The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20
ULTlMATUM TO VENEZUELA.
GREAT BRITAIN DEMANDS REPAIR
ALTON FOR THE ARRESTS.

Premier saIisbury's Reply i'm Ex-
tense 10 Secretary Olney's EIabo-
ration of the Monroe Doctrine Not
Received Yet-VenexueIa Expected
to send the British UItimatum 10
the state Department. at washing
ton.
London, Oct. l9.-The St. James Gazette
/ says it is in a position to state that Lord
Salisbury has sent an ultimatum to Presl-
/ dent Crispo Of Venezuela, demanding rep
aration for the arrest of the policemen at
/ Uraun. and stating the terms upon which
/ Great Britain win definitely determine
the boundary dispute with Venezuela. The
ultimatum is either on the way to Ven
/ ezuela or possibly has by this time been
/ actually delivered. Lord Salisbury and
4 Mr.. Chamberlain. the colonial secretary.
1 the Gazette says. decided upon a final
/ course in the matter before Mr.. Chamber
1 lain started on his vacation a month ago
and both agreed that it was necessary to
end the frontier dispute at once, even
/ if it had to be accomplished by force
Officials Of the foreign Office practically
confirm the statement made by the St.
James Gazette that Lord Salisbury has
forwarded an ultimatum to the president
of the Venezuelan republic
Washington, oct. 19.-The British am
bassador, Sir Julian Pauncefote, author
ICES unqualified denial of the publish
| ed statement that he called at the state
department yesterday on a mission of
! great Importance; that he informed Sec
! retary Oney in substance that in view
/ of the Interpretation which this country
4 placed upon the Monroe doctrine in con-
4 nection with the Venezuelan dispute,
! Great Britain would ask for some delay
! in preparing its reply, and submitting it
! to this government. Sir Julian said to-
! day that he was not at the department
yesterday He called on the day pre-
vious, which was diplomatic day. upon
| the usual routine business connected
with the embassy; that he has been the
! bearer Of no letter from Lord Salisbury
with reference to Venezuela, and that he
has had no connection whatever with
any of the correspondence between the
state department and the London foreign
office affecting Venezuelan matters for
many months.
Aside from Sir Julians plain and en-
phatic denial of this report it may be
stated here that Lord Salisbury's formal
reply to Secretary Olney's memoranda
(Which contained an elaboration of the
| patches from London yesterday, was
| made weeks ago. 1t was exceedingly brief
and stated in effect that the Importance
| of the question at issue was such that
] her maJesty's government would consid-
] er it carefully before answering 1t in ex-
| tense. 1t now appears that Secretary Oh
! ney's original letter was sent to Ambas-
sador Bayard and by him transmitted to
| Lord Salisbury in August last. Lord Sal
! isbury's reply was made through Mr..
Bayard, and 1t is presumed that any fu-
! ture communications between him and
/ Secretary Olney with reference to the
| Monroe doctrine will also come through
/ the same channels.
quite the most interesting, as well as
| sensational phase of the Venezuelan
boundary dispute with Great Britain has
! developed by the utimatum which her
| majesty's government is said to have sent
! to Venezuela, growing out of the arrest
! last year of Sergt. Behrens and two as
sistants, of the British police force, by
the Venezuelan authorities at Uruan.
! Sergt. Behrens claimed that at the time of
/ his arrest, certain of his household effects
/ We're seized by the Venezuelan soldiers.
After his liberation he was reimbursed
! by the Caracas government for the per-
/ sonal loss alleged to have been sustained
| by him. 1t is now believed that the Ven
| ezuelan government Will hatiy refuse to
/ accept any ultimatum which will look to
/ the payment of an indemnity on its part to
/ any uhimatum which will look to the
/ payment of an indemnity on its part to
| Sergeant Behrens, or any apology for his
| arrest. State department officials who are
/ familiar with the dispute between the
j two countries believe that Venezuela will
1 rest their case on the assertion that the
! British police were the aggressors in the
! first case in crossing the river and plant
1 ing their flag on the west bank occupied
i by the VeneZuelans; that the arrest of
1 Behrens, while not strictly legal would
\ not have occurred had he not taken the
! initiative and thus aroused the anger of
/ the Venezuelan soldiery. Moreover, the
1 country in which the arrest was made
/ is a least fifty miles west of the Schom-
/ bergk line 1t lies in that part of Vene-
x4rbi il n dfGnIifa
! two countries, but the control of which
/ Great Britain is willing to have arbitrat-
/ ed. The Nenezuelans, on the other hand,
! insist that the point where the arrest was
/ made is as much their own territory as
| the country surrounding the capital at
/ Caracas.
! It is presumed that the ultimatum will
| be delivered to the Venezuelan authorities
/ by the German minister at Caracas. Great
/ Britain has had no diplomatic representa-
/ tive at the Venezuelan capital for some
years, not since the contention between
/ the two governments has assumed so ac-
! rimonious shape. The former German
/ minister to Venezuela represented her ma
| jesty's government whenever occasion de-
/ manded, and 1t Is presumed that his sue
/ cessor, who qualified six months ago,
/ will discharge the same functions.
/ Diplomats who are excitedly discuss
| ing this latest phase of the Venezuelan
/ question to-day are asking if the next
/ few week will see in Venezuela a repetf-
/ tion of the Corinto incident of last spring.
| Everything viii depend upon the charac-
| ter of the ultimatum, which, following the
/ custom pursued by enezuela for years,
will probably be at once forwarded 10
| Washington for the consideration of the
| state department What action this gov
ernment will take cannot, of course, be
/ foretold. Should the United States urge
! President Crespo to stand firm and 70
| neither pay an indemnity nor APOLOGIZE
| this advice, no doubt, will be promptly
/ taken, and Venezuela viii thus shift her
| quarrel with Great Britain to the shouf-
| iers of the United States.
Should the United States on the other
| hand decline to be drawn into the AZ
/ fair, Nenezuela's course is somewhat un-
| certain. That she viii tamely submit a.
| ther to an invasion of her country until
| the indemnity is paid. is not believed by
/ those who are familiar with Venezuelan
! character. President Crespo who has
proved himself to be wise and humane
ruler in peace, has also a high reputation
for bravery and no little military skill
as we'll He inaugurated the revolution
| several years ago, which resulted in Tho
overthrow of the Pa4aciO government and
which resulted in his subsequent eieva-
ton to the chief magistracy of the coun-
trv He has at his command an army
/ of veteran troops which, although numer-
ically small at present, could be easily
Increased to 10000 available fighting men
most Of whom have seen hard service
These troops, it is said, could be thrown
I inf british Guiana and there rafa1Fa+n