The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-16
ADHERING TO OLD TRICKS
now GREAT BRITAIN SEEKS 70 IN
CROACH on VENEZUELA.
embarrassing History of the Republic ana
the Repeated Efforts by the nii'is"
to Reduce Its Territory.

-. rob, Hartman, First LientsnA
80. ,4valrv who rs stationed "t III
Aver. near washington ha7 Nv, T,in,o.s
htgntv interesting article ioi int~f,,i', Ina
~ ~ ~. i5ncroachments OF Great bit.ai.' ~,
81 -. lieutenant Hartman. WIN -
, .,o,,sin of state Treasurer ia .l,".'' -,
o,tfe a number OF ri ttifts al- q. us at
his CITY as well as IN DINER So ''',,i,,s,
tfis state. and the iAloi ,i'a ~ .io,t,r h..
rom MS versatile pen WILL 10 "o""' ."
,e,,fenant Hartman was iof eet a.
wears the cOmmandant anu Hili..' The
sfrucfOr OF the battalion OF c1-nI,,f3,.,f ,'oi-
Nir@i,ia Agricultural and Mechailicl' 30,
,.'. as Risrksburg After MS pIoiity,.'''i
- FIRST Lieutenant he was fdhsl -
80, the seventh Cavalry 10 lhe 'iN.,'
cavalry in September l3sl' an 10 oil.
80 months was stationed a. fo' =, ~,
Oklahoma Territory. from ""1'D
ordered 10 Fort Myef' ,.,. ,,o,,.,- &c we'll
Tbr WI ter OF the article pe-oH - r., " -,
versad with the condition OF @ta .t p -
Nenez sela and the lnlorH5 ~, rr,irie fol-
nv him IS trustworthy. Inc aiu0i0
lows. .-..-t.,, ones,ions Of
to-dav none Is OF more vital NuyOi a. co..
Than that provoked by the coileiillon, %, ",
Great Britain IN re5~tV ~ '-S
boundary dispute. -..f, o.
.sro fully understand and appfcc'1tse
this question, il is necessary 20 SNs.ii ..i
The history OF the discovery anu 800
ment OF this quarter ot the Se" ~. 20
II was on the coast Of Guiana thdt ~
i~mhus first discovered America. II was
mere tnat AlOnzO De OJeda coininei,,S "a
the discovery and conquest OF Ntn'-~e - .
/. was here. too. that the soEri i 49, -
these regions was cciea 10 L.VpD
Hordas by the Emperor Charles y, ~. :
same country was. at the ptslhhl.o =.
The sixteenth century. the Object o.
labor,Ous explorations ny ltpl-as' h1''N
IA. Hcrtal. ana other Spanlafes. a..
4srHL.r .f..r. o.
nation 10 discover ana explore the noIlN-
ern shores or South America, ana he1
right TO the territory mas alNays nvsi'
consider ed indlspu.aple Dy otheI ha'iOiH'
sShe strengthened her rights OF uIse''
cry by founding towns and missions
SPAIN The ORIGINAL OWNER.
.,ro Spain belonged the primitive own
orship. and any other power Claiming
The territory would have 10 plainly es-
tablish her right by treaty or conquest.
"'Thc Republic Of Venezuela succeetel
Spain in her rights over me t@D, ,r..,,
~ recognition signed In Madrld, IN 1919;
THE province OF Guiana formed pdte VI
the taptaincy General ana us Dc1ilrd el
les were on the east. the Atianuc OSeai''
and ON the south the river Amazon; IL
was only through cessiOns MADE by SPAN
that these boundaries could suhef any le-
"puring their long struggle for independ,
encc the Dutch had taken possession OF
enr,atn nolnts in Guiana. and when Spain
recopnized the Dutch, she legalized these
usurpations by the treaty OF Muenster III
lt4s. .h,oh tho
.sThe establishments oyer when me
Dutch wer. 10 have control were not spsc-
s,ad in this treaty. but in the extrlilu)n
treaty between Holland and Spain signed
az Aranjuez. in 1871. the colonies OF Porto
pico CorO. and the orinoco, ~e.e
mentioned as Spanish. and those Of Sc
-
R.rbice and surlnam, lying opposite 10
OF these Essequibo, pemsrara and S e:
h,ce were ceded 20 the bntsa ~ ISL
Ard here, and here alone. lies Great bri'
Hence Venezuela derives her right TON
spain and Great Britain hers from no''