New-York tribune., 1896-01-03

in return for III, formal recognition OF her rsai 10
Point Earml
The result vas the famous S,homburgk line
which begins az the mouth OF the bAr'nd RIVER
and wander southwari. following neither rivers
nor mountains any natural lines, io M'uN'
Rorairna Nenezu-ia protested against this hnc'
whcreupon Grci. Britain dee Jared IT was mere
Is tentative" AMI ordered the stakes 10 be pe' up
"Eut" Lord Salisbury says. This concession was
made on IN. distinct understanding thdt treat
Britain dld not thereby I'm any way abandon hef
Claim 10 that position Then Lori Aberdeen pro-
povei line running from the mouth ~ the Moro'o
River west and southwest the Junction OF tne fur
nanl and Cuyun rivers. and thence Up the '"yuh' 20
Mount NOrama. Venezuela, through 'r. h'J"S' ia
reply proposed TO draw a stragi' line from me
mouth o. the Morocco River 20 the h"ad"a'rfs o'
,ac Esscqu'bo practically coincidns VITA '"r
nftv-nln,h meridian Then Cireaf Brlta n returned
10 the Schomburgk lin" S,iIi later. i.''d "rah''"e
proposed Il line from th- mouth ~ the Harl'he
Yv,r 70 the junction OF the Acarabici ana Ve
,.,yuui whenr. Il would coincide with tn Au'r-
deer Inc Sow Great Britain has withdfa"h the
.,.rr.ssions' hitherto made These are the prncipd
lines drawn across the disputed territory a" %
wr.on are accurately Indicated in the accompanying
map ,
ia. Historical data upon which the Two co""''''S
base ihcl- claims have been conciseiy 'inmaf'1e'
10. NJ s.r,ges L,.,,v i-nt~i states Minister 10
Vonezuela AMI a careful student %; the whole mat
ter IN dispute. ~ follo~s'
Venezuela as the successor IN IN, OF SPAN N, ilP isI
ports hey claim by thc 'rgIil by m" note OF tn1
Governor OF Cumna. 10 the Munirlpa' '" '"u'.,a h ~.
Portuguese ana Speuiarls by the reply OF ttt .,n
,rnor OF Cumna To thr not" ~ ne i'i'' 49,
~ i9,s hy Inc two Roya. Schedules OF l1H, bF iae
official declaration oi me ol"n's" " 'h mich T.,
rejecting the prctension Of righ by IN. ', ~
nan near the mouth OF the Orinoco, DN me
the koya! lniendcnry ~ '' ,!s iV' ireint
ih fonn,lmc OF the town o! Don 'aros 10y the On
cal report OF Don Antonio Iop] ir !" ,ni Riy~r
-oiier for The eNpo. aiion oI ''" ,Tamtl4z ~
Jun @Jnh" =; h 49,, ,retary Of he Dutch Wcs India com
n,nv :, n. spanish Minister in Holland January
,dInd s, ., ,nd Uosnd. BY ,hr oical request. m,ie
in writing by Brdsl Minister a. EMaTss sS MnS n
bcacons a. the mouth ot The orn|cc ana At n@'%t n
Point by he oss 715sa % St ihr ,hr noir of 6r
Venez,elan Governor Of Guiana To the t"n'th 10y
eminent al caraca. da'e' rtfah aw romri in Dem,
arar, of Venezuelas righuul ]url',ictou uttF' ~, M
Morocco River by similar act OF rf.osnDn a1
Ev , british Subjec; named Thomas iarre'. na 'ne
nr F"rtaue by Lori Abrr leen Januar} g. NJ Dy
the Aber ieen proposition OF lsl HnI r ~ hVIr'o
the publications OF every &eoErapn'' AXE fro,,
rapher Who has ever wren on ,,,mholdf in o"'
Sir Walter Raleigh to Nor~ ana IN ''iinSo i of Hollanl
supports her claim to the same territori'E o} %
sIisssa iSci ini @ ~ were etl by the Dgen
an the pumaron River in 1857 By con'ssSiSnS ,sI,
he
>, ~. DutcS West India COMPANY. for tradihs VIII
,h no orics Of Esssquibo and Plmarol; Dy repu'ti
,,,,, hn,wcsn the Dutch and Spiniards at fort
~ Zealand" In 1871. in which II - chinieu, me
,,,,ar wera defeated and driven away pF soine
aiieo,1 concessions from Holland subs 'auen 10 ue
ssion ~ islI and by some pre tended treaties WIN
..t,,n Indlsn tribes names and dates not gwen,
whereby she claims to have oplaihru 't' ~ "e sun
and sovereignty over the territory
As 70 the interest OF this country IN the coh'ro-
v,rsv. apart from political and sentimental CON
s,dar,,,ons Mr. scrnggs reminds ns that Nenez ieia
=, ..ha rs,rest OF all our South American nel8h-
hors Its political capita. one or the most o'a"''-
IN, and attractive on the continent Is less ina"
, I.,,o. iourney from Washington. Its commercial
80 s.cond 10 none the Caribbean shores, are
,,rao,'v onposlte ours the South Atlantic ana
",, oo,s,s and distant less than five days sail
,, tho ha rbors and nlets Of Guiana ana the
n,nooo delta aro only about five days sal! from
voy-york II is the only South American republic
.,,h ubich We are IN direct and regular weekly
.,,o,,on bv ar American line OF steamships
-, ,.onIa are among the most Intelligent ana pro-
,,o of al I,ltn America. And our commerce
EI.ssa' y, ia now about double In voune ana value
our trade with any OF the other trahs-' '''po'i"