The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-18

tends that to the validity Of the Dutch
title under which Great britain now
declaration. AS far back as 1853. Holland
had protested aainst Spanish incursions
into their settlements in the basin OF the
Cuyani and to this clam IN tne re nRaf the
archives showing that they had not means
to rebuff it. Lord Salisbury says:
"The fundamental principle unoerly-
ing the Venezuelan argument is that IN,
asmuch as Spain was originally entitled
of right to the whole American CONT
nent. any territory on that con.1nenle
which she cannot be shown TO nave ach-
to have passed to another power can
only have been acquired by wrongful
usurpation, and, If situated to enc nortn
of the Amazon and west OF the Atlahtlc,
must necessarily belong to Venezuela, as
her self-constituted inheritance in those
regions. 1t may reasonably be asked
whether Mr.. olney would consent to
refer to the arbitration of another power
pretensions raised by the government of
Mexico. raised on such foundation, to
large tracts Of territory which had Ions
been comprised N the federation
Marking OF the Line.
Lord Salisbury then proceeds to state
the circumstances connected with the
marking of the Schomberg line. He says
the British government Informed Vene-
zuela in 1889 of its intention to provIS-
ionally survey this boundary, Its purpose
being. after the survey to communlcate
true lines of the British boundary and
then settle any details as to which those
governments might object AT the very
outset. Schomberg placed two boundary
of the Dutch fort, and while the POSTS
there and at the mouth of the Amarsa
were removed at the urgent entreaty
on the distinct understanding that Great
Britain did not thereby abandon her
claim to that position, Schomberg held
that Great Britain might Justly claim
ruari, but suggested that claims of this
region be surrendered in return for The
recognition of the right to Point Parma.
The Schomberg line, says Lord Salisbury,
boundary claims by Great Britain as
matter of right and it's proposal origin
ated in a desire to come to a speedy ard
friendly arrangement with a weaker
power.
Main Facts.
The note next gives in great detail a
statement Of the main facts of the dis
cussions which have ensued with the
Venezuelan government. or Lord Aber-
deems proposal, which made great con-
zuela. Lord Salisbury says it remained
unanswered for more than six years,
wherefore the Venezuelan government
was notified that i. It had l Lay, Lord
volving considerable reductions from the
Schomberg line, was. he says. likewise
never answered 3d..
Lord Salisbury charges that Venezuela
has repeatedly violated the treaty Of
1850" by the terms of which both gov
ernments agreed to refrain from agsres-
sion upon the territory in dispute, for
which reason, in 1880, her majesty's gov
eminent decided not to repeat the offer
Of concessions which had not been re-
ciprocated, but to assert her undoubted
right to the territory within the Schom-
berg line. while still holding open for ne
gotiations and even arbitration the I'M
settled lands beyond that and within
what they considered to be their right
full boundary.
Referring to Guzman Biancos' declina-
ton to arbitrate the title of these I'M
settled lands alone and insistence on a
full arbitration, Lord Salisbury says:
.sThis Pretension."
"This pretention is hardly less exorbi-
tant than would be a refusal by Great
Britain to agree to an arbitration FOR
the boundary of British Columbia and
Alaska unless the United States would
consent to bring into question one half
Of the whole area Of that territory
Lord Salisbury rapidly traces the his
tory of the following negotiations down
to 1887, when the situation had become
so acute. owing to the Venezuelan de-
mands for an evacuation of the disputed
territory by Great Britain, that the
British representative at Caracas re
ceived his passports and diplomatic re-
lations We're declared by Venezuela to
be suspended. He says that no steps have
been taken by the British authorities to
berg line, nor to interfere with the pro-
ceedings of the Venezuelans in the terri
tory outside, although pending Il settle
ment, Great Britain cannot recognize
these proceedings as valid or comforting
title.
The question he adds, has remained III
this position ever since. Great Britain
has from the first held to the same view
ing. a portion of its claims, however,
and being willing to arbitrate another
portion, but as regards the rest, with
in the Schomberg line, they do not con-
are open to question. If the conces SONS
which Great Britain has been willing
to make from time to time have dimIn-
ished, it has been because she is I'M
willing to surrender to foreign rule con-
troll over her subjects who have grsdu-
ally colonized the country. The discrep-
ancy in maps is easily accounted for,
and the British government cannot be
made responsible for publica TONS made
without their authority.
In Conclusion.
In conclusion, Lord Salisbury says:
Although the negotiations in 1890, 1891
and 1893 did not lead to any result, hel
majesty's government has not abandoned
the. hope that they may be resumed with
better better, success and that when The in
a more durable basis than has lately
appeared to be the case, her MA .esty's
government may be enabled to adept
more moderate and conciliatory course in
regard to this question than that of
their predecessors. Her majesty's gov
eminent are sincerely DESTROYS of being
on friendly relations with Venezuela and
certainly have no design to seize terri
belongs To har-
fOrc1bly to extend sovereignty over any
portion of her population. They have, on
the contrary, repeatedly expressed their
readiness to submit to arbitration any
Venezuela to large tracts of territory,
which from their auriferous nature are
known to be of almost untold value. But
they cannot consent to entertain or to
submit to the arbitration of another
power, or of foreign jurists, however
eminent, claims based upon the extrava-
CANT pretensionS of Spanish officials in
the last century and involving the trans
fer of large numbers of British subjects
who have for many years enjoyed the
settled rule of a British colony, to
nation of different race and language,
whose political system is subject to fire.
quest disturbances, and whose institu-
ton as yet too often afford very mad
equate protection to life and property
No issue of this description has ever
been involved in the questions which
Great Britain and the United States have
consented to submit to arbitration and
her majesty's government are convinced
that in similar circumstances, the gov
eminent of the United States would be
equally firm in declining to entertain
proposals of such a nature"
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