New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-10
NO REVOLT IN VENEZUELA.
DISPATCHES FROM CARACAS SAY The
COUNTRY is AT PEACE.

ENGLANDs ALLEGED DEMAND FOR fac" SMART
MONEY DIscREDITED IN WASHINGTON
Washington. Dec 9-The Venezuelan Minister
this evening received from the Director OF ro'
eign Relations 4 cable dispatch announcing ti"'
the country was perfectly peaceful MINISTER
Andrade says that this is evidently an answer
to a letter ne sent to his Government ten ua''
ago. and which has probably just reacheu Oa'
acas In that letter he called attention 10 '"e
frequent reports published In this country OF the
unsettled state of affairs in Venezuela anu
counting details Of widespread revolution
against President Crespo. Sehor Andrade oo''
siders to-days dispatch conclusive, ana Il oo"'
fdent that no revolutionary movement exists
The cable dispatch mentions no other matterS'
and the Minister is still unable say whether
any utimatum from Great Britain has been pre-
scented not.
State Department officials are confident ''"'
some mistake has been made in the asseruo"
that Great Britain has presented a perenlp'o'S
demand on Venezuela for $4,000 as smart money
on account of the Yuruan incident. Ihey aie
disposed to doubt that any so-cailed uiliila'u'
such as that presented to Nicaragua mas oee'
sent to Venezuela but If note demahuihs
dress for supposed indignlty has neeh au-
dressed to President Crespo. 1t Is rega'ueu 10
incredible that it should ask for such an e"o'
bitent amount as 100000. .
The highest figure given at the time OF the III o.
ing Of the so-called ultimatum was H'coV' anu
considering the nature of the incident ths Na'
considered rather a fancy valuation lot the - -
acter OF the alleged insult to a coioiia puso
man. Inspector Barnes, OF the BTillsh uu'a .i
police was in charge OF the station VA -
Yuruan River considerable distance ~ ~
west of the Schomburgk line. when Is cia'e eoo1
the British western boundary. In NCVeIipei' 100
Some Venezuelan soldiers crossed the river anu
arrested Barnes and two OF his men as sdua'tetS
and took them off toward Guacipau for ulai. IN
the way they were net by venezuelan o''iOI'
who promptly released the Eng.ishmen WIN
profuse apologies and took the soldiers mo ~ ~,
todv. The Venezuelan Government immediatey
made a formal disavowal Of the arrest ana lnsti-
tuted military proceedings against all the Nene%-
uelan soldiers directly or indirectly IesioHS-p,'
for the affair including the captain of the com
many in that district. Dominique. who was de
graded but escaped from the country before uiaI
barnes said that articles had been stolen from ms
station at the time OF his arrest worth ABOUT 'pV
bollvars equal TO about 500 and this amount WHs
promptly paid to him. for which he gave receipt
as full CONDENSATION and expressed compete sat
sfaction. - 81, .ho
No more was thought OF the matter until the
announcement in October that Great Britain nad
determined 70 regard ii as an international al
front. requiring $4,000 smart money as an emol
LENT for the injury. As the sO-called ultlnldLuHH
was sent to Berlin for transmission through Ger
man channels in October officials In washington
are at a loss to account FOR the delay OF TWO
months in it's arrival al Caracas