The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-31
SLY JOHNNY BULL.
Discovery Of Important Doeu-
ments Relating to the Ven
ezuelan Boundary.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 81. 1S95-In the
last few days the State Department has
made a discovery of considerable i'm
portance in the Venezuelan boundary
dispute which throws new documentary
light on the British contention of own
ership west of the Schomburgk line. and
Lord Salisbury's refusal to agree to ar
bitration west of that line. In the opinion
of those officials who are engaged in
studying the various phases of the con-
troversy. this official document demon
strates that England had no idea off
claiming alarge part of Venezuela until
Schomburgk's scientific explorations had
disclosed the great wealth of the region.
and that she then determined to make
exorbitant claims trusting that part of
them, at least. would stick. 1t is also
their opinion that the document nullifies
a large part of Salisbury's reply to OIL
ney by showing that the English
Premier has not been entirely disin-
genuous in his re.ation of matters of
fact
THE newly discovered document con-.
sists of a letter from Viscount Leveson
afterwards Earl Granville). British I'm
der Secretary of State for Foreign At
fairs to Sir James Stephen, permanent
ten under instructions from Lord Pal
merston, Secretary of Foreign Affairs,
fer the guidance of Lord John Russell.
Secretary for War and Colonies. This
important letter shows exactly what
went on inside the British Cabinet at
the time.
1t will be remebered that Schombrrgk
had been sent out by the Royal Geo
graphical Society in 1885,, with funds sup
piled by the government. to explore the
Orinoco country, and that on his. return
result Of his Familiarity with the re-
sources of that country, the government
chose him as the most available person
to select the richest territory in Guiana
which would naturally constitute Eng
lands share in any subsequent division.
The note is as follows. 900
FOREIGN OFFICE, IS March, 1910.
ssSir-I am directed by Viscount Palm
erston to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter .of the sixth inst, enclosing
copies and extracts of dispatches and
their enclosures from Mr. Light, Cover
nor of British Guiana, relative to the
expediency of an arrangement being
made with the Brazilian, Venezuelan and
Netherland governments, by which the
boundaries of British Guiana may be ac-
curately defined.
with reference to that part of your
letter in which you state that Lord John
Russell considers it to be important, that
the boundaries of British Guiana should
be ascertained and agreed upon. if pos
searches in those parts have qualified
him in a peculiar manner to be of use,
should the services of any person ascer-
tanned with geography of British Guiana
be required for fixing the boundaries of
the British territory. i am to state to
you. that the course Of proceeding WHICH
IS that map Of British Guiana should
pc mace ohy y Mr n ing that the
said map should be accompanied by
memoir describing in detail the natural
f6esubes f6e boundariea Mnie IN sqe quest t. and that
copies of that map and memoir should
be delivered to the Governments of We
sSSs as Of Bsaa sna Of o Brsh
claim. That in the meanwhile Brit
ish pnc iandmagks on te eround
in order to mark out by permanent erec-
tions the line of boundary 80 claimed by
ca each h Of the three governments above
mentioned to make amy objection which
they might have to bring forward against
sons upon which such objections might
be founded, and her Majesty''s Govern
ment would then give such answers
.sLord Palmerston further considers
that it would be expedient that the Braz-
ilian department should be required to
officer in command should be informed
that any claim which Brazil may inn
agine itself to have to that village should
be stated by the Brazilian government to
that of Great Britain. In order that it
may be discussed and settled between
the two governments have. ETC.,
tlSignedl LEVESON.
ITO JAMES STEPHEN. Esq.
In reference to the last paragraph 1t
may be staed that Brazil did withdraw
from Pirara and that the southern bound
ern boundary of British Guiana has now
advanced over hundred miles beyond
that point. ss g ss ;s
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