Show VAIA 1 I I 1 u ri 3 pa kisr r oko r MV M V nf er i fc rk T I 1 M 1 IR X 1 n i i I 1 IT ali d m rn il I 1 fi ir i itt n r i i A i t u n it t nl nd gr t I 1 t I 1 0 II L L at I 1 r r tit in tl III A or ori orf I I 1 iti r r e off u all 11 II t ul coat i ry 4 f w sit t lb ill tru ciui i t i hilll N k MB it if I 1 tt if 1 irti j aitay itay d vl lr arv ri i returned to alleain but avin aft iii kittil rit ari til forming with iab N NUT Crai inu li cador the republic of 0 oil waa cleel ae clr independent i i la in 1831 UM the states separate sev arate beeber beeam a ditino ern ment the colony of Bri lili 1 I 1 WAS for ia 10 the th yr by ift general arl agreement of ake itc joba bit antt a iop number of f whom were if lh he effit wago dirtat briwa britain bad tw beo number of years wu beati i to 10 from wi wai tei ini a til tiri butor butier orinoco on oa which stands fad a town own called V Vici lc itt a although Vei MUl aad firl guiana have eruik governments since the tb early the century the dividing line lim ba tween them has h aar n boon fished it is this dividing lia hoe that is now io in dij dia pate As A boelk WAS VM org nied dovwa went deot beaure bradsh guian cioll U miser ought to be easily mull by ascertaining what tb clr ter rl ial limits limite were at UM the time of UW U separation from spain in ia 1811 U unfortunately v this point Is ij aloud ed in doubt though bough venice venezuela in aita that abe h c cm prove a clr tid to the be territory she be now claim As A to Bri bridith guiana there then to Is no n que quenion tion that the limits limite of hr har poe sessions maioni have never cover yet vet been ban sa great brit wn ain amert 1 1 arto that the now celebrated IF line should mart mark the division diri aion between the arn eminent ments venezuela Vene iuela do clares that the burgk line lim was wa md without the content consent or even eno the tb know knowledge knowledge leIge of her bar government awl that the true ling line liss lie some ome hand rode red of miles to the eastward fj hr be ginning at the mouth of ties cje river if the british claim us be allowed the area ana of guinals would be caf miles mil if on the other hand the venezuelan claim be allowed slog tb extent stent of the bridith colony WOW its be to w and ia u well woith IK f especially as aa the ten atory in dispute contains numerous valuable gold mines since venezuela lies to the west of british guiana she naturally desires deems to establish the bound boundary arv bet an cen the two countries as aa far t to 0 the ta le t ab iw sible and great brit i is S oved by similar siti lilar desire to set sei the line over to lo the west As to which line is the proper one is a question of fact which the commission appointed by congress will investigate of course whether or not great britain will accept the findan finding is of this commission sion is is entirely different matter most lost likely she will not hot it must bo be understood that in attempting to set it a limit to the possessions of venezuela and british guiana the commission cannot hope to rediscover any preexisting pre existing dividing divi cling line for the very ve ry simple reason that none has ever existed all that can call be done is to find out how much territory orv has been beba claimed by each government from the time when they were in a position to ma make ke a claim if both governments had come into existence isten ceat at about the same came lime and each had simultaneously laid claim to the teni tory of the other there would he no question of boundaries but the matter is somewhat simplified simpli fled by the cir cumA tancle that venezuela Ven euela becar beca ne is an established government before british guiana and that t heir mutual claims affect aal act only onla a V portion 1 reign of each others territory p six years after the english acquired their guiana colo co loi rt tile the royal her in eding m suing a map of the northern part 0 S south luth Xi america laid out the c of f british guiana almos almo exa 61 v as they would be if the claim should bis be allowed ace acci k 1 z ing etim to this british geography t e extreme ex western lipe sf the color colo fion eions i a point a litell westi ard of th the e mouth of the b river but bui since tha thail map mabwa wa made the col colonists 0 IT 1 t 8 a ad d i along the coast t to the stward westward towar towards the rivea tsok i I 1 ce e gi a dally until england laid ifa C t botne t IT bouth o and i 1 rw I 1 sn a M 11 ening U ta tv t V I 1 Y en england ga and had yeu en intimated that she frer self entitled to any im r of the atlantic coast belei V E sequito b 0 river in ever ever sir R robert obert kith english bogl sh e engineer gincer D traced ilch bears his h is name from the centre of the orinoco mouth great excite excitement mert was caused in venezuela when it was known what wha the engineer had done and that great britain hall had set up posts along tho line as an indication of her western boundary A vigorous protest was made and lord aberdeen the prime minister of england replied that the marks were not a final but a preliminary step subject to further discussion soon afterwards he ordered that all of buraks posts should be removed after that there be began bean an a series of disputes negotiations negotiation i treaties ac status quos buos and diplomatic controversies trover sies between the two governments which have culminated in the presidents belligerent message 0 to Oon Con greE greer venezuela has always claimed the river or a sine line drawn from a point near its mouth as the eastern boundary dofher republic great britain has at different times claimed different boundaries at first she es 2 a boundary very near to lo the river next she established one from the mouth of the orinoco Orino io afta that she proposed a number of different dif terent boundaries none of which liv has been acceptable cep table to the venezuelan government ern ment trient today she returns to the burgk line and declares that that is ia the true boundary bound arv we e now come to the point where the monroe doctrine is taken take n d down own f of the attic carefully care carefully full Y dusted ou before the asto astonished nihed and i lio 1 1 ilion to the im gaze gae of the hrisi habitants habitan of mense delight of the ii iii IE between tween venezuela the question of venezuela and england is ont boundary the question beti between eer the united states stales and england is whet whether herour our government has the I 1 right to insist that great britain shall submit the matter to arbi 1 tra tion lord salisbury thinks not of us do some dont thoe thoc who inho do babo babe their ar unbent on oil the monroe doctrine those who do 1 noi no a assert sert that the monroe doctrine has bothin nothing to do with the case it would therefore seem wise to make a brief examination of this principle the monroe doctrine was contained in president Pies ident monroes monroen Mon roes message to Con canei ess in 1823 1821 0 at that time was threatening to reestablish the monarchical system in s vetal south american Arne rican republics hit it had years ap ago broken the tie he with their mother country in commenting on oil this spanish interference ter ference said that any attempt on the part of a european boxer tn ati extend its monarchical system to any portion of the petern e tern hemisphere would he be dari darie geri rou up to our peace and lafety and thatis would be impossible to vie this interposition in any forma with indifference ll 11 will be reen cen s from this that in order ti apply the monroe di doctrine efride to the venezuelan matter wo we must understand that england ii at tempting to extend her cal sarn of government on a por tiya A south america that is ls w atiat amt A qt clveland cleveland and mary other t tri 11 r 1 ink eng E per perol lard d on the llie other lilai harif tiia OH tl 1 il ertem f s she ie is rot not trying 7 to extents ex 1 h P eystein aste it that she is is merely cy ing ilia what is her own and wayt been lier own oron ever since tile the or of british guiana venezuelan genf Venez uelas boundaries had admittedly defined and er had appropriated a part ot 01 territory thep then the doctrine wo have applied without questin and it would have applied withe question if england hd a new colony on american f was claimed by ro guv jor vern ment for the doctrine explicitly sayi say that the american continents ure hence bencer forth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any european powers 11 |