The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-01
ENGLAND AND ARBITRATION.
Tho vsusl1sia Question Useful as an Object
LSpIOn.

Tho ysustasla Question Useful AS an Object
Lemon.
N Y Trbas
An inGuentisl body OF EnSlishmsn pre-
Scnted lev months Sso to the PreR.dens
a memorial in favor Of CstGhliahing an ar
b,,Istiou cour. for tho settlement Of inter
national disputes. From time to time the
cable dispatches have contained Reference
10 resolutions passed at public mestinGh
in England expressing approval Of this
Christian method OF settling differences
arising between nations. The advocates
OF this pacific movement will ind the
Venezuela question exceedingly useful %
an obisctleseOu by which their Govern
meut may DO taught tho AdVAntsgeH oil ar
bIlra.ion. The diplomatic correspondence
between Great Britain and EeneLue!a
shoWs tha! In territorial and boundary
disButes which have arisen during the
last forty years the weaker stats has
pleaded III vain Tor this precise method Of
securing permanent peace. Great Britain
hes been repeatedly asked to refer the
ousgtions At Issue 10 RTbitTAtors and haa
perslstsu,Iy refused 10 do so. Meanwhile
the territorial claims oil British Guiana
have steadily been enlarged; ono river
after another hGs been designated as the
proper boundary, and the discovery Of
Inc rich gold falds Of CaT1tal has finally
Id 10 uToclamatlons Of exclusive goVer'
eighty and threats Of military occupation
A study Of the diplomatic correspondence
will CONVINCE English friends OF the Rrbl'
tration mot sment that their Foreign and
Colonial clilCos are excellent fields lor
their luiBionaTy ent2EpElse.
Without attempting 70 enter into the
details OF this International quarrel, we
NAV briefly recito tbs essential lAGts'
Great BrtaIn's title to her poGge6siOns IN
inIena was acquired from Holland IN
1874 when the tnrCo colonies oil Es9equl'
bo, DsmeTara and BsTbiCe we're formally
csdod. That the Dutch did not ConaideI
lheIo.slyte 10 DO in legal possession o.
taTri,ory beyond the Essequibo 10 nppar'
ant ION Ihe fact that they did not In.
.cludo in their CCEglou any colonies but
thoss Bpec.hCAlly named. Nenezuele
claims thc tiio,riCs in dispute by virtue Of
Succsqding to Spain in all IlGhtB 10 what
ia known &c venezuelan Guiana. The
Esseoulbo ia tho boundary recognized In
the HrIt constitution Of tho Republic, but
the Territories 10 the north and west o! II
have gradually bBOn encIonched upon by
tho entOrprisiDg Betllers Of BRUSH Sulan@
When in lSil u commissioner Ior tue
British Government Get up boundary
posta and asserted dominion over BaTima
And AmRcuIo, there &EB On indignant re-
mouBlEauce iIom VeneEuela. The posts
gere removed by order Of tho British Ru.
thoritisE, but the pretensionS and greed oil
thr ColoniSts were In no way relaxed.
Then followed \ long series OF neRotia-
tious for lue establishment Of dehnite
by arbitration, 10 which tho British
Government on ems pTeteSt alter another
declined 10 make terms with the Rspub'
lie.
As tGto "a 1883, aitsT The Mereco, the
Pomcrou and the Amscuro had been
named BY the British Foreign Office in
Response 10 VeutElelA'd historic Claimg
to the ENCquibo, progress in the neso'
tiAtiOna seemed impossible. LORD drAn.
vile proposed TINT tho three questions oil
bouuiSries, commence and the pGcuuiRry
elaine ehonld be brought forward Simul'
tAHeously Tor RnlcSble settlement. Cen
anal BlSGco obtained In London, alter ne
kotia,Ing tEeRty oil commerce, q distinct
pTomige from the Foreign Ohice that all
remaining disputes BhOuld be referred to
ArbisEGsO!I. THIS promise has not been
Kept by Lord GrGnville's successors. Tho
claims Of great Britain have been extend
eli as far a. the 0finoeo river. The terri
tories in dispute nave been occupied by
British c9ioulSts. entEoeIanS oil.
clals have been displaced and
prosecuted, tie gold mines have
peen ueiEsd aud the right Of domin.
.on has been exercised in various forms.
While the Republic has never failed to
protest agaIua; these inyGslons Of terrific
" snd usurp4.ioA Of authority, her Aiuis'
ems and nGrotiatorA have invariably pro-
essoi Willingness to leave every question
It issue to tho decision Of third power.
irsst Britain In its dealings with this Fee
dc little State hAS never consented 70
Iubnlt the case on ia msriD 10 the Arbi' |
ration Of third power.