Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-19
BRITAIN'SNEW FLEET
rs Destination Said 10 Be the lslaSd
Of Trinidad.
,rcor,,r,oNs WITH VENEZUELA
. for Direct Dealing 10 lie
r,,cd Next by Lord s"'is""''
- soatiment in Favor of Ar
MISUNDERSTANDING
Observation-Disclosures" MI
special cable letter.

a.frifrIv known unlh III A." "N"'''7
go. e,,l bv the scaled orders under
.t,cn IL sails. 10 IS an accepted i"c'
....,..,.. en-, officers OF the squadron tha'
,..,,..,s,.,, il be towards the West Indies
.,rfirr OF Rcar-Admiral Dale's in
.,-,ct.ors has certainly transpred. Ike
..-,s saw that the fleet will proceed TO
,l,,.r Br,sgeiown. Barbados or PORT
~, s,afn. Island OF Trinidad, which Hes
directly north Of Venezuela. The officials
.. ,bc Admiralty. when questioned ON INC
subject. protest that they are in entire
Ignorance Of where the squadron viii be
sent but il can be stated that within
the admiralty circles. it Is taken that
MS il has been decided to send the vessels
t. the Southwest. their course VIII BE-
somewhere near Venezuela.
The squadron is commissioned for thiee
years. ana it is not intended that ii sh'H
boz stationed long at any one point as
the trouble over the Emperor aiiiiuIe
sn the Transyaal question appthi7 10
have been placated, the Cohsei Fau'e
rapers no longer associate uhe "yl"
squadron with demonstration as@li.9'
Germany. ana they carefully avon D.i"s
the word Decentralization in connection
with the dispute with the tmied S'al's'
which dispute has again become the iea"-
ing anxiety. $50.
The Speaker says. III the congress en-
dorses the new M0nro ISM anu ''o ..I',
states Government denaLus vi ca
) I2,itoi,,s accaDfarce thereof 1t would bc
equivalent to declaring war, TOT treat
p,l,ot, could never submit 90 make
,.irt,e NJ the surrender of her possessions
q, America until sine had exhausted all her
resources Of resistance.
The ST. James Gazette says; III The
Americans Insist upon the new Monroe
do,fr.ne rendering the United States the
.b.nlrt. and irresponsible arbiter OK
srafr. ON the Continent, one thlrd OF
which 81 British. what can be done
Great Britain cannot avert the conse-
1uencss by yielding. The issue Of peace
or war lies with the Americans not US.
IL is misleading optimism TO pretend any
thing else.
NEGOTIATIONS WITH VENEZUELA.
Sir Augustus Hemming the new Gov
ernor Of British Guiana, VIII sail Tor
Georgetown on February 18th lie Will
De- authorized 10 negotiate with Nenezue-
ID for "a settlement Of the boundary
dispute. II the latter assents TO treat
with him There is reason 10 state that
on his arrival at Georgetown overtures
viii be made TO the government at Ca
racas. which. Il is expected. viii bring
Sir Augustus I'm direct communication
with the Venezuelan Government
The Forefsn Office Ignores the Nene-
zulean consulate here 30 matters Of d.
plomacy. so the consulate, Of course
knows nothing officially Of what is go
ing on. Nevertheless. it can be stated
on good authority that Lord Salisbury
is endeavoring through neutral
Power To- resume direct negotiations with
Venezuela, and will propose the APP
pointment Of "A joint commission 10 de-
limit the frontier. Should this commits
sion fail 10 reach a complete agreement
the points in dispute will be referred
20 "a third Power for decision.
Unless the governm MT shall be able
io announce 10 the queens speech
which will be read al he opening OF the
coming session Of Parliament. that there
o. a definite prospect Of the difficulty
with the United States being arranged
the question OF arbitration viii BE- tn
leading amendment % the address in
reply 10 the speech. As "a large section
or the Conservatives coincide with the
Liberals regarding arbitration. the min
listers VIII have 10 be- provided with
sufficiently good explanations or the whole
course OF their dealings with the
government at Washington, oc risk
division which despite their mechaui-
cal majority. will shake the position of
the government.
The sending Of the flying squadron 10
The West Indies will not strengthen pub
lic confidence in Prime-Minister Salisbury
The report that the squadron Will go o.
either Barbados OF Trinidad seems SO
contrary % prudence that outside Of naval
circles Il IS received with Incredibly The
service papers make no menfio~ 10 the
destination Of the feet. The md
Navy Gazette cautiously asks ny-
irs squadron is not intended ion ape
az Good Hope. or is IT, whatever danger
threatens. 20 he sent around the world.
o. act as reinforcement 90 the squad
Tons already iu the Mediterranean or
ewhcre2 The latest report from Ports
mouth is that the SQUADRON will leave
; IIihedd ou Tuesday next. and will pro-
tab'y proceed % Gibraltar. where il will
await further orders 10 ig questioned by
some whether the government has vet de-
c.aca uron tne sIlairoas objective point.
ana ne opinion s teld .l some quarters
that having rushed its concentrqton 10
to''he The public during the anti-German
i-ftr the main point has been served.
ana i0' squadron can noW ratrol the
s'ts waiting fog events that may trans
lIe anywhere
ANELD-FkENCH ALLIANCE
Iie abundant talk Of am Anglo-French
"i.aHo. = based solely ou Tho agreement
recently signed by Great Britain and
rance relative 20 the partition OF siam
iAe tate oi Che week republics iu the
western hemisphere. 90 they are rot
protected by The United States. can b.
seen .n This snoIatiOn ~ wealthy. fut
hf.trt..ess country. Under The now cone
f'hu1n. France acquired the whole west
'.n valley oi the Mekons river and pa-t
n. fhe eastern valley OF .he uurlr Me-
Kong all OF which territory ccmprscs the
Het ot tle S.amese provinces. Erc-
la01 takes the territory west OF TIE
Atrlr Valley and ahs0vbs the Malay
peninsula. so thar the Indian empire wiu
extend iu an uubrokcn line :fem Ee-
l.o.histan to the Straits settlements
france wanted 90 seize Bangkok. the
o.amese capital which would have COM
Irlrly plt 40 end % the kingdom ~
HiH hlt ENGLAND objected siam prC-
l.f AI roW be confined 20 the Valley
p fte Aenlu.
N.liler Power can ailege tee slightest
N i'r their breaking up the ereat
sam was progressing ia Cvili-
@-.N ana developing her internal and
'N.i commerce. France hc1ga the
.0.If Dy loaci.ne along The ron coast
sNi ilfer regions Three vears ago Eng
'"hl formally protested that size would
not allow further Interference with the
integrity oi SIAM but finding taai France
Was pfel arse fo- larger swallow Of
territory, ENGLAND Joined In she whole
.ale meal BON LlAnra hAN. llA fnrral