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paratively weak and small. should have


produced no better results.
The course TO be pursued by this, gov
ernment. in view of the present condition.
Having labored Faithfully for many years
to induce Great Britain to submit this
dispute to impartial arbitration and hay-
ing been now finally apprised of her
refusal to do SO. to recognize its plain
requirements and deal with it according
". Great Britain's present proposition
has never thus far been regarded as
admissible by Venezuela. though any
adjustment of the boundary which that
country may deem for her advantage and
not, of course. be objected to by the
Assuming. however, that the attitude
of Venezuela will remain unchanged the
dispute has reached such stage as to
make it now incumbent upon the United
States to take measures to determine,
tion. what is the true divisional line
between the Republic of Venezuela and
British Guiana. The inquiry to that end
Ryo y ana Saoa cDaphe Oe and eGnaaetea due weight
Should be given to all available evidence,
records and facts in support of the claims
of both parties.
In order that such an examination
should be prosecuted in a thorough and
satisfactorily MANNER. l suggest that
the Congress make an adequate appro-
priation for the expenses of commits
sion, to be appointed by the Executive.
who shall make the necessary investiga-
the least possible delay. When SUCH re-
port is made and accepted 1T will, in
my opinion. be the duty of the United
power. as a wilful aggression upon It's
rights and interests the appropriation
by Great Britain Of any Lands or the es
We We have determined Of right belong to
In making these recommendations
am fully alive to the responsibility In
CURED and keeniy realize all the conse-
quenceis that may follow.
I am, nevertheless, firm in my convic-
ton that while it is a grevious thing TO
contesmpate a,l the tive o. great great English
otherwise than friendly competitors ir
the onward march of civilization. and
strenuous and worthy rivals in all the
a great nation can invite which equals
that which follows q. supine submission
ouent loss of national seIf-respect and
honor beneath which is shielded and de-
Tended a peoples safety and Happiness.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Executive Mansion. Dec. II. 1895.
Although the matter submitted to Con-
gress in connection with the foregoing
notes only, they are very voluminous.
Mr.. Olneys note to Mr.. Bayard con-
cerning the threatening acSpect of affairs
between dhe British and Venezuela, is
correspondence.
July 10th. last and deals with the boun-
Diary question at great length. Begin
ming at the very inception of the dispute
which has now assumed so serious an
aspect. Mr. Olney carries his argument
of the American claim for arbitration,
based on the Monroe doctrine, down to
to to- his statements by quoting the an
nouncemenlts of President Monroe in
full, and notes that Its pronouncement
by the Monroe administration at that
particular time was unques tionalbyl due
to the inspiration of Great Britain VINO
at once gave to 1t an open ana alnquaIl-
fed adhesion which has never been with
drawn"
Mr.. olney gives in his note firm en-.
do to snd e senag reat
position in this frank and unampigu-
'sShe (Great BrHain) says to Venezuela:
You can get none of the debatable land
by force, because you are not strong
enough; You can get none by treaty, pc
your yaure chance Mp of of setting portion by ar
bitratfon. only If you first agree to aban-
don to me such other portions as l may
Continuing, Mr.. Olney says it is not
perceived how. such an attatude can be
defended nor how it is reconcilible with
einqsnently characteristics of the Eng
lish race. and holds that # such position
be adhered to IT should be regarded as
sion and conquest of Venezuelan terri
tory.
President appears to him unmlstakabie
and imperative To ignor Great Britain's
assertion of title and her refusal to
have that title investigated and not to
protest and give warning against the
Substantial appropriation by Great Brit
would be to ignore AN established policy
with which the honor and welfare OF
this country are closely Identified He
the views given before Lord Salisbury
and said :-'''They (the views cad for.
definite decision upon the point whether
cine to submit the Venezuelan bound
airy question in its entirety to impartial IA
hpeif1sfi hope fhaf the Conclusion win be on the
SIDE of arbitration, Mr.. Onley concluded
with the pointed. statement that If the
hope, however, hope not to, b., antici-
greatly the future relations
Between this country and Great Britain,
it is his wish to be made acqualnfed
with the fact at such early date as will
enable him to lay the whole subjelct be-
fore !, CONGRESS- in his next annuai mes
9e1e Lord salisbury's reply is addressed to
Sir Julian Pauncefote, British AmDassa-
rs. last This dealt only with the ap-
plication of the Monroe doctrine in the
case at issue, and was followed on the
Same DAY ny dIHOtllcI iiOlC NiSSuooAiAe e4is
boundary dispute per Sc. At the outset
Lord Salisbury states that so far as
he is aware, the Monroe doe--ne has
never been before advanced on behalf
of the United States in any written COM
munication addressed to the governement
70 another nation. He gives what he
believes is the British Interpretation of
the doctrine and maintains that the dan
gers which were apprehended by Pres1-
dent Monroe have no relation to the state
of things in which we live at the present
day, and adds, with thinly covered irony,
that it is fntelligible that Mr.. Olney
ON which he is now insisting, an au-
thority (Monroe) which enjoys so high
a popularity with his own fellow coun-
trymen.
The dispute between Great Britain and
Venezuela avers Lord Salisbury, is a
controversy with which the United States
have no apparent practical concern.
Continuing in short, pithy sentences, he
says it is diffcur, indeed, to see how the
question in controversy can materially af-
feet any State or community outside
puted frontier of Venezuela has nothing
to do with any of the questions dealt
with by President Monroe; that it is
not question of the colonization of
any European power of any portion of
America, nor of the imposition upon the
communities of South America of any
system of government devised in Europe.
1T isl he says, simply the determine
ton of the frontier of British pos
session which belonged to the throne of
England long before the Republic of
Venezuela came into existence
AS he proceeds in the discussion the
1anp1lace of ,oTd Salisbury heoorne &C arb