Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-01-01
Crespo Is Full of Gratitude for the
Part the United States
Has Taken.

rade, Venezuelan minister to the United
States, accompanied by James J. Stor-
row, counsel for Venezuela before the
United States boundary commission, ar
rived on the steamer from Caracas and
left for Washington tonight. MI And
rade was met by the Venezuelan consul
and some of the attaches Of the office
When asked concerning reports which
have been printed In reference TO the
boundary treaty being not acceptable to
the Venezuelan government, the minister
said:
II have written and telegraphed all
have to say, and understand 1t has been
published in your papers. l can not say
anything more on this question.
He was then asked If it was true that
| he had come empowered by Presi lent
| Crespo to signify the acceptance oil the
treaty by Venezuela, and he replied:
THAT Is a matter l can not discuss.
| He also said there was no sign OF dis
turbance in Venezuela; everything was
very peaceable, and he did not anticipate
any trouble when the Venezuelan con-
gress would meet.
| When pressed to say something more
about the treaty he showed the reporters
a copy of Venezuelan paper, which ne
said expressed his views on the matte.
The paper, the Venezuelan Herald, had
several articles on the treaty, and the
following extracts were taken from enc
of them:
| Minister Andgrade is going to Wash
ington, and takes with him copy CT
the agreement. 1t Is in all essential par
ticulars the same treaty offered by Ven
ezuela 40 years ago to Great Britain
which Great Britain refused
Under the 50-year clause the only
territory which Great Britain will have
is the settlements between the Essequ'bc
and Pomeroon rivers. The 5O-year clause
will exclude Great Britain from the Or
inoco country and the Suyun river
which is the portion of the country thai
Venezuela has been specially desirou:
of keeping"
"Unwarranted attacks have been mad
on the government, but they are 5aset
on no solid argument, and 1t surprises u
not little to see such rumor concern
ing the boundary question after every
thing has been settled"
1.-The United States has been frlen'
, and representative of Venezuela, or, t
} put it exactly, through Its friend, tn
United States, Venezuela has negotiate
the treaty.
Mr. Storrow was also disinclined to tall
: of the boundary question, but said tn
treaty was satisfactory to the Venezue
lans. He said there were a couple G
correspondents who attacked the treat
in the papers, but to use his own words
; '"They went off half cooked"
{ when the more intelligent and bette
class Of people read the memoranda, sey
r eral articles were published In the pa
I pers, two of them by former minister
. to England, the public opinion was re
| moulded" Mr.. Storrow claimed the pee
/ pie are we'll satisfied with the treaty
/ and consider it is about the best arrange
3 ment that could be made. He said Ores
pos feelings in regard to the America
government were most kindly, and he rt
/, | ferred to the letter written by Presider
Crespo to President Cleveland, thankin
him for the interest the Americans ha
i taken in the Venezuelan matters.
e Storrow said 1t was nonsense for an
. person to say there was any chance fe
. | a revolution in Venezuela. He denie
4 there was any possibility of an outbreal
: and said had there been any likelihoo
: of such a thing he would not have CON
= | away.