The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-11
VENEZUELAN AFFAIR
POSITIVE TAN TAKEN:BY
THE PRESIDENT,
u Prssldent said 10 lave Decided 60
Uphold Venezuela. and Secretary oiney
said TO Have Sent . Firm DscIarstion
To England to That Eject.

New YORK, Oct. 6.-A special to the
Herald from Washington says: "The
great international question Of the
hour IL tho Venezuelan boundary dis
pute. Secretary Olncy has prepared q
dispatch to Ambassador Bayard which
will soon bring the matter to an issue.
This dispatch is Of a most positive and
unoquivocal nature. As soon as It
shall be placed before the British gov
eminent II will raise an issue which
cur be settled only by retreat Of one
Of the other governments. The stand
taken by the United States Ia this dis
patch Is a that involves the Oldest
and most sacred traditions Of the Mon.
zoe doctrine.
Secretary Olncy's dispatch Is a dec.
iarstion in the most positive language
that the United States will never con-
sent to British occupation Of the dis
putod territory in Venezuela unless
that nations right thereto is deter.
mined by arbitration. This declara-
tion Is substantially the same a. that
which was made some months ago,
end to which the British for eiQn office
replied with o statement that, while
English right to . part Of the terri.
tory In question could be submitted to
arbitration, the right to another part
could not be submitted to such adjudi-
cation. When Great Britain took this
ground the question which President
Cleveland and his advisers had to do.
eide was whether the United States
was bound by the Monroe doctrine and
by her dignity to insist that all OF tho
HpVpttAR0 In dfsnetn ehn,x1I h. sr.h.-lA-
ted to arbitration, or whether, by con-
eeding England's contention, we should
virtually abandon the field and leave
Venezuela to fight IL out alone.
I'm polite but firm and significant
words Secretary Olney declares IL to
be the belief of the United States gov
eminent that the territorial claims
which Great Britain has set up in Ven
exuela are in the nature OF On attempt
TO seize territory on the American
continent to which she has no legal
right.
The secretary points out two horns
20 the dilemma, leaving England to
choose which IL will accept. First
II the quarrel with venszuela is an
ordinary boundary dispute, having its
origin IN faulty descriptions, imperfect
~ 'esS ~ OshVt touAoC L0uuluKs y
refusal to arbitrate the same Is cor.
trnry to the proceed ents set BY Great
Britain herself and contrary to tho
practice OF all civilized nations. Sec.
ond--lf, on the other hand, as appears
to be the case, and Is the belief OF the
president Of the United States, the
dispute rs to the location of q bound
ary line is a mere disguise under which
Great Britain Is attempting BY supe.
rior force TO extend her territory in
America, this 10 directly ~violative Of
the Monroe doctrine, and will never
be submitted to by the United States
"This To- the substance of the dis
patch which in all probability will
soon become one Of the most famous
dispatches eve sent but from the state
department. It is n direct, positive
and practical application Of the Mon
roe doctrine In its broadcast aspect to
the quarrel between Great Britain aud
Venezuela. 1t commits the United
States I position which must be ad-
bered to-"