The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05
THE TREATY SIGNED
The Anglo-Venezuelau Ancient
 bouncary Dispute.

Gratifying G Fruit of the Intervention cf the Uuited states to Prevent Our sister Republic bein. treated Ininssly.
 WASHINGTON. Feb. a.-The An glO Venezuelan arbitration treaty was signed by Sir Julian Pauncefote, tn C British ambassador, and Senor Jose Andrade. the Venezuelan minister, in
 the office of Secretary Olney at the
 state department at 3:3O o'clock yes terday afternoon, signalizing the ami cable settlement of controversy that
 has lasted nearly century, as well as the resumption of diplomatic negotia- tions between two countries which had
 been suspended for ten years.
 The British ambassador, accompa-
 nied by Mir. Henry Outram Baxlron-
 side, attachc of the embassy, reached
 the department just before four l o'clock, and few minutes later the
 Venezuelan minister appeared with Mir. Manuel NJ. Ponte, Jr., secretary of
 legation, and Mir James J. Storrow, the counsel of Venezuela before the
 commission and the arbitral tribunal. Senor Andrade brought with him a l magnificent pen with which the i'm portant document was su bsequently signed. It was sent to him by his
 brother, who, it is universally con-
 ceded, will be the next president of
 the Venezuelan republic and to whom 1t will be returned as souvenir. It
 consisted of gold pen fastened in a l holder made from an eagles quill
 bearing midway from the top gold heart thickly encrusted with dia- monds.
 While the two plenipoten tiaries
 were formally exchanging their ere dentials, the copies of the treaty, which were printed, were carefully
 compared by Mir. Bax-Ironside and MT. Gridler, chief of the diplomatic
 bureau of the state department. who
 made all the drafts of the docume n | and printed the copies. These were in the English language, Spanish not ! being used, although the tongue of 1 Venezuela, the only difference being
 that in the Venezuelan copy that
 country is mentioned always first, and
 in the British vice versa.
 The British am bassador signed
 Julian Pauncefote" to both copies, Senor Andrade following, affixed his
 signature, and Mir. Crldler affixed
 their respective seals. The formali-
 ties having been quickly completed,
 there was general exchange of con-
 gratulations, which were pressed upon
 Secretary Olney with particular cor.
 diality, and before five o'clock the
 negotiators had returned to their off ! cial residences.
 The full text of the Anglo-Venezue-
 Ian treaty follows:
 Her ma jesty, the queen of theU United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
 and the UnIteI States of Venezuela being desirous to provide for amica ole settlement of the question which has
 arisen between their respective gov.
 ernments concerning the boundary i between the colony of British Guiana and the United States of Venezuela, : have resolved to bmit to arbitra-
 tion the question involved, and to the
 end of concluding treaty for that
 purpose have appointed as their re-
 spective plenipotentiaries: Her mai
 esty, the queen of the | nited Kingdom
 of Great Britain and Ireland, Rt. Hon.
 Sir Julian Pauncefote, a mem Der of
 her majesty's most honorable priv V
 council. knight grand cross of the
 most honora ble Ocder of the Bath and | of the most distinguished Order of St. l Michael and St. George, and her ma l. ' esty's ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the United
 States; and the president of the i United States of Venezuela, Senor l Jose Andrade, envoy extraordinary and ! minister plenipotentiary of Venezuela
 to the United States of Amer | ica, who, having communicated to 1 each other their respective full pow 1 CTS, which were found to be in due
 and proper form, have agreed to and i concluded the following articles: Article l.
 An arbitral tribunal shall be immediately
 appointed to determine the boundary line ue-
 tween the colony of British Guiana and the
 United states of Venezuela
 Arttc.e II.
 : The tribunal shall consist Of five iurists; ! two on the part of Great Britain nominated
 by the members of the judicial committee of 1 her majesty privy council, naaely. Rt Hon
 Baron Hcrseheh, knight grand cross : or the most honorable Order of the Bath; and Hon. Sir Richard Hem Collins, | kni ht, one of the justices Of her Britannia 1 HlaIesty's supreme court of iudicature: two on | the part of Venezuela, nominated one by the 1 president Of the United states of Venezuela 1 namely, Hon. Melville Weston Fuller, chiet l justice of the United States Of America; ana
 one nominated by the justices of the supreme court or the Unite States of America namely l Hon. David Josiah Brewer, justice of the su- | preme court of the United States of America;
 and Of nth Jurist to be selected by the foui | persons so nominated, or in the event of theil | failure to agree within three months from the ! date of the exchange Of notifications of the | present treaty, to be selected by his majesty.
 the king of Sweden and Norway. The juris,
 so selected shall be president of the tribunal In case of the death absence or incapacity | to Of any of the four arhitrators aho,s