The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-04
WHERE THEY WlLLMEEI
TFNFzYFIfN COMWISSION Hill
PROBdRGY sFT ~ WASHfNGTON.
Justi,o Brewer Has Accepted informa-
Hon Desired VIII Have to Como
Through the state Department.


WASHINGTON. Jan. When the
Cabinet assembled for its regular meet
iag 10 ~ O'Clock This morning. none Of
1uo uewiy-appointcd members of the
Venezuelan boundary commission had
called on thc President.
Justice Brewer has already presented
his respects 90 President Cleveland ana
Mr. Omey ana notified them OF his
acccutnuDe of "a commits siOncrahip. Ncl-
thCr hc nor his four colleagues nave
yet received their commissions from the
President. hui they WIZ probably 6et
thcm tomorrow.
The question Of quarters FOR the COM
mission has not yct been determined.
That Il will not meet in The
partmCnt ls settled by the fact that no
rooms are to- De had there, and now the
attention OF Secretary Olncy has been
turned tc the building occu-
pied by tine Bureau of American Re
pi hiics. situated az the corner Of Penn
sylvania avenue and Jackson Place. The
members OF tho commission will be asked
for opinions on this matter. and a def
mite selection viii Doe deferred until their
views can Doe asCortained.
ONLY A NATIONAL BODY.
As the commission is not an intona-
tonal. but only national body, subject
20 no supervision from any other nation,
and created solely for the purpose or
ascertaining facts desired by the United
States Government ths President ana
Secretary of State could consult with
the members but this VIII be avoided ID
order that their conclusions may be ar
rived at free from outside pressure.
OF course the commission VIII be
obliged to call ON the Secretary OF state
Tor information on the subject of the
ehrious boundaries claimed by Great
Pntain. bat these VIII be merely a neces-
aary formal proceeding, and any iniorma-
fion that The commission may desire from
the Government of Great Britain, Hol-
land. Spain or Venezuela must also be
requested through the state Depart
ment. not only as a matter of diplomatic
courtesy. but because the commission has
no recognized standing with foreign
powers.
-Four Of the five members Of the Nene-
zuelan boundary commission will assem-
bic in the diplomatic room of the state
Department at u o'clock tomorrow
morning. for the purpose Of having an
informal talk over the work before
them.
Those who win be present are Justice
Brewer. Professor Gilman. who arrived
in Washington from Baltimore to-mght'
and delivered a lecture here; Chiei-Jus-
ucc Alvey. who is ia HaeorstoWn, Nd
but who will reach Washington In time
for the meeting. and Mr.. Coudert VINO
is expected from New York.
Mr.. White viii Doe unable 20 be present,
and 10 is likely thl;, in his absence or.
panizatiOn will Doe postponed. Ohli
quarters are secured the commission VIII
probably hold its sessions at the resi-
Cence OF Justice Brewer.
LONDON. Jan. 3.-The Pail Mall Ca
zctte says 30 has no reason 20 DOUBT
That the dispatches which the baiiy
Chronicle quotes. containing the uhoincial
correspondence exchanged between Great
Britain and Venezuela. between l>i1 when
Sir Robert Schomburek was appointed
10 delimit the boundary. and April, lNil,
when Great Britain received the boundary
posts set up hy Sch0mburgk, are genu-
inc
The Gazette says that President CleNe-
land and Secretary Olney well know OF
these letters. and asks why Secretary
Olnev did not use thcm 20 reiute LORD
Salisbury second dispatch.
Did he." the Gazette asks, deliberate
ly prefer TO pick quarrel with Lord
Salisbury
The ST. James Gazette says
..The British people are not being prop
erly treated by the Government when II
is left 10 the enterprise of newspaper TO
discover in a foreign country that un-
published official correspondence upon
which peace or war may depend. does
not Justify the statements of our own
Foreign Minister"
Mr. Chamberlain when shown at the
Colonial Office a copy Of the Chronicles
accusation of coenizance ON the part OF
the Government of the unpublished corr
resnondence. declared that the charge
was beneath CONTEMPT.