The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-18
Is IT A MENACE.
The Flying Squadron Said
to be Destined by Eng
land for Bermuda
TALK STILL OF ARBITRATION.
Salisbury May be Only Blufang-
Prince Of Wales TO Visit
the Gar.

LONDON. Jan. Is. 1885, Concerning tl,a
statement cabled to the United states
mat the Admiralty had informed the
ohlcago Associated Press that the destf-
ration Of the Flying Squadron, had not
pssn determined upon, but that the ships
Ks. 1:s lainis We're not going anywhere IN
sa5nsalean s.l1 Sas water. the United Press is
sg,,HoriNeQ TO brand Ii as untrue
IN Inc fact is the Admiralty has not told
:, s3s.sSr .sts Inc NhicaSQ Associated Fress or
slyels haye slse anything of the kind nor
InIormation concerning the movements
q the ships. All that is known bv ary-
.eosy poqy concerning the squadron is told in
tvIay gnred Press dispatches
Inc Star" on the aathorffv of the
Exchange Telegraph COMPANY saws F,ejS
M1SaTsnad 1Siss Lord Wellesley, commander-in-
meeting of the Cabinet.
All oI the vessels comprising the fly
ing squadron have arrived at SDifhead
me umred Press has repeatedly thrown
aoubt on the statement that the nsW
Hylhg squadron, which went into COM
MISSION on Tuesday last, was destined
Tor service in Turkish waters, as was
py those who were closely watching the
course OF events that there was any in
teiiIlon te l on the part of the government
necfgo sgdlo 1,lle Inc meet to Delagoa Bay in
It may be of interest to American
readers ts to again state here the compost
ing the fact that no official confirmstior,
can De mad OF the report that the suuad-
ron re- VIII go to Bermuda, there is scarce
" doubt that if it does not go there its
orders will take it TO .the West indies.
Inc squadron conSiss of the first class
pattieshops Revenge and Royal Oak, the
HrSl elass cruisers Theseus and Gibral-
tar. the second class cruisers Charybdis
and Hermione and six torpedo boat de-
Tb5a0SyeEs baSsy r The risap apennapt q Rear Admiral
Though the destination of the SQUADRON
cannot be definitely known until il s near
ing the point fixed by tie sealed orders
fact among the officers of the squadron
that its course win be towards the West
Dale,s instructions has certainly trans
pired Report says that the fleet win
proceed to either Bridgetown, Barbados
which lies directly north of Venezuela.
The officials at the Admiralty when
questioned on the subject protest that
the squadron will be sent but it can be
stated that within the Admiralty circles
it is taken that, as Vt has been decided
to send the vessels to the southwest,
their course will be somewhere near Ven
ezuela. The squadron is commissioned
for three years, and it is not intended
that it shall be stationed long at any
As the trouble over the Emperor's at
titude on the Transvaal question appears
to have been placated the Conservatives
squadron with demonstration against
Germany. and they carefully avoid using
the word demonstration in connection
with the dispute with the United States,
which dispute has again become the lead
ing anxiety.
Sir Augustus Hanning, the new Cow
ernor of British Guiana, will sail for
Georgetown on February rs. He will be
authorized to negotiate with Venezuela
for a settlement of the boundary dis
pute if the latter assents to treat with
him. There is reason to state tha prior
will be made through the d-r-jtaeGi
to his arrival at Georgetown
overtures will be made through
the Brazilian Government to the
government at Caracas. which Ii is ex-
pected will bring Sir xe-ustus in direct
communication with the Venezuelan gov
ernment. The Foreign Office ignores the
| Venezuelan consulate here in matters of
| diplomacy, SO the consulate, of course,
I knows nothing officially of what Is going
| on.
| Nevertheless it can be stated on good
! authority that Lord Salisbury is endeav-
| oring through a neutral power to resume
| direct negotiations with Venezuela and
| will propose the appointment of joint
commission to delimit the frontier Should
| this commission fail to reach a complete
| agreement the points in dispute will be
referred ito third power for decision.