| Show m GXiAND WILT PRESENT HER CASE The Washington correspondent of the Chicago TimesHerald Mr Walter Wellman telegraphs his paper that Ambassador Am-bassador Bayard has informed the state department that Great Britain will submit io the Venezuelan commission commis-sion copies cf all the records concernIng concern-Ing the Guiana boundary dispute in the possession of the foreign office Ambassador Am-bassador Bayard could not have communicated com-municated more agreeable and acceptable accepta-ble news to the department of state It Is practically a submission of Eng lands claims to arbitration and it may also be said to be a taut admission that the Monroe doctrine applies By this action England submits her claims on their merits a thing she can well afford to do if they are just There has been much conjecture as to whether she would In any way recognize the commission com-mission but the news that Ambassador Ambassa-dor Bayard sends puts all conjecture at rest The commission is recognized and this decision submit the evidence of Englands claims to It makes It certain cer-tain that its findings will be fuller and more satisfactory Its findings will not be based upon ex parte evidence as they would necessarily have been had Venezuela alone submitted her case and it will give them a weight with the world that they could not otherwise oth-erwise have had It would be Interesting to know just what view of this decision of Englands will be taken by the Caracas government govern-ment It is not at all likely that all of Its claims are just and susceptible of absolute proof any more than that Great Britains are If the commission finds that Venezuela is not entitled to all she claims that country cannot do otherwise than gracefully submit In the event of a like result as to Englands claims that country will have to do the same for by the very act of presenting the evidence of their claims to the commission they agree tacitly at least to abide by its decision This whole boundary controversy with all its dangerous potentialities is now in a very fair way to be soon and amicably settled to the satisfaction of all concerned and the triumph of the principle of arbitration |
