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CHAPTER
XIV.
—Assistance
Relations of Venezuela with Foreign Powers zuela bj' England in
men and monej^— History
rendered to Vene-
of Venezuelan
Debt—
Causes of the Decay of English Influence— The Question of the Loans Plans for solving the Difficulty— The Foreign Office View— The Appeal to Force
— The Compensation Plan—The Best Plan.
Spain and England
ai-e
the only European powers with
The
which Venezuela has had very intimate relations. natui-e of those relations will
sideration of
appear presently.
them may be waived
for a
moment
The
con-
in order
to notice very briefly such intercourse as has taken place
between Venezuela and other or American.
The
j)roxiniity
states,
of
whether European
the
Dutch
Curazao to the coast of Coro has led not only to a rishing trade, but also to actions, to claims
interminable
of
island
flou-
smuggling trans-
and counter-claims between the Dutch
and their Creole neighbours.
Curazao has
continuall}'
been
the rendezvous of conspu-ators and intriguers against the
government of Caracas, and also of those who, from the righteousness of then* cause, deserve a better name.
on the 16th of March, 1848,
renowned
soldier
and
Don Eamon
patriot,
Thus,
Paez, son of the
General Paez, sailed from
Curazao to join in a movement in Coro against Monagas.
With New Granada and Ecuador, Venezuela was once united into a great country, which, under the name of Columbia,
handed down
the
memor}' of
its
first
dis-