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WAR B IN I AIR.
Cleveland Sends In a Mess
age on Venezuela.
PARTISANS TURN PATRIOTS
Men of All Parties Rally to the
President.
MONROE DOCTRINE NOT DEAD
Peace If Possible, Justice at Any Rate
Oar Motto.
JFhe President Suggests the Appoint
ment of a Special C'onimia«ion on
the Part of the United Staten to
Determine the True Divisional
Line Between Venezuela anti Brit
ish Gaiana-Tben It Will Be the
Duty of the United States to Re
sist Any Unjust Aggression by
©rent Britain—The Strong; Sent
ences in the Message Warmly Ap
plauded.
Washington, Dec. 17.—President Cleve
land’s patriotic message to congress to
day in support of the administration’s
policy in the Venezuelan matter was
greeted with enthusiastic applause in the
Kenate chamber. For the first time within
the recollection of the oldest member of
tie Senate, democratic and republican
senators Joined the occupants of the gal
leries in expressing the approval of the
President’s bold and thoroughly American
utterances. The message is the sensation
or the hour, and on every side democrats
and republicans unite in paying tribute
to the President, who has risen to an op
portunity such as has not been presented
to any President in many years. It is
freely admitted that in language of great
dignity, power and accuracy he has stated
the Monroe doctrine as understood by the
American people for the past seventy
years. It is a great day in the history of
Oro ver Cleveland, for even Senator Till
man confessed that the message breathed
the truest spirit of patriotism. This was
quite an admission from the junior sena
tor from South Carolina, in view of the
fact that he now has at his apartments in
this city, a pitchfork sent him by one of
his admiring constituents, who expects
him to carry out his threats made on the
stump, and use the fork on* some of his
political enemies. Senator Tillman said
further, that a serious question is present
ed by the President In his message, and
while it appeals to national pride and
prestige, he would hate to see this country
go to war over a small South American
country. He says It would be cheaper for
the United States to obtain Venezuela by
purchase titan go to war with England.
He added that he hoped some way will
be found to adjust the difficulty without
bloodshed, for a war with England means
3 cent, cotton arra further depression in
South Carolina.
Senator Bacon joined a group of sen
ators composed of Messrs. Gray of Del
aware, ChUtor. »f Texas, T'llman and
RoJtch, and enthusiastically deblared that
although he could not agree with the
President's financial policy, he could
earnestly support him ih the position he
takes in to-day’s message. Senator Da
con says the message is not warlike, as
some persons imagine. According to his
construction of ft the President proposes
to stand firmly by the Monroe doctrine,
and in the Venezuelan case he proposes
to setul a commission to investigate the
circumstances involved. If the commis
sion reports that Venezuela is in the
right then England has the alternative
of submitting the dispute to arbitration
or taking the consequences, whatever
they may be.
Among some of the representatives of
*<h political parties there was some
small talk to the effect that the Presi
dent was playing to the American galle
ries for effect, with the third term in
view. The great men of the two parties
took no such position, but they frankly
admitted that President Cleveland had
endeared himself to the American people
without regard to party, by his position
to-day.
The only discordant note was sounded
by Senator Gnay of Delaware, who has
always repudiated the idea of maintain
ing the Monroe doctrine. He said that
message seemed to him to partake of the
wptrlt of a man who slaps his neighbor's
face and then asks for au explanation.
Henator Gray, while an admirer of the
President in many respects, has never
subscribed to hi* vigorous foreign policy.
The strongest expressions in the mes
sage were those that were most favored
Among these were the following sen
tences:
"The course to be pursued by this gov
ernment in view of tne present condition
docs not appear to admit of serious
doubt"
“Th«*lspute has reached such a stnge
as to make it now incumbent upon the
United States to take measures to deter
• mine, with sufficient certainy, for its
Justification, what is the true divisional
line between the republic of Venezuela
and British Guiana.’’
Iny opinion, be the duty of
the United States to resist by everv meas
ure in its power, as a wilful aggression
upon Its rights ami interests, the aupro
j>r alien by Great Britain of anv tends
or the exercise of govermental jurisdic
tion over any territory which after investl
tion we have determined of right belong
to Venezuela." •
It was In connection with this last sen
tence that Senator Morgan of Alabama
chairman of the committee on foreign
relatlotis, remarked in an undertone t’»t
there was no mistaking the meaning of
that, and that Senator Frye ren of
Maine remarked: “That is capital "
The trend of opinion Is expressed bv
senator* and representatives after the
adjournment of the respective bodies was
in line with the foregoing sketch of the
scene tn the Senate chamber.
Mr. Livingston of Georgia, who has
been conspicuous in his championship of
Venezuela, found much to commend in
the President’s message. He said: "Mr
Cleveland's message is clear-cut Ameri
can. He distinctly recognizes the Mon.
roe doctrine In ail its English and breadth
and as specially applicable in the dispute
pending between Great Britain and Vene
zuela. Declare* emphatically for resist
ance against British oppression, and. like
the nun he is, against further delays
and further appeals on our part for ar
bitration. He suggests the very methoci
contained in my resolution now
congress, for a commission to ascertain
for ourselves lh< true boundary line and
then enforce the findings of- that com
miaslon. even if war shall tie the result.
His message will find a warm response
in the heart* of all Americans. He rec
ognizes the terrible conflict that would
follow a war. If fight we must, between
the two great English sneaking people,
yet admits there Is no calamity which a
great nation c*n invite which equals su
pine submission and loss of national hon
or and *elf-r,‘spect.”
Representative Rhermsui. rep., of New
York, said: “It the utterances of the
F»eatdvn< contained tn hts message on
X enraufhv are tn any manner the result
of bis recent ducking outing, 1 very much
regret that his Secretary of State did not
accompany him on that trip. The mes
sage has to it an American ring that is
ae gratifying as it has been unusual dur
ing this administration. I might almost
use the word ’jingo’ in reference to it. did
not that word grate on democratic ears.
I am glad to commend it without quali
fication."
Representative Quigg, rep., of New
York, said: “President Cleveland’s mes
sage is admirable in every respect. His
statement of the grotands upon which
the Monroe doctrine )s made applicable
to the Venezuelan boundary questiion
cannot be answ’ered. His defintlon of our
duty in the presence of Great Britain’s
refusal to arbitrate is clear and true. I
Shall vote for the commission he pro-
f >oses and support the policy he outlines
n every way I can. During a visit to
Demarara and Venezuela three years ago
I examined this question very thorough
ly, and no doubt exists in my mind of the
justice of Venezuela’s contention. The
President has met his duty in a manner
which is at once dignified, equitable and
complete, and the sentiment of all parties
and of the whole country will indorse his
position heartily."
Mr. Grosvenor, rep., of Ohio said:
'The message is a strong, clean cut de
mand for th* observance and defense of
the Monroe doctrine, and in the light of
the dispatches from the British govern
ment it is only a little short of a declar
ation of war unless England recedes or
seek further diplomacy. The postion
taken by the President is, at first glance,
a step in advance of our former official
declarations of our country. If the atti
tude of England as announced is the ul
timatum, then the message is a menace
of war.’-
Mr. McCall, rep., of Massachusetts
said: “The reply of Lord Salisbury at
tempts in effect to do away with the
Monroe doctrine. Since Great Britain de
clines to submit the Venezuelan boundary
to arbitration, we must ascertain that
boundary for ourselves and then resist
any encroachment upon it. The message
of the President is a spirited and noble
document and should receive the united
support of both parties.”
Mr. Cummings, dem., ot New York, said:
‘The message breathes the spirit of Thom
as Jefferson. James Monroe and Andrew
Jackson. President Cleveland’s action
stands in strong contrast with the cow
ardly action of Lord Salisbury in Ar
menian affairs. The President stands by
the Monroe doctrine, and he undoubtedly
means every word he says.”
Mr. McCreary, dem., of Kentucky, who
was chairman of the foreign affairs com
mittee in the last congress, said: “It is
vigorous, positive and able. As a reaffirm
ation of the Monroe doctrine it will at
tract wide attention and I believe be gen
erally endorsed by the people. The Pres
ident having tried faithfully to induce
Great Britain to submit the Venezuelan
boundary dispute to impartial arbitration
and having been apprised of the refusal
of Great Britain, very properly suggests
that congress make an appropriation to
pay the expenses of a commission to be
appointed by the executive to make the
necessary investigation, and report with
out delay as regards the boundary dispute.
I admire the firm and positive course ta I '-
en by the President, and I believe t i
House of Representatives will support him
iu his efforts to uphold the Monroe doc
trine and prevent Great Britain from
making illegal encroachments on the ter
ritory of Venezuela.”
Ex-Speaker Crisp, speaking of the mes
sage, said: “I am very much pleased with
it. It is real American doctrine."
Mr. Wheeler, dem., of Alabama said:
•’lt is a very able, frank, patriotic and
statesmanlike paper, one which will be
approved by the country general’/. ’
Mr. Myer, dem., of Louisiana, says: "It
has a true ring, and if it had no other
merit, it explains and defines what is
meant by the Monroe doctrine.”
Mr. Sayre, dem., of Texas said: “I most
heartily approve the message In every de
tail.”
“Suppose,” is was suggested, ’that It
results in war?"
"We don’t want war,” was the quick
reply, “but If it must come we’re pre
pared for it; so let it come.”
“But aren’t our seacoasts defenseless’.”'
“We are not as defenseless as some peo
ple imagine. Besides, we should hold
Canada as a hostage. We could throw
half a million men into that countrv in
side of sixty days. Make no mistake we
are entirely able to take care of our
selves.”
Mr. Washington, dem., of Tennessee
said: “The message is clear, logical and
convincing. It has the ring of true pa
triotism. It is a manly declaration that
we will fight, if necessary, to prevent
a powerful nation arrogantly assuming
to settle its disputed differences with a
weak one without regard to justice and
right. President Monroe himself could
not have made a more emphatic or un
mi»takable declaration of the Monroe
doctrine. I heartily approve the sugges
tion for the appointment of a commis
sion to determine for ourselves what are
the rights of Venezuela. 1 believe our
people will unanimously indorse the dec
laration that 'it will be the duty of the
United States to resist, by every means
in its power, as a wilful aggression upon
its rights and interests, the appropria
tion by Great Britain of any lands, or
the exercise of governmental jurisdiction
over any territory which after investi
gation we have determined of right be
longs to Venezuela.”
Mr. Tucker, dem., of Virginia, said:
“The message is admirable in language,
sentiment, tone and Americanism."
Senator Gorman, dem., of Maryland,
said: "It is a very thorouhgly emphatic
and strong American message. It looks
very much as if the President intended
to enforce the Monroe doctrine.”
Mr. Pugh, dem., of Alabama, said: "On
this matter, democrats and republicans
come together with one accord. I am
for war and free coinage. The measure
certainly indicates that there will be war
unless England backs down."
Mr. Call, dem., of Florida, said: “It is
excellent, splendid. The matter is still
open to arbitration, and I am sure Eng
land will finally consent."
Mr. Vilas, dem., of Wisconsin, said: “I
look upon. It as a strong and able state
paper; one that will rank with any state
paper issued by any administration.”
Mr. Chilton of Tfexas said: “It is an
able and timely declaration of the true
American republic.”
Mr. Faulkner, dem., of West Virginia
said: "This message may affect the Sal
isbury minister before the English prime
minister gets through with it. He must
stand up now or go under. There can be
no such thing as a backdown on the
part of the United States. The congress
will indorse and support the President in
the stand he has taken.”
Mr. Voorhees, dem., of Indiana said
“l indorse every word of the message
It strikes the right key and will meet
with a sympathetic response in the heart
of every true American."
Mr. Lodge, rep., of Massachusetts, said
" This message is the most serious and
imjiortant message which has been sub
j initted by any President to congress for
J many years. As a matter of course I
j heartily approve of Its spirit, its con
j elusions and the general position taken
• * * Ambitious politicians in England
eager for personal or political reasons
to distinguish themselves by a vigorous
foreign or a spirited colonial policv, have
undertaken to push and browbeat the
United States until thay have brought
the two countries tnearly to the verge
of war. It is to be hoped that the Pres-
I ident’s message wdll make the English
I people understand that this to us is a
vital question, that wo are wholly eon
; tent to leave it to arbitration, but that if
i False S(atcmrnt« and Misrepresen
tation*.
Corruption does not exist in politics
alone. The time was when people were
shocked to hear that such conditions pre
vailed in polities, but worse than all else
■ is the fact that this evil should be carried
into the drug business and the sick bo
I made to suffer in consequence thereof,
j For various reasons dealers allow them
selves to be persuaded to stock up medi
cines of ail sorts, to be sold to the sick on
the representation that they are just the
same as Simmons Liver Regulator-a
greater outrage has not been perpetrated
upon the people. This has been the expe
rience of many who have been duped by
these false statements. Take only The
1 Old Friend. Simmons Liver Regulator,
with the Red Z cn every package, and
I you'll get the medicine that did the old
folks so much good m bygone days. It has
I been kept up as their inheritance to the
I present generatiou.
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arbitration is declined we shall resist this
aggression to the utmost^,-.and that al
though we do not seek war, Wftado not
fear it.” /
The diplomatic representatives of the
American republics in Washington were
highly elated over the President’s mes
sage and nearly all of them cabled copious
extracts of the document to their respec
tive governments. Ever since the Co
rinto affair they had been somewhat de
spondent over the supposed indisposition
of the United States to resist foreign ag
gression on the American continent, but
to-day they could not find language ade
quate to express their admiration for
President Cleveland’s forcible utter
ances, particularly In regard to the possi
ble resort to other competitions than
those “in the arts of peace.”
None of the American ministers or
charge d’affalrs, however, consented to
speak authoritatively for their govern
ments in the absence of Instructions, nor
would any be led into a public interview
on the subject. One who has had per
haps more experience in the international
affairs of the United States than most of
his colleagues in the diplomatic corps said
that while he was gratified to see that
the United States had finally taken a firm
stand on the Monroe doctrine, it would
be unwise to consider it established in
the code of nations, and although he be
lieved European nations would be com
pelled to recognize its force hereafter, It
was not by any means sure that its effect
could be made retroactive, as its appli
cation to the Venezuelan matter certain
ly would be. Aside from this he hoped
(and in this he believed all the American
republics would support the United
States) that England would be forced,
by war it necessary, to give up the ter
ritory she had. stolen from Venezuela and
he trusted that congress would authorize
the executive to furnish arms and men to
drive out the 40,000 squatters referred to
by Lord Salisbury.
Another representative of a government
that has a dispute with Great Britain
on a matter of land-grabbing, differing
only in degree with that of Venezuela,
declared that if the United States was
sincere in this matter and supported Pres
ident Cleveland's suggestions for a bound
ary commission beyond England’s influ
ence it would result in that greatest de
sideratum, an. alliance both for peace and
war of the most progressive American
republics. The boundary question in Alas
ka, he said, could then be as quickly
settled as that in Venezuela and the rap
id encroachments of Balize on both Mex
ico and Guatemala would be terminated
and the title to the territory of Brazil
now claimed by French and British Guiana
would be settled. With the bulldozing
power of Great Britain nullified he be
lieved her commercial supremacy would
disappear and trade would flow on new
lines to North America, instead of east
and west.
He thought he should like to hear what
Senator Sherman (the new chairman of
the committee on foreign relations) said
about the readiness of the United States
to go to war about Venezuela, where its
interests were so small compared with
what they were presumed to be in Nica
ragua and Cuba. His opinion was that
Great Britain would not recede behind
the Schomburg line in the British Guiana
claim, and that the United States would
not resort to force in the attempt to
compel her to do so. He thought, however,
that Lord Salisbury would very promptly
concede the remainder of the Venezuelan
contention, including control of the Orin
oco's mouth, and that the United States
would secure Venezuela’s acquiescence in
that boundary.
The opinion is expressed in treasury
circles that the President's message will
have the effect of causing the return bv
English holders of American securities
and stocks for sale, and thus further de
plete the treasury gold reserve, as gold
would have to be sent abroad in payment
of them.
TEXT OF THE MESSAGE.
A CommlMlon to Inquire Into the
Boundary Suggested.
Washington, Dec. 17.—President Cleve
land sent'to congress to-day the Vene
zuelan correspondence, accompanied by
the following significant message:
To the Congress—ln my annual mes
sage addressed to the congress on the
3d Inst. I called attention to the pending
boundary controversy between Great
Britain and the republic of Venezuela,
and recited the substance of a repre
sentation made by this government to her
Brittanic majesty’s government, suggest
ing reasons why such dispute should be
submitted to arbitration for settlement,
and inquiring whether it would be so
submitted.
The answer of the British government,
which was then awaited, has since been
received and together with the dispatch
| to which it is a reply is hereto appended.
Such reply is embodied in two commu
| ntoations addressed by the British prime
i minister to Sir Julian Pauncefote, the
British ambassador at this capital. It
will be seen that one of these commu
nications is devoted exclusively to obser
vations upon the Monroe doctrine, and
claims that in the present instance new
and strange extension and development of
» this doctrine is insisted on by the United
; States, that the reasons justifying an
appeal to the doctrine enunciated by Pres
, ident Monroe are generally inapplicable
! to the state of things in which we live
at the present day .and especially in-
• applicable io a controversy involving the
| boundary line between Great Britain and
J Vene*uela.”
I Without attempting an extended argu
j mint in reply to these positions it may
: not be amiss to suggest that the doctrine
* upon which we stand is strong and sound,
t because its enforcement is important to
’ our peace and safety as a nation, and i •
! essentia’ to the integrity of our free in
! stituticne and the tranquil maintenance of
’ our distinctive form of goverment. it was
intended to apply to every stage in our
national life and cannot become
while our republic endures. If
aiice of power is
cause tor jealous anxiety uwßns
I Many a boy
I starts out in life
with the firm de
termination of
conquering the
world. He means
I to achieve suc
-1 cess and wealth
| and fame. His
I intentions are
hgo od, end his
" will is strong,
k If he has the
[ bodily strength
b to carry him
I through, his ef
forts will be
'crowned with
achievement.
Bodily strength
and health are
his greatest capi
tal. Without
them he can
hope for nothing.
the governments of the old world end a
subject for our absolute non-interference,
none the less is an observance of the
Monroe doctrine of vital concern to our
people and their government.
Assuming, therefore, that we may prob
ably insist upon this doctrine without
regard to “the state of things in which
we live,” or any changed conditions here
or elsewhere, it is not apparent why Its
application may not be invoked in the
present controversy.
If a European power, by extension of its
boundaries takes possession of the terri
tory of one of our neighboring republics,
against its will and in derogation of its
rights, it is difficult to see why to that
extent, such European power does not
thereby attempt to extend its system of
government to that portion of this conti
nent which is thus taken. This is the pre
cise action, which President Monroe de
clared to be “dangerous to our peace and
safety,” and it can make no difference
whether the European system is extended
by an absence of frontier or otherwise.
It is also suggested in the British reply
that we should not seek to apply the Mon
roe doctrine to the pending dispute be
cause it does not embody any principle of
international law, which is founded on the
general consent of nations,” and that “no
statesman, however eminent, and no na
tion, however powerful, are competent to
insert into the code of international law
a novel principle which was never .recog
nized before, and which has not since
beten accepted by the government of any
other country.”
Practically the principle for which we
contend has peculiar, if not exclusive re
lation to the United States. It may not
have been admitted in so many words to
the code of international law, but since
in international counsels every nation is
entitled to the rights belonging to it, if
the enforcement of the Monroe doctrine
is something we may justly claim, it has
its place in the code of international law
as certainly and as securely as if it were
specifically mentioned, and when the
United States is a suitor before the high
tribunal that administers international
law the question to be determined is
whether or not we present claims which
the justice of that code of law can find
to be right and valid.
The Monroe doctrine finds its recogni
tion in those principles of international
law which are based upon the theory that
every nation will have its rights protect
ed and its just claims enforced.
Os course, this government is entirely
confident that under the sanction of this
doctrine we have clear rights and un
doubted claims. Nor is this ignored in
the British reply. The prime minister,
while not admitting that the Monroe doc
trine is applicable to present conditions,
states “in declaring that the United
States would resist any such enterprise
if it was contemplated. President Mon
roe adopted a policy which received the
entire sympathy of the English govern
ment of that date.”
He further declares “though the lan
guage of President Monroe is directed to
the attainment of objects which most
Englishmen would agree to be statuory, it
is impossible to admit that they have
been inscribed by any adequate authority
in the code of international law.”
Again, he says, “They (her majesty’s
government) fully concur with the view
which President Monroe apparently en
tertained, that any disturbance of exist
ing territory distribution in that hemis
phere by any fresh acquisitions on the
part of any Enropean slate would be a
highly inexpedient charge.”
In the belief that the doctrine for which
we contend w r as clear and definite; that
it was founded upon substantial consider
ations and involved our safety and wel
fare, that it was fully applicable to our
present condition and to the state of the
worid’s progress, and that it was directly
related to the pending controversy, and
without any convictions as to the final
merits of the dispute, but anxious to learn
in a sstisfactory and conclusive manner
whether Great Britain sought under a
claim to extend her posses
sions continent, without rignt, or
wh<- sought possession of
teri included within her lines
of this government proposed to
the gdMrnment of Great Britain a re
sort to arbitration as a proper means of
settling the question, to the end that a
vexatious boundary dispute between the
two contestants might be determined and
our exact standing and relation in. respect
to the controversy might be made clear.
It will be seen fr .n the correspondence
herewith submitted that this proposition
has been declined, by the British govern
ment upon grounds, which, in the circum
stances, seem to me to be far from satis
factory. It Is deeply disappointing that
such an appeal, actuated by the piost
friendly feelings tow’ard noth nations di
rectly concerned, addressed to the sense
of justice and to the magnanimity of one
of the great powers of the world, and
touching its relations to one comparative
ly weak and small, should have produced
no better results.
The course to be pusued by this govern
ment, in view of the present condition,
does not appear to admit of serious doubt.
Having labored faithfully for many years
to induce Great Britain to submit this dis
pute to impartial arbitration and having
been now finally apprised of her refusal
to do so, nothing remains but to accept
the situation, to recognize its plain re
quirements, and deal with it accordingly.
Great Britain's present, proposition has
never thus far been regarded as admis
sible by Venezuela, though any adjust
ment of the boundaries w'hich that coun
try may deem for her advantage and may
enter into of her own free will cannot,
of course, be objected to by the United
States.
Assuming, however, that the attitude
of Venezuela will remain unchanged, the
dispute has reached such a stage as to
make it now incumbent upon
the United States to take meas
ures to determine with suffi-
cient certainty for its justification what
is the true divisional line between the re
public of Venezuela and British Guina.
The inquiry to that end should, of course,
be conducted carefully and judicially, and
due weight should be given to all availa
ble evidence, records and facts in sup
port of the claims of both parties.
In order that such examination should
be prosecuted in a thorough and satisfac
torily manner I suggest that the congress
make an adequate appropriation for the
expenses of a commission, to be appointed
by the executive, who shall make the
necessary Investigation and report upon
the matter with the least possible delay.
When such report is made and accepted
it will. In my opinion, be the duty of
the United States to resist, by every
means in its power, as a willful aggres
sion upon its rights and interests, the ap
propriation by Great Britain of any lands,
or the exercise of governmental jurisdic
tion over any territory which, after in
vestigation, we have determined of right
belong, to Venezuela.
In making these recommendations I am
fully alive to the responsibility incurred,
and keenly realize ail the consequences
that may follow. I am, nevertheless, firm
in my conviction that while it is a griev
ous thing to contemplate the two great
English speaking people of the world ts
being otherwise than friendly competitors
in the onward march of civilization and
strenuous and worthy rivals in all the arts
of peace, there is no calamity which a
great nation can invite which equals that
which follows a supine submission to
wrong and injustice and the consequent
loss of national self-respect and honor
beneath which is shielded and defended a
people’s safety and greatness.
Grover Cleveland.
Executive Mansion. Dec. 17.1895.
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gress in connection with the foregoing
message consists of three diplomatic
notes only, they are very voluminous. Mr.
Olney’s note to Mr. Bayard concerning
the threatening aspect of affairs between
Great Britain and Venezuela is first in
the correspondence. It is dated July 20
last, and deals with the boundary ques
tion at great length. Beginning at the
verv inception of the dispute, which has
now assumed a grave aspect, Mr. Olney
carries his argument of the American
claim for arbitration based on the Monroe
doctrine, down to the present time and
gives emphasis to his statements by quot
ing the sentiments of President Monroe
in full, and notes that “its pronounce
ment by the Monroe administration at
that particular time was unquestionably
due to the inspiration of Great Britain,
w-ho at once gave to it an open and un
qualified adhesion, which has never been
withdrawn.”
Mr. Olney gives in his note a firm in
dorsement to the principle enunciated by
Monroe and defines Great Britain’s posi
tion in this frank and unambiguous man
ner: “She (Great Britain) says to Vene
zuela: ‘You can get none of the debata
ble land by force because you are not
strong enough; you can get none by
treaty, because I will not agree, and you
can take your chance of getting a por
tion by arbitration, only if you first agree
to abandon to me such portions as I may
Continuing, Mr. Olney says it is not
perceived how such an attitude can be
defended nor how’ it is reconcilable with
that love of justice and fair play so em
inently characteristic of the English race,
and holds that if such position be ad
hered to, .it should be regarded as amount
ing in substance to an invasion and con
quest of Venezuelan territory. In con
clusion Mr. Olney says that in these
circumstances the duty of the President
appears to him unmistakable and imper
ative. To ignore Great Britain’s asser
tion of title and her refusal to have that
title investigated, and not to protest and
give warning against the substantial ap
propriation by Great Britain of the ter
ritory for her own use, would be to ig
nore an established policy with which
the honor and welfare of this country
are closely identified. He therefore in
structed Mr. Bayard to lay the views
given before Lord Salisbury and said:
“They (the views) call for a definite de
cision upon the point w r hether Great Brit
ain will consent or will decline to submit
the Venezuelan boundary question in its
entirety to impartial arbitration.”
Expressing the President’s hope that
the conclusion will be on the side of ar
bitration, Mr. ‘Olney concludes with the
pointed statement that if the President
“Is to be disappointed In that hope, how
ever—a result not to be anticipated and
in his judgment calculated to greatly em
barrass the future relations between this
country and Great Britain—it is his wdsh
to be made acquainted with the fact at
such early date as will enable him to lay
the whole subject before congress in his
next annual message.”
Lord Salisbury’s reply is addressed to
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British ambas
sador at Washington, under date of Nov.
26 last. This dealt only with the appli
cation of the Monroe doctrine in the case
at issue, and was followed on the same
day by another note discussing the boun
dary disput per se. At the outset Lord
Salisbury states that so far as he is aware,
the Monroe doctrine has never been before
advanced on behalf of the United States
in any written communication addressed
to the government of another nation. He
gives what he believes is the British inter
pretation of the doctrine, and maintains
that the dangers which were apprehended
by President Monroe have no relation to
the state of things in which we live at
the, present day, and adds, with thinly
covered irony, that “it is intelligible that
Mr. Olney should invoke in defense of the
views on which he is now insisting, an au
thority (Monroe) which enjoys so high a
popularity with his own fellow country
men.”
"The dispute between Great Britain and
Venezuela,” avers Lord Salisbury, "is a
controversy with which the United States
have no apparent political concern.”
Continuing in short, pithy sentences, he
says “it is difficult, indeed, to see how
the question in controversy can mate
rially affect any state or community out
side those primarily interested; that the
disputed frontier of Venezuela has noth
ing to do with any of the questions dealt
with by President Monroe; that it, is not
a question of the colonization by any Eu
ropean power of any portion of America,
nor of the imoosition upon the communi
ties of South America of any system of
government devised in Europe.”
“It is,” he says, "simply the determina
tion of the frontier of a British posses
sion which belonged to the throne of Eng
land long before the republic of Vene
zuela came into existence.”
As he proceeds in the discussion, the
language of Lord Salisbury becomes tart.
He argues in theory that the Monroe
doctrine in itself is sound, but disclaims
any intention of being understood us ex
pressing any acceptance of it on the part
of her majesty’s government. He quotes
Mr. Olney as frying: “That distance and
3,000 miles of intervening ocean make any
political union between a European and
American state unnatural and inexpedi
ent will hardly be denied,” and adds that
“the meaning of these words is that the
union between Great Britain and Can
ada, Jamaica and Trinidad: between
Groat Britain and British Honduras or
British Guiana are 'inexpedient and un
natural.* ”
“President Monroe,” says his lordship,
“disclaims any such inference from his
dcctrine, but in this, as in other re
spects Mr. Olney develops It. "He Jays
down,” says Lord Salisbury, “that the
inexpedient and unnatural character of
the union between an European and an
American state is so obvious that it will
hardly be denied. Her majesty’s govern
ment are prepared emphatically to deny
it on behalf of both the British and Amer
ican people, who are subject to her crown.
They maintain that the union between
Great Britain and her territories in the
Western hemisphere is both natural and
expedient. But they are not prepared to
admit that the recognition of that expe
diency is clothed with the sanction which
belongs to the adoption of international
law. They are not prepared to
admit that the interests of
the United States are necessarily
concerned in every frontier dispute which
may arise between any two of the states
who possess dominion in the Western
hemisphere; and still less can they ac
cept the doctrine that the United States
are entitled to claim that the process of
arbitration shall be applied to any de
mand for the surrender of territory which
one of those states may make against an
other.”
Lord Salisbury concludes with the state
ment that her majesty's government have
not surrendered the hope that the con
troversy between themselves and Vene
suela will be adjusted by reasonable ar
rangements at an early date.
The second note of Nov. 26 is wholly
devoted to a discussion of the boundary
dispute, exclusive of its relation to the
Monroe doctrine. This dispatch, however
sounds the key note of Great Britain's
position with reference to Mr. Olney’s
representations. Lord Salisbury states
that Great Britain has repeatedly express
ed its readiness to submit to arbitration
the conflicting claims of. Great Britain
to territory of great mineral values, and
follows this statement with these impor
tant words: "But they (the British gov
ernment) cannot consent to entertain or
to submit to the arbitration of another
power or a foreign jurist, however em
inent. claims based on extravagant pre
tensions of Spanish officials in the last
century and involving the transfer of
large numbers of British subjects, who
have for many years enjoyed the settled
rule of the British colony, to a nation
of different race and language, whose
political system is subject to frequent
disturbance, and whose institutions as
yet too often afford very inadequate pro
tection to life and property. No issue of
this description has ever been involved
in the questions which Great Britain and
the United States have consented to sub
mit to arbitration and her majesty’s
government are convinced that in similar
circumstances the government of the
United States would be equally firm In
declining to entertain proposals of such
a nature.”
RALLY OF THE REPUBLICANS.
They Stand by President Cleveland
in Solid Array.
Washington, Dec. 17.—The mere ques
tion of the adoption of the report of the
Senate committee did not consume the
two hours during which the republicans
of the Senate were behind closed doors
this afternoon. They were occupied with
something of vastly more Importance to
the whole American people. The Presi
dent’s message was up for consideration,
and there proved to be an absolute una
nimity of sentiment among them on the
question of endorsing the President in
the stand he had taken.
The discussion was precipitated by the
motion of Mr. Lodge that the chairman
of the committee be requested to confer
with Mr. Gorman with a view of having
the committee on foreign relations re
organized before the holiday recess, so
that the matters set out in the President’s
message might be considered by that com
mittee, the urgency of the situation hav
ing been recognized when Mr. Morgan,
earlier in the day, asked and obtained
the committee to sit during the
recess.
Speeches were made by Mr. Lodge, Mr.
Frye, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Teller and sev
eral other senators and every one of them
breathed the utmost loyalty to the Presi
dent in the stand he had taken. The fact
was called to the attention of the republi
cans that they had been taunting the
President with being away on a duck
'hunting trip while matters of the greatest
moment were transpiring; that Secre
tary Carlisle had been criticised for not
sending In his annual report as required
by law; that the general policy of the ad
ministration had been denounced as un-
American and weak, and that now, the
President had returned and almost in
stantly laid before the Senate a message
full of sentiments that must be endorsed
by every patriotic man in the vJ-hole
country regardless of politics or party.
If England was to be impressed with
the fact that this country endorsed its
President; if that government was to un
derstand that this message was not a
campaign letter intended for mere politi
cal effect the Senate must take the mat
ter up and proceed with it with all pos
sible speed consistent with the vital im
portance of the subject. The argument
was made that it would not do for this
message to be followed by an absolute
abandonment of all work; the country
and England should know* that the Sen
ate took the message as a serious thing
involving matters of such vast impor
tance and so portentous in the results
that may grow therefrom that the only
constituted committees of congress pro
posed to be constantly on duty and al
ways ready to hold up the hands of the
chief magistrate.
Such is a brief outline of the sentiments
expressed at this caucus. The war spirit
is abroad, so far as the republicans are
concerned, and some of the speeches made
behind the closed doors of the marble
chamber would make the most interest
ing reading that has gone from this city
for weeks. So imbued were the republi
cans wit-fc the importance of the situation
and the need of the further conference
that the matter will be again discussed
at the caucus, which has been called for
to-morrow morning, mainly for this pur
pose.
A STEAMER BLOWS UP.
»
The Captain and Thirteen of the
Crew Killed or Drowned.
Philadelphia, Dec. 17. —During a heavy
gale last Sunday morning, 319 miles off
Cape May, N. J., the German ship Athena,
Capt. Haak, which left New York Dec.
10 for London, with a cargo of naphtha,
took fire, and while the crew were being
transferred to the British ship Tafna,
from Marbello, for this port, the oil ex
ploded, blowing the Athena out of the
water. The captain and thirteen of the
crew were either killed by the explosion
or drowned. The first and second mates
and four of the crew had been trans
ferred to the Tafna before the explosion
took place and were saved. The disaster
took place in longitude 36 degrees, 46 min
utes north, and latitude 68 degrees, 50
minutes west, and when the Tafna left
the place the wreckage from the ship
was drifting southeast.
A PANIC AT A PRIZE FIGHT.
Officers Appear on the Scene and the
Sports Stampede,
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 17.—About two
hundred people went out to Glendale
last night to witness two sparring
matches. The programme was an excel
lent one, consisting of an all round ath
letic exhibition to conclude, with two
mills. Everything went smoothly until
the participants of the mill appeared in
the arena, and instead of being a friend
ly set-to for points it soon developed into
a full sized slugging contest. At this
juncturo Sheriff John Sharp and a posse
of deputies made their entrance, creating
a panic among the sports, who at once
made a mad rush for anything that pre
sented itself in the way of an exit. The
principals of the bout were George Strong
of Denver and Frank Manning of local
reputation.
The Modern Mother
Has found that her little ones are im
proved more by the pleasant laxative, Sy
rup of Figs, when in need of the laxa
tive effect of a gentle remedy than by
any other, and that it is more acceptable
to them. Children enjoy it and it bene
fits them. The true remedy. Syrup of
Figs, Is manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Company only.—ad.
GERMANY’S CELEBRATION.
Jan. 18 the Twenty-Fifth Anniver
sary of the Empire’s Birth.
Berlin, Dec. 17.—1 t is stated at the for
eign office that Chancellor von Hohenlohe
knew and approved of the intention of
Emperor William to visit Prince Bis
marck at Friedrichsruhe yesterday. The
visit, it is also said, had no political sig
nificance, it being paid solely In order that
the emperor mght personally extend to
the ex-chancellor an invitation to be pres
ent at the military review in Berlin on
Jap. 18 upon the occasion of the celebra
tion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of
the proclamation of the German empire.
In His New Store.
Among the many improvements and
business changes in the city recently,
none is more striking than the newly fitted
up quarters of J. F. Shuptrlne, the well
known Congress street druggist. Mr. Shup
trine has recently moved his business to
the corner of Congress and Jefferson
streets. His new store has been fitted up
in elegant style, and is one of the most
attractive and thoroughly equipped drug
establishments in the city. By Industry
and faithful business application, Mr.
Shuptrlne has met with great success, and
he has established a reputation and a drug
business second to none in Savannah. For
the past 18 years Mr. Shuptrine has given
the selection and sale of high grade gar
den seed his special attention, and in con
sequence has the largest seed business in
the state. Wherever Shuptrine's seeds are
known they are considered the best. He
is also proprietor of that well-known and
meritorious remedy Tetterene. the anti
dote for ail skin diseases. In his new loca
tion, and with the largely increased fa
cilities, Mr. Shuptrlne will certainly add
to his already extensive drug and seed
trade. His advertisement will be found
regularly in the Morning News, and
should receive the attention of all pur
chasers.
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Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 17.—Miss Jesse
Anderson, about 25 years of age, and. for
some time a trained nurse, died under
very peculiar circumstances in the dental
parlor of Dr. William L. Brown to-day.
She was suffering acute pain from a de
<vyed tooth, and was under treatment for
it at. the time of her death. Dr. Eiper, a
neighboring physician, was called in, but
was too late to be of any service. When
interviewed he said tl ' lady had died from
paralysis of the heart.
The deceased had no relatives, so far
as can be learned at present.