St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-10-20

NO REPLY TO THE ULTIMATUM.
1t Has Not Yet Reached It's Desti-
nation, but There VIII he No
Yielding.


swer of Venezuela to the British ulti-
matum appears to be clearly fore
shadOwed in an official statement
from the Venezuelan minister of for
eign relations. This has been re-
ceiVed at Washington. 1t states with
positiveness the attitude and policy
| of Venezuela upon the exact subjects
| covered in the ultimatum and in Min
lister Chamberlain letter to the gov
| ernor of British Guiana. These Off
cial statements disclose the present
| ultimatum in a repetition of de-
| mand made by Great Britain in No
| vember last. AS Great Britain has
no minister in Venezuela, relations
being broken off, the German min
lister consented to act in presenting
the British demand. Venezuela
| promptly rejected the demand, and
| refused to give the assurances Great
| Britain asked. The refusal was ac-
| companied by a restatement Of all
| Venezuela claimed. The circum-
| stances of the demand and refusal
| are given as follows in the official
statement of the Venezuelan for
eign office, received here:
VENEZUELA FIRM.
I'm September last the govern
| ment knew that the high authorities
| of Demarara, British Guiana, were
ready to make protests and raise
questions because some Venezuelan
soldiers had crossed the River Guy
uni, near the place where the So
called English station is, and had
felled timber on the right bank of the
river. Information has been received
here that this movement began by
some threats Of the colonial agents
to certain Venezuelan citizen, who
had resided at that point for a long
time. 1t was also known that the
band Of Venezuelan soldiers had
crossed the river only for the pur-
pose of celebrating the national fes-
tiyity of July 5 in the house of some
friends Of theirs residing in that
territory. The British colonial
agents, who have exercised their au-
thority since the day on which the
government Of Demarara wrongfully
decided to occupy that part of the
Venezuelan territory, were allowed
to continue in their place without
being molested by the forces of Ven
eZuela. Such was the state of affairs
when, in the early part of last No
vember the German legation, who
was in charge of the protection of the
British interests in Venezuela, de-
10I Of& l,
British cabinet. Mention was made
Of supposed violation of the
colonial frontier, and assurances
were urgently demanded that in the
future no Venezuelan soldiers should
be allowed to cross the stream on
that side and go to the right bank
of the Cuyuni river. A declaration
of this kind by Venezuela would have
been equivalent to an implied rec
ognition Of the alleged rights of
Great Britain to the possession of
that territory claimed, despite the
protests made by Venezuela against
any infringement or abridgement of
her territory. Under the circum-
stances no hesitation was possible.
and the answer given by the de-
partment of foreign relations, far
from giving the assurances demand
ed by the British cabinet, served
only to make a repetition of all that
the republic Of Venezuela had said
against the claims of Great Britain,
although stating at the same time
the desire Of the government to
avoid new difficulties through just
and fair settlement Of the question
IT MEANS A CONFLICT.
The official statement from the
Venezuelan foreign Office covers also
the policy of Venezuela in case the
British attempt to build the military
road recommended by British Minis
ter Chamberlain in his letter to Gov.
Lees of British Guiana. The Vene-
zuelan statement closes with the
significant sentence that on the
question of building this road the
course of Venezuela has been such
that the Invading neighbors' can
not make another step further on
| the VeneZula side Of the line with
out at once provoking a collision"
At the British legation, it is stated
with positiveness that no advices
have been received concerning Vene-
zuela, and that Sir Julian Paunce-
fOte has taken no action whatever on
the subject. This is emphasized by
embassy officials. Sir Julian called
at the state department yesterday,
but the Venezuelan subject was not
referred to, as the London authori-
ties, it is declared, are not conduct
ing any branch of the negotiations
Through the embassy here. The
Venezuelan legation received its
first news Of the ultimatum from the
Associated Press cables. The fact
that Minister Andrade has not been
advised from Venezuela indicates
that the ultimatum is still en- route
| and has not reached Caracas. Presi-
dent Crespo is at present at a sum-
mer resort and the vice-president is
acting president. The Venezuelan
| congress will not convene until next
February. 1t happens, also, that
cabinet complication occurred ten
days ago. Four of the cabinet, in
Guiding DIR. Pulido, minister of for
elgn affairs, resigned, and President
Crespo has not yet named their sue
ceSSors.