The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 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 Senior Jose Andrade. the Venez.
uelan minister to Washington, at 4:39
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
ficulty had been experienced in finding
the second member of the British su-
preme 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
Sir Julian arrived at clock, in COM
pany with his attache, Henry Outram
Bax-Ironside. Senior Andrade followed in
a short time with Mr.. Storrow, and the
parties were shown at once into Secretary
Olneys private office, where the secretary
was waiting Mr. Cridler and Mr.. Bax-
Ironside made a careful comparison of
the two copies, and then Sir Julian signed
l.. lite
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 ratit-
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 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 Herschell and the Hon.
Sir Richard Penn Collins, one of the JUS
tees of her Britannia majesty's supreme
court of judiciature, two on the part of
Venezuela, nominated, one by the presi-
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
lected by the four, the final decision be-
ing determined by a majority of all the
arbitrator.
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
the tribunal shall, if possible, be made
within three months from the close of the
argument on both sides.
The high contracting parties engage TO
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.