The San Francisco call., 1896-05-02
ALL THE FACTS
ARE AWAITED,
Snap Judgment Will Not
Be Taken Regarding
Venezuela.
RECORDS ARE VERIFIED.
Delay Caused in the Translation
of Copies of Old Spanish
Archives.
AGENTS MUST BE SENT ABROAD
Meanwhile There Is No Ground for
the Rumors Relating to
Settlement.
AGENTS MUST BE SENT ABROAD

WASHINGTON, D. c., May Mis-
information as. to the Venezuelan, Com
mission multiplies on both sides of the
Atlantic. The latest developed idea, that
the work Of the Venezuelan Commission
is being delayed through the influence of
the United States administration in order
that 1t may carry out some underlined plan
OF settling the boundary dispute by diplo-
matte negotiations, thus avoiding any
sharply defined decision on the contro-
versy such as the commission was in
structed to make, appears to be as wholly
unsuostantlated as many previous rumors
on the same subject.
Nor is there any firmer foundation for
the guess that the trend of opinion in the
commission is adverse to Great Britain.
The administration has never interfered
in the least with the progress made by the
commission in developing evidence upon
the disputed boundary and a definite
quietus put upon the rumor that Secretary
Olney has been able to threaten Lord Sails
bury with a decision favorable to Venezue-
la by the declaration of members of the
commission that up to this time much of
the British contention has not been sue
cessfully attacked by Venezuela, the
latter's claim in turn having been unsuc-
cessful.
The sole delay that is now annoying the
commission results from the slowness
with which the Venezuelan copies of
Spanish archives are being translated and
the consequent loss of time which will be
involved in sending an agent to Madrid
and Seville to verify the accuracy of all
quotations submitted by both contest
ants. The lease as far as the Dutch re-
cords are concerned is practically COM
plete. except in its verifcation, and these
broadly com bat Venezuela's claim to any
considerable possession as the heir of
pain east of the Orinoco River above its
mouth. From an auth entic source it is
also learned that no unimpeachable evi-
dence has yet been forthcoming to sustain
any Venezuelan claim east of the Pome-
room River at the coast, as well as to large
areas in the basin of the Cuyuni and other
western tributaries of the Essequibo.
These, however, may be subsequently
presented, the Venezuelan case being con-
cededly incomplete at present. and the
agents of the country are still engaged in
preparing documents bearing on the in
terror possessions of Spain when Dutch
colonial encroachments were being re-
sisted.
II is estimated that by no possibility
can the report of the commission be pre-
pared in less than month after all the
possible evidence has been collected and
the Commissioners, who are without keep
ton making efforts to complete their
labors, have no idea that the case will be
conditioned for final considera ton for an
other month.
In the meantime the Com missioners are
neither informed of any diplomatic nego-
tiations to render their work superhuous
nor have they intimated in any manner,
directly or indirectly, to Secretary Olney
or to any other person that their decision
would be unfavora ole to either one of the
parties in controversy. This for tha SIM
pie reason that like all judges they are
waiting for complete presentment OF
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