The herald., 1896-02-06
As Shown by Royal Geographi.
cal Archives
THE TERRITORY IN DISPUTE
Does Not Necessarily Belong to veues
zuela
Even II II Should Be Decided That England =
Not Entitled to It-Dunraven's
Views
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
LONDON, Feb. 6.-Clements Markham
president of the Royal Geographical 60
ciety, contributes a two column letter to
the Times this morning, minutely des.
cribing all the photographic evidence OBJ
tainable in the society's map room bearing
on the disputed boundary of Guiana from
the year 1870 onwards. He says that by
the treaty of 1914 the Dutch ceded the
portion of Guiana including the Essiquibo
Basin, to Great Britain, and that Spain,
the sovereign of Venezuela. was party to
the treaty.
"As the inheritor from Spain Of that SOW
ereignty," the letter goes on to say, "the
Venezuelan republic is bound in honor to
gated all previous claims ever made by
Spain, and secured to Great Britain the
sovereignty of the whole of the Essiquibo
basin."
After then detailing Robert Schomberg's
exploration Mr.. Markham contends that
the concession of the Yuruyari valley
which was British territory. to Venezuele,
shows that nothing could have been further
from the thoughts of English statesmen
than an infringement of the Monroe doc
trine. He concludes that even if the terri
tory which Venezuela claims were ad-
does not follow that it belongs to Vene-
zuela. Great Britain's right, he claims,
rests on discovery. on Dutch possession
OF three centuries, on effective occupation,
and on a treaty.
The Times remarks in an editorial On
the Markham letter:
''Mr. Markham is high authority and
his conclusions are in substance identical
with those reached by ex-Chief Justice
DAILY of New York. 1t is not easy to zee
how his arguments can be set aside. ThSt
we should be willing to submit any part Of
such controversy to arbitration is 5 sie-
nal testimony to the prevailing desire
among us to prevent the peace being en-
dapgered by preposterous quarrel"
The Times concludes by expressing dis
appointment that despite the expressions
of goodwill in America, neither the execu-
tive nor either house of congress has yet
made any public advance towsrd m ami
cable arrangement with England.
DUNRAvEN's VIEWS
LONDON, Feb. 5.-Lord Dunraven was
the guest tonight of the Glasgow University
club. The speech delivered by his lordship
upon the occasion contained no allusion to
the subject of yachting. But with refer
ence to the Venezuelan question, he said
war between England and America would
not be regarded as an unmitigated horror.
If each country had placed itself in Q false
strong and magnanimous enough to with
draw or make concessions. He was conf
dent; he said, that the result of the strained
relations would be- better feeling between
the two countries.
CANADA IS LOYAL-BUT-
OTTAWA. Ont, Feb. 5.-A resolution in
troduced by Mr.. Mcneil, Conservative,
was adopted by the house Of commons to-
day declaring Canada's inalienable loyalty
to the British throne and her willingness in
case of war to make any sacrifice for the
integrity of the empire. Speaking to the
resolution Mcneil declared that he had
drafted it with view of letting the people
of the United States know just where Can
ada would stand in event of war.
Hon. l.. D. Davies, Liberal, seconded the
resolution.
Sir Richard Cartwright, Liberal, regretted
the recent outbreak of ill feeling between
Great Britain and the United States. "As
Canada is placed" he added, ''her future
is clear. She will have to remain . hostage
to the United States for England's good be-
havior, or else join the United States.
Which will be the most honorable or best
course for Canada to pursue, leave for
Canadians to decide.' tA