Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-24

supporters may DraCe MIN up anu SO no gOou
in the end. Radical as NJ. Bourgeois is he
is not socialistic IN the Jaures sense, and.
like other ministers who have come to power
with radical views and aims, circumstances
may yet force him into conservatism.
There are two conflicting reports about the
Waller case. According TO one, MIR. Olney
made an offer Of settlement. involving Mr..
Walters release, which the French govern
ment refused. According to the other, Mr..
Oney is satisfied that Mr.. Waller was reg
ularly tried and rightly convicted. The two
stories are reconcllable, IL you suppose that
Mr.. Olney would be willing to accept Mr..
Walters release as an act of comfy and
waive all claim for indemnity.
NOT so DEEPLY INTERESTED.
Some idea OF the real nature Of the in
terest taken in Venezuela by the American
press and people generally may be gathered
from the interest taken in the Venezuelan
revolution. There has been a revolution for
a little more than week, in the newspapers
certainly, and to some extent in Venezuela.
1t has been subdued several times, and this
morning the rebels are completely sur
rounded in the mountains near Barcelona.
President Crespo has supplied bulletins on
one side and DR.. Rojas Paul, from the con-
venient seclusion Of Curacao, on the other.
The fate Of the Venezuelan government has
been at stake not merely portion of terri
tory, but perhaps the very existence OF the
republic so dear to us-"so very DEAR, as
Mr.. Choate said of another part oft he world,
yet there has not been ripple OF excitement
In the United States 1t appears that
Venezuela is an object OF concern to us only
when the Monroe doctrine can be invoked
In her behalf One aim and purpose of the
Monroe dictrine was nevertheless the well
fare of the Central and South American
states, to which it might become applicable.
Hardly less remarkable is it that even the
Venezuelan controversy with England has
almost dropped out Of sight, and there have
been no fresh declarations of war on private
or on national account.
NEITHER SIDE GAINED,
1t may be doubted whether the events OF
the week have improved the position either
Of the New York Yacht club Of Lord
Dunraven. The yacht club has appointed
strong committee with power apparently
not only to inquire into Lord Dunraven's
charges. but to take such action in the mat
ter as II may think best. The names OF
Messrs. Pierpont Morgan, Whitney and in
a less degree, Rives, command confidence,
but IL they sit as a tribunal they will sit
as judges in their own cause. They repre-
sent the New York Yacht club and the club
itself declares by its resolutions that its
honor and dignity are involved. If, how
ever, the committee will put itself, as l be-
lieve it does today, in communication with
the Royal Yacht squadron, it may escape all
suggestion of partialty. This is an inter-
national dispute. If we care to have it set
tied to the satisfaction of both nations it
must be by an international tribunal repre-
sentng both nations fairly. Lord Dunraven
has scored point by Offering to come over
here and testify. His offer surprised the
yacht club. 1t is thought in England most
natural that he should come and that he
could not do less than offer. What he has
since said at Cardiff in long speech at
public dinner in his honor does not add
much to his pamphlet. He vindicates his
good faith, but leaves his Judgment as dis
pu able as ever. / never understood why
Lord Dunraven's good faith was questioned,
nor why he should be condemned for act
ing on his undoubted belief. That he should
have acted sooner may be admitted. That
he should not have brought charges without
evidence is certain. But who knows what
evidence he has and why should a case
affecting to some extent the good will be-
tween England and the United States be
tried in the newspapers while the facts are
still unknown? We all think Lord Dunraven
will BE- proved in the wrong, but we need
not hang him first and try him afterward.
GOODBYE. KEIR HARDIE.
Keir Hardie departs with a curse on his
lips for the country which has forgotten all
about him. He exhorts us to become social
lists and menaces us with the rifles of dis
contented cowboys If we do not. AS more of
this nonsense will be heard when he gets
home, it may be worth while to repeat that
Kcir Hardie is a thoroughly discredited man
in England, and that his followers among
English workingmen are weak minority.
GEORGE w. SMALLEY.