ernment thereof by telegraph without delay, and he has this moment received the reply of the President of Venezuela, which was sent by telegraph, and which is as follows: Congratulations. Good for Venezuela. Thanks to Mr. Blaine. ANDUEZA PALACIOS. The undersigned has the honor to communicate this to the Honorable Mr. Blaine, for the satisfaction of the United States. While Venezuela was already bound to this country by the ties of traditional friendship, she is so now by those of deep gratitude. With sentiments, etc., N. BOLET PERAZA. Mr. Blaine to Mr. Peraza. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, SIR: I have the honor to inform you that I have received a dispatch from our minister at London, reporting that, in compliance with my instructions, of the transmission of which I advised you on the 2d instant, he had an interview with Lord Salisbury in regard to the renewal of diplomatic relations between Venezuela and Great Britain and the settlement of the boundary dispute by arbitration. After listening to the views of this Government, His Lordship informed Mr. Lincoln that he desired to consult with the colonial office before replying to his suggestions. Accept, etc., JAMES G. BLAINE. Mr. Peraza to Mr. Blaine. [Translation.] LEGATION OF VENEZUELA, SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's note of yesterday, whereby you were pleased to inform me that you had received a dispatch from the United States minister at London, in which he stated that, in pursuance of the instructions which Your Excellency had sent him, he had an interview with Lord Salisbury in regard to the restoration of diplomatic relations between Venezuela and Great Britain and the settlement of the boundary question by arbitration, and that Lord Salisbury, when apprised of the views of the United States Government, had informed Mr. Lincoln that he wished to consult the colonial office before replying to his suggestions. I have already transmitted this news to my Government by cable. Although it does not contain a final decision, I do not doubt that it will be very pleasing to my Government, because it informs it of what it so eagerly desired, viz, that the United States Government has begun to lend its paternal good offices in this question with a decision that can not fail to be crowned with success. It will be a glorious thing for the United States Government to restore to this whole continent the tranquillity which it does not now enjoy, on seeing the sovereignty of a sister republic menaced by a European power. Such a result, added to those which have just been accomplished by the International American Conference, will immortalize the present administration, which will forever be blessed by the nations of South America. The pretensions of the Government of Great Britain have now reached an extreme which can not be properly described in the courteous language of diplomacy. Your Excellency will judge of their enormity by merely running your eye over the two maps which I have the honor to transmit to you. One of these is a photographed Copy of a map published by British engineers in 1817, the original of which is in the library of the New York Historical Society, and the other is the map presented by Lord Salisbury to Dr. Modesto Urbaneja, our minister, on the 10th of February last, with the three demarcations of boundaries which Lord Salisbury says constitute the conditions necessary to the settlement of the question. These three demarcations are the fanciful line drawn by Schomburgk, in red ink, which takes possession of one of the mouths of the Orinoco, and concerning which Lord Salisbury says that there can be no discussion with regard to titles; the second, in green ink, extending still further into Venezuelan Guiana, concerning which Lord Salisbury says that arbitration may be accepted; and the third line, in violetcolored ink, which extends as far as the extreme interior course of the Caroni, not far from the capital of our Guiana, and which constitutes the extreme claim of the British Government. In 1817, 3 years after the conclusion of Great Britain's treaty with Holland, whereby she first entered into possession of Dutch Guiana, the boundary between which and Venezuelan Guiana is the Esequibo River, the English laid claim to but a comparatively small territory in our Guiana in order to establish themselves at Cape Nassau, on the Atlantic coast, the possession of which territory was always disputed by Venezuela. The map to which I refer, which was published in Edinburgh in 1817, gives that demarcation. I now beg Your Excellency to compare that claim with the three claims of Lord Salisbury's map, and you will be convinced that they are wholly without foundation, for a line which advances into neighboring territory as years roll by may be anything but the result of rights or titles. So unpleasant was the impression which these inconsistent claims on the part of Her Britannic Majesty's Government made upon the United States Government in 1888 that, although they were not then so great as they now are, they induced Mr. Bayard to write to Mr. Phelps as follows: In the course of your conversation you may refer to the publication in the London Financier of January 24 (a copy of which you can procure and exhibit to Lord Salisbury) and express apprehension lest the widening pretensions of British Guiana to possess territory over which Venezuelan jurisdiction has never heretofore been disputed may not diminish the chances for a practical settlement. If, indeed, it should appear that there is no fixed limit to the British boundary claim, our good disposition to aid in a settlement might not only be defeated, but be obliged to give place to a feeling of grave concern. Venezuela hopes that, as the case is now still more aggravated, and as the influence of the United States has been strengthened by the bonds which it has just established with its sister nations of America and by the earnestness with which these nations have manifested their desire that the question between Venezuela and Great Britain may be decided by arbitration, the steps taken by the Honorable Mr. Blaine will be more successful than those of his predecessor. With sentiments, etc., N. BOLET PERAZA. Mr. Adee to Mr. Peraza. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, MY DEAR SIR: It gives me pleasure to inform you that the Department is in receipt of a dispatch from our minister at London, dated the 25th ultimo, in which he states that, in compliance with the Department's telegraphic instructions, he requested Señor Pulido, the special envoy from Venezuela to Great Britain, to meet him with a view to arranging the former's presentation to Lord Salisbury. Señor Pulido called on Mr. Lincoln on the 21st ultimo and informed him that he had, on the previous day, formally notified Sir Thomas Sanderson, assistant undersecretary of state for foreign affairs (by whom the recent note to Señor Urbaneja was signed), of his mission, and had requested an appointment to present his credentials and the response of the Venezuelan Government. As he was still desirous of being presented to Lord Salisbury, Mr. Lincoln had an interview with His Lordship, who stated that, while Señor Pulido was in negotiation with Sir Thomas Sanderson, it would, nevertheless, be quite agreeable to him to receive him. Mr. Lincoln accordingly made the presentation on the 25th ultimo. The conversation was brief, and referred only in general terms to the pending controversy, the hope being expressed by both Lord Salisbury and Señor Pulido, in the most courteous manner, that some satisfactory arrangement would soon be reached. It was understood that Señor Pulido was to continue his negotiations with Sir Thomas Sanderson. Señor Pulido expressed his gratification to Mr. Lincoln at the latter's action in the matter. I am, etc., ALVEY ADEE, ALPHABETICAL INDEX. A. Page. 310, 316 Alsace-Lorraine, visé of passports of persons going into, from France.. 1 Austria-Hungary: (See Haiti; Central America-case of General Bar- Imprisonment of a naturalized American citizens... Authentication of extradition documents in British India 4-5, 14 6, 9, 15 B. Barrundia, Gen. J. M., killing of.. -82-90, 96-97,101,105, 106-112, 123, 144 Bevivino, Giuseppe, extradition of, from Italy. Brazil: Lee, J. Fenner, chargé d'affaires ad interim .554-568, 571-572 Joint resolution of Congress of the United States congratulating the peo- ple of Brazil on the establishment of the Republic.. Visit of the Brazilian squadron to New York... Burmah, complaint of American missionaries. (See missionaries.) C. 357 Canada, Chinese immigration into United States from Mexico and....... Restrictions on importation of, from the United States into France..280-287, 288-291 Restrictions on the importation of, from the United States into Great Cavasses attached to legations and consulates in Turkey, subjection to mili- Cedercrantz, Otto Conrad Waldemar, appointment of, as chief justice of War between Salvador and Guatemala. Central America-Continued. Seizure of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's steam launch by the Treaty between Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Honduras.. Paga 35,98 .35, 39, 41, 43-45, 53-54, 61, 73-75, 81-2, 90, 100, 101, 104, 106, 113, 117, 121, 647, 648, 651-655 .35, 45, 50 Attack upon the United States consulate at San Salvador...... 64, 73, 75, 101, 105, 115, 119 Killing of Gen. J. M. Barrundia by Guatemalan officials on the American Gen. Carlos Ezeta proclaimed provisional President of Salvador... 28 104, 117 646 653 Claim of Louis McCaslin...... Travel certificates. ...... 195, 197, 206, 208 Claim of Rev. Gilbert Reid. (See complaint of Presbyterian missionaries Regulations for passports .174-176, 182 Permission granted to a Chinese physician to complete his studies in the Export transit passes 177, 186 Chinese exclusion bill. .187, 206, 211, 228-230 Marriages between Americans in China, in the presence of United States Transit of Chinese laborers through the United States. Expulsion of Chinese from Aberdeen, Wash Chi-nan-fu, complaint of Presbyterian missionaries. (See China.) Immigration into the United States from Canada and Mexico.........357, 655-657 Protection of parties who have declared their intention to become citi- Claims: Louis McCaslin vs. China 276 693-696 Rev. Gilbert Reid rs. China. (See China: ...147, 152, 165, 178, 180-182, 187, 193 Colima, Pacific Mail Steamship Company's steamer, seizure of arms on board of, by the Guatemalan Government. Colombia: Estate of Mrs. S. H. Smith.......... 536-554 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 40, 47, 54, 65, 79, .231, 254-258, 261-265, 268-269, 270 Seizures of American vessels on the San Blas coast 239-254 |