The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-19

Thus in word and action he was re-
garded as typifying the broadcast Brit
ish sentiment toward the United
States. Fer this reason there is sur
prise that he should be the first to
urge Maxim guns for the Venezuela
boundary.
Those intimately acquainted with
Mr.. Chamberlain say that his letter to
Sir Charles Lees is Indicative of the
determined attitude he will adopt IN
all questions of colonial policy. Among
leading diplomats it is considered as
settled that the British government
Will insist that any arbitration will
not under any circumstances embrace
the tract on the British Guiana side
of the Schomberg line.
The Uruan incident mentioned in
the cables has been pending for
months. The chief of police of British
Guiana and several of his officers were
arrested by Venezuelan soldiers while
on the disputed border tract. The
British officials were few in number
and could make no resistance to being
taken to a Venezuelan town and held
as prisoners. They were quickly re-
leased, however, on the filing of pro-
tests. But the British chief of police
claimed that he had been improperly
treated while under arrest, and he
proceeded in person to London to lay
the matter before the colonial office.
Since then no action has been taken
and it is probable that the action Of
the colonial minister is made with a
view of preventing a repetition of the
fborder arrests.
Crave Conditions.
This presents very grave condi-
TONS said Minister Andrade, of Ven
ezuela, as he read with deep interest
the cable from London giving the or
ders of British Minister Chamberlain
as to the military armament of the
British Guiana frontier He pointed
out that there was a War-like sound
to the publication, in marked contrast
with the satisfactory tone of the Lon
don Times yesterday. The minister
would not discuss the diplomatic
location of the points mentioned in the
cable, showing the significance and
Importance of Chamberlain's action.
The Uruan, mentioned as the point
to be fortified, the minister said, is on
river of that name. On one side of
the river is a British post and on the
other side a Venezuelan post Last
spring the British crossed the river,
entered the territory near the Vene-
Zuelan coast and raised the British
flag. The Venezuelan soldiers there
upon arrested the British force and
lowered the British flag. They then
crossed the river to the side claimed
by the British and. it was asserted.
committed some depredations on a
house in the British post. The British
force under arrest was soon released,
and thereafter Venezuela paid for the
damage done the house. It has been
supposed that the incident was ended.
but the Chamberlain letter to Charles
Lees indicates that Uruan Isl to be the
point to be fortified against further
intrusion.
4 Late Mp.
Minister Andrade consulted late
map as to the locality of a new road
which Mr.. Chamberlain advised as use
ful for military purposes. This is to
run from the Parma river to Cuyuni.
Parma is one of the most northerly
points Of Venezuela and is embraced
within the concession recently granted
by Venezuela to a United States syn
dlcate- The proposed road would have
to cross this American concession,
north and south, near the two oppos-
ing posts at Uruan. All of these
places are outside the Shomberg line
and in the territory which it is un-
derstood Great Britain will not ron-
sent to arbitrate
Sir Charles Cameron R. Lees. gov
ernor Of British Guiana, has been sum
| moned to London to consult with Ri
Hon Joseph Chamberlain. secretary Of
state for the colonies, upon Venezuelan
affairs. ca L