zilian people, in the sentiment and in the policy of its President, and has been practiced by his Gov-
ernment. The President acknowledges with great satisfaction that in this instance, as in so many others, the two republics find themselves in perfect accord. . .[1]
On April 15, 1892, in accordance with a previous agree-
ment with the La Plata government, the President of Brazil
requested the chief executive of the United States to serve
as arbiter in the boundary question pending between these
two Hispanic American republics;[2] July 4, 1894, was cele-
brated by an informal holiday and great pomp and cere-
mony in Rio de Jameiro; on November 15, following, the
corner stone of the pedestal of a proposed monument to
James Monroe was laid;[3] and in December, 1895, when
news of Cleveland’s stand with reference to the Anglo-
Venezuelan boundary dispute reached the Brazilian capital,
both houses of congress passed resolutions congratulating
the government of Washington, while the Senate of the
South American republic sent greetings and congratula-
tions "to the Senate of the United States of America upon
the worthy message of President Cleveland, who so stren-
uously guards the dignity, the sovereignty, and the free-
dom of the American nations."[4] The understanding be-
tween the two republics could scarcely have been more cor-
dial and complete.
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