The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-14
TO AVOID VENEZUELA
North Atlantic Fleet Will Not
Offend England.
CRESPo HAS YIELDED NOTHING.
He stin Holds That the Uruan Incl
dent and the Boundary Question
Cannot BE Separated

WasnEux.yu CITY. Dec I7-Ths pro-
grarnme OF he nancuvers and movements
of Admiral Runce'a North Atlantic squad
ron mas al length been arranged. me
squadron all depart from the rendezvous
al Hampton Roads or the z1st inst, ana u
Is expected 70 return TO that place on Nay
j Of next year The first stop vii be az
ST Taosnaz, December 2, and after tnat
The snfpz viii be put into NUM-
Der o. ports on the Guf OK Mexico and
the Caribbean sea. During the stay az
Trinidad the squadron viii have drills ana
target practice Ia the bay OF Para. just on
the Venezuelan coast. and Eear the terri
tory which IL no. In dispute between
Great Britain and Venezuela X y mat
ter OF note however that al no p0i1t IN the
Itinerary does the squadron enter Fene-
zueian port and Admiral Bunce doubtless
IL influenced IN thIs respect b the wishes
Of the aeE5artrueut OF state, for the assem-
blage OF an American feet In Venezuela
a. this fuucture might be construed As
threat. ard in the end greatly compiicate
the negotiations nog in progress with the
British foreign cities over the Venezuelan
boundary question. To prevent any such
impression from gaining ground, the navy
department has been particular 20 state
explicitly that the winter maneuvers OF the
North Atlantic squadron are absolutely
uninfuenced by any foreign issues, and are
slmpIy in continuance Of the summer drills
az outlined last spring.
Senior AnGrade, the Venezuelan minister
20 the United States. aas received
ca blezram from Caracas from his govern
ment entirely disavowing a publication in
the London Times giving what purported
10 be an interview with President Crespo.
No such statements. It r. said. have been
made BY the government. The article
quoted President Crespo as expressing a
willingness 70 make repaFats0n TO Great
rsfn Ia ha
Lord Salisbury Is ondeayorins TO sepa-
rate from the long pending boundary dis
pute. The position OF the Venezuelan gov
eminent IT, as has been frequently stated
in the Associated Press dispatches, that
the Uruan incident and the boundary dis
pBte are inseparab.e. the liabilities OF the
government for the Uruan affair being
dependent on whether or not IL occurred
on Venezuelan or British soil.
Published statements that Senior Marti-
nez II n London on a secret mission to
the British government from the govern
ment Of Venezuela are denied also.
Washington City. Dec. 3.-Word reaches
here from Brit.sh Guiana that the coun-
try II much exercised over the prospect
OF war with Venezuela on the boundary
question. The local militia has begun
series OF sham battles with the colonial
police, in which Georgetown is defended
against an imaginary attack. The press
OF British Guiana condemn the policy OF
the London authorities in Withdrawing
troops from the West Indies and other
British colonies. leaving the coionsts 10
provide their own dcfensss. IL is asserted
that Minister Chamberiain's letter calling
Cor Maxim guns In British Guiana was
another move In this London policy 20
leave the coionists 10 their own defenses.
The Demerara Chronicle asserts that II any
strong power sent it's ships to the break
water OF Georgetown and demanded trib-
ute the coionists would be powerless 10
resist. 1t insists that the only defense OF
British Guiana Is the feeling that Great
Britain VIII send ships and troops in case
of need.