People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1896 — ADOPTA WISE COURSE. [ARTICLE]

ADOPTA WISE COURSE.

great Britain and Venezuela CONFER. Dlr*«t Negotiation* Bffweeo Sir Julian Pauncefote and Senor Andrade at. Wellington to Settle the Ynroan Incident la a Quiet M inner. Washington, Mareh 3.—lt has been learned that the British ambassador here, Sir Julian Pauncefote, and the Venezuelan minister, Andrade, have entered into dircet negotiations for g* settlement of the Yuruan incident, which involved the arrest of a British police official In the territory in dispute between Venezuela and Great Britain, the hauling down of the British flag and a subsequent demand for indemnity upon the part of Great Britain. It is impossible to learn to what stage this prospective settlement of the most important incident arising out of the dispute over the Venezuealan boundary has advanced, but there is good reason to believe that some definite announcement concerning the matter may be expected at an early day. Great Britain and Venezuela, whose relations have been strained so badly that there has been no diplomatic relations between them for several years, are once more in a fair way to a resumption of direct communication with each other, and a step has been taken which may pave the Wi y *° an am * ca bl e adjustment of the vexatious and threatening boundary dispute. When inquiry was made at the British embassy, Sir Julian Pauncefote said it was impossible to make any statement on the subject. Senor Andrade, the Venezuelan minister, was equally reserved, although his secretary declared that the minister had had no direct communication with the British ambassador. This would indicate that the negotiations have through an intermediary or by correspondence.