The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-01-16
ARBITRATION.
CLAUSE to Be Attached to the 6ehring
Sea Treaty ProvidingF For u

Sea Treaty ProvIdingt or u
In An Pending Qasssions Between the Two
Countries by EnglAnd-The British Cab.
met win Mako Public the Material
Dooumsnts on venssusls Affair.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1a--Mr. Henry
Norman, the special commissioner Of
the London Daily Chronicle, cabling
TO his paper before leaving Washing
ton Sunday, says:
There Is simpler solution Of the
present difficulty and restoration Of
cordial relations between England and
America than any have suggested.
Why should not Lord Salisbury at
tach to the Bering sea arbitration
treaty. which is about to be returned
to the American government, CLAUSE
providing for the arbitration of all
pending questions, and even of all fu.
ture onesp Besides Venezuela and
Canada there are the Alaska boundary,
the eastern fisheries, and other
questions causing discord. If he
does this am able to state that the
administration will accept with pleas
ure the treaty 90 altered. This 10 .
method of accomplishing rything
with perfect honor and dignity to both
partieA
Lord Salisbury would be wise to ter.
inmate the matter before Brazil de-
mands arbitration of her end of the
Schomburgk line, thus adding a new
and difficult complication.
LONDON, Jan. 13.-In an editorial
Monday the Standard says that the
communications it publishes relative
to the attitude to Germany and the
Transvaal and the publication of the
papers on the Venezuelan difficulty
are oil authoritative It adds:
Urged by friendly public opinion in
the United States to place before the
world "a soon as may be the British
case as regards the controversy with
Venezuela, the cabinet on Saturday
decided to respond to this amicable in
vitation by publishing the material
documents in its possession bear
ing thereon. Of far more in
terest to the English people than
the problems to be faced in South
Africa or the relations of this country
with any other power are its relations
with the United States, and we gladly
take the opportunity of bearing testi-
mony to the magnanimons attitude OF
the Americans toward us at moment
when a community less generous
thought apparently that favorable
opportunity had arisen for adopting
toward us tone of insult,
If not of menace. Instead
of taking advantage of the augmenta.
ton of our anxieties and the tempo
rary multiplication of our events, the
American, with spirit that does him
honor and which is appreciated by us,
have not only abstained from endeav.
oring to add to our perplexities, but,
where they did not actually offer us
their sympathy, they have maintained
an honorable, courteous reserve. That
is conduct worthy of them, and it has
not unnaturally inspired the English
government with desire to
in a friendly spirit Lord Salisbury
as we announced before, has decided
not to wait for meeting of parlia'
ment, but will publish as soon as they
can be got ready all the documents in
his possession bearing upon the dis
puted boundary between British
Guiana and Venezuela. AS we have
said, the attitude of the people of the
United States during the past week
has materially influenced the prime
minister's decision, just as it hal
quickened the feeling of friendship
entertained by Englishmen for those
who speak their tongue and share theil
literature on the other side of the
ocean. The maintenance of friendly
relations with the United States mus
always be a consideration of the frs
Importance for Great Britain. We say
this to the American people with th'
absolute candor of deep seated cordi
ality.
The foregoing article is leadet
throughout and is evidently inspired
by the government.