Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-21
'TELEGRAPHIC.
VENEzUELA'SPOLICY.
cu,t Brllaln's Demands Promptly
Rejected by that Country.
THE SITUATION REVIEWED
,..,..,o,. Of the Eogllih Press ana
References 10 the Monroe
poctrlne

LospoS, oct. 2l.-Tho Times auu
49,. cn,onirle this morning print
WV ''',,ls. explaining In detail the Vene-
49, matter, tho latter paper
Totally as regards the American
", oi view, as indicated by official
Ut, Issued irom Washington. The
Ts,onlole says that there lie reason to
n,lIsve that II Lord Salisbury decides
,a.,,,l. the affair without regard to
.,.,,c., Intervention, America may
Is an, I'm full the invitation given
=, iniv nv United states Embsssador
p.v,rd. In tho fflendlirst spirit, that
IN. dsllmlua,ion might be negotiated
smicably through Washington.
urbefc Il no doubi,D the chronicle
..n,inns,. "lbat the United States is
cs,s,mlned to bring about an early
s",,lsmsnt Of the dispute. No answer
~ M. BayAfd's dispatch 10 LORD
sa,l,bury has been received nj the tn-
ria STANDARD, conservative. has an
.dIio,iaI lbls morning ON the Vent zut-
lan question, IN which II snyt: The
vsnszuelan ultimaium 10 unlikely 10
lead to complications.
The Daily Telegraph says In an sdi'
totlalt IL 10 difficult TO see how Mon
roelsm il applicable 10 tho Venezuelan
,aalt. II the Venezuelans invaded
DrIIl,h Guiana they must either DO
pupished by US directly or they must
Ia forced by their assumed protectors
10 the United States to respect inter
national law.
vENEzUELA's REPLY.
WAsIIguToN, oct. 19.-Tbe answer
OF Venezuela TO the British ullimatum
appeafs to be clearly foreshAdowed Ia
AZ official statement from the Vsnezu-
elan minister OF foreign relations, re-
eelyei In Washington. IL states with
po.ltyeness tue attitude and policy Of
Venezuela upon tho exact subjects
covered In the ultlmAtum and IN Min-
isler Chamberlain's letter TO the gov.
eminent Of British Guiana. These
official statements DISCLOSE that the
present ultimHtum In repetition OF n
demand made by Great Britain In
November last. As Great Britain had
no minister In Vonezuela, relations
being broken of, the German minister
consented TO act Ia presenting the
British demand.
Venezuela promptly rejected the de-
mand, and refused to give the nssur-
anoss Great Britain asked. The reiusAl
was accompanied by n restatennent OF
ill Venezuela claimed. The oircum-
stances OF the demand and ralusaI are
given AZ follows In the Official state
ment Of the Venezuelan foreign office
received here:
In September last the government
knew that tho high authorities OF
DemArara, British Guiana, were ready
TO make protests and Tnise questions
because some Venezuelan soldiers Ind
crossed the river Cuyuni, near tho
plAcs where tho so-oalled English
station ~, and had felled timber on the
hight bank OF the river. Information
has bsen received here that this move.
menl began with some threats OF tho
colonial agents TO certain Venezuelan
citizens VINO had resided ut that point
fora long time. 1t was also known
that the band Of Venezuelan soldiers
800 hfeNsNa Wv AbA WV lhA-
pose Of celebrating the national festivi-
" OF July oh In the house OF sUme
friends OF theirs refiding In that terri
tory. The British colonial agents, who
have exercised their authority since
tue day In which the government Of
DemaTAIA wronRiully decided TO occu-
~ that part OF the Venezuelan terri
tory, were allowed 10 continue In their
place without being molested by the
force. OF Vebtzuela.
such was the state OF affairs " Len,
IN tue early part OF last November, the
herman legation, VINO were la charge
o. tue protection OF British interests Ia
neneluela, received = telegram from
bollln, IN which, In the name OF the
blltih thhlnet mention was mado OF
supposed violation Of the colonial
frontier, AMI ASSURANCES were urgently
zen anded that In the future no Ven.
tLuelan soldiers should 10 allowed 10
cross the stream on that side anu 20
W Tue right bank OF CuyunI river. A
declaration OF this kind by Venezuela
W9uiu nave been equivalent TO gn im-
Rleu nc gnltlon OF the rights OF Great
nI'Aln 70 the possession of that Terri.
Ioy, anu would have also implied the
NNnuiAWsl OF tho several protests
lnaue ny venezuela, ever since 1857,
hgalhst any infringement or abTlug-
msnt OF her territory.
Under these circumstances, no heal.
m.loh was poatible, and the answer
gIVen by the department OF foreign
relations, far from giving the assur.
auoes demanded by the British cabinet,
served only TO make repetition Of Nil
'hat 1he Republic OF Venezuela had
Britain.
STORY OF rug STORM. "