Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-10-24
vENEzUEDA'S ANSWER.
is Foreshadowed by a Previous Official
Statement.

Washington. D. c.. Oct. 19.-The an
swer of Venezuela to the British ulti-
matum appears to be clearly tereshad-
owed in an official statement from the
Venezuelan minister of foreign relations.
This has been received at Washington.
It states with positiveness the attitude
and policy of Venezuela upon the exact
subjects covered in the ultimatum ana
in Minister Chamberlain's letter to the
governor of British Guiana. :,
These official statements disclose tnat
the present ultimatum in Il repetition OF
demand made by Great Britain in Novem-
he1. last. As great Britain had no minis
ter in Venezuela. relations being broken
off. the German minister consented to act
in presenting the British demand. Vene-
zuela promptly rejected the demand and
refused to give the assurances Great
Britain asked. The refusal was accom-.
panied by a reinstatement OF ali Venezuela
claimed. The circumstances of the de
mand and refusal are given as follows IL
the official statement of the Venezuelan
foreign office received here:
In September last the government
knew that he high authorities of Deme-
rara. British Guinea. were ready to
make protests and raise questions be-
cause some Venezuelan soldiers had
crossed the river Cayuni for the place
where the so-called English station is
and had felled timber on the right bank
of the river. Information has been re-
ceived there that this movement began
by some threats of the colonial agents to
Il certain Venezuela citizen who had re-
sided at that point for long time. 1t
VAS also known that band of VeneZue-
Ian soldiers had crossed the river only
for the purpose Of celebrating the ma
tional festivity of July 5 in the house of
some friends of their residing in that
territory. The British colonial agents,
who have exercised their authority since
the day in which the government of De-
merara wrongfuly decided to occupy
that part of the Venezuelan territory,
were allowed to continue in their place
withoYt being molested by the forces of
VenezUela.
II ths eaEix part e I LIT S9ys m S The
sf IS ;:2sS f 5tsd jFff fss Se ie
c5abifetf, ni..Ss7nttion was made of sup
posed violation of the colonial frontier.
and assurances were urgently demand
ed that in the future no, Venezuelan sol
dicrs should be allowed to cross the
stream on that side and go to the right
bank OF the Cuyuni river.
"A declaration of this kind by Venezu-
ella would have been equivalent to an i'm
piled recognition of the alleged rights
of Great Britain to the possession of
that territory and would have also i'm
piled the withdrawal of the several pro-
tests made by Venezuela ever since 1887
against any infringement or abridgement
of her territory. Under these circum-
stances no hesitation was possible and the
answer was given by that department
of foreign relatiOnsn, far from giving
the assurances demanded by the British
cabinet, making repetition of all that
the republic of Venezuela had said against
the claims of Great Britain, although stat
ing at the same time the desire of the
government to avoid new difficulties
through just and fair settlement of the
question -