New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-04

vond tho original Schomburgk line, the lines
proposed by Lord Aberdeen and Lord GrahVl1e
being in the main considerably further west
and It is probable that at no time in the last
half century would Great Britain have accepted
the Schomhurgk line ms the true one NeneZueia
of course repudated II from the outset ana
never would have accepted 1t. but the whirigs
of time has brought about this signal vindica-
ton Of the much abused explorer. and to-day
his line repudated by both, is imposed upon
both partes. and will henceforth be respected
by both as the true and permanent boundary
We have said there Is no cause for either
marty TO be either eated or disappointed Bo'h
fare well Venezuela probably fares the DETER
or at least IS more favorably treated than most
men expected five years ago The British claim
70 the southeastern side OF the mouth or the
Orinoco River is sustained and the whole coast
M TO that point is given to her. That Is gam
for her On the other hand the great region
living between Mount Roraima and the Orlnoco'
including the upper basins OF the Cuynn ana
Caronl rivers, a region vast In extent ana re-
portcd to be rich in gold, is awarded 10 Nehez-
uela It was that region, most OF all, that Ereat
Rritoln wanted TO get and which Venezuela
wanted 70 retain Great Britain IS OF course,
confirmed I'm her title to the valley OF the Esse-
ouibo and the lower reaches Of the Cuyuni ana
Nazaruni rivers territory which is likely 10
nrove as rich as that awarded to Venezuela II
was said Of the treaty between Great Britain
and France In North Africa that each party
thought II had the better Of it, In this case we
NAV nj least say that neither party has cause TO
think It has much the worse Of H.
In one other respect. by no means the least
Important. the American policy wins. We mean
the American policy Of reckoning America to be
something more than SO many million acres OF
land inhabited by so many million people, but
sovereign Nation, entitled to exercise all the
functions Of n sovereign nation, and humane
nation. TO which nothing that concerns human
itv is matter Of Indifference. The same
voices that are now shrilly piping against our
intervention in the affairs Of Spain, against our
assumption Of sovereignty in the Philippines
and against our participation In the general af-
fairs OF the world were raised five years aAo in
the same futile protest against our Intervention
in the DISPUTE between Great Britain and Nenez-
nela. 1t was a wicked thing. they told us,
really shocking thing, for us to step outside OF
the diplomatic Chinese wall they had strven to
build about us and to interfere with the doings
OF other nations. 1t was sure 10 cause trouble
to ALLEVIATE other nations from us, especially 10
estrange us from Great Britain, and at any rate
was doomed to ineffectveness in the end, for
the notion that Great Britain would listen to u.s.
or do more than snub us for our presumption
was too fantastic for anything. But Great
Britain did listen to u.s. and did not snub us;
the controversy has been settled In precisely
the way suggested by this country; the United
States and Great Britain are far closer friends
than before. and there is every reason to believe
that Great Britain, well az Venezuela, Is
heartily glad this country interviewed. On the
whole gentlemen. may we not one OF these days
conclude that some nations can do some things
as we'll as some other nations? And even that
the United States is not necessarily always IN
the wrong