The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-16
The VENEZUELAN CLAIMS
British Troops Start for the
Disputed Territory
THE STORY IS DISCREDITED
The State Department Has Received
No Information
An lmpenetrabIe Jungle Impsdes the Way,
and England Is Not Likely to
THE STORY IS DISCREDITED
An lmpenetrabIe Jungle Impsdes the Way,
and England Is Not Likely to
Offend a Friendly Nation
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire
NEW YORK, Oct. l5.-A special to the
Herald from Buenoy Ayres says:
A telegram from Para, Brazil, has been
received at Rio Janeiro stating that an
armed British force is marching through
Brazilian territory to the part of Vene-
zuela claimed by the British government.
The column has already crossed Tacutu
river.
NO SUCH NEWS IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Oct. I5.-At the Office OF
the Venezuelan consul in this city rep
resentative of the Associated Press was
today informed that the consul general
had received no news whatever of the re-
ported march OF British troops ON to
Venezuela.
DISCREDITED IN WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. Oct. Is. The report
that British soldiers have been landed in
Brazil and were proceeding to the dis
puted British Venezuelan territory is
discredited by Sir Julian Pauncefote, the
British AMBASSADOR. and Senior Mendoza,
the Brazilian minister.
AT the state department the report finds
no credence. Tue entire colonial army of
British Guinea numbers 700 militia, a
force TOO small to be effective in CON
flict with Venezuela, and besides tha Brit
ish are too we'll informed as to the rights
of other nations needlessly to make an
issue with a friendly nation like Brazil
by violating her territory. Again, the
particular corner of Brazil that such a
force would be Obliged to traverse is aa
impenetrable jungle. and the route would
be far into the interior, too far from the
tract involved in the boundary dispute.
1t is recalled that similar report was
MI 1fOBt a few We0kS ago. OnlV the scene
in that case was on the boundary of
French Guinea and the forces were re-
ported to have landed from a French war
ship. AS a fact it was found later that
the party was made up of a few gold mi
ners seeking new mining grounds, and
1t is presumed that the present expedI-
tion reported is nothing more than an
other mining party going into the ints-
rior.
LONDON, Oct. l5.-Foreign officials
were questioned today regarding the re-
port that an armed British force is march
ing through Brazilian territory to that
part of VuneSneia claimed by the British
government, VINO said there was no Brit
ish force there and there would be no
object in marching through that portion
of Brazil. even If British force had been
available for the purpose outlined.
Sir Julian Pauncsfote, accompanied by
the Earl of Westme cath, arrived here to-
day after an extended tour through Can
ada. He was asked concerning the re-
ported landing of British troops in Brazil
en- route to Venezuela He attached
no importance to the report and SAID
he regarded 1t as another canard as to the
seriousness of South American com pllca-
tions. The am bassador had received no
advices on the subject 1t was clear to
him however, that no such move would
he made, certainly not by way OF the ter
ritory of an outside power.