The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-16
THE VENEZUELAN N
o0me New and Import,,t,s.J
Brought to ll,it
SHE CAN NOT SELL HER M
Correspondence Bs,~..
and Venezuela sbo- sN
by Treaty rmpo..,s,l

Washington. January ,s-s
portant information on n.
question having direct b.s,,,'
possibilities Of a settlement !,
dairy dispute by the tvo ~
ernmens without the a.,,,,,..'
other powers, and seem,n,,, !.
the probability of such an NJ
controversy, was TODAY MI.
Mr. Heatwoile of Minnesot. !.
of the house committee an -,
Inc British government ~.
tho most recent and appa,.,,S
u''erahces OF Its semi-ofici., \,
turned to the policy of h,,...
d resumption CT diplomatic r,I.,I
the South American repuh,L
proceeding 10 direct Negotiate.
republic TO determine the
the most feasible path nv M.
emerge from its present no.u..s Nh
Il practical retractlon OF forS
refusal TO arbitrate.
In the light of precedenn .
by her most distinguished ,ns.
Is difficult to see how thu
OF Venezuela can consent I.
any agreement to comproms,. ~
torial claims to Great Britaln
has been suggested by recss
dispatches, to part with po,,,..
claims fer a financial conlds,s
cause no less an authority n,
Blanco is on record as dos
course to be distinctly uncops,s-
Mr.. Heatwolle. who has eiy.,
tention to tho Venezuelan nue.,
procured a copy of an imno-,s
ment published in 1887 for Il.
'nent of Venezuela, embracir,
correspondence Between ns
ntives and those of Great RIM
diplomatic matters between ma J,
orniuents from tho years lsss ,nn
the most active Efforts to reach \
OF the boundary were under x,t
correspondence Venezuela rersss|
firms, by her minister OF foypir
Rafael Seiias. ana afterwari Nv a
Blanco, acting IN the capac|ty /
envoy, that II is impossible N
compromise the boundary clairs
treaty or convention, because \
terms of her National constituted
her adherence to this position IN,
frustrated the attempts to arrauy|
eral treaty between the two goys,,
and seems to have led to the ses,,
diplomatic relations In 1857.
This proposition was most cl.a,t
clated by Guzmar Blanco in 1Sa II
a memorandum to Lord SaNsbuu
foreign Secretary, he says:
Venezuela has repeatedly held
Great Britain her imposslbllty 10
any part of the territory Of the n
such a thing being explicitly Il,
by the constitution. 50 that the !.
arbitration for BRINGING the dlspqt
The boundary came TO an end. n
partly in answer to the british
1871 Of a ccmpromise boundary.
In 1854 General Guzman went Il
Britain as a special envoy to bnl
settlement the differences CT the
uents and in a memorandum nvs
Julian Pauncefote, then secretary
foreign Office, no said of the },
question,
THE government Of the republit
its constitution an insupportable 4
to settle II in any other way bu.
ton. The States of the ccnfedtf
Nene2u-la bind Themselves the
ALLEVIATE TO no foreign power any
their territory. Therefore It Is In
for them to make or accept any I
which are not recognized the san
which In the year 1910 belonged
former "aptaincy general Of Vene1
But in conclusion l}lanco says.
Venezuela now proposes. irstsi
arbitration OF "A friendly nower,
tence Of commission Of justice
posed Of people chosen 9espectiysll
parties"
Granville, in reply, IN formed b
~ ~ lINNH liidA lNF iltN W "a w.
presented constitutional dificnltis
prevented her maiesty's ,overnuA
arceding to 1t. In It's place came
eral treaty providing. among o.lie'
"lf, as IS to be deprecated, The
arise any differences they shall
mlttod to arbitration
When this treaty seemed abou
completed the government chang
Salisbury succeeded Granville sn'
pressly disavowed and constrnuo
treaty or understanding bv whles
apply to the boundary dispute. %
gotiatlon fell through.
AT various stages in the corresp
General Guzman reiterated the
tional impossibllity of any bonn
treaty. Whether President Cres?o
the same construction upon the
tion remains to be seer. u ne u
necessity for any Intervention
United States to prevent rellndus'
rho mouth 90 tI,n nrfnrn IN ..1gf1l