Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-02-06
ARE FOR ARBITRATION
VENEZUELA AND GREAT BRITAIN
SIGN A FAMOUS TREATY.
Complete Cases Must BE Delivered
at Paris Eight Months After
Date of Ratification.

Washington, Feb. 2. - The representa-
tives of their respective governments. Sir
Julian Pauncefote, the British ambassa-
dor, and Senor Jose Andrade the Venez
uelan minister to Washington, at 4:3)
o'clock this afternoon at the state DEPART
ment signed a treaty providing for the
settlement by arbitration of the long
standing dispute over the boundary be-
tween Venezuela and British Guiana
Whihc has not only ruptured the relations
between the principals but has threaten
ed to involve the two great English
speaking nations in hostilities. Some diff
Hculty had been experienced in finding
the second member of the British su-
pfeme tribunal who was willing to as
sumo the arduous task Of arbitrator and
also could be spared from the bench. 1t
was not until this morning that word
came over the cable that such a person
had been found in Justice Collins and
that his appointment had been ratified by
the British privy council, a necessary for
mality. So all was already for the sigma
ture of the treaty, and Mr.. StorroW for
Venezuela called at the state department
about noon and arranged that the sigma
tory persons should meet about D. NJ
Sir Julian arrived at O'Clock in COM
pany with his attache, Henry Outram
BaX-Ironside. Senor Andrade followed in
short time with Mr.. Storrow, and the
parties were shown at once into Secretary
Olney's private office, where the secretary
was waiting. Mr.. Cridler and Mr.. BaX-
lronside made careful comparison of
the two copies, and then Sir Julian signed
both of them Senor Andrade placed his
name after Sir Julian Pauncefote's, and
Mr.. Cridler affixed the seals with the aid
of Mr.. Blankford, the private secretary to
Mr.. Olney, and the treaty was an accom-
plished fact save the single act Of ratiti-
cation by the Venezuelan congress.
BY the terms of the treaty the agents Of
Great Britain and Venezuela must de-
liver their complete cases at Paris, |
where the arbitration tribunal will meet
within eight months of ratification of the
treaty with three months additional al
lowed for submission Of counter cases, SO
that the entire arbitration will probably |
occupy a year and a half.
The Arbitrators.
The treaty provides that the tribunal |
shall consist of five jurists, two on the |
part of Great Britain, nominated by the |
members Of the judicial committee of |
her majesty's privy council. namely: The /
Rt Hon. Baron Herschel and the Hon. |
Sir Richard Penn Collins, one of the JUS
tices of her Britannia majestys supreme |
court Of judiciature, two on the part of |
Venezuela, nominated, one by the pres-
dent of Venezuela, namely, the Hon.
Melville w. Fuller, and one nominated by
the justices of the supreme court of the
United States of America, namely, JUS
tice Brewer, and a fifth jurst to be Sc
1ected by the four the final decision be-
ing determined by a majority of all the
arbitrat tors.
Each of the high contracting parties
shall name one person as its agent to
attend the tribunal and to represent it |
generally in all matters connected with |
the tribunal. Provision is made for the
presentation of printed argument and
counter-arguments and reports shall be
available to both sides. The decision of L
the tribunal shall, if possible, be made
within three months from the close of the
argument both sides.
The high contracting parties engage 20
consider the result of the proceedings Of |
the tribunal or arbitration as full, per-
feet and final settlement of all questions |
referred to the arbitrators. The arbiters |
chosen on either side are to be paid by
the governments they represent.