New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-11
ENGLAND'S CONCESSION.
PRACTICALLY UNRESTRICTED ARBITRA-
TON AGREED TO.
MANY DETAILS YET REMAIN TO RE ARRANGED
PROGRESS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS BE
TWEEN SECRETARY or.NEY AND
SIR JULIAN PArNcEFOTE.

TWEEN SECRETARY oT.NEY AND
SIR JULIAN PArNcEFoTE.
tBy the United Associated Presses)
Washington Nov. 1O-Every Indication points
to the probability that within the next fifteen
or twenty DAYS Sir Julian Pauncefote and Sec
rotary Oney. plenipotentiafies appointed for
that purpose by their respective Governments.
may be able 10 sign here In Washington the
protocol of n proposed treaty to be subse-
ouently submitted to their respective Govern
ments for approval which Will include within
jts provisions method OF arbitrating the
boundary line between Venezuela and British
Guiana.
The exact terms OF this important convention
are not yet definitely settled-far less signed
on the contrary. verbal changes are continually
being suggested and agreed upon. or modified
by cable messages between the plenpoten-
tiaries and the British Foreign Office. But that
the essential basis OF the treaty has been
agreed upon In made clear In the correspondence
which Secretary Olney this afternoon felt justi-
fed In making public. after Lord Sallsbury's
significant speech at the London Mansion
House last night The basis agreed on Is that
in the settled districts term Of nifty years OF
urdisturbed residence shall be considered as
giving the right Of possession
The acceptancc OF this condition by Great
Britain Is regarded distinct concession
inasmuch as 1t brings under the award or the
Arbitration Tribunal (Which Is to consist OF nve
dIsntercsted persons, not citizens or any A'ner'
can STATED all the districts which have been set
tied since the celebrated Schomburgk line was
drawn In 1910
II may take some days further to arrange
details az TO time and place OF meeting OF the
nd fo selection
traitor. but there IL every reason to beiie'e
,hat tho President may be able to announce 10
Congress when 1t meets In December next uhe
signing of the preliminary protocoi. ana " '""
mil n 10 the Senate for ratification.
THAT this Is q strong probability - '''. ~
clear bv the announcement authorized ny .ne
Venezuelan Commission this afternoon. ina o.. =.
will suspcnd the preparation OF us REPORT ,"'
thn n-c-en; bat will proceed with tn" conpia
lion of the important data 1t has cohec'co'
RAPID ADVANCES MADE.
c,,oo Sir Julan Pauncefotes return to WASH
,oo,or two weeks ago. while no definite result
has been reached that could be called the com
r,o,ion NJ the negotiations, considerable au-
vance has been made in agreeing upon t'ic es-
Genital details Of the arbitration and with the
great question practically out OF the why s'"''
Jupe last progress upon minor poih's ""' o'e
,ord Conferences between Secretary o'"ey
and the Ambassador have been OF almost '""'
oo.,,rrarco. and n most liberal use OF the capie
no. becn made between the British Embassy
here and the Foreign Office In London. These
m.go,,ations have reached a point that con-
,,on,,or might be ready for signature AZ any
nrnent and confidence Is expressed ny oo.n
rnr,iea that nothing will be left indenntc by
Tho cloze OF this month. IL mas MOI. 10Y w..
t ne decided yet whether any authorIts,me
peen will be made regarding the matter
.. an,ic,nation of the Presidents annual ines
"a ge to Congress- ,.. ,... ,,,ght NJ the
"a MAYORS banquet that the solution OF tne
vorsvmcsn boundary question had been prae-
t,ca,,v accomplished by the suggestion emana.
sr rror, the United States to treat the coionui
n sms az individuals are treated corrop0rateS
eha announcement made last summer IN WASH,
. .ne disnafches Of the United ASSOCIATED
,ns.snas both on the occasion OF publishing the
tr,I correspondence between the two countries.
a a.n % the time when Sir William Harcourt In
an, az Soure of Commons just before the ADJOURN
rme of Parliament. expressed confidence tnat
sacretary Oney's counter proposition regarding
shs settled districts offered the basis OF an
| agreement.
| FEELING THE PULSE OF ENGLAND
rypon the authority of the highest oniciai
sources It was then announced that the publ
cation Of the correspondence was made at the