The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-10-17
THAT BRITISH HAD LANDED IN
BRAZIL AND WERE PROCEED
ING TO VENEZUELA.
DIPLOMATS AT WASHINGTON
SCOFF AT THE IDEA.
Ambassador Bayard Ridicules the State
ment-President Cleveland and
Family Arrive in Washing
ton-Looks Improved.

Washington, Oct. 15.-The report tina
British soldiers had been landed in Bra
zil and were proceeding to the disputed
Venezuelan territory is discredited b.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British am
bassador; by Signor Mendonca, tn
Brazilian minister, and by Senior An
dreades, the Venezuelan minister, thu
representatives of the three countrie!
concerned. 1t is agreed that a move Of
such supreme importance would bt
quickly communicated here and in The
absence of such reports no credit Is
! given it.
( Sir Julian Pauncefote, accompanied
by the Earl of Westmeath, arrived here
at IL o'clock today after an extended
| tour through Canada. He was seen
shortly after his arrival and asked con
corning the reported landing of British
| troops in Brazil, en- route to Venezuela
He attached no importance to the re-
port and said he regarded it as another
canard as to the seriousness of South
American complications. The ambas-
sador had received no advices on the
subject 1t was clear to him, however,
that no such move would be made, GER
tainly not by way of territory of an
outside power.
Sir Julian will give his first attention
to the coming convention to assemble
here to reach an agreement as to the
amount of damages to be awarded to
the Canadian sealers whose vessels were
seized in the Behring sea prior to the
Paris award. He will call on Secre-
tary Olney today or tomorrow and ar
range the day when the convention is
to assemble. In the meantime the per-
sonnet of the convention will not be an
nounced. The status of the much de-
bated Venezuela and Nicaraguan Ques-
tons remains unchanged so far as the
British officials are informed.
Minister Andrades of Venezuela said
that the report of British forces land
ing in Brazil was self-evidently false,
as il was out of the question Cor the
troops to march the great distance from
the Brazilian coast to Venezuela. If
any such landing were attempted it
could be made more easily in British
Guiana, which is situated much nearer
the disputed territory. The minister
has received no word from his govern
ment indicating that there is alarm in
Venezuela.
Minister Mendonca OF Brazil SAID the
report that British soldiers were cross
ing Brazil was manifestly very vague
inasmuch as Brazil was about the size
of the United States and it was like a
report that troops were crossing
America"
At the state department the report
finds no credence. The entire colonial
army of British Guiana numbers 200
militia. force too small to be effective
in a conflict with. Venezuela, and be-
sides, the British are too well informed
as to the rights of other Nations to need
lessly make an issue with friendly Ma
ton like Brazil by violating her terri
tory. Again, the particular corner of
Brazil that such force would be
Obliged to traverse is an impenetrable
jungle and the route would land it far
back in the interior, remote from the
tract involved in the boundary dispute.
1t is recalled that similar report was
put ahoat few weeks ago, only the
scene in that case was on the boundary
of French Guiana and the armed forces
were represented to have been landed
from q French warship. AS fact it
was found later that the party seen was
made up of few gold miners seeking
new mining grounds, and it is presumed
that in the present case the expedition
is nothing more than another
mining party going into the interior