The San Francisco call., 1895-12-19

Bismarck are in eclipse; France has no
great man in sight; Salisbury has only
sporadic experience; and the philosophers
turn to, this country and Mr.. Cleveland for
an example OF those high qualities which
attract the worlds attention. The writer
is an American"
Judge j. E. Daily said: "The Monroe
doctrine is sound and applies to just this
case If to any. The position taken by
President Cleveland is strictly American,
manly and upright, and more than that
he voices the sentiments of the people.
AS to the enforcement of this doctrine it
should be done at any cost in order to up
hold and maintain the honor and standing
of this Nation If Great Britain does not
keep her hands off she should be made to
do SO. As to the appointment of a COM
mission as suggested by the President,
that deals with the manner in which the
end should be accomplished. While the
United States assumes that the little South
American neighbor is being imposed upon
by powerful European power the case
is not one for supposition but one for in
vestigation. If we go into this fight we
must have the matter fully looked into SO
as to be able to show to the world the
basis upon which we are fighting. But
such matters are simply the details. The
main question is shall we uphold the Mon
roe doctrine as advised by the President? :?
l say yes, every time, and this time in
particular"
Charles III. Jackson, the Attorney Gen.
erals assistant, has given much study to
international law and particularly to the
Monroe doctrine now being so widely dis
cussed. He said that the Presidents mes
sage is an enunciation of the Monroe doc
trine as interpreted by the American peo-
pie. While it may not specify such case
or circumstance as the present controversy
the spirit of the article applies directly to
the case in question. He added:
"This Nation has been bulldozed long
enough by the British, and the masses are
getting tired of having Uncle Sam sit COM
placently by and let England have her
own way in everything. We want to fight,
and more than that we want to fight Great
Britain. We have long list of old scores
to settle. and tie people have reached that
point where they want to have the score
wiped out by giving the British another
good thrashing. After the Bluefelds
troubles and several other controversies
there is an idea prevailing in the minds of
the British, and may say among all the
civilized nations, that the United States
is afraid to stand by her colors and fight.
This bulldozing on Englands part has
gone too far, and / hope the American
people will not stand it any longer but
fight it out"
General John McComb said concerning
the threatened war: 1.-The people have
wanted it for long time, and | am glad of
this opportunity for them to fulfill their
dssires. The Presidents message voices
the sentiment of the people, and jingoism
cuts no figure in the position he has taken.
1t is above and entirely outside of party
lines, and with the American people [
indorse the action. If it means war then
let 1T be war, and l am not uneasy about
the termination of the fight"
1t was in no uncertain language that
Major Thomas ]. Blakeney, superintendent
of the United States Llfe-saving Service of
the Twelfth District, expressed himself:
II DO not believe that the United States
should go to the trouble or lose the time
in having commission investigate
matter that every public man in this
country is familiar with. The general
public fully understands the situation,
which is that this is only another move ON
the part of the British to secure more ter
ritory for nothing, as she has been doing
for years. am in favor of beginning the
circus by sending warships down to Vene-
zuela and telling the British to keep their
hands off or fight.
''The British Government has attempted
to wrest from puny nation, and our
sister republic, territory to which it has
no right, and it will not even consent to
arbitrate as to the rights in the premises,
but takes by force of arms If necessary.
1.-THE same thing was done with this
country back in the forties-I believe when
Polk was President of the United States.
The British by their tricks and bulldozing
tactics took Vancouver Island away from
US as soon as they realized that it was a
valuable property.
"Look at the recent and, may say, pres
ent Alaskan boundary controversy. The
old boundary was never disput ed until it
was found that very rich gold deposits had
been discovered IN Alaska. Then the
British lion reaches out his paw and slaps
it over our most valuable portion of Alas
kan possessions. If matters go on at this
rate it will not be long before the British
will find an old boundary line and take it
in Maine,S Montana or a few of the valu-
able Pacific Coast States.
When asked if he considers the United
States strong enough at present to meet
the forces of England on land and water
Major Blakeney answered.:
I'VE never have been in such strong
position before. The British warships
could destroy few small cities on the At
lantic Coast, but the big cities would be
amply protected by American warships.
AS to the Pacific Coast there need be no
fear of trouble. The United States would
seize Victoria ana Vancouver Island for
the first move, and that would deprive the
British of one of their best coaling stations
in the world and give them to the United
States. 1t would also give us one of the
best drydocks on the coast. Deprived of
these two necessaries British feet would
be powerless and useless on this coast. We
have ample Notifications and harbor de-
fense vessels to protect San Francisco and
Puget Sound ports. We would have no
difficulty in capturing our neighbors' pos