Show WILL HAVE FULL POWER there will be no on the venezuelan boundary commission jan 2 it is authoritatively tat ively stated in behalf of the adain admin isar that abe venezuelan commission will be absolutely mater ma ter of its own procedure fixing alie time and ulace of ila ceelina me elina and determining for itself whether or not it visit coultm a what class of evidence may be into consideration and liow alie interested governments may be before the tribunal this of action is necessary t i ciure ions ind bums eliat device 0 weight nd respect other nations that can be attained only through alie knowledge alia tina ehly is free from any restraint or obligation to the united states our government nill occupy alie of an exact neutral in alie alx department will lend macli at may be required to faaili tan llie work 0 alie in an amrin for it un a united tarea ar that isach udd and in an records in ftp an fes lon thai may li railed for alt it will not allow ihrk lo 10 w placed in tle position of tilia tili a as to the if alie between britain and it will noi take to pre ent lie case it fen deavor eri to offset any evidence that ie tiia towards the Britis li contention i that have neu made to alie department hy in aliis country aa to whole t evidence can be have been ignored ig norel such matter ie le yarded a broer for the consideration of llie but not for the state department part ment it it pointed out that in this attitude the dt ariu cut is exactly conn lent witti ils spir ein the pat pa t froni alie b of alie nt oti with bredt britain boiu altini alie venezuelan boundary boin dary llie united slated auvern anent diax retrained rained from com iff alf lo 10 a of alie julic jn lic of Vene claim and lias limited t ti icily to tit lOii eliat ins wa wai i n proper mitter to fettled moreover alie attitude which the lias acumen to warl ali c itself is regarded ai a sul licit nt negative to the as gnip tiou in aliat lie annid stated nt propos cd it belf lle arbitrator in aliis dispute dip fur alie fijn will ie aa ot alif stachi aa it will IB of anny oilier hii rice ian t llie veini budai on fa sa acm kya V vei gc abe asio asi o fl th filice trl nott n ft ived 1 of hit and in alin al enan tin lii wain ome some s doolit a to ilia bourre in alie an arh lie executive authorities until alii idone ini clotilie ali cm iiii aint plans in rac fraid lie biad ru doubt alie af atte comini i im be held in was a biot point and much of alie documentary cpr npr maps bic hicel would taif in were abere for lie present alie utica will continua conti nuu lii work i lii ienco aa it is fali eliat llie of tm of evidence inda c amnie ali pre ent month leav i more tion 10 b gin about uary ast 1st alie itie conn itina thi will permia tin juaice to hiar hi ar pending caw ni chere attai r avd liia exclusive hinr to 1 if however ali i ion earlier limn mr is reiah HU into houi joui lii H juke brwer when alli 1 if lit arn MA likely to 1 HI in it a ni u out atiat li v in biml ir ii features of evil evi l in f r us and alm ij servo a lor tin invfio galion TI that event kulil le pone ivr anil eliy would deter nune hat flintier steps afre required to ar ertin facts it inist be thai venezuela and england would be asked to present their tive basea certainly in a question 0 this character there would he the desire 0 the fullest information from all available when this documentary evidence was all in hand the question then arise as to the desirability of verifying certain teai urea of it by a personal inspection spec tion of ahe originals of the documents in the archives of spain holland or other countries atik would involve a trip abroad and there an the possibility eliat it liht become able personally pero nally to view the locality of contention along the Guian alme justice brewer illustrated aliis by referring to acome of HIM boundary contasta con testa over mexican land grants a number of which have ben decided by him including the JH axwell land grant basea the justice kiy he hari not given a thought to the executive staff of the and as yet no nausea laavy been the doea not feel thai the ap bearance pe Arance of hia name at the head of the list as cantera upon liim any that be will initiate the work of the body as the commission may select its chairman baltimore jan 2 D 0 gilmain Gil mAii president of has not as yet received official tion of his appointment on the comais eion to consider the venezuelan boundary dispute to a reporter he aid in advance of official knowledge and instructions frodi I 1 nm unprepared to eay anything on alie subject you may acay that the names of the were not made public until the president pre was informed of heir willingness to accept his tender of the position this does not warrant however the inference that in every in the executive waa assured that the parties named would beyond doubt 1 find it entirely feasible to serve on the commission when asked if he would not in ot his well known familiarity with the physical geography of venezuela give the public such pertinent in chii regard as bore upon the question of the dirie ional boundary dispute president gilman replied 1 I cannot a e roy way clear much as I 1 might like to discuses these matters to do so prematurely and in advance of definite knowledge as to what I 1 shall do whole thine has been ver suddenly sprung upon me and I 1 leave had no time a yet to give it consideration until I 1 do I 1 cannot say anything which would be of any value to those desiring correct information in regard to the matter after the preliminary stepa necessary to the constitution of the committee are definitely settled it may then be within my power to eay something for publication the personnel of the venezuelan Venez nelan corn mission was commended today by ann aiters of the house who took particular interest in international mattera regardless gard less of party the gentlemen selected were considered entirely competent to conduct what alie president in liia message express ed a for a judicial examination of the evidence relating to alie boundary it wad also pointed out that while members of he commission com have p ted in politics none can be considered as etrone partisans at this time so ali it so far as our domestic affairs are concerned aliey would not be likely 0 enter upon their work with any party enda to serve in sneaking of the venezuelan question an authority upon international affairs nut that alie present hostilities tili ties in alie transvaal furnished a direct and mot mo t opportune parallel to alie south american dispute the note of alie german government to Greit britain requesting reque eting an explanation of expedition into llie boers territory and it lie thought ht donld tend to fortify the arau united states in justinic i tion of ila action akard ard ic the venezuelan boundary the conditions oi th two cae not unlike the Trang vial ay iy nominally no minall an independent republic and germany dries not to a protectorate over it any more than alie united S a c venezuela et germany a t a liht if interfere to check british akik re siona nor can tup geiman sv claim that its on ia in any way menaced by any blikh the enlie might take alie boers it cin only assert a rii nt to interfere un the ground its inter cuts are invoked which ie thought by many to bo un U n able grounds n li this government cin bie bi e its to be considered a party to the dispute between vene lueia and a ariti h dependency i no doubt that s in alie will hreve an int brebt for this government the otherwise would n t b e of aln ir p sible ir plia tion to the venezuelan boundary boun dAiy |