The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-18
TNN OLNEN LETTER.

| His Researches Result IN Evidences to
support tho President.
Accompanying the presidents message
" the correspcnderto on the subject. II
starts with Secretary oiney'a now cole
hratcd note. opening the negotiations with
Great iri'aln looking to the arbitration
| or tho boundary dispute bears date OF
July 20 last and is addressed TO MIR. Bay.
| ard.
Tho secretary begins by stating that tho
| president has given much anxious thought
to the subject and has no, reached j,
conclusion without a lively sense OF rren,
Importance as wen as OF the serious DOS.
slhllity involved IN any action now TO bc
taken
He thon comments on tho long duration
OF tho boundary dispute, tho "indcnutto''
I clalmH OF both parties and the "continuuus
CROWN OF undchued British claims" tha
lhte OF the ynriouN attempts az ArhittA-
ion o. me controversy aud tho part IN
tho matter hcrctnfnro taken by the United
STATS lie Shove that the British clnima
since the SchoniherE line was run have
moved the frontier OF British t;uinnn
faster aud faRtor 10 the westward OF
,ho ilno proposed by Lord Aberdeen In
Tho secretary then summarizes the
SITUATION az the beginning Tor thH yenr
l. Tho utic to territory Of indefinite hut
c"li'Asedly very large extent rs Ia dispute
hetwvHu Great Britain nnd Venezuela.
AZ no dlsptrlty in strength of tie par
Tics " such that Venezuela can hopc to
establish her clnim only through peace
ful methods.
., Tho controversy has existed for half
n century, dospite NcneauelA'H efforts TO
establish n boundary.
& Ncnczucll has Tor u quarter or
century striven Tor arbitration.
b. Great Britain has continually refused
cNceni upon the rcnunciatiun In hor Inyor
OF a lhrpu part OF Ncncnuola'a clnima
tM.f A. ..N...
qucnt intcrposNion OF good offices TINT
The controversy rs one IN which iui honor
ana IT, interests are involved ana the
continuance of which Il can not rrEHrd
with Indifference
This Watus, the socrctaty saws cumpels
those charged with the interests of tho
United StHtca ITO decide to what extent |
u any the liniicd states may and should
lntNt ven" ~ ~ controversy hNlWecn hnl |
primarily concerning only Great Britain |
and Venezuela ana To decide how FAR n |
~ bound 10 zee that the integrity o. Nour- |
Huclau territory ia not impaired hv tho |
AFRO any such right aud duty duvolvol |
upon the United s,atoH2 II not the |
United states has already dono MI. n |
mental iutctcat IN tho nfrnira ~ thu coun-
tries juHiifi"a aud To push ~ intcrpos-
tion further would he uul,ccnminG and I'M
dgnificd and might well subject # 10 tho
charge of impcrtient intermcddling with |
hnairs with which It has no original con
ON the other hnnd their due exercise |
and discharge win not permit OF any ac- ,
hon that Hhnll not he efficient, ana that |
II mo power Of the United states IL nde-
quatc shall not result, of the accomplish
mont or tho end In view
Tn" qucNticn thus presented, ms u mat
ter Of principle and regard being had 10
tho unpcttlod Nptinrni policy, doea not
seem difficult Of solution Yet the mo-
fnrnfpuN practical conscuucnccN dependcnt |
upon ~ determination require that II
should be carefully censdorcd ana IN"
should he fhly and frankly stated
Tho secretary lays n down as ramon
or international law That nation may
Justly iuicrroac. In a controversy be
lone or proposed he u direct menace SO |
ia own integrity, tranquility or welfare
The prrprinty at tho rule when applied |
IN good talth WIZ not be qu~h!onol IA
any quarters though he fnYR II has given
Z wide Hcop" and too often uadc cloak
Tor r,h homes OF VA+iton HpOilniiyn and ng-
srHndigemput
This lcnda MIN MP 20 mn elaborate tc-
wow OF the M9nror doctrine. SECRETARY
llncy stating that this proposition that
Amrricn f. In most parts Oprn 60 coiuuyn-
ion has been long conceded says oar
liic1tinn NJ ~" Monroe d0"iriuo. VIZ that |
American non-lntrrvnntipn ln Europs
leccssarily implies European non-intcr-
IGNITION IN American affairs, the dlHregnrd
" which by any European puwor 81 TO ,
lc deemed an act Of uufricndlinchs tuwnrd
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