The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-13
ZEE RECAIL OF LORD EiPlER.
TIE Argto-French Aiii.oce and tho UNlted
ssaseH-Why was Lord napier Recalled L.
tnra ~ Position oh Affairs tn Ccnssa.

We believe we are correct announcing ths recall Of
Lord Napier foH the mission al Washington fhe
a~s,rned cause is his ordenip's tendency favor tho
Monroe doc.rnn Nj. Iyops, " ~ unierstool, nm D.
iromo,ed from Naples England In tns dotted
tsats. small II gsh squa,iio ON B W DC hsahoncd lor
the present 81 Panama.
From the London Globe, Nov. 20
The ko,nlEg Iost oi today contains statement TO the
Ell ct that Id Napier has been recalled om hs MISSION
TO the United States and thai the assigned cause hts
kIothips Lidency 10 favor tho Monroe docI,ne"
We have authority for affirming tnat sha STATE
mcnt of our nt.mpo,My In incorrect Lord Nap,or s.
ab. vi tD be removed Washington TO represent hos
Aaes,y at European cou'i but The change 10 one tn
regular of diplomatic iTomooo AMI arssss from
diss atsacon the Iat OF the with ms
duct az uplLions III iha Unltei Siats Ws have caam
30 fepesen, the views OF ner Msw's present advisers,
b.tps tbs snstaucs VIZ have excellent to know
hat the lmcnt 81 iai from ceDsurng Lora Naprr
r'nsdef tat the zr ani ability be has always shown Ia
the performance m his public duties enute hlm
TO their b,st consideration Our contemporary
adds, We believe WITH g1ol foundation, taat Nj
l., ols will succeed IDra Napier at Washington. Mr.
Lyons now her Maj.siys representative AT Florence
(Trom the iondon Express, Nov. 23.l
II s not tue MA, Lord Napier Minister 10 the I'm ted
Sass, has been IN any way ccnsured superseded ny
hs government The fact, we understand rs tDat his
ordshp has been promoted Minister puentiary the
Court Of Berlin.
Prom the London Herald Government organ) Nov ~ /
MorDIR contemporary yesterday announced that
lord Napier has been reoaied of drouccs OF
apnion WITH her snj atys government, We have aatho
ny Tor denying ihe accuracy Of h's statement The pro
babe removal Of Lord Napier ~ European post IS MT
tapsed ~ any Dissatisfaction On The part et the government
eGh h o dsh's ,anns conduct IA The U.sted States
HIS appointment 10 a European MISSION is in the regular
course OF diplomatic notion the zeal and ability which
he has always shown In the pcrfor Of his paoiie
duty having entitled his orfshp 10 the best consideration
Of her Msjesty's government.
from tie London News, Nov. 25l
II is understood that Lori Napier goes 70 Berlin, the
OF Lord Bloomfield who retires pension.
Tie idle 1gmeDt Of Ministerial dsappreDation which
contemporary, 10 longer inspired, has fecliously
vented receives Itself nto the merted promotion Of
1aous and accomplished public servant who, without
.s1Na h.,
uspect Of the American government, and conciaed the
regard and egieep, of susceptible knsmen beyond
tie Atlantic. FIJI mness without arrogance IN tnc conduct
Of cla business snaviy and tat public ana private
inter course and generously frank expression OF sympa
'by and good will ,bose festive occasions when even
diomatst permitted TO speak from the instructions OF
bis heart have, believe, made Lord Naper's sojourn
at Washington fortunate one. and crowned his ebdei-
10 establish the relations betw, the kindred
peoples bass with fair Of success.
The post Of British Amhassadr to of the European
courts brings bm back once more to the ancient Of
dp macy and the change OF political atmosphere nc will
experience on ms return can only De compared TO the
change from the keen wind of the top the
prepared temperature Of conservatory or, let Us say
from the md Atlantic to a arisian salon. Let hope
that lord Napier win bear transpanng without injury
his liberal principles. The Beiin Embassy may b.
stdered ~ The high prizes u the d,rDaotic oi me
prese, moment, phtn The Prda nation Is ,rid 10 seal
He oliiGnce n tco po,ceR no,drches ruth alliance Of
tco free naiios We are as far as possible from d..
sirng that British diplomacy should be than a vig-
liant observer and an intelligent interpreter Of conli-
mental politics. we have had more than enough of aborve
but the sympathy ana the example OF England
be less nHsessonaby represented than al time when the
Dfst seeds Of representative institutions being commit
ted 80 the stf and stubborn soil Of aim nsiratvo
narchy and Mandarin bureaucracy Lord Napier returns
from New World oi boundess energy and immense
binop from The midst OF people exutng the fuiincss
Of youth and in the consciousness Of ilmtable des
ny Old World ovcrcrowded dislIusoned adcd and
polite. But 10 man who has served an apprenticeship
al Naples and Constantnopie this doeorous and J Old
World or ours has nothing TO teach. Perhaps American
democracy" reconcies a man Of taste and deli
sd' cd civilizations SnD ps1haps scs bSe ss'aas ,on,c
his frame Of mind. At all events an
interval Of diplomacy at Washington s bad initiation
for course of useful service at Berlin. II will no.
be the duy OF the British Ambassador 10 expaate Ber
lin on the nconvoIenccs OF popular government, ana tho
manifold dangers Of unlicensed press secret voting
and universal suffrage but his experiences or European
Courts tempered wh rocoiecousof the White ilousc will
enable him TO strike the balance OF exremes and to JUS
ufy the happy mean OF English principles.
[Pars correspondence Nov 22) OF the Ioadon PostI
have secn Interesting despsscbes the mssicn Of ST.
". O. 0useiey, hor nri,annic Msiesys Envey, now at
Nicaragua. The coronncs ef England a,d Efanos haze
cne,d 70 HPpot ne ind,rende,Se II nai YsJus,.c,
and, in spirit Of the Clayton Pulwcr treaty
oounicnanco tie project for cutting the Isihmus Of
Panana by French OF any other company which may be
accepted BY the Nicaragua and Coea ca States. There
s every reason 70 fear Mr Buchanan backs tho Monroe
policy of considering Washington the centre from which
al authority ought % radac and prevail throughout tho
whole continent OF America The government Of America
will, II y eulro~ed usr 90 the Isthmus Of Panama being
cue by an American company, and on America being the
paefna grardau of the passage which 10 unite the two
occns England aud Trance, bound by treaty 70 support
the independence Of Central America and pledged ~ tho
CayteEBulwer treaty wl perhaps be called upon sup
port their engagements What has been the conduct OF
lord Napier, her Maeety'g Ambassador In this AFFAIR."
not understand from the dispatches have seen that
his orosnip has supported Sir W g. ouseley; not, ho
has committed grave error, as the maintaining en-
garements sth the governments Of Central America Is
necessary i we are not prepared 10 give NJ all British
Possessions On thN continent.
[From the Lopdon Post, Nov 2a1
From recent Information il appears extremely probable
nf af
Central America about to occupy large share of the
attention of the public, both in Europe and the United
Sia.s We Of course alsado 70 the celebrated Monroe
doctrine and 90 the scarcely less celebrated Clayton u
Convention which, though signed in 1850, and subso-
qusnty ra hed ~ the Two goyefnnents successive aab
nets at Washington have up 70 the present time managed
various prctonces altogether 20 ignore aud repudate
We arst apply ourselves to the MonIoc doctrine viii
be rccoecie that the British government declined tn be
a party 20 the Congress held ut Verona 1897, which
ultimately cd ~ he armed Interference by France under
the sanction n the Holy Alliance, in the internal affairs Of
spain and 20 the overthrow uf the Spanish constitutional
tortes. AZ thai time carried by Span against
her revo,ed colonies IN America and the British govern
mcut not only protested against the French invasion ia
The peninsula, but declared IT, determination 70 remain
strictly neutral in the adding that any foreign
Power should JON with Spain in enterprise against her
cocnes, "such interference either by force menace
would be considered hy tnetsnd a motive for rccogntz
ing the ndcrs ndence 81 the latter without delay The
step thus boldly taken by Mr. Canning the drst de-
parture from the principlcs &C the Holy Aanccprnc
pies which had always been extremely unpopular ia this
country. The government Of The United states Influenced
should conslder any attempt the part og the allied
European Powers 10 extend their peculiar political
system ~ The American continent dangerous 20
the peace and safety OF the tinted states Pre-
sdent Monroe therefore, n hs 10 Congress of
the % Of December, 1925 gd down tho doctrine which
has generally been shortly described IN these words
" The North American continent, Tor the Americans =
What Mr. Monroe said wW.-" Our policy in regard TO
Europe, which was adopted at early ago Of the
which have 80 oDR agated that quarter ~ tho globe
nevertheless remains tie same, which H. interfere
~ the internal oonccfnt Of of is Po~oro consider
tie seyetumcut &c Jaos The legitimate government
20 cultivate friendly relations with t, preserve
those reis'icng by frank, lrm and manly policy:
meeting ~ All instances The just claims of every
fuvcr-submtting 20 miurios from none But
with regard H. thcsc coutnents circumstances are
cmineny ard ccrsy'cuoaaly different. II Il i'm
possible that the allied Powers should extend their
political ~ stem " any portion q either continent without
cndsnecilng our peace AMI hayfrncSs Nor can bc-
eyc that our southern brethren, IL icn 81 themselves
would adopt Of their o~n accord II Is equally mpos
sbe therefore rst we should behod such in,erposton
~ any form with inderenccr Tho doctrine originally
lad down ny Mr. Monroe simply prot 81 agans, tho
extension Of the principles OF tho Holy Alliance any por
ton cf the two continents Of America But tho year
1929 has received much larger and much more definite
reoftr oY A. T..gof