Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-02-29
COMPLICATIONS

COMPLICATIONS
Frave NJ the Venezuelan boundary
rinR* eecxuoia Makes a Formal Pro-
tc<1 |u.t Any Concessions Of Land
UcluI @Hted by the British Govern
xncn< Mn tho Contested Territory,
WhIc |lI DO Ignored.
ltrom Correspondent Of the United
-; Pross.
GfoN pVN, British Guiann, Feb.
lQ.-rj eve of the departure of the
United tcs mail from this colony a
report 8ained currcncyithat fur
thcr soz'iousf Complications are
likely r|ae In connection with the
guest the boundaries between
the c@ n OF British Guiana and
Venex II is reported that the
Veue ou government has within
the pa1 nv or two lodged with the
COVER " Of British Guiana, to be
forv4E 70 the imperial government,
q forI|1 protest against any conces-
sion q within the contested ter
ritory ng granted by the British
.tf;t<l <<rS< 4. "a i|H H1o RI. UIIu Nn-
less 4 baIt y called BY TIE colonial gov
crnnent in granting and the imperial
government In approving Of further
concessions within the contested re-
gions, there may be trouble that hith-
erto has been avoided.
1t is not difficult to find the cause
for Venezuela taking this fresh move
in the question of the territorial limits
of the two countries. The British sec
retary of state for the colonies, Mr..
Joseph Chamberlain, has made no
secret of the fact that he had before
him an application from number of
capitalists for large tract of land
within the disputed territory; that
these capitalists offer to purchase, for
a large sum, a specific tract of land in
the northwestern district with abso-
lutte right to the minerals and precious
stones therein; timber, railroads and
township rights, as well as leave to
sell the concession or portions of it to
public companies. This application is
under consideration by the local gov
ernment at the present time.
When this offer became known in
the more influential circles in this col
ony, the British Guiana Chartered Co.
was instituted, and they have now
transmitted to the secretary of state,
through the colonial government, q
petition for concession of crown land
on the right bank of the Cuyuni river
to the western boundary of the col
ony.
of course the chartered company, in
their ZEAL seem to have overlooked the
fact that the western boundary of
the colony is still underlined. But,
again, as there is no secrecy about the
fact that the concession applied for by
the chartered company is the same as
was indicated inv a dispatch from the
secretary of state to the governor of
this colony, when he referred to the
necessity for the immediate opening
up of the interior of the colony, and
went on to add how it was possible
capitalists might be found in the col
ony who would be prepared to puf-
chase for a capital sum concession of
a fair portion of the gold field in the
northwest district.
The granting Of the concession is
considered an absolute certainty, and
this view is thought to be greatly
strengthened from the fact that the
chartered company has given an un-
dertalsing to hand over to the govern
ment of the colony within two years
after the granting of the concession
the sum of $500,0o0, to be expended in
the construction of roads and bridges
to connect the concession with the
coast, and to have a further working
capital Of $750,0oo, and in case of fail
ure to comply with these terms to for
felt the concession.
The situation in British Guiana re-
mains unchanged; the colonists have
accepted and absolutely rely upon the
of the administration that
the home government win assert their
territorial rights up to the Schom-
burgk line at least. And as no move
has been made to disturb the existing
Of affairs, the colonists
treat with cool indifference the pre-
OF the Venezuelans.
Col. McInnis, the inspector-general
Of police, who proceeded to Yurnan
on a visit of inspection few weeks
ago, has returned to Georgetown. Be
yond the ordinary exchange of the
corps of police to Yurnan (some eight
men) not single movement has been
made II, that direction I'M tn the nree-