Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-17
SALISBURY'S SOPHlShS
s,,ultd by Irresistible Logical ArGu'
msntS.
vuy PRESIDENTS PROPOSITION.
-, the United states Ascertain the
Hsundary Linz anu Resist
Further Aggression.

WAsuSaroE, Dec. l7.-FollOwing
thu message of President Cleveland
On the ventzuela dispute;
10 Congress;
In my annual message addressed 10
Congress on the third instant, l called
attention to the pending boundary con-
uoysry between Great Britain and
tue Republic OF Venezuela and reoited
the ,ubs,Ancs OF tho representation
made BY this government to her Brit
lanlo maIosty's government, tuggest-
Ing the reasons why such disputes
should be submitted to arbitration Tor
e,ll,ment. and inou'ring whether 1t
would be 10 submitted.
The ansWer Of the British govern
msnt which was then awaited has
,lucs been received aud together with
the dispatch to which II ~ n reply, 10
hereto appended. Such replyis embed.
lad in two communications addressed
BY the British primo minister 10 Sir
Julian Pauncefote, the British am.
bassAdor at this capital. IL Will be
tesn that one OF these communications
IL devoted exclusively to observations
upon the Monroe doctrine and the
claims that In the present instance
rev and strange extension and devol'
epmeni Of this doctrine IL inslstod on
b. tho United States, and that the
reasons Of juslifying An appeal to the
docliins enumerated by President
Monroe are generally lnapplicable "to
The state OF things In which We live
At the present day" and especially In
applicable to the controversy involv-
ing the boundary line between Great
Britain and Venezuela.
Without attempting extending ar
Rumenls In reply 10 tnose positions, u
may not be- amisa 10 suggest that the
gOclfine upon which wei stand In strong
and sound, because It's enforcement IN
Important TO our peace and safety ~ n
nation and IL essential to tho integrity
n cur free Institutions Azd the tran
qull maintenance OF our distinctive
form Of government. IL was In.
tended TO apply 10 every stage
VI our national life anu can
not become obsolete while our Repub-
lia endutes. II the balance Of power
iiIutily cause for Jealous anxiety
amonK the governments OF the OLD
world Aud subject ior our absolute
non.intefierence, none the LEES IL the
observance OF the Monroe doctrine OF
vital concern 10 our people anu their
government.
Assuming, therefore, that we may
properly insist upon tho doctrine with.
out regard to "tho state Of things In
which We liVe,o or any changed COM
tlli0ns here or elaewhere, II IL not
appafent why Its APPLICATION may not
DO Invoked In the present controversy.
IL \ European power, by extension OF
ita boundaries, takes possession OF the
titnlOry Of one OF our neighboring
republics against It's will anu In dero-
cation Of It's rights, II 10 difficult 10
tee why, 10 that extent, such European
luwef does not thereby attempt 10 OK.
tinl its system OF government 10 that
portion OF this continent which IL thus
laken. Thia Ia the precise action which
Ptesident Monroe declared 10 BIO dan.
Eti0us 10 our peacs anu safety" and II
can make no difference whether the
European system IL extended by m
Alyancr Of from tier or otherwise.
IL Is also suggested In the British
ltply that We should not seek TO apply
lhr Monroe doctrine TO tho ponolng dis.
pule, because II does not embody any
principle Of international law which
Wis lOuuded on the general consent OF
nations" and "that no statesman,
however eminent, and no nation, how
ever powerful, arc oOmpetent 10 insert
Into the codS OF international law q
novel principle which was never rec.
ognlzed before and which has moi
since been accepted by the government
uiany other country"
Practically, the principle for which
contend has n peculiar II not ex'
elusive relation 30 the United Slater,
~ may not have been admitted Ia 10
many words TO the code OF internatiOn'
NJ law, hut since In international c0un'
clls every nation In entitled 10 the
nights belonging 10 it, II the enforce
Inent OF the Monroe doctrine IL some
lhlng we may Justly claim, II IA,
Us place In the cOue Of iLteTrA tiona
Jaw "a certainly and as securely
Is u u were specifically mentioned
Anl when the United States Ia auiioI
hgiolo tho high tribunal that ad'
ministers international law, the ques
Ton 10 be determined II whether OIL
AoI We present claims which th'
usll leo OF that code OF law can IND Il
lie fight ana valid.
lhe Monroe doctrine hnds its recog
h'Ii9n IA those principles OF interna
lOnal law which are based upon th'
lhoory that every nation shall have III
Eh's protected ana Ito just claims en
forced.
oi course, this government Ia en-
Ntely confident that under tho sanction
"l lhls doctrine wO have clear right
hun un0oubled claims. Nor 10 TIL
'snoied Ia the British reply. III