Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-24
TALK OF THE WAR
That May or May Not Eventuate
with England.
REMARKS MADE BY MEN OF NOTE

All In Favor of Uncle Sam Keeping SIN
Upper Lip-h"'"ereit Hearfp 8 In Favor
Of That troiiey-rnsian|. Generally In r,ad
Odor-Henry Goor re'. Meeting No. n B,p
s"oee's-'~ -,es Frederick Adams aud
Lyman ..sbe.t speak.
Nm YORK, Dec. 2L-Opinions rs to the
sfus,ion in tho Venezuelan case are eagerly
songht by reporters here, and when any
boiy who Ia anybody comes to town he is
asked to state his views. Among those
interviewed yesterday were Chairman
Carter. Of the Republican national COM
ntt'cc. who simply said that the proposed
commission was not TO settle the boundary
question but to obtain Information. Ma
ior Gillespie, OF Colorado, said IL would be
scttled without war, but IL war came tho
wsst would supply million soldiers to
Invade Canada. General Wiley, Of Gov
ernor Morton's staff, said we could put
1,00,Oo1 trained soldiers In the field In
thrco months.
Hooseycit stands by the President.
Police Commissioner Roosevelt said he
could not too heartily indorsc Clcveland's
message. He had no faith In Englsnd's
honor and hoped no body OF reputable
citizcns would take issue with the presi.
dents position. said he: II hope there
viii be no back down. We should stand
right up to tho position we have taken.
No consideration, personal, political or f.
nancial should influence any of our peo-
pie. We should stand right behind the
president and congress. and demand that
the position wc have assumed shall be
Kept a. all hazards. We earnestly hope
THAI there will be no war, but far worse
than any war would DO peace purchased
ut the cost Of any loss of national self re-
spcct."
Refers to "fify-rour Forty OF TIght.-
Charles Foster, of Ohio, said he indorsed
Clevcland's stand. Things are not go.
Ing to end this time IA they did In 1914
when England blufrcd us out Of big
strip of land In the northwest. Tho Dem
ocrats then carried on their banners the
words, "Fifty.four forty or fight" They
had as clear u title to tho land in aucs.
ton Us could have been conceived of, but
they finally yielded to the blustcr Of the
British lion and lost 800 miles Of sea coast
and all the territory to the east for 1000
miles" Senator Pcttigrcw. of South Da-
bride Venezuela to drop the rat,cr, or buy
Che disputed territory. That was more
probable than war. England was grcnt
bully ana robbcr. Rcfcrring TO Alaska
he said: Now, think we should si,uply
drive the English OH Of our Alaskan ter
ritory with soldiers and not wait for any
arbitration or diplomacy"
The Anti-Messagc Gathe ring.
Last night the meeting called by Henry
George and Others attracted about l,lUO
people to Cooper Union. u llrg, portion
of whom were opposed to the objects Of
the meeting. Ernest Howard Crosby
presided. He spoke of the Monroe doctrine
ns follows: I'VE arc here to assert all that
stands for the dignity of the American
people and To- countcrnct the froth at the
mouth that has become epidemic and
sccms to have taken hold Of the people.
We are hero to protest against the errors
of the president of these United States"
prolonged Misses and applause The
tumult that followed seemed for the mo-
mont ns II It would break up tho meeting.
Cries OF Put him out" Get out" and
tho like were heard from all parts Of the
hall. Meantime the Kisses and applause
continued.
Defines the Monroe Doctrine.
Just as quiet had been restored the
speaker continues: "What is the Monroe
doctrincp II Is not the doctrine Of Mon
roe; it Is not the doctrine of Grover Cicvc-
land. IL Is the doctrine rs interpreted in
American history. When l was inves-
tgating Egypt I was scandalizcd to find
that Egypt paid an annual tribute of s3,-
0Oo,0O annually for which it received no
return from Turkey, TO which IL was paid, :,
and who was stealing It. In the past we
have not been much better OF. Have we
not stolen California and Arizonas Wild
chccrsl. Have we not stolen Tcxas!''
VIEWS or REV. LYMAN AERoTr.