The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-10-11
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UNCLE SAN IN VENEZUELA.
Great Dritain ls, to BE Informed
That the Unttea states Will Net
Pefnit Her to Selse TerfitOfy On
the American CoAtinsnt.

Washington, Oct. 5.-The United
States and Great Britain have at last
came face to face in Venezuela. Fec
i~tary Olrey has prepared q, dispatch
to Ambassador BayLrd which will.
soon bring to an Issue tie long-mootetl
question of boundary between vene-
z,,ela and British GuiLa. This dls.
patch ts Of such a positive and un-
equivotAl rlture that 1t threatens dis
rupti0n Of the Harmonious relations ex-
isting between the two great English
speaking countries. As soon Us 1t shall
have been placed before the British
government 1t will raise an issue
which can be settled only by the re.
treat OF one or the other, or by the sev-
erance Of friendly relatlons-perhnps
by war. The stand taken by tue Unit
ed States in this dispatch is one which
involves one Of the Oldest aud most
sacred traditions u the Eoyss;-.1;IS., Eoy.:; - .Ss..
sasssalsssn, s . anu .a ssissso retreat cannot
come from this side Of the Atlantic.
The great question In Washington is:
will Great Britain yield" Secretayr
Olney's dispatch is, in substance,
declaration in the most positive Ian
guage that the United States will new
or consent to British occupation of the
disputed territory in Venezuela, unless
that nations right thereto is first de-
termined by arbitration. While this
declaration is similar to the one which
was made some months ago, and to
which the British foreign Office replied
with statement that while England's
right to part Of the territory In ques.
tiOn could be submitted to arbitration,
the right to another part Of the region
in question could not be submitted to
such adjudication, the matter has now
been brought to a critical stage.
When Great Britain took this ground
the question which President Cleve.
land aud his advisers had to decide
was whether the United States was
bound by the Monroe doctrine and bv
her dignity to insist that all of the ter
ritory in dispute should be submitted
10 arbitration. or whether by cOncetl-
Ing England's contention this country
should virtually abaIdan the field and
leave Venezuela to fight 1t out alone.
Few more serious questions have pre-.
sented themselves to an American ad.
ministration within recent yeas. The
decision of the president and his cabi,
net advisers, after careful discussion
and painstakinR investigation, Is TINT
the bold and consistent policy shall be
adopted,and this policy has been form.
ulated In the dispatch which Ambassa.
dor Bayartl, as soon as he returns from
his present journey to Scotland, will
lay before the British government. The
dispatch meets England's rejoinder
with a reaffirmation Of principle Of the
original contention, expressed in
phrases which leave NO possibility of
doubt as to the meaning or the car.
nestness Of the United States. 1t does
more. In polite but firm and sIgnifl-
can't words Secretary Olney declares
1t to be the belief Of the United States
government that the territorial claims
which have heen set up in Venexuela
are not the result of natural misun,ler.
standings. aud the dispute concerning
them is not the proper location oi
boundary between the two countries
but, under the gtlise Of boundary dis
pute Great Britain is really attempting
q seizure of territory on the American
continent. The esecrotary points on,
the two horns Of the dilemma, leayin,
Great Britain to choose which It viii
accept.