The state herald., 1903-01-02

rs o among the immigrant Chinese
Ias Int no one hns yet been designa'-
led for the service. 4,
u THE Venezuelan government now II, y
I, possession Of the complete hotes u
Great Britain and Germany a CONAN ~,
ine the various reservations maae "
Sthese governments before the aec.slo, n.,
snes' reached that the issues betWee'
We, Sazuela and the European govern
ment,Sa having claims against he
should be referred to The 11s.se rnase
tribunaI fo, arbitration. The uni's
States has ac ed as an intermediary
the steps leadin ~ to the acceptanee. ),
arh,trat,on @ nnm. turns over 10 U
venezuelan sover, .ment the ior9 !,
work of completing TIN "a ~ The not
hearing before The Hag<K, yenezuel
were transmitted to thsysx,ed Sta
government through Unixss,1
Minister Bowen at Caracas. &kre
President Roosevelt, befo NTk.
reached his decision to SEND 'Va A
Cuban reciprocity treaty to the Sci ~
and not to the House, consulted free.
the leaders Of the House and the mem.
bers OF his Cabinet. After mature con
siderstion It was determined that 1t
was unnecessary to send the Cuban
treaty to the House, notwithstanding
the fact that 1t affected revenues OF
the government. Precedents were
looked up carefully. 1t was found
that previous reciprocity treaties had
been sent directly to the Senate for
ratification. The president, when the
Cuban treaty shall have been ratified
by the Senate will send message to
both bianches of Congress, with q
recommendation for such enabling
legislation as will make the treaty
operative. This will afford the House
full opportunity. 1t is expected, to
stamp with Its individuality the nego
tiations for reciprocity with Cuba.
Several days at least must elapse
before anything in the nature Of a pre-
liminary protocol can be made ready
for signature in the Venezuelan arbi-
tration case. German insistence upon
a prepayment Of ten per cent of her
full claims before submitting her case
TO arbitration and perhaps President
Castro's resistance to meeting what
the allies regard as the obligations of
honor. are believed TO be now the
sticking points. But 1t is hoped that
these can be passed within the next
few days. and 1t is further hoped that
some arrangement will be made In the
preliminary protocol for the raising of
the blockade. though IL is intimated
that the allied ships will be kept ready
to renew 1t in case OF any default on
the part of Venezuela in her obliga-
tions. Washington having been the
pivot about which all the negotiations
have turned up to this point. II is sur
missed that ii may also be the scele Of
the final act in the shape of theIsig-
nature Of the protocol. either b1 the
resident representative here o5 the
powers interested. or by special AGENTS
sent TO this neutral ground fol- the
purpose
There is now In progress an ative
exchange of notes between the sllied
powers. Venezuela and the Udted |
States respecting the method Of sub |
hitting to arbitration the issues wAich |
have arisen between Venezuela ana the |
niif-s4 0uestiohs art being DuI
answers are Forthcoming. but Ii ~ d
that the negotiations are In such d be
that II would be extremely injudi Is
and indiscreet to make each be
public. II there really existed a d re
to reach satisfactory settlement be
part OF the United States govern, ht
Just now is that Of good friend Ito
all parties: II not undertaking TO 8w
up protocols or impose Limitation p-
on the parties. but is conflning bf
fees to getting them together nd
keeping them 80. In this view ill
not be necessary for our goverr int
to prescribe hoy the Monroe dod ne
shall or shall not rigure In the to-
coils: II will Judge for itself by ri Its
how our interests are affected Ind
will not indulge In premature Cd {in-
called for protests. As for the ms
OF the arbitration agreement, Il Isl lat
ed that they are In a fair way be
speedily adjusted. but nothing G.. be
said OF the details. 1t Is presume, That
the allies will agree to terminal the
blockade. though no stipulation {has
yet been entered into on that Sint
Nothing has been heard recently 4 the
part to be taken by United States1iln-
lister Bowen In the final settlemenIand
II appears that. after all. VenSIela
VIII probably he represented by dc Of
her own people.
The Senate committee on military
affairs has held up pending nm kyes-
tigntlon all OF the army nominl ions
sent in before the recess belot the
grade OF major. The members 4 the |
committee have received NUMEROUS
complaints about the method OF lelec-
ton OF officers under the rcorganIEa.
ton law. II is asserted that grei, In.
justice has been done to ofiiccrt who |
have served quite long time Com |
plant hes been made that Tho men |
were selected from those who formerly |
served ms volunteers TO nll onglnnl |
yacrncics. and that they becam, cap
tnins rs soon ns they were appointed
Others appointed. II Ia alleged. wait
ed from four 10 seven iaonths before
acceptance OF their commit l't,as. which
date from the time the nppSr,rirnL
was made. their rank being detcrmine@
By the date Of their commission. Thi&
gives them many numbers above Wes
Point graduates and others appointed
from the volunteers. who entered the
service and did much hard work. whii<
the men who delayed acceptance wer<
ENJOYING Themselves or attending II
buninscrs interesiA. Another ailcGn
tion IN that n large number Of men mp
pointed under the reorganization law
Immediately became captains Of Artii-
lcry and were placed In charge Of g,inr1
and machinery Of which they had mol
knowledge. 10 obyin,e this dlfiiculty
TO some extent the secretary Of war,
with the approval Of the committee on