<P> The agreement provided for a Tribunal with two members representing Venezuela (but chosen by the US Supreme Court), two members chosen by the British government, and fifth member chosen by these four, who would preside . Venezuelan President Joaquín Crespo referred to a sense of "national humiliation", and the treaty was modified so that the Venezuelan President would nominate a Tribunal member . However it was understood that his choice would not be a Venezuelan, and in fact he nominated the Chief Justice of the United States . Ultimately, on 2 February 1897, the Treaty of Washington between Venezuela and the United Kingdom was signed, and ratified several months later . </P> <P> After the US and Britain had nominated their arbitrators, Britain proposed that the disputing parties agree on the presiding fifth arbitrator . There were delays in discussing this, and in the interim Martens was among the names of international jurists suggested by the US . Martens was then chosen by Venezuela from a shortlist of names submitted by Britain . The Panel of Arbitration thus consisted of: </P> <Ol> <Li> Melville Weston Fuller (Chief Justice of the United States) </Li> <Li> David Josiah Brewer (Member of the US Supreme Court) </Li> <Li> Sir Richard Henn Collins (Lord Justice of Appeal) </Li> <Li> Lord Herschell (former Lord Chancellor), replaced upon his death by Charles Russell (Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales) </Li> <Li> Friedrich Martens (Russian diplomat and jurist) </Li> </Ol> <Li> Melville Weston Fuller (Chief Justice of the United States) </Li>

During the boundary dispute between venezuela and britain the united states