The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-04-03
VENEZUELA DEFIANT.
She Grants to Americans Territory
Claimed by England,
ANOTHER DIPLOMATIC sNARL.

Should Great Britain Attempt to Prevent
the Operation of the Concession Uncle
sam May be Obliged to Twist the British
Lions Tail.
FARmAULT, MINI, April 3. - Donald
| Grant, a wealthy contractor of this city;
| w, H. Fisher late manager of the Du-
luth and Winnipeg railroad, and J. A.
| Bowman, a Grand Rapids MINI, banker,
have just returned from Venezuela, where
! they obtained a concession of land at the
mouth of the Orinoco running l25 miles
south and from IL, IN to fifty miles east
nd west 1t is rich in minerals, mahog-
| my, rosewood and dye woods. They also
have the right to mine asphalt on a small
Island near Trinidad. The syndicate will
Invest good deal of capital in working
the concession, and Mr. Fisher is to be
the manager.
WASHINGTON, April 3.--There is great
deal more in the news from Farbault of
the grant of a concession by Venezuela at
the mouth of the Orinoco than is indicated
in the dispatch This concession may be
come more or less famous in the history of
the diplomacy of the United States and
Great Britain. The concession is well
calculated to bring to an acute stage the
most troublesome diplomatic question be
fore the state department, and one which,
as stated heretofore has caused the ad-
ministration more real concern than the
Alliance affair the late Guatemalan-Mex
lean dispute and other international epi
sodes.
The concession is in the heart of the ter
ritory long in dispute between Venezuela
| and Great Britain and Ambassador Bay
ard for some time has vainly striven, in
| accordance with resolution recently
adopted by congress, to persuade Great
Britain to submit the whole dispute TO ar
| bitration, Great Britain being willing TO
arbitrate only beyond what is known as
| the Schomberg line. There have been in
| timations that the administration, in the
| event of a physical conflict over the dis
puted lands, might deem it necessary in
| the enforcement of the Monroe doctrine
| to follow up the moral aid it has rendered
| Venezuela with more substantial and po-
tent assistance. The fact that citizens Of
the United States, by this concession, are
thrust, so to speak, between Great Britain
and the United States, considerably in
creases the measure of this country's re
sponsibility.
| Senior Andrade the Venezuelan minis
ter at Washington when seen concerning
the Faribault paragraph, said that he had
no official confirmation of the grant of the
concession, but added that he does not
doubt it's correctness, as it is in line with
reports that such concessions would he
made.
The land included in the concession, he
said, is the vital point of conflict between
Great Britain and Venezuela. The Orinoco
| l.. i,I ~
America. running far inland, through
Venezuela, Brazil and other countries.
Whoever controls the mouth OF the river,
Minister Andrade said will control this
great commerce. Great Britain has taken
possession of Punta Barina, at the mouth,
which is to the OrinoCO what the Island of
Gibraltar is to the Mediterranean. She
has also equipped naval station on Trim
idad Island, just off the mouth. Her
claims embrace both banks of the stream
at the mouth. 1t is part of this important
strategetic territory that Venezeula now
grants the United States citizens. The
concessions near Trinidad Island is be
lieved be the Island of Palos 1t is very
near to the British naval station, and par
ticularly rich in asphalt.
The present concession is the most EN-
phatic declaration of ownership Venezuela
has made since 1884. In that year con-
) cession was made to Messrs. Fitzgerald and
, Turnbull, citizens of the United States
of part of this Orinoco territory 1t was
about to be operated by a United State:
company known as the Manoa company
when Great Britain entered such an EN-
phatic protest that Venezuela cancelled
the concession Since then the conflict
between Great Britain and Venezuela hal
been waged through diplomatic chan
nels Now Venezuela reasserts her rights
, and turns them over to United States citi
zens. The interesting question thus arises
whether Great Britain will endeavor t.
prevent the United States syndicate from
r operating it's concession.