New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-20

ne noun OF 10" In,on was too much occupied
with internal ds,cnaion ana r,f, n, nrst OF long
series of aggrcnaona wa nrt n'I "n totally dis.
monsirancc. which re'n" 10 h"'' ''
In il Venezuela which nad been n, al, rrinom.
rr"eh a 20, I' inc" AMI S"mSd
the Esscqubo River az the righ'iu, iui some
w%ya mon %l,s" anrwrd The british rsrrrsena,
tive 1T Caracas KAY" motto" ma or To- survey
and mark ont the boundaries Of i5rlt ,, s,s NOT
Tho assent ana conc"rr'h nee o'
few months later the british rcprcsgn.,na'iyc, IN
,b ,be nemrrSr Colonial Government ma been
instructed from London TO resist ~ ~,ns ~ The ,u
anis occupied by independent tribes o.
Venezuela then proposed rri - a., was treated vita
haushry Indifference schomburgk we' n,a Im nm
| his survov ard finally completed anu S'"n'u VI
the line which nov bears his name on me maps Oh
the country,
THE LINE ScuOMBrRGk SURNE>ED
| That line NAV l.. briefly described as follows;
| beginning rear the headwa'crs OF the '-SSeP"'Do
River some five degrees due south from ''9 ''"'"'
IT proceeds to the river MANU. which 1t crosses near
the fourth parallel; II thence deNiat's 'on''"'S'
ward TO Mount Roarirna and crosses The MaHaru UNI
River its h"adwatcrs some TWO a. 80, no nu
rs, noinf: II then J.fects nitc 10 the northward
and crossing The great Cuyun lHr.'' i}"nrin1 ana
ward near the hcidwatcrs OF lh' 49,, ,hc
fhonc- to tn, mouth of the Am.cniA n"o' IN. .,,
de.ta Of the Or!noeo mus ai,o.' c6asi between
The i:'snq,.iSo aud tn" ornoco but also large
some wear. later. under the Aberdeen Admnis-
traitor. tn British Government !i.umSi, ,Nr ',,
claimed any intention coup As 'rrrt na:ys Gs
n9unh"dy; h bu m"i'Ir i,,r AM, running souhward
in general direction to the junction OF tnr h
ana ArnHni rivers theh'r sou. r ,',r..n OF The
Cuyuni; thence aionE IN" ",S'si IN ~ u,tnrs Of
last-nancd river to where IL receives th' "t'''s 81
cral direction ~ the Cuyur, l" KS Ir. r'.t.
Koraima. and thence In general .ouis' r"' ''''
This proposition. though very dsHiv S,"nS ~
Venezuela. would III al prob, h,i'y nav mai, in
different spirit ana without Illuminating co ~, .',ons'
lin' in sunntini !. i'rl & ~ V.n.zrca'' the
territory beyond IL" Inc indicated. "on ne cont,,
lion that Venezuela would enter INTO an 9h'isaion
not to acnate any portion Of it 10 'hiri power
and on the further condition that nc ins' an
,h Tcn"zncaf author.iics' As this involved IAN
IN dG no nossds and @onianc
beside" n cs,ricior derogatory to the so'rr'lshE
OF the republic" IT had to bc rejected Soon after
ward ncro'iaiionS were resumed a.
sult.ng In what is know" 's nc dip,o'asr .r.
each parry obligated mot to 9ccupy any part
o. tn. territory in 9i.pni. M me a''S"o" o'
boundaries should he finally settled
THE RUPTURE or 1851.
rn,or;unni.;y however. this "terrliory in dts
putc WIS not explicitly desc ribod. AMI son" years
later zach party accused tn other OF violating the
compact 1t wa. a.,ogeG on the one hand. mat
V.nczuela had granted. in violation 81 N" agree
e,.r,rr ,u within tn" ''tiu
occupied tcrritor, in dispute" AMI Il was alleged.
- -. 49, ~, ,,,. ,h.. I.n.r,ra authorities
o. H. ,,i. .,',,,. II lik. r,rr,.s| nrs hut hal ~.
t'nl'H 'hr 'l''n S'.. ',i -, ,h arroro iolta
fp's 49,, ~, III f. fhc r'ttIr. Of ~ when an
'i,.3. 'i ,rovior" to ~. rear isn Great
Hriilln hal not extended hcr occupancy hcyoni th'
Ionnfon nor ,,si ir'iinatcl purpus" :" claim
any ieriitor, beyond mat river suddenly In ne
H'' '',',, ' ,,".,1.r AMI .,ifh1nri u.s. f,- ms
he mouth @. The n,rimn Riycr. who're ~ arbi-
,,,,l, nN.l m. startling point uf frontier lac.
tnn,,t =, .fhr s.noniiurrl unr" IN i.H sn~ re-
coded rom ih,- i, i..,,o1 Know, a.
",,iN i'.l. u, > i,.i,f.if, r..r ,h. mouth 90
~ i"m.i"h N','i UT Ii.',f..
81 i~'f'' me- ''.' .,5 o,.', , Nm. o..
s'p'ii.N l'l''f I'D ~, '' ' ,-..... v..t IT,
.,.,.,n ''. ft'. IT,, E'.,i.f, uf. h..Iunlat west
,. ''' 49,, ,r'... vif \. known a. .,h. Sal.
,...'i '''t I'.'.,. ~, ,h. r',.fn ~ IA. Nril'.rl
issN, ,n'. N,I rn.'it In asa All ,i..nolre
~, t.' ',ii,.I A. N.r.gu.iln i.rrltor,. sa.
,,,,.,,I i,,nlary line from me rouihuert CO..
b n,,iv,,.rt ~ a., ,umano ami tao sierra of
in'." ,,', 49,
ESGIAND's SIGNIFICANT COT RISE.
-. s..n.,
I'm cofn.etior win ar, cool map ~ the country.
th'f nave ''"'' ''F SUM "
American Continent n} ''' i''""'' '''''F' "''''
IS naturally divided INTO ihr'" irin'ns" valleys
~" 'fino'o we N'''@'' ana '' go
tines" NiH'NH ~ '" ''''' " ''''''''' ~ 100
nuy!li!ic navigation open from ~" set 10 ~" re-
mote Interior Those Il ~. Hnaf"inli, Nr''" ana
NagIa."rs ~ but Nif" consequence IN f"inl''-
SON for the chan ~ ID" Andes. "Ni'i'liif from
p,fafoul. along n. Pacific and theme" eastward
along IN. Caribbean 10 the Gun oi frrln con
stituioy a natural barrier 20 the Interior; hut
Nor. arc rn mountain chains frAy'rs.ng the con
linen, from .as, 20 west no such barriers 10 com
municaiion between The valleys 81 the orinoco.
Amazor and Plata and those three great rivers
commun4caf" by distinct h'nf'hilunS ii'h'' tp'
lo'':n,, ,n ,.nniI In c.,,,rie - rno ana almost
as A natural sequence. open o." way 20 Ir't"nslJnS
RI, .,',,h 'rrr 'lc,,t,ons az rrudonc. Venezuela
hns not hitherto sought r"prl these aggrcssiona
10y the means usually adopted IN the h"' i'S"''-
Hl,' ~ j., a, y,ronr am, ia a,,p.,i 10 Tho moral
sense OF the clvl.il,l world hoping that som" hon
orah!r termination oi ne n''il'. Nv "I"'.''",' '',
nlIht DC hr"uh"' ""'"' '''"e" Wv 90 80