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instances shown to l)e not real facts, and that consequently neither 

 Great Britain nor Venezuela was master of its own case. Rarel}', if 

 ever, has a great case heen sifted or studied with more thorougliness, 

 impartialit}', or care. 



Meanwhile the difilomatic correspondence was ])roceeding with its 

 usual deliberation, secrec}', and silence. It came to l)e seen that a 

 finding adverse to Great Britain would produce an awkward situation. 

 What influences were jiotent to bring about what actually resulted I 

 cannot say, nor would it be wise to say if I could, but the result every 

 one knows was an announcement l)y Lord Salisbury at the Lord 

 Mayor's dinner in London, in November. 1896, that negotiations were 

 in i)rogress and so far advanced that he was justified in believing that 

 a satisfactory solution of the much- vexed boundaiT question was 

 about to be reached. Tbis courteous and diplomatic statement meant 

 arbitration, the ar))itrati()n which finally concluded, at Paris, on the 

 4th of last October, this ancient quarrel. Some three months after 

 Lord Salisbury's announcement, to wit, on Fel)ruary 2, 1897, Sir Julian 

 Pauncefote for Great Britain and Senor Jose Andrade for Venezuela 

 signed in Washington a treat}' of arbitration. That done, nothing 

 remained for the United States Commission but to close its work and 

 disband. The work of determining the boundary- now passed on to 

 the new tribunal constituted by the treaty. 



The United States Commission had gathered a large amount of 

 material useful for determining the question. Accordingly, in clos- 

 ing its work it prepared a brief report of its operations and accom- 

 panied it by appendices containing the material collected. This 

 report consists of three octavo volumes and an atlas containing 76 

 maps, the whole constituting a distinct contribution to knowledge 

 along geograi)hic and historical lines. 



The Arbitral Tribwud. — By the treaty there was constituted a tribunal 

 of five jurists, composed of Lord Herschell and Lord Justice Collins, 

 two of the foremost judges in Great Britain ; Judges Fuller and Brewer 

 of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the fifth to be chosen by 

 those four. The English submitted the names of several jurists ac- 

 ceptable to them. Similarly, the American jurists submitted names 

 of several jurists acce|)table to them. In both lists was found the name 

 of F. de Martens, a distinguished Russian writer on international law, 

 and he was chosen as the fifth arlntrator. Before the case came to 

 trial Lord Herschell died and was succeeded by Lord Russell. 



On March 15, 1898, each party submitted in -print its case, with 

 accompan3'ing })apers. Venezuela's case was contained in three vol- 



