The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
ENGLAND AND VENEZUELA.
THE sPEEOHES WHEN DIPLOMATIC
3 RELATIONS WE'RE RESUMED.

p1inister Hazard Received In Caracas with
All Eonsr-Tbe BAND Plays 'God save
the oaeen." ana President Crespo and VIZ.
E'asEnrd Feiicitnte the Tive Countries.
CARACAS. Dec. 15.--The official reception by
the Government Of Venezuela OF Mr.. William
Henry Devotion HaRgard. accredited as Minister
Resident Of the British Government to Venezn-
Ella. took place at Caracas on Dec. IL. Tit re-
sumption OF diplomatic relations means q re-
sumption Of commercial and trade relations
between England and Venezuela. Pledges of
mutual confidence and esteem have been ex-
changed between Minister HagRard and Presi.
dent Crespo. and there Is every indication that
the former friendship that existed between the
two countries has once moro been firmly estab-
lished.
At 4 p. NJ. the carriage OF the President.
which had been sent to take Minister Haggard
to the Federal Palace. arrived, and the Minister
was driven between the double limo OF troops
that saluted his arrival, while tho National
Band played God Save the Queen Minister
HagGard. in the full uniform Of q Minister. was
met at the entrance of the elliptic salon by DR..
Rojas, Minister of Foreign Affairs. and WINS in
troduced to President Crespo. The Minister
then presented his credentials to the President
"YoUR ExcELLEScY: In presenting the royal
letter in which the Queen, my august sover.
cixn, informs your Excellency that she has been
her Majesty at Caracas, l take advantage OF
the opportunity to express my high sense of the
honor thus conferred on me.
ut may not be u~nbecoming IL should at the
same time take advantage of the occasion OF re.
newing the friendly and diplomatic relations
earnest hope that those friendly relations may
now continue on the same amicable footing az
before that unfortunate event.
ENGLAND has ss, in he past given many proofs Nf,s
Venezuela in her path OF liberty and progress.
and the fact Of my presence here to-day shows
that those feelings still continue, y cannot but
be 10 the mutual advantage of both countries
that that friendly intercourse. so happily re-
newcd, should be strengthened. and no effort on
confidently hope and believe that these efforts
will he secondedlby the enlightened. high.mihded
and patriotic assistance OF your Excellency and
of your successor"
President Crespo replied: 1T is exceedingly
satisfactory TO me to- receive ,.s ana dh reSoFh n you
sovereign OF Great Britain has invested you to-
ward the Government of Venezuela. The pres
e%ntation of this gracious letter which you have
iials which the Minister OF the rcpublieis even
now making to her Majesty. are acts of doubly
important Specification, .inasmuch as besides
their genuine or intrinsic official .nature they
renew the old friendship OF two nations, or
bridge over In a rea sonable as well as in q mutu-
ally honorable manner the space Of q decade
during which that friendship has been unculti.
The restoration of the tie Of sympethy be.
tween Venezuela and Great Britain will have
WITHOUT UOuuI mutually UcnelclHi tHeCtH, cum
ducing on the ono hand to needs OF n high politi-
cal character and on the other to moral interest
and more daily. and IN the maine Of Which, per.
haps ut no distant date, the intercourse of ma
ti0ns will tend to unite into one great family the
mass OF peoples who compose the civilized world.
taking peace as their principal source of welfare
and universal happiness as their supreme aspi.
rat on.
welcome. sir. to this republic which pro-
serves and will always preserve with. ahection
tho pledges of sincere friendship which it has
reCeiypd from Great britain since the layS of its
independence. pledges OF which your presence
In SeneZueln may be considered a special ratih-
cation. as You have so courteouslys shown. You
may be assured Of the Jealous cooperation Of
the Government In the happy fulflment Of
your office. in which I now foresee with great
satisfaction the beginning of prosperous rela-
lions between our respective countries