The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-01-21
THEY WILL DO THEIR DUTY
JUDGE BREWER SENDS 4 LETTER
no SECRETARY OLNEY.

s. Mallet Provost of New York Has Been
Selected as Executive Officer of the Vene-
zuelan Commission-Tart Letter From
President Brewer.
Washington, Jan. 20.-The Venezue-
la commission gmet again here to-day at
1850 a. m. The selection of S. Mallet
P.evost of New York as the executive
officer of The commission was formally
ratified. The commission gave out the
following letter addressed to Secretary
Olney:
Washington, Jan. 10.
The Hon. Secretary of State:
Dear Sir-I have the honor to state
that the commission of the United
States to Investigate and report upon
the true divisional line between the re-
public of Venezuela and British Guia-
ma has organized by the election of the
Hon. David j. Brewer as president, and
is entering upon the immediate dis
charge of it's duties.
In so doing it has, after careful con-
sideration, concluded to address you on
the question of securing, so far as pos
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whose lnterests we're utlectiy iiiVolVeu'
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the liloue ~ lts appointments noi py .ii7
nature ol lts autles, may De siiu ~ pe-
long 10 trlpunais OF thls character. lts
duty VIII oe dlscnargeo II II snail olll-
gently ana Ialriy seek 10 INFORM tne eA-
ecutlve Oh certain Iacts tollchlng large
o. 'errieors s ~ Wiilch cle @ @olllteo
otates nave ~ uiiecl iiieeiest' WHAT
ever may pe the conclusion reacheu' no
terrltorlal gg' aggrandlzenent' nor mate
rlal sdll ~ any lorin' cail accrue -
the Unlted states. Ihe sole concern of.
our government ls the peacelul solutlon
OF controversy between TWO Irlenoly
powers lor tne JUST anu ilohoraole sell
Hleiielrt vi tiie ute 10 uisputeu terrltory
anu the prolectloIi oI the unlteu STATES
against any fresh acquisitions IN our
hemisphere on the part OF any Europe
an state.
1t mas seemed proper to the commits
sion under these circumstances 10 sug-
gest to you the expediency of calling
the attention OF the governments of
Great Brltam and venezuela to the
appointment OF the commission and
explaining its nature and object. 1t
may be they Will see way entirely
consistent with their own sense of in
fernational proprlety to give the COM
mission tine aid that 1t Is no doubt
IN their power to furnish in the way
OF documentary pfoof, historical narra-
tive, unpublished archives or the like.
1t is scarcely necessary to say that
II elther should deem II appropriate
to designate an agent or attorney whose
duty 1t would De TO see tnat no such
proofs We're omitted or overlooked the
committee would De gratetul for such
evidence OF good VIII and for the val
uaple result1s WHICH Woulo oe likely 10
follow 'therefrom.
An act OF either government in the
dlrectlon mere suggested might be ac-
compllshed oy an express reservation
as 10 hef clalms and should not be
deemd to be an abandonment or i'm
palrment Oh any position heretofore ex-
pressed. In other words and in law
yers' phrase, eacn might be willing to
act the part OF amlcus cur1ae, and to
throw light upon dlfflcult and COM
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