The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-22
FACTS ABOUT VENEZUELA.
n. Little Republic Has No Reason
to Fear.
rpEspO A MAN OF uNDAUNTED NERVE,
"a regard for Diplomacy In Dealing with
tho Big Powers-Sketch of
the Country.

| ,.,d and Venezuela there will be some
fuu and some hard knocks from an unex.
,.cted quarter With only 2,5o00o0 pco-
.ls and no coast defenses to speak of,
England might yet find 1t easier to whip
!. country nearer her own size on the
,,her side of the water. Venezuela is far
better equipped today to defend herself
Than the American colonies were in 1176.
and has a superior situation and natural
advantages that make her difficult for
an invading army to conquer. Tile
North American eolonists were peace low
pr. but the smoke of battle is the breath
n the nostrls of the Venezuelan. With
20 cart iqnake ON an average of once every
sx days. bombardmcnt of the cnpitnl
would be but trliiing incident. There
are difficulties about that, too. England
rwerful, but taught by experience of
he doubtful advantage OF even sucrro.ful
var at long range, declines the challenge
Of every colonial contest. IT, however,
fhe sets aside the precedent of 100 Years
and attempts to settle the boundary dis
Butte with Venezuela by force of arms.
Ibis is the kind of people she will have
10 fight and the conditions under which
Abe will have to do il
Venezuela has constitution modelled
after that of the United States, hut with
more local independence. The country is
governed ny ieuerai council OF nineteen
members, who elect a president for two
Years from their own number. lie has.
however, no veto power. There are two
legislative branches, the scuatc with
twenty- tnur members and the REPRESENTA-
ives with iiity-two members.
The Roman Catholic is the State re-
lIeion, but all sects are tolerated; cdu-
ction is compulsory and there are rwo
universities and over thirty colleges.
eleven OF these being for girls. The rev.
enues OF the country amount to S9.OOUuuO
year, and the public debt is only SoI
WD,00O AZ 1 per cent.
The country has an area of nearly GOO
00 square miles aud a populatiou or
95O0OOU, VAST tracts Of forest land ana
mines are uudevcloped nearly tWo-tliird,
Of the entire country. Fully onc-Gtth a.
The people are engaged in agriculture. and
the varieties of climate permit tho Wild
est range of crops from coffee snrnr
cocoa and tropical fruits to wheat And
,=starr crops. The minerals nre The
richest in the world Only last yeor 81;
$4,000 in gold, silver. copnrr ana ouick
SILVER were taken out, and 1900 miins of
nload are projected into the heart of
he Yuruari region that is almost nm.
touched.
These mines are the ohicctive unint
Of Great Britain For fifty wears row
England has crept on by stolen morrh.s
rom the Esuulho to the A,ut.,,-. ~.
Iierdeen.s horn'Io,.v ~ H., cnt,i, w.
Inc conceding tins. denying That, re-.
psasting the other. declaring ',.rritnrv
b dispute" md then invading il. cgtnb.
khing status ouo and disrprf ,liny in
msping ON, planting survey stake, gain
~ over hundred miles oe const linr,
wing the mouth Of the oripoco. dow n
sSse 400 miles of lovely length the mar
hsnd scarlet mncaws still scraa n and
bird monkey hatters. ms ~, ,hrrc-
alnes of century ago they chat,arod
III screamed and rlittercd when Bolivar
snt his perjlous way Juvn t1n river in
d heart of country he felt 1t rs mis-
There are now 1850 men IN the standing
ilIy scattered through towns, galris'ns
r ~ snli's, one iron steamer nni threr
tines the size Of Illinois from ;;r,,t
Britain. But il must oe taken INTO ac-
uunt that the National nj tia Includes
men 'i sar ron on ~ 10 no. n.A'E tho.San,
tine and maj r. oueij civil reb.nion' and
RESIDENT Crespo claims that oser n.
ssMier OF the entirs NAH populatl'n
dsrlsr, 'u "ii,' f r','I ini,m "a,,
There would b. ol,lv The coast lin of n
aw hundred miles in length with few
s aaraorS and the ''nIaha i'on'"r t. Hc-
en- ,bo o.+o bond +ho r,,r..sh ,,oo,e
Would b. We 10 ,.i I'M, ~ ,d,ta'd n,t
an rndo,,,i,,' W., r;.i. ',,.,,a:ns
aai fornsts ~ "a y ,,,t.,td i,nor's ,,nou,
cus roo,;i,s 49, 1850 o,,.,rons
nav icn ,ri t,.',,,inai hant hosidns th,.
NHcultv of tro tsrPr,;,,, n s',,;,..nrt MN.
her Of tron,1 IL ,en-.ti..o and ,S'ro,,y
trertinc sI;,s ,rI ,'i,n rrn,n r,r',,e ma
India aps any, ,i ,, ,linut ,hn, ,ba
ether Snntb . r,ar;i'n, rn,''l los aro ~ IN
them. tbot ,bo NInr,nn don+rino cfn,,ts for
Nmethin,, anl ,bat bara :. Conn who
lad rather fight than eat any day.
Cresno l. b., u-;tb Yoror o,hor
ko,ha1
"eauS No. IN ms YOUTH repelieu against
~e catholic church. He was rebel
and the State troons wore called out
pesins, H., .,.,, n,,,1,.,
esm NM A"o ''o"''"'
s no'pea near him, fully armed. lie haa
=" or 100 stragglers with no equipment
but cowboy knives Ar midnight while
lie rap,lor, -. (,...,', .a;..a., ,,oro or
49, seH'"rS slept ,reSpo Sei|eu Il store oi
wa putter, had each man strip anu