The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-12

ont respect TO the ownership OF settled
districts.
1ilis part of the subject would have
been reserved for special examination.
| should want you to offer this eXpla
nation to Mr. Olney when you have an
opportunity, and if he desires it give him
Il copy of this dispatch.
| will reserve for another occasion the
observations which, after consideration,
| may be able to make in reply to the
general argument of his note.
. SALISBURY.
Mr.. Olney to Sir Julian Pouncefote
(No. 1889:
Department of State, Washington. d..
c.. July Is, 1S06.-Your EXcellency-I
have the honor to acknowledge the re-
ccipt from you of IL copy of Lord Sails
bury's dispatch to you of the Bird inst.
Its object is to explain that his lordship
in his previous dispatch of May % did
not intend that the boundary line fixed
by the proposed arbitration tribunal
should include in British Guiana any ter
ritory bona fide occupied by British
subject on January |. 1887. But as
such territory must fall on one side or
the other of complete boundary line
and was certainly not in any event to be
assigned to Venezuela, all the present
explanation would seem to show is that
Lord Salisbury's proposals of May 2Z
contemplated not Il complete boundary
line. but part of such lines. namely,
such part or parts as might involve I'M
inhabited or unsettled territory. Such
Il conclusion requires somewhat heroic
construction of a paper which in terms
proposes "the following basis of settle
mcnt of the Venezuelan boundary dis
pute' by which the two governments are
to endeavOr to agree to a boundary line"
upon the basis of certain report AMI
by which. in absence of such an agree
ment, an arbitration tribunal is to fix
report" Nothing in this language in
Inmates that nothing less than a COM
plete boundary line is to be the outcome
of the plan suggested. The discussion
is. however, hardly worth pursuing. If
Lord Salisbury did not make his mean
ing clear in the dispatch of May ~, he
certainly is entitled to make it clear now.
There is another part of the dispatch
which seems to me of more Importance
and upon which | wish to base an in
quiry.
",Thc claims of Venezuela" it is said,
sis so far-reachcd that it brings into
question interests and rights which can
not properly be disposed of by an unre-
as the Esiquibo; it covers two-thrds of
the colony of British Guiana; it impeach
es titles which have been unQuestioned
for many generations"
That Venezuela claims territory extend
ing to the Esiquibo or covering two-thirds
eff the colony of British Guiana can not
be regarded as being of itself an insep-
arabic obstacle to unrestricted arbitra-
ton. But the objection that the Ven
eZuelan claim "impeaches titles which
have been unquestion for many genera
tons is undoubtedly of the most weighty
character. The inquiry desire to put
that her majesty's government would
submit to unrestricted arbitration the
whole of the territory in dispute, pro-
vided it be a rule of the arbitration, en-
bodied in the arbitration agreement, that
territory which has been in the exclu-
sive, notorious and actual use or occu-
patton of either party for two genera
tons, or say for sixty years. should be
held by the arbitrators to be the territory
of such party? In other words, will her
majesty's government assent to unre-
stricted arbitration of all the territory
in controversy within the period for the
acquisition of title by prescription fixed
by agreement of the parties in advance,
of sixty years? .-. .. a..
l enclose copy of the dispatch fer Lord
Salisbury's use. l should be glad to
have its substance transmitted by cable.
that it may be published with the other
on the 18th inst. | have
the, etc, RICHARD OLNEY.
PRESS COMMENTS.
London Nov. 1.-THE Times, COM
menting on the fact that Venezuela is
not to be represented on the arbitration
says:
This is a most far-reaching concession
md signal diplomatic success for the
United States and is interesting to the
Americans much more keenly than any
mere Encouragement of Venezuelan ter
'itory. 1t secures to England the ad-
,antage of dealing with a responsible
md friendly government and admits the
that the United States may not
,nly intervene in disputes with South
American republics, but may entirely
the original disputant and as
sumo exclusive control of the negotia-
ions. Great Britain can not bind other
nations by this concession, but. she sets
Up a precedent which may in the future
,e quoted with great effect against her.
self. ... .... ......
The Chronicle comments upon the
lSleculeuL " uhopu'SS
Is the best thing for the world that has
for century. .riI
The standard conservative says in its
.....
The Venezuelan settlement is most
gratifying. 1t would be Improbable 10
aise the ungracious issue of which party
lad prevailed. al
The Post. also conservative, says:
1t is satisfactory to know that the
Venezuelan settlement is not diplo-
matte defeat for Lord Salisbury. 1t in.
olives arrangements far-reaching and OF
| most significant description.
The Daily Telegraph QiberaD says:
1t is great triumph for diplomacy and
IT'LL greater for the sacred cause of peace;
lord Salisbury and President Cleveland
ire to be warmly congratulated.
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