements of Lord Salisbury
as reported III the newspapers makes it
probable that the boundary dispute now
pending between Great Britain and
Venezuela will be settled by arbitration
at an early day. Under these circum-
stances the commission, while continu-
ing its deliberations III the preparation
and orderly arrangement of many valu-
able maps, reports aud documents which
have been procured and used III the
course of its labors, does not propose to
formulate any decision for the present
on the matters subject to its exaInina-
ton 1t will continue its session from
time TO time. but with the hope and ex-
pectation that a friendly and just settle
ment of the differences between the
nations interested will make any final
decision on its part unnecessary "
All arrangements have been com
pleted. and all details of the arbitration
treaty between the United States and
Great Britain arranged. The final
terms of the treaty of arbitration were
arranged in this clty Monday night
The terms were cabled to London and
have been accepted. The treaty covers
Venezuela only and does not include a
general treaty of arbitration OF all flu
ture disputes between the two great
English speaking nations. This treaty
Is To be arranged later by future ncgO-
tiations. The Venezuelan arbitration
commission viii consist of five arbitra-
tors. two to be named by the United
States. two by Great Britain, these four
To select the fifth arbitrator VenezueIa
will not be directly represented on the
commission.
The term of occupany necessary to
exempt British settlements IN the dis
pnted territory from arbitration is fixed
~ % years. according to additional cor