St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-10-26

ment has been furnished also with
the detailed action of the high coun-
Gil of British Guiana upon the rec
concentrations of Minister Chamber.
lain. These proceedings give the full
resolution offered by the governor
general for the purchase of q Maxim
gun and ammunition, uniforms,
arms and accoutrements. They also
make the surprising disclosure that
the high council of British Guiana,
after it's members had severely ar
raigned Minister Chamberlain for his
precipitate action in recommending
Maxim guns, defeated the resolu-
ton for their purchase by a vote Of
1S to 8, thus rejecting the policy laid
down by the British cabinet. The
state department was put in possess
sion Of this information on Wednes-
day last, in an official communica-
ton from high member of the dip
lomatic corps, who regarded the SUBJ
ject as of such Importance that Sec
retary Olney should be in possession
of the facts.
When the high council opened it's
session two letters from the British
foreign office, signed by Minister
Chamberlain, were read. The gov
ernment secretary also announced
that there was an important tele-
gram referring to. the purchase Of
Maxim guns, which would not be
read until the council went into Sc
cret session. Mr.. Chamberlain's let
ter referring to the arrning of the
frontier and the building of a mill
tary road was dated Sept 7, and be-
gan as follows: 81 have the honor to
inform you that my attention has
been directed to the serious posi-
ton in which the colony of British
Guiana finds itself at the present
time
THE NEW ROAD.
After reciting the depressed scondi-
tion of the gold region Mr. Cham
berlain continues: ,.
"In it's gold British Guiana appears
to possess a considerable source of
wealth, from which it may be expected
that an increasing revenue can be
OI DIV va IL lliSdSulc dI { ldh0H tlO Op6Il
up the country, and to render the gold
bearing region more accessible to
miners than it has hitherto been. To
this end one of the first and most
Important questions is the construc-
ton of the proposed road for connect
ing the upper reaches of the Barina
and Baram rivers, thence to be carried
to the Cuyuni at the mouth of the
Acarabiscf Creek, and onward If neces-
sary to the junction of the Uruan and
Cuyuni rivers. The road, as I have
said, is necessary for the development
of the Northwestern district, which
so far is the district promising the
best results as a gold field. But it is
also of Importance from an admin
istrative and military point of view,
as it will materially shorten the dis
tance to the interior of British Guiana
and will at the same time put it in the
power of the government to keep more
closely in touch with the frontier and
to repel any attempted aggression on
the part of Venezuela. The road will
not, understand, involve g. large
expenditure, and I consider that no
time should be lost in undertaking it's
construction. l accordingly telegraph
ed you on the End inst, requesting
you to bring the matter before the
high council and to obtain it's sanction
to tho road being proceeded with i'm
mediately."
BORDER POLICE.
Mr.. Chamberlain then requests in-
formation as to whether capitalists
can be found who will take a con-
cession for the gold field, covering
the same territory as the Venezu-
elan concession to a United States
syndicate. He adds that inquiries
are now being made in London as
to the possibility of inducing capi-
fQliSfC fhpra RI foEn "a
from Great Britain. His letter pro-
ceeds:
I'm view of a possible early and
rapid expansion of the. gold industry
quately for the safety and protection
of the district, so. that order may be
maintained and the borders of the col
ony secured against incursion The
existing police force will need to be