The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-11
VENEzUELANS Will FIGHT
EnQland'S Ultimatum Has Not Yet
Been Received.
BUT MAR TALK CONTINUES
Tho Newspapers Encourage Spirit OF
War and Show Disposition to Mako
Faces at Great Brisain-Esti.
mated Cost Of q War.

f, Washington, Nov. 1O.-The long de-
i lay in the receipt by Venezuela OF Great
Britain's "ultimatum" leads to the, be-
| lief here that Lord Salisbury has had
some difficulty in securing its delivery.
The British government has no minis
ter at Caracas, owing to the ill-feeling
between the two countries growing out
of the boundary dispute. For several
| years, therefore, diplomatic intercourse
| has been conducted through the Ger
| man government, which Is now repre-
sented at Caracas by charge daft
faires. London dispatches. a fortnight
ago. said that Lord Salisbury's "ulti-
matum" had been sent to Berlin to be
forwarded from there. 1t Is now sug-
gested that the German government.
owing to it's friendship for Venezuela,
may have declined to become the bear
er of an aggressive note such as the
British premier Is presumed to have
written, and that the latter is still
looking for a suitable medium Of COM
munication.
The Venezuelan newspapers devote
much space to a consideration of Lord
Salisbury's reported uitimatum, of the
details of which they are still ignorant.
The tone of their editorials is firm but
conservative. Diurio de Caracas con-
tains an article relative to the boUn-
dairy question which Is significant, in
asmuch as the paper Is the seml-ofiicial
organ of the administration. Referr-
ing to the Venezuelan settlements along
the line of the disputed territory Diarlo
de Caracas says:
"These settlements are not the work
of an instant and could not be complet-
ed but by the slow and persistent ac-
ton which is progressing every day.
They are governed by the executive,
directly through the minister Of the in
terror, and the agents of the govern
ment there receive constantly their or
ders and instructions. If at any time
the question becomes q practical one,
and the moment arrives when the gov
ernment and the country are urged to
make effective by force the disoccupa-
ton of usurped territory, public opinion
may rest content with the assurance
that the expulsion of the invaders by
our authorities will be limited only to
the time necessary to send the tele-
graphic instructions"
Fl Tiempo's Despatch.
One of the Caracas newspapers, FL
TEMPO, publishes a London despatch
under date of Oct. 10, in which the
statement Is made that Secretary
Chamberlain has replied to Secretary
Olney's memorandum defining the In
depreciation by the United States gov
tIHiiicIit VI lNe MONROE doctrine, ana
adding that England will occupy the
disputed territory by force If clrcum-
stances require it. El TEMPO doubts
the correctness of the despatch, which
Is presumably unfounded. Secretary
Olney's note was addressed to Lord
Salisbury, and whatever reply is made
will be sent directly by that gentleman
to Mr.. Bayard for transmittal to the
United States, while Mr.. Chamberlain.
as secretary of state for the colonies,
Will have nothing officially to do with
it.
Senor Lopez Mendez, who Is a young
local statesman of more than ordinary
prominence in the republic, publishes
a long letter in El Pregoness. another
Caracas newspaper in which he re-
views at great length the attack made
on La Guayra by a large British fleet
on Feb. Is, 1743, which resulted in the
defeat OF the enemy after stubborn
resistance by the Venezuelans. His
letter closes with these stirring words
of announcement:
Let 1t be remembered that Buenos
Ayres fought the English and won. Let
1t be remembered that France, En-
gland, and Spain were allied against
Mexico, and that Mexico won after a
glorious struggle. Only the people who
cowardly abandon their rights, perish.
In the handS of the Government lies
the future existence or the death of
Venezuela"
Other newspapers print articles cal
culated to fire the Venezuelan heart.
They show that the Venezuelans, when
under Spanish rule, proved themselves
to be a brave and warlike people, and
that now. In the full enjoyment of free
dom. their capacity for resisting ag-
gression has been Increased. They
point proudly to the fact that 100, 900
soldiers could be at once placed in the
field. and assert that If the great navies
OF England could not subdue them $50
years ago, the chances Of their sue
cess are even less promising to-day.
1t Is also suggested that q force of l.
COO men. be sent at once to the disputed
territory. The paper which advocates
this prints tsAle showing that the |
cost Of uniforming, provisioning, and
paying these troops would not exceed |
100000 year.