Cleveland The Arbiter

Washington, Keb .-The president yesterday onnouncod throngh tho secretary of state his decisión as arbitrator between Brazil and Argentina in cho boundary dispute between tlie two oountries over the Missiones territory. At 3 o'olock in the afternoon Baron Kio Branca, the special Brazilian envoy, with the membera of the comiuission and Señor Zeballos, the A rgontlne minister, who was elothod witli pecial functions as the representative of his government's (dallos, appeared at the state department and r.ceivud froui the hands of Öeoretary Greshiuñ a copy o( ihe president's decisión, whleh was favorable to Brazil. The document was quito long and mach of ili was given up to a recital of the provisions of tho treaty of Sept. 7, 1889, by which the two i;ountries agreed to submit the questions at issue to the arbitration of the president of tho United States and 8i.ated at length the exact measures to be termiuateil by the arbitrator. The subBtance of the president's decisión is contained in the following paragraph: "That the toundary line between the ArgcDtine Kepublio and the United States of Brazil, In that part submitted to me for arbitration and decisión, U constltuted and shall ba ntsbllshed by and apon tiie rivers Popiri (also ealled PeplrlGun.u) and San Antonio, towit: rhe rivera whicíi Hrazil has designated in the Bfguments nnd document submitted to ree lis constituí! ng Sho boundary, and hereinbefore tlonominated the westerly systcin." The torritory involved covors an aro of 3J,(X)O fquare miles and has ;i population uf 7,XX) inliubitants. ín early colonia) times it was tho subject of frequent controvorsy betweea the crowns of Portugal and Spain, ánd many cfforts have been made in rercut times to arrange the dispute bet wee u Brazil and Argentino by tr!nly. huta) I with ut success up to this tiini'.