The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-24
BOUNDARY OF GUIANA
Negotiations Between Great
Britain and Venezuela
VENEZUELA ASKS ARBITRATION.
surveyor Harrison Was o. the wrUrg
side Of rhs River, ard England L.
yor Likely 20 ChAnSscn Him.

Pzu->.fose the British s-aozsszEsr. zn4
Mfrzs-s- An1rGGs, q ys1ezGezz. szss
been negotiating q ate zroz KS se-rls-
nae1r o. tie ErEzaz affair, arr Incidentally
-oEar3 opening negotiations On rEs
boundary question yr1p=-. Tn@rs hare
sesn delays Gre 20 tbs zozta D. rsore
oscE9aed n the Transmission cf mai -
Caracas ard reeurn, 50 that TINS FAR the
negotiations have zct -roeee1@1 1=yo-1 ~
.axroS1c.o-y stage. L IS tns peD1<ary
O. r1sss azgcziarzors 20 whEc1 Ev- CIR
zo1. lrSs- secretary FOR foreign a-zz-x
referred II his r-b3sc Statement 5eso-e ne
house q cozzocs that FZx5zy when he
sZroks % re Instructions gwen % SIR JG-
Han 20 communicate with Mtz@s.-r An
crade. ard 70 ths izt-s-'s failure TINS fx-
- rsS2on6. Sor1e question Vas raised Ter.
as % ne accuracy % Mr. Czrzoc's state
ra@1t. as ofacsals doubted whether NJ.
AzS-zde has received from SsT Julian any
s1ggeS-fca toward 1egatsatz17s On re
boundary y apTEz-z. however. zkz. these
doubts ssss--ed 20 technical details. ard
that n q general way S-r Julian and Mr..
Ar1-zs1a have been negotiating CT shz
lines stated BY Mr.. CE-zo1-
There appears 20 - conx.1e-asE. 1aplo-
matte fencing IN the matter ia. TOW.
From The British STANDPOINT Ssr TIlszr'g
ovsrturss 70 Ir. An3ra3e afford TIE la.te-
an opportunity 70 submit; propositions
which may bring the govs---z1ts 10
geths-. 53t from the Te3ez4e.za s-zz5-
po11t the British ovc-rEres saoa.d consist
q 6e1nits p-opos,t.c1s- TIE yeaezusasns
szy there Is nothing for than % propose
except arbitration. which they have pro-
posed tine and again This involves ric-
Diplomatic distinctions as 20 who shall
make tbs oTe-tures embracing exact prep
osf-foas- Meanwhile there Is cons.zz.
delay On These techrtcalftiss. owing 20 tine
consumed IN the naafls between Washing
ton City and Caracas
The arrest % Mr.. Harrison has not been
communicated 70 the officials here II zp-
pears % be conceded. however. TIA. Ea-rf-
sen was II the wrong. = the dispatches
are correct e stating that hs gaz OF fos
west side % re river. Mr- Chamberlain.
secretary q state for :hs colonies. lad
down TIE CEyuui river as part % Ire PRO-
yisioral boundary. pending a settlement.
SC thai Il is sad TIA. the British w!Il not
make the c0ats7tton that Harrison was
right ,n proceeding beyond this boundary.
Tais takes from the incsiea. It's ss-.51s
aspect. as Ir Harrison Is 70. likely 70
be supported by the vigorous protss. tia.
was a. 6rss Anticipated
London. June 2.-The Press Association
this evening announced that the British
foreign Office IL expected 20 take decisive
Measures regarding the arrest OF Harri-
son. crown surveyor O. Guiana, By ye1s-
xaeians
Secretary os State for the Colonies Jo-
ss7h Chamberlain was questioned today
regarding the action the government. would
take regarding the arrest OF Harrison.
crown surveyor OF British Guiana, b.
Venezuela Chamberlain declined 10 say
anything upon the subject
The Globe says: The yenezGeszn gov
eminent has repeated the insult 20 Great
Britain with which even American
sp-eat-esgi=isn eoald not syrnpathizs. L
looks as though President crespo was
thinking OF the approach CT TIA preSt1e1-
tiRi slection in the United States ard vas
anxious e. force a collision with Great
Britain before the question has lost its
eIsctioneertng value"
The 81. James Gazette. referring % the
same s1ofat. says: This last iTaper-i-
hence Is e repetition OF The Uruan and
other affairs turing a half century. and
yet Venezuela has never apologtzed. Are
we waiting 20 Sc the opinion which ths
American commission VII reach upon
various historic questions which II IS in
vestigating in lsnguid ways II We are
going 20 ignore the insolsnce OF Caracas
out OF regard 10 the susceptibility OF
Washington City. our patience Will not
want for exercise
New YORK, June "A dispatch to the
Herald from Caracas says A paper Just
received from Grenada, West Indies, saws
that on the T5sh inst a Venezuelan rorse
crossed 70 the British side % the Acara-
5lsi river. AS they proceeded on their
march TO the headwaters OF the
Barirna river, in the Yuruar1 or gold ter
rliary, they interfered with the min
Ing operations OF q party os British col
onists from Demerzra The real object
o. the Venezuelan coionists. & IS reported.
was 20 reach the mouth az the Yuruzri
thus obtaining a commanding position IN
their Efforts 70 secure a foo;hold in the
rich gold region OF Venezuela or Guiana
To DO this II - supposed they proceeded
above the Acsrahisi. which crosses he
Venezuelan line between the Acarahisi
and Anacuero stations TIE government
believes that these incidents NAV explain
the conflict which was first reported from
Trinidad as having taken place 81 the
mouth o. the PARMA river and near B2-
rtrna station
Regarding TIE above dispatch N. Her
"a Publishes The following explanation:
The above dispatch from the He-ala's
special correspondent in Caracas prob
Ably states The cause az tha conflict be-
tween British and Venezuelan coionists
iu Guiana The places mentioned By the
Ferafa's correspondent prove that the en-
gagsnent took place 81 IRE heart OF the
now celebrated Yurtart territory OF
Guiana. which Lord Salisbury saws shall
not he submitted 20 arbitration as he AZ
Arms that 70 is unQuestionah'v British ter
ritorv under the cessionS o. the crsrt-al
Tutch coionists. II IS 81 this territory
that gold IS found N great sbuutanre.
The Herald la recent dispatches from is
special correspondent IN Georgetown De
rnerRra has informed SIS reasiers 81 the
alarm % British coloniSts az the IDEA thst
the EeneEGelans shoali s-csPs~d in their
mining cfaires and g il g1lte probable
! that tie appearance ~ tire Venezselans In
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