The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-11-30
THE COMING MESSAGE
POINTS OF THE STATE DOCUMENT
President Arthur will Submit 10 Congres-Th,
Z. Dlsttnctloa Between the South American
Policy OF the Executive and that u
Mapped out By Mr.. Blaine. *

New fonH, November ga Washing
ton special to the Sun, which bears evi
dence Of having been inspired by some on
close to the President, gives the iollowin
as the substance. OF what lie will say t.
Congress in his message next Monday OF
the vexed subject Of Our relations with tn
South American Republics, i
The special says the President will max,
clear tho difference between his own Soutl
American policy and that begun by Mr.
Blaine. This will be Of special interes
inasmuch M It is by no means unlikel,
that Congress may further examine into
Mr.. Blaine's peculiar conduct. The Presi
dent, OF course, will not refer to the Blain,
correspondence, although it has mostl,
been made public since the lates
message, but he wishes to- have
his own policy clearly understood
and set forth in IN official paper. The
President will say that he has desired thai
the representations OF the United States tc
Chill should be Of pacific and digniticd
character. He did not desire that Chill
should be led to infer that there we're any
covert threats when Mr.. Trescott asked
whether the arrest OF Calderon was intend
ed rs an insult to the United States. The
President will also suggest that the Monroe
doctrine does not, in bis view, extend tc
the prevention Of commercial undertaking.
which are the work Of private citizens
When, however, European Governments
enter the American continent for the pur
pose Of supplanting republican institutions
then It will be time enough to talk abou
the Monroe doctrine. 1EjJ
The President will not say ANYTHING
about the interoceanic canal schemes, ok.
cept to indicate his opposition to any
schemes which will involve the name Of
good faith Of the United States. He d ocs
not believe that De Lesseps should be
driven from the Isthmus by armed force,
He will express no hostility to the cuer.
getic Frenchman's plans, although he may
suggest that it would be u good thing for
the United States il the Dc Lesseps plan
wns met and matched by another CONTROL.
ed entirely by American capital. The
President believes that tho CIayton-Bul.
wer treaty, which gives England with our
selves, q joint control over any interoce-
anic canal that may be built across Central
America, should be modified, buth doubts
whether such modification can be secured
by bullying the British Government.
II negotiations should fail, this Gov
ernment could give the necessary six
months notice, and terminate the protec.
torate. The President, however, does think
that any canal across Central America
should be jointly protected by the United
States and the country through which il
passes. He does not think that the treaty.
can i'll any way affect tile Panama route,
and that, in fact, it could only affect u
route which, will never be adopted, that
across Nicaragua, under the grant Of 1919.
lie believes also that the United States is
ut liberty to offer its solo protectorate to
any canal that may be built. He will cx.
press his hope Of an early and amicable
understanding with Great Britain. N
The President will dismiss Mr.. Blainc's
grand International Congress scheme with
the simple suggestion that it is the policy
OF the United States to permit other gov
ernments to make the first advances in this
respect. fsig. 5lt,E;lJ6 $ltiEl6 D.