The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-22

WAsulSaToS, ocs 2l,-ThO official
statement from London fails TO elicit
any responsive statement from the state
department and tho officials, under
Secretary oluaY'a Instructions, persist
IN preserving an absoluto silence upon
the whole subject OF the Venezuelan
alGr, possibly dseminI il prudent TO
learn as much as they eau Of the British
position WithouE disclosing our own
stand,
There 10 some reason to believe that
thereia dtspo,itiOn on the part Of the
British foreign office 10 shift the issue,
hit Is possible 10 do SO, aud without re-
linquiIhing any ground directly upon
tho boundary dlspute, 10 make the mRiu
issue their demand Tor Fepara.ion for
tho treatment accorded tho colonial
chief OF police at Uruan somo months
ago. This probably woull result in a
repetition OF tho Corinio affair aud as
tbe United States admitted in that case
tha, nariou lad a right to demand
TeparAllon ior an insult to the national
hsuar. the Unilol States thus might he
placed ia 4 position where II could Hni
with dilhulEy reason for in,orierencs.
even though the real motive for ihc
demand might be u duilro to clinch
Great Brltain'a claim to the DISPUTED
territory. For this reason tie last de-
yslopment OF the case 10 being watched
with some unaaslnGss here.
Officials OF tho diplomatic corpA who
are in a position to ,pca; VITA full
understanding on the Venezuelan quss'
ton, upon "a careful reading oI the otli-
ciAt statement OF tho BfiIiSh tosSiRH
office, made public In the Associated
pi64s cables Io.dAy. aay that IL is a dn'
c,aive rejection at the claims malo By
NsneAueia and n negative answer Ia
the request, OF tho United States that
the subject be suOmitIod TO arbitration.
lho essential feature ot tho loTeicn
office sIalcmcnt is Uolniei OuI to hb
that Great Britain vii! nos permit
Venezuela 10 oyarsiep the line made by
ths AmaCura aud Chyunl rivers, but
will submit 10 arbitration the other ter.
riloty in dispute Ii il stated that, as
there il no other territory III dispute,
tho BTisish denial OF arbitration IS com
p,eheasiys aad complete, Tho ltue
made by the Amacura aud Cnyuni riv-
ers ia practically what Is known no the
schombergh line. lncludoi within II Is
al. the territory on the south bank and
at the mouth Ot Tho Orinnco river The
British already occupy tho north bank,
~ that tie otfCa, assertion Of this claim
10 tho sout. bank g.yos thom the entire
entrance 70 the groat waterway to
South America. Included ai4o wIthIn
tho liHn Of tho two rivsrs Is large pati
-prnDabiy oua.adlt-oi tho trac. rb'
cEnly graniei By Venezuela 30 a
Unllel States syndicate.
Under tho foregoing Circum5tnncen.
Ne,talemeut tno foreign oltlco ia said
20 sweep inside all bah1 n compromise
or arbitration. such a. tho United
states urged, and to bS q hnnl in'isRnco
o.. British -1Yeroigniy ogSr tho essential
territory at issue, csycrins ani com'
m1nin: the sGuih bank OF tho Orinoco.
Tho Iandin: oi Briil.h marines nj Cor.
iH.o Is regarded " a prcerian. OF tho
course Great Britain may tasu aud IN
anticipation of Tits possibility, officials
comparing tho relative strength oil
lHo iorce4 which might Dp brought tn.
ge,8r The Bduth haTa a Ae1t Of six
,ear HRr-hipi available Ia the north
aai south Atlantic Ns1sznela'i sea'
ports aro initiy wcll inr,ih,d and she
c.n M! 5000 well armoi troops in the