74S 



VENEZUELA. 



:etl to the world the most conspicuous and 

 coin lustre eiam pie and proof of the excellence 

 instituUons," If the forcible intrusion 

 of European powers is to be deprecated and 

 should be resisted, resistance must come from 

 the t ; "nly ha> the adequate 



Strength, nnd Mr. Olney declared that the safety 

 and welfare of the t ales are so con- 



cerned >th the maintenance of the independ- 

 ence of Mierican state eg 

 pean power as t .md require the tater- 



n of the United States whenever that 



: n 1. He defined the 



position of the United States further : 



Xate* in pr:< 

 and it* fiat is law UJK-I. 



K> which it confine* it* Interposition. Wh\ 

 not because of the pure fri.-n.Uhip or ^-.1 will felt 

 for it. h in not simply by reawm <: harac- 



tcr as a civilised state, nor because wisdom at 

 tioeaod rquitv are the invariable character!- 



.ill other grounds, it.s infinite resource*, 

 combined with its isolated pne.iti.-n. render it 

 of the situation and practically inviilneruhle a* 

 against any or all other i 



oftliif are at once Imperiled if the princi- 



" be admitted that Kumpean powi \\.i-t 



-ican states into colonies or provinces of their 

 The principle would be ciurerlv availed 



He pictured ti .-s that 



ln-fall the I'nited States were the strug- 

 gle now going on for the acquisition of A In- a 

 transferred to South America, when all South 

 America might l* (lartitioned among European 

 powers, one of the least of which would be the 

 loss of prestige, of authority, of weight among 

 the councils of nations, for 'then "our only real 

 rivals in peace as well as enemies in war would 

 be located at our very doors"; then "we too 

 Banned to the teeth, we to., must con- 

 vert the flower of our male population into sol- 

 and sailors, and by withdrawing them 

 ;n-aceful industry we too must practically 

 annihilate a large share of the product 



' tin- nation." H.- pointed out that if the 

 >tl control at stake involves the command of 

 the mouth of the Orinoco, it isof immense conse- 

 quence in connect ion with the whole r:\.r naviga- 

 tion of the in- r:r of South America. Should 

 Great Britain insist that it. too, is a South Amer- 

 ican state, he argued that, if the boundary 

 question can not be herwise than by 



force, British Guiana, with her indejx'ndcnt re- 

 sources, should be left to set tie it with Yene/uela; 

 but the proposition that a European power 

 with an American dependency is. for the pur- 

 poses of the Monroe doctrine, to be classed as 

 an American state, he thought, did not ad;: 



os discussion. ' v Huro^-an power 



baring a South American colony, or am 

 can procure a fraction of s.'uth An 



roluntary cession, would be enabled to 

 to pnesseiium indefinitely, The decla- 

 nUnn in th Monroe message tl. 



dependencies would not be i 



L^UnlM 0010 ," 1 ** or *P">d>ciei then ex- 

 ilhthm limits a* 



clear that the United States may 

 bfiUmately insist anon the merits of the 



U.undary (juestion U-ini: determined, SecreUtft 

 Olney declared that tin- only feasible m 



determinim: llu-iii i -fill ari.it nil ion. 



n\ent ional adjustment having been found 



impracticable, and an appeal \ anus \v- 

 only condemnable as a relic <>f barbarism, but 

 -t could nut In- invii. 



v. ii a- rcpt< .1 b\ <,!,;,! r.nlain without dMinet. 

 disparagement 't.i her as a civili/rd 



rlmits. he wrote, that lh. : 

 contp thai arl'ilralion should 



sorted to for ii- adjustment : Imt the pi ;, 

 f this attitude is nullified by her 

 Mat. as a condition of arl.itratr 

 to a part of the disputed territory, t h< 

 shall be turned over t her. consisting of 

 lorv that has always and -.n-Ment ! \ 

 claimed liv \"eiie/u-la. It is intimated that the 

 claim of (Jreat Britain to this particular t. 

 ipon an ",< U |,ation which, whetl, 



|iiiesc,.d in or not. has ripened in: 

 title by long continuance : but, even if pi . 

 tion affecting territorial rights can i 



ist bet\\er:, 



sequence is " iiot that all arbit mi I..M >),, 

 denied, luit only that the subtiiis-i- >n should em- 

 braoe an additional topic, namely, the validity 

 of the asserted prescriptive title either in 

 of law or in " 



its political rights over its territory has . 

 tincncy when the interests or the territon 

 involved can n-.t appreciablv affocl l>y tl,. 

 its honor or power, as (i real Britain hassh' 

 arbitrating the extent of her colonial pos-., 

 twj.-e with the t'nited States, once with T'ortu- 

 gal. and once with Germany. The attiti. 

 sinned by (ireat liritain in refusing Jo ar 

 unless a part of the debatable land, 

 by herself, is fir-? abandoned to her. see 

 Mr. Olney to deprive Yene/ucla of 1,, 

 . and put her under virtual duress. 

 Lord Salisbury did not answer Mr. <>ln< 

 til the points raise. 1 had be.-n carefully < 

 ereil by the law officers of the ('n.wn. In t he 



f two not.-s. both dated Nov. 

 dealt with the Monroe doctrine, which. : 

 lieved. had never before been advanced in a 

 written communication addressed to another 

 government, and which had undergone a 

 ble development since iv 



The formation r,f the Holy Alliai 



aeh and Veronu. ii 

 Kraii.-e for the purjM.se ..f t'-.r.-iiiL' upon the ; 



J.e.,p]e u form of (government whiell seellie.l Ii 



li-a] ; it wa.-* sustained l.\ 



' sh in the mill.: 



roe v MH-.I hi- << l.-l. rated tnossagi 



n of wliieh lie sj.eaks. and of w h i 

 lutel? deprecates the application to 

 OOntUtent, was the system then adoj.te.l l.y 



tul states upon tl 

 Dinhlf to prevent l.y 



.-ountrief* of political inst - 

 dislike.l, and to uphold l.y external pressnr 

 whi.-li they ujiprovcd. 



i.-a had reei-ntly deelared th<-ir i' 

 and tli at i: rcCOgni 



the jfoven,- -j'ain and i 



with Hinull ' 



minally subject. It w 



aginary danger that he foresaw if )M- feared t 

 same spirit which had dicta 1 



