The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-05

NEW YORK, Oct. "A special to
the Herald from Washington says:
The great international question OF
the hour is the Venezuelan boundary
dispute. Secretary Olney has prepared
a dispatch to Ambassador Bayard
which will soon bring the matter 70
an issue This dispatch is of a most
positive and unequivoca1 nature. AS
soon as it shall be placed before the
British government it will raise an
issue which can be settled only by the
retreat of one or the other government
The stand taken by the United States
I'm this dispatch is one which involves
the Oldest and most sacred traditions
of the goVernment-an enforcement OF
the Monroe doctrine.
Secretary Olney's dispatch is In sub
stance a declaration in the most posi-
tive language that the UNITED States
will never consent to British occupa-
ton Of the disputed territory in Vene-
zuela unless that nations right there
TO is determined by arbitration. While
this declaration is substantially the
same as that which was made some
months ago and to whict. the British
foreign Office replied with a statement
that Englands right TO a part of the
territory in question could be submit
ted to arbitration, the right to another
part of the region in question could
not be submitted TO such adjudication.
When Great Britain took this ground,
the question which President Cleve-
land and his advisers had to decide
was whether the United States was
bound by the Monroe doctrine and
by her dignity to insist that all of the
territory in dispute should be submit
ted TO arbitration or whether by con-
ceding England's contention we should
virtually abandon the field and leave
Venezuela to fight it out alone. Few
more serious questions have presented
themselves to an American admins
tration Within recent years.
The decision of the president and his
cabinet advisers, after careful discus
sion and painstaktng investigation, IS
that the bold and consistent policy
shall be adopted. and this policy has
been formulated in the dispatch which
Ambassador Bayapd will lay before the
British government as soon as he re-
turns from his present Journey to
Scotland The dispatch meets Eng
lands rejoinder with q reaffiTTnation of
rhe principle Of the original contention
expressed in phrases which leave no
possibility of doubt as to the meaning
of the earnestness of the United
firm and significant words, Secretary
Olney declares it TO be the belief of
the United States government that
the territorial claims which England
has set up in Venezuela. are in the ma
Ture OF an attempt to seize territory on
the American continent to which she
has 10 legal right. The secretary
points out two horns to the dilemma,
leaving Great Britain to choose W. ich
1T will accept.
First-If the quarrel with Venezuela
IS am ordinary boundard dispute, hav-
ing its origin in faulty descriptions
imperfect surveys or other nisunder-
standing, a. refusal to arbitrate the
same is contrary to the presidents sci
by Great Britain herself and contrary
10 the practice of all civilized nations
Second-If, on the other hand, as
appears to be the case, and as is the
belief Of the president of the United
States, the dispute as to the location
&C a boundary line is a mere disguise
under which Great Britain IS attempt.
ing by superior force TO extend her ter
rito1y in America, this is directly VIC
lative of the Monroe doctrine and will
never be submitted to by the United
States.
This is the substance of the dispatch
which I'm all probability will soon be
come one of the most famous dis
patches ever sent out from the Amer
ican state department.. It is a direct
positive and practical application OF
the Monroe doctrine in its broadest as
poet to the quarrel between Grear
Britain and Venezuela. 1t commit!
the United States to q position which
must be adhered to.