Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-27
LONDON CABLE LETTER England Has Her Hands Full at
 Present. ANOTHER UL,TlMATUM OUT The King of Ashantee Will Have to Knuckle
 Under.
ENGLAND CLAIMS TO BE AMERICAN
United States to Inforce the Mon- roe Doctrine = English
 Press Opinions.

1 London, Oct .26.-(Cable Letter.)-In
 the absence of home events which might 1 furnish material for newspaper discus
 sion, the papers supporting the govern
 ment are indulging in a prolonged and
 belicose chorus of comments on all the foreign happenings in which Great Brit 1 ain is interested. In the meantime the l government is on the eve of opening an l other little war. The ultimatum recently l sent to the king of Ashantee which he | was given until the end of October to | answer, has met with a prompt response 1 in the negative unless there are further I negotiations. Great Britain not being l disposed to further argue her demands,
 an expedition will start inland from the i gold coast in November for Coomassie, l the capital of Ashantee. The ultimatum l forwarded by the government demands l that a British agent and an armed es- l cort reside in the capital, the demand be- l ing based on the charge that the king permits human sacrifice, contrary to his I treaty obligations. The king objects to l having a British agent in his domin- l ions, believing that this would be the l first step towards annexation. None Of l the English papers have a word to say l against the expedition, but the Aborig- l ines Protective society is beginning to l raise its voice in behalf of the native l Ashantee.
 1 Similarly the papers are almost unan 1 imous in their expressions with regard to l the dispute with Venezuela. The papers | declare that the different frontiers are | due to Venezuelan aggression, and that I the Schomburg line Is now the minimum 1 frontier. So far as the Monroe doctrine
 is concerned, Sir George Baden-Powell | and other conservative members or the I house of commons have taught the press I of their party an ingenious argument. I The papers on Wednesday last publish. | ed letter from Sir George Baden-Powell, I in which he said that Great Britain was
 an established American power In the | West Indes and all the great Canadian hsyiuminious long before the United States. came into existence, and in British Hon l duras and British Guinea since early Tn this century. British interests were dom- teed in America before the United states | was ever dreamed of. It is as an Amerl-i can power that Great Britain has the duty privilege of working with other, American powers to enforce the respect | for international obligations and to pro | mote the prosperity of those portions or | the American continent for Which she | is responsible. The greater portion or
 the press. both conservative and liberal, | is begining to develop this idea with par | rot-like complacency. The only notapie | hostile voice is that of the Tablet, the l recogniZed and influential organ Of the Catholics. After asking why Great Brit | ain persists in her refusal to arbitrate the | duestions in dispute, the Table today | nroceeds to say that as there cannot be | an independent future for British set
 tiement In South America, there could De l no objection to allowing Venezuela to I purchase the British rights. This sugges- I tion fell needless on British ears, for, as the Speaker today says, the British are | destined to witness revival or Jingolsm | and for the moment the antl-Jnso party | is virtually defunct.
 The Snectator today says it believes | that most thoughtful Englishmen respect | and approve the essential part or the | Monroe doctrine and do not desire to
 challenge or prevent it's operation. | The Sheffield Telegraph, the organ Of Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett and the ultra tories, goes a step further and makes the l amazing statement that report was current in Washington Friday that the | British government Is desirous Of enter | ing into an alliance with the United | States to enforce the doctrine against | other nations The proposed alliance, according to the report, would include | provision for the joint construction Of | the Nicaraguan canal by the allies. IL can be stated that nobody places any | reliance in this report. In fact, nothing has been done in regard to Venezuela | since MT Joseph Chamberlain, the secre- | tary of state for the colonies. went to the continent. He is now at Gibralta.
 Probably nothing will be done in the mat | for until he returns to London, which he | Id expected to do on the 2d of November. l 7Prime Minister Salisbury is closely l watching the actions of Russia and takes very little interest in the Venezuelan dis | pute. beyond giving his approval to MT. | Chamberlain's conduct Of the Br1tlsh l side of the case. MT. Chamberlain is un- l commonly tenacious of purpose and is | accustomed to having his own way. He does not love the United States over | much though his wife Is an American. but beyond his schemes for the expan- sion of British commerce his present hob l by Is the development of Africa. It is not likely that he will entangle himself | in a quarrel with the United States. If l the latter persists in urging arbitration l between Great Britain and Venezuela he l will probably consent to this course be- l ing taken, otherwise the cabinet might | outvote him on the subject, and the inn l pression grows that England has been I little too free lately in sending ultimat- ums.
 | ists, today complains against the govern | ment for multiplicity of its ultimatums, | and in doing so the paper reflects the | average public opinion.
 | The Right Hon. George N. Cursor, par l liamentary secretary of the foreign of- | flee boasted in speech the other day 1 that the tories, since they came into | power, had greatly bettered Great Brit aims position in the world. The Inde- | pendence Beige of Brussels, which is al- ways an impartial critic of Great Britain, 1 denies this, and asks: What are the l powers that Great Britain's recent men, | acing actions have not alienated?" The Times has recently complained of | the growing hostility in influential Rus | sian circles toward Great Britain. and l the Independence Beige saws that if this | word hostility be replH cea Us "coldness | and defiance" the Times would have the l exact gauge of actual sentiments of Eu- 1 rope. and perhaps the world, towards ] the British nnlicv. The naDer asks: "Is