Show arbitrators AT WORK first foreign meeting venezuelan zu elan commission I 1 WELCOMED BY D tribunal Trib unil sits in samo same apartment in trench franch foreign office used by the tha american spanish peace fence conference commission will sit four days each week sir Elch fird webster opens the british case seeking all ot of the afternoon Venezuela tim counsel will vill follow pars paris I 1 juno 16 th first formal ot of the Vene venezuela zuel a arbitration com in assion opened this morning the arbitrators counsel and others began assembling at the foreign office shortly before 11 they were received by the lite minister of foreign affairs al del sells in the apartment in which the tribunal will pit lt tito the rooms are the eaino amino used by tho the spanish american peace conference the proceedings opened at 1120 when 11 II delbasso Del cassa casso briefly addressed tho the trl tri burial in ill french the forelimb clit minister fald it irmo aae mm him special pleasure to vel Melc C onto the high commission in behalf tf c f alio F french ic N which ho he add ted maa Is greatly pleased at the fact that paris had bad been chosen for the silling of tho the among whom ho 1110 tw FAW such buch train eminent c wit men agomo whom lad occupied N with fill distinction the highest e positions under the presidency of oc tr ir De Martens who was wag universally acknowledged as an n authority on international lawi law lie he continued ili the labora labor could only result happily it in ill the inter cn ot of th ahr dispute anti anil in the interest ot of humanity far or it would constitute jL another nother step toward the lie realization ot of the ali noble project from rom in an illustrious throne was making rapid aay 1 y into the hearts and consciences of 0 1 tho the people and had thus imposed itself lah singular force orce upon those who govern cavern them ill if Del casse concluded with thinking thank lne the arbitrator tor for hav inc accepted the hospitality of 0 france fi auca prof martens replied thanking tho the frene french it foreign minister for or ills welcome and for or tho the hospitality extended to lo th hii arbitrators the speaker recalled I 1 lie fact that lip hi castle came hero here be seian oil lemb iwo alro to tn attend the bering sea arbitration bit ration Ite ferring to the work benc in wl adne n e at the hague in the matter ot of rolt tion h be said tho the peace conference fought lin not m merely to arrange a settlement U 0 conflicts hut but the avol avoidance dance of conflicts CI and expressed the hope that the p present ren t tribunal we would 14 havo have the result 0 of f kromat promoting I 1 rig the welfare and prosperity of the two countries interested the professor announced tho the rules of 0 procedure agreed upon at yesterdays ter tor days conference and said eald tile the arbitrators would meet every day except sundays sir richard webster thereupon rose and said eald that in order to meet inet the views of the former president harrlson harrison and the th e other american counsel in which th the e english representatives concurred lie be proposed that they only meet tour four days in the week in view of the extremely heavy work before them mr harilson said ald he thought there the ml would be in tour four days work enough for ordinary men and he evoked a generall general smile as looking lookin ff around on tile the gathering catherine of the most erni eminent nent jurists of great britain and america lie added and we are all ordinary men the work before them he added I 1 would be a tremendous strain upon tho the counsel prof de martens thereupon agreed that tour four days meeting per week would be sufficient arranging that tho the arbitrators would not meet on fridays saturdays or sundays sir richard webster announced that counsel had bad arranged he should speak first then two venezuelan counsel next great britain rich n fth possibly two coun selo els then venezuela and next great britain the onal final speeches were to be made imade by venezuela sir richard then opened the british C case age and spoke until p m nl hen the commission adjourned for lunch eon sir richard mccu occupied pled the remainder I 1 of the day in an explanation with the aid ot of the map on the wall of the difficulties of the dispute and concluded the opening stage 0 of his speech shortly before 4 when the tribunal adjourned prof arof martens martena saying baying lie he I 1 aped to be able to hold the next meeting on tile the coming wednesday the members member of the tribunal were photographed this afternoon grouped on art the steps at the entrance ot of tile foreign office |