New-York tribune., 1896-01-03
VENEZUELA AND GUIANA.
THE DlSrITED LAND BETWEf.N THEM.


The oalef geogr,rhral feai.,res o. fre N,nezrela
boundary dispute have already NOR" than on" be- i
s"i forth IN d"fiIi 81 these ,o.umu- Th"y ar" pr
fc .i.v .'mpe aud easy of Undermining by any on-
VII nae he;or" BIN gool map of south Amrrc'
In order however that the r.alcrs ~ The Frb in-
may muei readily and inteirsentiv aprf"'il:e in"
work undertaken By the Commission apY'inicl h'
Pfes 'on, C-c9''an1 ~. accompanying nan - pr.-
s"nt'f - them. II has been ltasr expressly for
Tho Tribune by q " Cotton wIl for many
tctis has been or~ OF tie best AM nO"'
authoritative cartoKraphers of IN. country. ami
who's" name u II gIardntr~ Of 90" utmost p'~
sibic accuracy IN preparing ths map NJ cotton
has not merev copied any one cx-t.1g map OF mat
country. hui ha" carefully studied AMI compute /
n : aVaiab." trustworthy maps - We : ipr let
ter pres @, descriptions ami surveys that his
nr.shod WORK !, altogether unique and in a'cIr-
f.cy. pnpreh"nsiVene-s arI p.rsp!cuiy - "a in
advanc" % any other ma? % that region over given
10 the public
N"nrzu"d. one - The principal parties IN me rs
put. i a republic which won inlelcnlcn'e from
spain ~ the revolution of lslols2i under the Uu.-
t1ous simon Bolivar. The country wa discovered
hy Columbus his thr.. voyage In SOS, ana va.
visited the next year by Oicia and Amcriso N.s-
pucc. the last name: cal Ing Venezuela or tIIt-
tie Venice" from pile butt Indian ll age ON Lake
Maracaiho. The area of the country -. according
4 Venezuelan measurements 59i, lGs square -
hg' accord ng 10 British measurements about Il; oD
IN dispute. The populft - 2iO.oO The .nhIb-
iianis are chcny d~s'cndaris of the old Spanish
.eiier- bat there about 1850 Indians ana eO
f3r":ner- Of various naiiDnaiii'es chief, Ens.i,r
settled the disputed territory The chirf e. ties
and their populations Caracas. the capita.
800. Valencia. 10000. Maraca.h1 25.cr Barausi
..cio. 32'vo; Ciudad Bolivar. 1900 Mnre o, the
land IS exceedingly fertile rich In tnl5o, End
minerals The climate. though tropical ~ not IN
the whole. unhea thy. one of the richest and health
Jest parts O: ~" entire country s that witch the
Brlt4sh now lain some recent statements. thar IL il
4 wr"tche1 morass whore 10 per cent of the ,eo-
pic de every year being altogether unfounded Ven
'ziela imp rts about $3.09DWD worth and exports
slGC" 90 worth year more than nine-tenth. Of
the exports beng cOncc aud IN" rps; cocoa l'des
and skins, feathers ana rubber Three fourths Of
, tne exports com" to :he United States but on.y
about one-f)urih of the Imports come from, his
country. Germany and France are tae Grief slur
OF suDpy.
British Guiana the other principal disqu,an, Is
Il small British colony lying southeas. OF Vcneziela
acquired from Holland by treaty In 1874 though at
va times he by the British before that date
Tne IS approx niate.y set down by i,ri. sh
authorities at 5000 square mics II the Veneni a
boundary claims he correct 1t 10 much smaller. ~
the British. it is much larger The total population
Is less than 10000. argey negroes and Chinese and
lilian coolies. The climate is unwholesome and
iA' Industries are confined TO sugar-cane growing
wool-cuting and mining Georgetown Is the chief
port
The disputed territory extends from the Esse-
qi..bo River the almost to the Caron, and
Crinoco rivers oh u west. and from the Atlantic
ocean south"ari to the Brazilian frontier the total
area being about $1,000 square miles or four-6ftts q
the sZ, OF the State OF New-York The extreme
claim OF Venezuela p the line Of the Essenuibo
River which she holds to have been the ancient
boundary between the colonies OF Spain and Uol-
land The extreme British claim is a lire be
ginning at Barima Point 1Punta Rarima) at the
mouth OF the Orinoco running thence southwest
SKY niles from the Orinoco. 10 tpata: thence
soutAyard through the valley OF the CoronI and
c,ose II that river. and southeast Mount Rora-
Ina and the brazilian frontier. II IL bas ased accord
ing TO the English view. the alleged fact that
both In l7si and in 1896 when England seized the
Dutch colonies the British authorities marked the
western boundary Of their possessions as beginning
at a point west OF Point Barma. up the Orinoco
River and then following the watershed between
the oriooco and Esse,Iuibo valleys. In accordance
with the claims OF the Dutch In 1914 England OBJ
,,nci from Holland. by treaty. formal title the
, conouered territory and maintains that Its limta
,,o,e we're those OF the boundaries already laid
| doun In 1910 Sir Robert Schomburgk was commits
| ,ored nv the British Government to survey a
| houndary line between Venesuela and. British
| c,,,ana He recommended. Lord Salisbury de-
| c,,rcs a compromise by which Great Britain should
surrender her claims 10 an extended inland frontier