Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-09-15
WALKERS MISSION.
keynote OF the Expedition To
Venezuelan Waters
srtssss ov~rr~.rAi.r 0. s~~fh Az~-t~.
Mwsf Cease. as& the o9-ou~s~S
Ne@r~~ n~efrts~ - Fut
late Practice

LAT. rr.~ss~e-
EssHrxSroS. S~ps f2-Th~-~ are
Es-rs re@Sons for believing sha, the
seated Instructions. which were v~<.~r-
dAF delivered 20 Admiral Walker On
board the Chicago. i-trv<sed him with
nt~Siu1 Eorc imprtant. p~rhap-.
than ary that bad h~~u coufsisd 10 an
A5scrscsz naval oesoer IN ree-nt rear.
The eouserrnc- which President Harri-
~oa heid with Acting S~c-~sarv os
state sse~ 90 his r~-ens visit
- Washington the lcox crnsuit.-
ton between Secretary % The
Navy Tracy saa Nr Ad-~ before
Admiral Walkers orders were a<r-~a
ca the earefzlly uu-vs~d oes-iAi STATE
Haent given cut ;hrunxh the Uzi.e<a
Press that the admiral was .-airer.r~s
:" rzrSa- n vi<oruzs cczr~- IN de.linx
vitA the sitzssspas e<p~eiAlly IN eor-
necfaon witA ferrix- a<<-~~ssar.- AT
take on new Si<ziS~zar~ o- the sap
To-itsrz- e~lse~~Ss - he vel fcuzs~ss-
that Admiral Wakes nas<xsnn 20 Ia
Suvr7 vita his s9uaarua vii - 20
Pro@~r the friensllr in.ervrnsbun q the
I uitet States - The ver<1a~laa an
fhnr7taes whoever tk~T nav 10 ~ tie
TINE h~ arrives thFre fcw The ruzrrr>~
q prcv~ztinT the Snai ah>uwvsSno nf
Nen~ED~iaz territory BY Great Britaiz-
anss further 81 s-ecur~ the re-sr-assun %
sne ss@tzs quo A. 70 boundaries a. Il
existed Fr'o~ to Is-s. and % obsain e0a-
-rnt s0- the szhsissisz 20 srhi,rassoa
of the queS.ioa of title 90 rh~ .~--s.o-r
N eisfGte between the s-o govern
m~ntS
The Sey zo.e ef th- whole expssss-sua
4 se~na in th~ follow ing extract f-~-
ads>PSich s@ires~-ss 20 Mr. Biaine. hr-
fore the --sixnassun of The state De-
ra-tzeut p--rttoiisa h- Nr. Pprz<N IT,
Nen~Ezlsan nainissrr - wAshinxson-
~ Hpa &- f..iz1n- n .frrzsiv. .wz~
thai a-ezts q the =ox~-nm~nt Sf Ssr~s.
Britain har~ tak~n psl~~sSsio-- uzsauiv
and fo-cieiy. q the p-vr1 oS Ra-srua-
a. the zoush cf sA. Ows.~en
whsrh mp to xhat fizre had h-~u
po~>eS~ed ~ Vez~EreiA. who~~ si.l~ 10
i was sna = in-7i~pasahae Tsfs only
n-cesss-T 20 xia7s-- az the zapof >cush
AD<-sca in order 20 ~ th@ vzs. fz-
pcrtasee of thi< aggressive step of
Great Eritain- When a Enrov~an mar
itize p-sw-r las orc~ ObsaineSa \ foot
Asl1 AZ Earlza j. eont-rs< tn n-inu--o
river 1n& i.S aMn~ue~ ThruurA
;Ae~~ s<ihatsrs~s is zzr p.raetras-
- far the ESQ De IA
f1zsz- Nen~zue.a- = fhSr~sor~ n.ys tie
only Azser5ezn r~puhssc thz. = az the
mercy u iA~ n4wzr power shat s~s.
coctrOl of the C-1nes-ss F1r~r Ca,lnrnhsn.
P~rz- Belivis- Bzxil- tA- Arrensfne
Rer1hlir zad ruguav arr likewise NJ
- merry Thi> = zos Sanz~r whsrh
thrw2E-nS Eene<a~Az aHsru~. Il fh-~ns-
e1s al Aus-rszs zzd :; - perhaps. ro-~
-e-spzs than TIE possession - The P1a-
a1a e=azl hy 4 European power.
sszoe i would reader nsxztorv the
e@e-ts whseh. tkrua<h ske rnite1
>.at~s xorsrnz~ns-Ar~ Eow h~Fnr uzase
By the nAtionS q Azn~rs<z 20 drzw
closer their family hoa1Ss 70 unify the
frterrStS> and 10 have one and the
sane destiny in future All fha.~-r as
pirzsi"ns zixht he rendered fraifi~-x
hy the prrs~nee and eo1trol in the
Orinos-o q ~ f1rTnidabie a naval power
as Is Great Britain Her vessels would
eater the rs9ath % the river and wo,ld
carry a. thu <rcz. e~nte-~ Of pcpulasiou
her pru-iuessons, her heas and k~rex-
ciuxire Interests
Mr- Perzsz. IN behalf % the ver~-
rnelan go~ernnent earnestly and a.
most pathefse7iiy hegg~Ss the United
States x0~ernm~as - intervene 20 r---
vent the repzhlie frorn srai disrzpsson
and 70 secure the Submission % srhs-
tratioa az the auestions IN disuuse.
The encruaehzents whs~h har~ thu<
accumulated had b.-n lorx pursued.
On the sfh Of Noremb~r. iss-. the I-<-
islature By dlrecs ins-ixzsson. n is APP
pez<s. Of the que~n's proctor under in
struetiSns from the colonial oesee. pa<<sss
an act asserting British Jurisdiction
Over the zolS-minin~ district Of Car
atzl at the k~aagas~-s Of the Yu-zri
river. and o. the sIss cf D~c~u.h~ro Of
the sa-se year the governor Of Rritssh
GuEnez iSsaei \ decree denying the
validity Of . Sr@n; made by the veue-
rnelzn government for q raiiruad to
GuzehipG. in the Czrztal district On
the xruand that Il passed in and over
certain territories ard lands forming
par; Of the colony Of British Guinea
This assumption was referred 20 a,
the tine BY Secretary Bayari in . dis
patch to our minister in London as one
which necessarily gives rise TO grave
d disquietGde and creates an zpprehen-
SION that the territorial claim does no,
follow historical traditions or evidence.
but : apparently indefinite and Mr..
Bayard authorized Minister Phelps to
express 20 Lord Salisbury ..apprehen-
sion lest the widening pretensions of
British Guinea 20 possess territory over
which Venezuelan jurisdiction has
never heretofore been disputed- uixh,
not -'obiiSe I,he good disposition of the
[ nited States 20 aid in settlement to
gi-e place 20 feeling Of grave con-
Germ
Nevertheless the British colonial au-
thorities lost no time In perfectinx |
their ursarpation- Armed forces were !
dispatched 20 the Yurzri region and /
took possession without resistance. the |
Veueznelan inhabitants barely num-
oering 100 all the rest of the mer as /
the mines being English
The Venezuelan minister at this
period who was Mr. Olvzrria- writing
rom Paris to Secretary Bayzrd. very
says With these facts be
lore you. Jour exeelleney must be con-
rinoed that the British government; in
'Reh proceedings follows . Preconeerted
plan with the object OF gaining pos
sessiou in the shortest time possible of
the whole Of the territory of venezue-