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VOL. XXVI IL—NO. 51.
mi mb
The Munrae Doctrine Must
Be Enforced,
MESSAGE TO THE CONGRESS
England Has Rejected This Gentry’s
Arbitration Orrrtnrts.
OUR GOVERNMENT HAS SPOKEN
Tnlesa Veneroela Yields Willingly,
John Bull Mast Stop.
J CGyMISSIOK WILL BE APPOINTED AT ONCE
Er tit* Corrwtpcn derrce on the Subject
Submitted to Congress—Salis
bury Was Very Ironical.
W ixhlngton. D***mb*r tt—<Sp*e**l>- To
day the Venezuelan correspondmcn was
s nt to rosin*” and with it was a m-sj'ag"
from the president.
Th* message. voicing at ft does the well
known Intentions of th* Monroe doctrine.
wm received with applansa. It Is a
nroishtfoewar! statement of th* facts and
ii congress stands upon it. n cas*' the j ro
presl commission finds In Venezuttas fa
vor. i must back down or war to ta-
critaMe.
The following Is the message th full:
Congress, la my annual us age
addressed Bo t-e cMcnsi un the Cd m
. ~nt I calk'd attention tx the pending
l •undary cuotrowrsy Letaeen Great Brt
t an ami the republic of Venexu* la. and re
siled t!*e substance of a T'ei-r-'seit'.-ti'-n
made by this goverr.ro. nt to her Itritaaic
majesty's government s jg,:tstir..r r.a.-
why such dispute should Le submitted to
arbitration for settlement and inquiring
whether tt would t« so - it nnM
The answer ot the Brill-ti government,
which was then await'd. -ms since been
m-eived. and together with the- dit;.at«h
to which tt is a reply. is h* ■ >y app- nd. d.
Such reply is embode-d in two .otnmuni
aiions addiesss-i by th.- British prim, mi.i
-- r l . Sir J H . i
ntbassador at tins capital. I: w*U be seen
that one ot these c ran ui h ittons b '*■■•
• d exelusivly t» observations upon th*
Monroe m- lnne. and d>m> th .1 in the ,
present irstanx- a r• w - rang* ex- ,
t> n-H>n and d« eek»pn..-nt of this docirtn. is |
insisted cb by th* t'nii-4 States', that tt- •
r-s justifying an appeal io the doctrine |
enunciated by I'nsiden: Monroe an- g-n- .
■ rally inapjdi- aide "•*» th* -sate of things I
... whK-h we live at the present day.” and
. specially feiapplirable t > a controversy in- |
v King the boundary line between Groat ,
Ko Extended Argument Attempted.
Without attempting extended argument |
In r* ply to the.- positions, it m.«y n**t
amirs to si-gtst that the doctrine upon
w hi. ii we stand is strong and round. I* - !
raw* its enforcement is important t<» our
I *ce an-i safety as a nation -id :s 1 " "
ual to th** integrity of our Ire* its.-.t u- ,
tion* and the tranquil maintenance ot *"ir ;
.. -tin. tiv- l -rri • ' guv« rnsw nt. It was • •
•.r !.-l t» apply r « air* of our i..i
tionai life •»"•> Carnot ta«ome obsolete
chile our republic endures. If the butane*
f power is justly a ea.. ” for y al-uis anx
• v amor s th* gwvernn.-nts «f tto old
•rid. an.l a subject • •- o"r absolute non
terfer*nee. non • th-- 14 i- ° *>*rva.
. the Monro* d w-rie* of vital concern to
r W»I an-1 » v * nt -
ni n> -- 1 •’ f ' ’ laat mny
i *«• inAf) this doctrine without n'lriinl
* ••th*-* tte of thinsr* in whk-h ue live,-
any H.r- .i conditions hero <>r
” i* n’t ”t ” - ”* B 1
. -my not »-• in'”* ! ,n lh “ P’ v^t ’ nl <x '“'
‘ ent> Wh? t Monroe Meant.
j an power ’ ’ ’
.
t. ,r..—11 ,-v.. r 4 - = nut t’ '
-x* J. 1 -‘.-S'? FT - ‘V-
’■ m - of this cont t
■
t • which President Monroe J 2
, - „ r ..„- to 0.-r jr a. ana «*-•
'can mak* no di*-r r<« whether the
I .1 . in . ... nded by an ad-
j. .r »n -“J -tem I-
iT^4r.r £ in the British roplr
f • , .V n:M not ' to '■ ?he
r n
in - ■ . al law wV n -i< f.-H. I-d on the
-,t of nations, and that no
y... rrever eminent.** ar-1 no na-
ts. >■ w.'vi-r powerful, aro competent to
I .i the ro b of int. rrational law a
, ‘ which was n. ver recognised
I■' ■ * ,j which hn« not sin** hron a*-
, gnvernm *nt of any other
Keg .linjr the Monroe Doctrine.
Pr. ti g th- prir.-lpl f’r which w* con
ten ! I . .’rrUsr If n»♦ exelu-uve rotation
to th. I' <f States. H mar not hav • t*> n
alm s- ~,1 many words to th- «>>;•• «
itturna- • i liw hut since m int-rnatiun.il
law c. ’every nail •*» rnt.tlrol t-. th*
ngi.«« i. in ß to it. if ,hc enferoe m-rt i*
tn. M j wtrine is ronwthißg we n-av
j . j. has its rl‘ »in * r ’ '' e nt
- ~... - . b . i -- . l
.l - j . <rr-* sjwvificaH/
and when tul I’nlted State* is a suitor !«•-
t.,-. i. i. |rlbtMM u that alministrrs in
ternational w, the que -lion to be deter-
WeJBWg
mined 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 recognition
' In those principles of international law
which are based upon the theory that every
nation shall have its rights protected and
, its just claims enforced.
Os course this government Is entirely con
fident that under the sanction of this doc
-1 trine we have clear rights and undoubted
claims. Nor is this Ignored in the British
reply. The prime minister, while not ad
mitting that the Monroe doctrine is appli
cable to prosent conditions, states: “In de
claring that the United States would re
sist any such enterprises if it was contem
plated. President Monroe adopted a policy
which received the entire sympathy of tho
English government of that date.” He
furtl.er declares: -Though tho language of
JTcsident Monroe is directed to the attaln
; rnent of objects which most Englishmen
would agree to lie salutary, it is impossible
to admit that they have been inscribed by
any ad.-quate authority in the code of in
ternational law.” Again he says: “They
<her majesty's governnwnt) fully concur
with the view which President Monroe an
parentiy entertained, that any disturb
ance ot the existing territorial distribution
In that hemisphere by any fresh acquisi
tion on th. part of any European state
would boa highly Inexpedient change.”
Arbitration Offered.
In the belief that the doctrine for which
Wo contend Is clear and u.-tlnite; tl*at It
was founded ujhjii substantial considera
tions and involved our safety and welfare;
■ that It was fully applicable to our present
.-otKlltions aiel to tho state of the world s
. progress, and that tt was directly related
• to th* pending clntroversy and without any
J cvt.vlcuons as to its final merits of the dls
j pute, but anxious to learn in a satisfactory
I and conclusive manner whether Great Bri-
I tain sought under a claim of boundary to
extend her possessions on tills continent
Without right, or whcttn-r she merely
sought poss. s.-n>n of territory fairly includ
: rd within her lines of ownership, this gov
ernment proposed to the government of
Gnat Britain a resort to arbitration as the
_ prosier means of settling the question to
• the end that a vexatious boundary dispute
• between the two contestants might be de
' t» rmined and our exact standing and rola-
tlon in respect to the controversy might be
• made clear.
Ren so ns Far from Satisfactory.
It will be em from the corr>s|w»ndrnee
1 herewith FUbmitted that this proposition
has been d<x-ltnc4 by th, British govern
ment upon grounds which, in the circum
stances. s<s m to be to be far from satis
factory. It is deeply dipappointing that
such an appeal actuated by th* most
In. ndly t<lines toward both nations di
rectly rom-ern.-d. addressed to the sense
of justice and to the magnanimity of one
, ot the gro- 1 p« w<-rs of the world and
touching its r< iations to one con>par*tlv*-
• ly »< il; and small, should have produced
no bet , r r ults.
The Course Is Plain.
The course to be pursued by this govern
ment in vi< v,- ..f the pros.m , «>:iditi.,;i dis's
r. -t appear to admit of s< rr>us doubt, llnv
ng taborod faithfully for many years to
Indui-eGwat Britain to submit thia dispute
to impartial art it roton, and l.avng been
r -w finally apprised of h,-r r, fusal to do so,
r.cthine roma-ns but to accept the situa
tion, to rocoqmxe its plain roq iiretn. nm
at.il deal with it accordingly.
Great Britain's present proposition has
never thus far been regard- d as admissi
ble by Venezuela, though any adjustnx nt
of the bound: ry which that country may
<:<, m f->r h*r advantage ami may < nt< r into
' of her own !->will cannot, of course, b.
, object. 4 to by the United Stab s.
Assuming, i.owcvir. t'-.d the attitude <>f
I V < •• z.- la will r-main unchaug, d. the di.-
• pute has ro:i< h.-i such a stage ns to make
it now it. unitM-nt upon the United Slates to
: •; 1,-- :• ;Lsur-*s to d-t- rinine with sullicieiit
i rta.aly for justification wl.r* Is tie
(true di.isional line between inc republic ot
V.-n* za.-la am! British Guiana. The inquiry
Ito that -nd should, of course, be conducted
carofuily and judicially, and due weight
I sholud t* given to all available evidence,
J rccncls and fact* in support of the claims
I of both parties.
Suggests a Commission.
In order that such ar: <-x imination should
be pros-cu V-d in a thorough and sitisfac-
I tory manner. I sugg-st that the congr- f<
i make an adequate appropriation for the
i ,xi»-nF«s of -ommtssion to I>-- appointed
: bv tho ex - utiv,-. who shall make the n- c
• , - ir- it.-.- ' ratinn and report upon th
• Kiat - r with tilt,- least p--“sib|e d- 1.-v. When
fii h .• r tort is ma-le ats-i i>t -1 it will,
• i l . :• opinion. I - the duty < f the Untied
IS: • t<. r- sist lc- - v.-ry :n- ins within its
• r.<>.x. -. :a a wilif.il siggr- -‘■•lon tiji'n its
■ rights and interests, the ;.|ipro:>riation by
Go at Britain of any binds or th* exereiso
of ,v- *— rr-.ntnl jurisdiction ov- r any ter-
* ritory which aft’r invcs<iga.tion we hate
I <. r bt --nrs to V- n*z-i< l.i.
. In making th.— recommendations I am
j ful’y alive to the rospons-l-dity incurro 1.
J and keenly realize all the conscqu. nces
’ th it may follow.
A People’s Safety.
I cm n*v» rt .< .- s firm in my eonvb-tlon
I that * Je il is a grievous thing to conlero
pl.-t’e te* two gnat Urr. l h |«-.:king p o
ji*.-t of the world as Ix-ing otherwise than
; fri.Tdiy competitors In the onward march
! of civilization and strrnuoil* and worthy
rivr.ls in all the arts of peace, there is no
wiri. h .q-gi.s that which f-ii--v s a supine
subtnis.-.- n t > wrong anu injustice and :t.<
.ot I I <S ■ t , all .1! .1 Il ; es]H tan!
h. r r I • m ath w .. h is sh.i Id, d and defeud
,-i a-. <•;>l, ’s su'-ty ar. 1 greatness
< ;• .--li GU<,\ -.’l < > I.ANU.
Er- -nti.e M ns.ott. XVashln.gt ( ;i, I>. UL, De
cember 17. ISiG.
SECRETARY OLNEY’S MESSAGE.
A Succinct and Concise Statement of
Its Contents.
>\ as!.;:-!-: —. ' ■ ••• rl« Although the
nr :■ ' -ul-miit i t < ; |n connection
A el
three -atd .untie n •:« s > my, th- y are very
v -l-isrin’ i«. Mr. • Inev** ixite to Mr. Bay
ard ■ ' tho threat*i tag att
affair* Leiwen Great Britain and Ven
. I ' !
•tat. 4 July c!i last and dial* with the
i :.ry q-., leu-, “st great length.” u- -
~ning at Hit very inception of the dispute
wln -h i-.is now nsFUtii.sl a serious as,, -t.
Mr. • ■ / Carrie* his argum- nt of ti.,
American clr im for arbitration based on
the M- -.roe doctrine d. un to the yr. ,k ni
t.mc ar 1 gives empha-ds to his st.it-meats
l.y quo’-ing the s- ntiirc nts of i'n s.d< nt
Moi roe in full and r.ote* that "its pr<»-
r un ■ m. nt by th,- Monroe admn. . :ration
a! ’’ at | nriie.ilar time was unque tiona
fily du<- to the in; piration ot Great Britain,
who at •n« -gave to it an o|M-n and un
qualified adbe.-d.in which has never b-<r.
w itlidrown."
Mr. Olney gives in his note a linn ir.dorsc
m-at to the principle indorsed by Monroe
ar.<l defin, s Gr at Britain’s posit ion in this
ink and unambiguous style: "ffhe (Great
ATLANTA. GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1895.
Britain) says to Venezuela: 'You can yr-t
norm of the debatable land by force, be
eause you aro not strong enough; you can
get none by treaty, because I will not
agree, and you can take y< ur chance of
getting a tnirtion by arbitration, only if
you first agree to abandon to me such por
tions ns 1 may designate.' “
Doesn’t Understand England.
Continuing, Mr. Olney says it is not per
ceived how such an attitude can bo de
fended nor how it Is reconcilable with that
love of justice and fair i lay so eminently
characteristic of tho English race and
holds that if such position be adhered to
It should be regarded as amounting in sub
stance to an Invasion and conquest to Ven
exuclan territory.
In conclusion Mr. Olney instructed Mr.
Bayard to lay the views given before Ixird
Salisbury and said: "They (the views) call
for a definite decision upon tho point
whether Great Britain will consent or will
decline to submit the Venezuelan boundary
6 Z/ m'/l ®
: W/1 I® o' /xA B 10l
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• '
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I’ncJc .Sam “Salisbury, we’ve had fooling enough, if you cross that line Jll shoot.
The Shade of Monroe —“<io it. Samuel, my boy.”
question in its entirety to impartial arbi-
How Olney’s Message Concluded.
a
coiiclusi m will Ih- on th< side of arbitration,
Mr 01.-i-y concludes with the P inUsl state
ment that if the presbb nt "is ’o !"• .lisan
poiiit'.i in tiiat Ik :«■. hov.' VT a re; .ill n d
to tic anti' ip.’iti'-i. and in ins judgin' tit eal
ctil.u i togrea ly embarrass tiie ftiture re
lat .ms b-tween this country and Great
Britain -it is liis w . li to I" mad* aequalnt
»l with the fru t at such curly date as w ill
• rial'le him to lay tho whole subject before
c»>i grv-ss in his annual ni»M-‘sagc.
REPLY OF SALISBURY.
His Answer Is Full of Thinly-Hidden
Irony.
Lord Salisbury's reply is addressed to Sir
Ju!;..'. I'aut.c. t’ot', I ' atnbasmtor
at Washington, under tiie dut* ot Novem
ber Jf.tli. last. Tins dealt only with tn*
: . plication Os tii* .Monro* ti .-trim- in tie
, ;L. al i. .-uv, a- I was followed on B*
same day by atiother note discussing the
boundary dispute per s<‘.
At Hie out t L id Sali.-bury states that
st» fl * as h»* is av.ai» , ho Mtuiroe doc
true has n< ver been before advanced on
Iwi.alf of the i nitcl Stal'-s in any written
cut .inunieation addressed to tho govern-
TD« ? *t <»f «U;oth<‘t* nation.
He gives what ll' beli'-vi s is the British
Int■ n>” nation of <ioetrir:e and main
tains tiiat tile i.ai g' v. Mich were ap
prehvnd. d by I'rtrsid. nt Monroe have no
relation to th* i." of thir.gs it. which
w* live at tiie pn .sent day, and adds, with
thinly covered irony, tnat "it is intelligible
that Mr. Olney s i nild invoke in d< t< tis*
• ■
an authority ) vvL h enjoys >o
hi; 11 a popularity with his own fellow
count n im u. '
’I .li: pute t.f twecn <’r at Britain and
Venezuela, avers Lord Salisbury, is a con
troversy w.th win' ;i th- United States
h...e l"> ai i ' ' 1' '!
Salisbury Is Obtuse.
Continuing ' not, putt) s*utcn**s, he
says it is dilt cult, indeed, to s*< how the
question In controverts: can n aterially tit
feet any state or community outside those
pi trily 'tit. ri med; Uiat I ■ II .:<>»■-
I nothing to do with
, . pn q
ue it Monro’. and taat it -’ >'4 a question
of Ha- <- .10111*1 tinn t>y any European power
or al • pa tit.oliof Amer, a nor of Hie im
po.itK'ii upon tiie coniinuioti s of Soutti
Au.' ueaot any system of government de
vis'd in Europe
••It p■■ li. ays. “simply th* determina
tion ot tie frontier of a British possession
Wil ell I . longed to the throne of England
long bef'T' li*' re'iul'li* o: Venezuela came
into existence.”
Tartness from Milord.
As he pro* < • us in tii ■ disci: .-.lan the lan
gitago of laird Salisbury become* tart.
He argues in th«ory that tht Monroe doc
trine in itself is sound, but disclaims any
in *ut:« ii of iH-ing understood as * xpr. ssing
ani a' c* ptanee of it on the part of her
ma sty's government. He quotes Mr. Ol
ney as saving: "That distance and 3,"W
miles of intervening ocean make any po
lite :d union ta-twecn a Europecn and an
Ann rican state unnatural and inexpedient
will hardly •** denied." and adds tiiat “th*
ni< aning of these words is that the union
between Great Britain and Canada, l»e
--twieii Great Britain t'ml Jamaica and
Trinidad, between Great Britain and Brlt-
I ish Honduras or British Guiana aro 'inex-
i pedlcnt and unnatural.’ ”
Denies the Right of Arbitration.
I President Monroe, says his lordship, ,11s
' claims and such Inference from his doc
-1 trine, but in this, as in other respects, Mr.
Olney develops it. "He lays down,” says
laird Salisbury, "that the Inexpedient and
unnatural character of th-' union between
a European and an American state is so
obvious that it will hardly be denied. Iler
majesty’s government are pn pared em
phatically to deny it on behalf of both the
British and American people who are sub
; ject to her crown. They maintain that the
I union between Great Britain and her terrl
i tori,s tn the western hemisphere is both
! natural and expedient. Hut they arc not
j prepared to admit that the -cognition of
that expediency is clothe! with the sanc
tion which belongs to adoption of interna
tional law. They aro not prepared to ad
! mlt that tho interests of the United States
ttre necessarily concerned in every frontier ,
dispute which may arii < let wen any two ,
of tie stat'ss who possess dominion in tho
western hemisphere, anil still less can they
tieeepl the doctrine tiiat tin Unit'll States
are .ntithd to claim that tie process ot
arbitration shall be applied to any demand
for tin- surrender of territory which on*, of
i those states may make against another.
laird Salisbury concludes with tin' state
m. fit that her majestj s government have
[ not surrendered the hope tiiat tiie contro
i xeisy between themselves and Venezuela
I will be adjusted by reasonable arronge
• m*nts at an early date.
1 'i’ll* second note of November 2fith is de-
I vot'd to a discussion of tiie boundary
i dispute exclusive <>f its relation to tiie
! Monroe doctrine. This dispatch. tiow'-V'r.
S'.uii'ls tiie keynote of Great Britain’s po
.' with reference to Mr. rilii' i s r< p
res. ntations. laird Salisbury states tl.at
Gr. it Britain has repeated).', expi'ssetl n
rea.d.ni ss to submit to ai liitt alion th"
eontli'-ting claims of Great Britain to t
ritorv of gr. at mineral valm-s, ami t"l
levs'this statement with these important
words- "I'..it ihvy, tin- British governin' nt,
cannot cons.-n' to entertain or to .-ul'mii ;
to the arbitration of another pow r ot a
for. n jur I. liowev r . rem u.-.a'Hi- ■
I.as. 1 on extravagant pretensions of Span-
I i-h rials in the last century and inyolv-
I ing Hi. transfer of large numbers ot Brit-
I i ii subject: who have for many years eti-
I loved tiie settled rule of the British colo- ;
j nv to a nat on of different race and lan-
I g-rage, whose political system is subject,
to frequent disturbance, ami wfios* insti- '
i tutD’.'s as y**t !< ,n aft ord vory inad**-
| qua." protection to life and property. No
, u. <,f ti- . de enption has . ver been m- ;
volv*'l in the questions which i.nat Britain .
I and tiie Uiilt.-d States have Consented to
sui tii ’ to arbitration, ami h*r majesty s ,
J gov. rernent ar* convinced that tn similar
I < ii-ctu-e tatiees the government of the Unit- .
j .«i States would be equally firm tn tl'ciia- .
! in ,- to entertain proposals ot such a na- i
! titre.”
| AMERICAN MINISTERS JUBILANT i
All Are Happy Because of tho United
States’ Stand.
Washington, Dee. tuber 17-—Th* diplomatic .
ropre- ntat.v* s of the American republics ,
in Washington were highly elated over
' the president's message and nearly all of
them cabled copious extracts of the docu
ment to their resi>’ctive governments.
lb r sine the Corinto affair they had
b< ri somewhat despondent over the sup
pos'd Indisposition of tiie Unit'd States
to resist foreign aggressions of th* Ameri
can continent, but today tliey could not
find language adequate to express tlmir ad
miration for Uri sident Cleveland's forcible
utt. rar.i' particularly as* to tiie po:->;:>le
resort to other methods than those in
the arts of peace.
Non* of the American ministers or charge
d’affaires, however, consented to speak au
thoritativ* ly for their governments in the
absence of instructions, nor would any be
led into public interview on tiie subject.
One who lias had perhaps more experience
in the international affairs of the United
States than most of his colleagues in th*
diplomatic corps, said that while he was
gratified to see that the Unltel States had
finally taken a firm stand on the Monroe
doctrine, it would be unwise to consider it
1 established In tiie cede of nations, ami al
though h* believed European nations would
be compelled to recognize its force here
after. it was not by any means sure tiiat its
effect could be mad* retroactive, as its ap
plication to th* Venezuelan matter cer
tainly would be. Aside from tiiis he hoped
I (and he believed all American republics
would support the United States) that Eng-
land would be forced, by war If necessary,
to give up the t rritory she had stolen from
Venezuela and he trusted that congress
would authorize the executive to furnish
arms and nu n to drive out the 40,000 squat
ters referred to by I.ord Salisbury.
Another representative of a government
that hail a dispute with Great Britain its
to a matter of land grabbing differing
only In degree from that of Venezuela de
clared that if the United States waa sin
cere in tiiis matter and supported Presi
dent Cleveland’s suggestion for a boundary
- commission beyond England’s Influence, it
i would result in th* greatest desideratum—
-1 an .alliance, both for peace and war. of the
most progressive American republics. The
, boundary question in Alaska, he said,
could then be as quickly settled as that
. In Venezuela, and the rapid encroachments
of Belize on both Mexico and Guatemala
w-ould be settled and the title to tho
! territory of Brazil now claimed by French
and British Guiana would bo terminated.
I
' With the bulldozing power of Great Brit
i ain nullified lie I. lieved her commercial
supremacy would disappear and that trade
. would tl iw on north and south lines, in
stead of east and wi st.
An <ther of Hie Smith American repre
sentatives was disposed, in view of tin- at
titude of the Unit*:! Slates in past years,
to await til* sol . r ; .x-ond thought of til*
people in regard to tiie tm-sage. H*
thought he should like to hear what Sena
tor Sherman, tin- new chairman of the
committee on foreign relations, said about
tin* readiness of the United States to go
to war about Venezuela, where its inti r
< ts were so small compared with what
they were presumed to be in Nicaragua
and Cuba. His opinion was that Great
Britain would not recede behind the
S lioniburgk line in Hie British Guiana
claim, and that the United Slates would
not resort to force in the attempt to
compel her to do so. He thought, how
ever. that Lord Salisbury would v, ry
promptly concede tiie n aiaind'-r of the
Venezuelan contention, including control
of Hu- Orinoco's mouth, anil that the
United States would s> i;r ■ Venezuela’s
acquiest-enee in that Itiundary.
“THUNDERER” SAYS NO.
Insists That the United States Is Nat
Needed.
London, December 17.—Commenting ujion
I’resident Cl*v> land's message Th* Times
tome.rrow will say:
“Il is impossible to disguise the gravity
■ of tii* differences that have arisen between
! this country and the United States. Th*?
message tiiat President Cleveland trans
-1 mitted to congr* ss and the reception it
I met from botii : iii's in th* senate- give aJ
! ditional im;icrtaiice to the di'.patches that
I passed lietwe. n the state d* Purina nt at
s Washii' ton and tin- forci ;n office. The de
' tails of th boundary dispute with V'-m-zue
-1 la are insignltieaut in comparison with tiie
' lar-reac'iii ; claim put f< -ward in Mr.
’ Olney s di |nu ll and emphasized in Mr.
I Lit ,-i land -m s ;ig*-.
“>'ojivita-ed as wi are that a rupture
I between the two great Eiigli-li-spi ;d;ing
'■ comniunitle* vould be a catamity not only
to thin.':- Iv s but to th* civilized world.
. w* ar* in veriht less driven to the com lu-
I sion that the concessions that this
; country is imperously summoned to make
I are such as no s !f-respecting
I nation, and least of all, one ruling an
I empire that lias roots in every quarter of
tho globe, could pcssil.lv submit to.
Says We Would Not Submit.
i “The t. o.lid St.;:< s th. lire* 1> t s would
I never for a moment dream . f yielding to
this kind of dictation. We are of the same
bioed and shall not be less careful of our
i national honor. We tan hardly believe tiiat
tin- course threatened by Mr. Ch veland will
: l>* st rioiisly adopted I y the Ann rican gov
! ermin nt, but if so it will lie incutnb* nt
upon us, without entering upon such ag
gressive measures, to protect our impcml
I Interests and stand up for our rights un
der International law. It must be observ
! ed that the Monroe doctrine, *m which Mr
Olney relies, has rei ived an entirely m w
development. The stab ;n*nt in his dis
patch and Mr. Cleveland': message that
the doctrine is admitted by ail the higtv-st
authorities lias never t>e. n recognized even
In its original form :ts a rule of interna
tional law. L. rd Salisbury . xpress* s his
full concurrence with the view that the
disturbance ot territory In the westirn
hemisphere by fresh acquisition o n Hie part
of the* European states is highly inexpe
dient. but tho recognition of this inex-
pedloncy does rot cov, r the preposterous
d< duetions from the Monroe doctrine which
Mr. Olney’s despatch puts forward and
Mr. Cleveland makes the basis of the
most astounding proposal tiiat perhaps
has ever b,-en advanced by any government
In time of peace since the days of Napo
leon.”
After a summarized review, of the dis
patches and message. The Times continues:
"We desire to speak witli all proper re
spect of what is still in the form at least of
diplomatic negotiations, but we can con
fidently predict tiiat tho pretensions thus
put forward by th- president, apparently ac
claimed by the senate, and with rare ex
ceptions hailed by the press on tiot.'i sides,
as vigorous and patriotic, will not be admit
ted by this country. The firm, though tem
perate language of Lord Salisbury’s reply
to Mr. Olney indicates how he is likely to
receive the proposal to give effect in offen
sive, over-weening way to the new- con
struction of tlie Monroe doctrine. No com
mission appointed by a power which is not
a party to the dispute will be recognized
by us as having title of any sort to pro
nounce upon controvert' d questions of the
boundary between the British empire and
Venezuela. It will receive no assistance
from the British authorities, and will have
to rely on what It can obtain from the
Venezuelans. Its decision will be null and
void from the outs* t, even if its origin did
not taint it with partialty.
Will Spurn Arbitration.
“This new departure in international rela
tions docs not appear to be a straightfor
ward course, it is for the United States to
decide for themselves whether the Vene
zuelan boundary dispute touches their in
terests, though we are unable to see how it
dues so. It is for them to declare tiiat they
aro allies of Venezuela and support her
alleged rights. We should then know
where wo stand, but to assume authority
to decide in a quasi judicial way upon the
validity of our territorial rights in another
continent is a pretension that no power in
th:' world can be justified in advancing.
Will Resist the Monroe Doctrine.
“We are bound to resist the claims which
the Monroe doctrine hits for the first time
been extended to cover, and to which Mr.
Olney has added comments and inferences
against which an emphatic protest must lie
made.”
Tin- Tinies refers to the cool assumption
based upon a distance of three thousand
mil's continues;
"A power which has command of the sea
docs not regard tho three thousand miles
of intervening ocean as severing it from
its subjects. The American tradition will
not lie strengthened by Mr. Olney’s claim
of moral sup'-riority on the ground that
self-governin' nt is only enjoyed by repub
lics. We think we have something like the
self-government here, < ven though we have
not yet developed a Tammany hall, and
we are vain enough to believe that liberty
is more real and healthy in Great Britain
than in Venezuela. These unnecessary ag
gressive assertions seem to point to the
possil'ility that ,ljs sudden movement, on
tho pirt of the United States has t id
do with rar'v polities than with diplomacy.
Declares Tt Party Policy.
Much may be pardoned in view of the ap
proaching election wli.efi. to a large extent,
explains the union of the republicans and
democrats in raising a jingo cry. It is to
be remember, d, moreover, that a good
deal of tint* must elapse before a com
mission can I- ■ appointed ani tl.at it will
t>e a still longer time before it can re
j.ort. It may not come into existence. In
deed, until the executive has passed into
other hands. In the meantime the sober,
common-sense of the American peopte
we should hope will condemn the attempt
to j i k a quarrel with a friendly power.
In any case our own course is clear. We
mii-t stand firmly and calmly upon our
rights as an Ind-li-ndent state, and, tt
Ji.-ary. take practical measures to as
sert tiam. It may even be exp-Lent to set
tle the frontier question by drawing a line
of our own. Os course, there can be no
thought of anything less than the Sehom
burgk line, allowing the United States and
Venezuela to deal with matters as they
may.”
OTO GO’VTERNORS.
Governor O'Ferrall’s Opinion.
Richmond. Va.. lieeemi«-r 17.—,Special.)—
Gov rii'T ii’Eerrall tonight, speaking of the
presi'i- nt’s message on the Venezuelan
qu> stion, said:
"It is manly, courageous and characteris
tic of Mr Cleveland."
Tlu, Monroe doctrine, the governor <le-
I lares, is th" web and WOcf ■ f the policy of
the American government. He l as not had
opjsirtunity. th • executive eontinued. to as
i i.rtain tiie sentiment of the people ot this
stale, or even of this city, the capital of
tiie < onfed-'r-'-y. but he is confident that it
full}’ sustains tli<- doctrine proclaimed by
Mr. Monroe, one of Virginia's distinguished
s. ns. The matter, said the governor,
now rests with congress.
Governor Stone’s Opinion.
Jackson, Miss., December 27.-The South
ern Assoeintt-d Press correspondent called
on Governor Stone this evening and asked
bis opinion on President Cleveland’s m*-s
--stage to congress on the Venezuelan matter.
The governor's reply was. in substance, as
| follows:
"1 am not prepared tn be Interviewed on
, tiie subject, having just read tiie message
very hurriedly; but will say I am heartily
in favor of enforcing the Monroe do, trine.
I am not posted as to whether or not its
principles are involved in the controversy
between Gr-at Britain and Venezuela, but
suppose they—the president and Secretary
Vine,', arc.”
Believes England Will Back Down.
Montgomery. Ala., 1 ►x-emb- r 17.—(Special)
Governor t iates wtu, asked tonight wtiat he
I thought of Mr. Cleveland’s Venezuelan
' message.
t "I ridorse every word of it,” replied the
; governor. “The president takes a patriotic
'p< sition. His opinion is pointed. If con-
I gress stands by h ni, and I la-liere demo
i cr.its w .t'n n puli!a ans al.ke w 11 do so. it
• means that Englund must step back or a
i i ia‘i w.li result. In my judgment Great
Brttun will s-l'-i't the former course. 1
believe the American P' ople will almost
solidly approve the pres dent's declarations
in tii'- matter, difivr with li.:n as they may
on other propositions.”
Six Steel Battleships.
Washngton, December la. .or. Hale to
' day introduced in the senate a bill author
izing the president to have construct'd by
; contract to the lowest responsible bidder
■ six . eagoing eoast line steel battleships of
about 11,'tW tons fiisplacment, designed to
carry the heaviest armor and the most
pow-rfui ordnance, ami of the higitest rate
of speed, to cost SI,iKi,'IOO each, and for
twenty-live torpedo boats to cost sl7i>.obo
each. Not more than two of the battle
ships, nor more than six of the torpedo
I boats are to be built on the Pacific coast,
nor more than two of either class built in
one yard.
When is a child's hair like a house?
When it is shingled.
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Name the Commission.
Washington, December IS.—lmmediately
after the reading of the journal in the
house this morning Mr. Hitt, republican, of
Illinois, asked unanimous consent for the
present consideration of a bill which he
sent to the desk and had read. It appro
priated <IOO.OOO for the payment of the ex
penses of the commission suggested by
President Clev. land in his message yester
day for the purpose of determining th* tru*
divisional line between Venezuela and
British Guiana. Tiie reading of the bill was
follow, >1 by applause.
Mr. Bout, lie, republican, of Maine, ask*d
if it were the intention to pass the bill
without debate.
Mr. Hitt stat- 1 tiiat that was his desire.
Mr. Boutelie said he hoped that in view
of the vast importance and serious gravity
of the consequences that might grow out of
the passage of the bill Hie iious, would pro
ceed in a decorous and deliberate manner
in the consideration of this matter. The
message of the president upon the subject
was read to the house only yesterday and
he did not believe that the me mbers of the
house were so fullj- advised of the matter
as they should be when call' d upon to act
definitely upon the proposition. (Numerous
voices, “W.- are ready.”) Gentlemen near
him, Mr. Bouteile said, declared their readi
ness to proceed, "but,” he continued. “I do
no ill service to the honor and dignity ot
my country when I ask the gentlemen on
this side of the house to proceed with
decoruin due a matter of such great re
sponsibifity, affecting the welfare, probably
of the two great English-speaking nations
of th.- world.”
Bouteile Desires Proper Caution.
Mr. Bouteile said that he iiad been
charged w in being a jingo, whatever that
might be, and he did not think it was neces
sary for him to state wherever he was
known that should congress and the presi
dent find themselves in a position where
they felt it necessary to call the country to
arms he would not be found lagging
behind. The press this morning, he said,
brought to the house notice that In the
consideration of this affair the members
should take counsel of their calmness and
delibcr ition. The eyes of all the people, he
said, w ere upon the house and senate this
day. and to this matter the members ought
to give as ryicli eve-’ ; l**r-'tit-,, a-- wou* I la
sand dollars. He hoped that th* bill would
lie sent to a committee in the regular way
to be th .r.irg-hly digested there and then
report, d to the house.
Speaker Heed asked if Mr. Bouteile ob
jeetel and he replied that he did not. but
simply suggested the hope that the bill
might be sent to a committee. The speaker
asked if there was an objection to the im
mediate consideration of the bill and no
objections materialized.
Mr. Hitt Explains the Resolution.
"Mr. Speaker, appreciating all that was
said by the g, ntl man who l as just taken
his seat,” slid Mr. Hilt, "and the patriotic
impulse tiiat led him to make ins r*-niarks,
1 desire to say only a word in explanot.on
of the b“l at.d its purp .se, which I trust
will satisfy every one in this house—ami
1 say it without m< nLoning this side of
the house or tiiat side. I hope we have not
two sides of the house w:.en it com.-s to
a questi :t of this kind. ti. >ud appiauise.)
The president on yester lay .-' tit a message
to this house, at the conclusion of the read
ing of which the house adjourned, and tbcra
was no time for action; and it might have
been deemed precipitate to have taken ani’
at that time; tut w~ have examined it
after hearing- it read from the desk. After
a general discussion in that message of
doctrines, policies and national interests,
there ia a request made directly by the
executive of tiiis house for action to aid
in the exercise of his executive functions.
Purely an Executive Function.
“It is purely an ex- utii function to as
certain all tne facts relaiing to any ques
tion ot negotiating with a foreign coun
try. The gravity of ttie case is such that
the president sugg* sts a mode of determin
ing a cardinal question in the controversy,
and he asks us to co-operate with him by
enabling him t app .nl three men to ex
amine the records and evi. -nee of the
facts involved. 1 this contention between
tiie two great governments the first fact for
us to remember as patriotic Americans is
that the success of o»r country in its con
tention depends above all upon cur pre
senting a united front, so that all Ameri
cans shall appear to be one, and that our
government shall speak for all the people
of the United States (applause), and by the
prompt response of th.- people's represen
tatives here in according this small sum
of money to pay the expenses of
an Investigation which tho president says
shall b- carefully and judicially made,
o:i'i with til •« a.st del; y | . a sug-
gestion which 1 am sure was made in g" "1
faith and will be so carr. <1 out by an
. >Ti .-"I •.resi.h'tL We r:n.-. in ti.al
spirit which becomes Americans, and
pr .mpt'.v grantit.g the a;..>. ot>i iaiion—th--
spectacle will lie pn-sent-.l of a republic
*
All Must Move Smoothly.
“In n-gnt it. s s ..f th ! s . h .rater any
officer charged with the duty of r pr ant
ing this government is hampered and his
oppon, nt is en - utiraged l.y every word of
dissent that comes from his home. Every
criticism behind the officer’s back puts
him at a disadvantage, and b- -itati n by
congress. tiie posii-oning of this simple
question of an appropriation t-> aid the
president in p-rforming an executive func
tion. would l>e construed by tiie British
press and the British government as evi
dence that th* people of the United States
were net b-hind the president; that his ac
tion in the matter had some relation to
party tactics, and that h- did not speak the
voice of the American people. Lot us an
swer and do our duty, all of is, r.ow. \V"
shall have long days in which to discuss
the Monroe doctrine and the exact words
In which it should be formulated, if we do
not agree with the precis.' terms in which
Mr. Oln y or the president has put It.
But on this matter discussion only con
fuses and gives aid and comfort to those
across the sea. Any disclosure of dissent
I here —and at bottom there is really non*—
or th* ti; pearance of dissent, would not at.l
but would hamper those who are clothed
by the constitution with tiiis great duty.
I I hope, therefore, that the house will pro
ceed to pass the bill without delay. 1 have