The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-08
SALlSBURYS REPLY A SECRET.
NO INTIMATION OF ITS NATURE YET
GIVEN OUT.

Against Submitting 10 Arbitration.
Members OF Congress Anxious TO
Learn It's Contents without Wait
ing for President CIeveIand's Re-
turn to Washington.
Washington, Dec 7.-At II o'clock to-
day Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British
ambassador, came to the state depart
ment, bearing, in one OF the characteristic
blue envelopes with the accompanying red
seal, which form the distinguishing fea-
lures of British diplomatic correspon-
dence, Lord Salisburys reply to Secretary
Olney's note in regard to the proposed
Venezuelan boundary arbitration. The
document was in print, with the usual
wide margin for notes, and printed in the
customary legible type pertaining to such
communications. The British ambassa-
dor was saved the necessity Of going
through the formula of reading TO Sec
retary Olney the exceedingly lengthy and
argumentative communication of which
he was made the official bearer by per-
ceiving that Secretary Olney himself had
a duplicate in his hands. which had been
transmitted to him by Ambassador Bay
ard by the same steamer as that which
conveyed Sir Julian Pauncefote's missive,
and which had consequently reached him
last night. This naturally shortened the
official ceremony. The presentation Of the
note barely occupied ten minutes; the
reading of il would have consumed sew
eral hours Sir Julian Pauncefote left the
department before HIS o'clock. Secre-
tary Olney himself shortly afterward dis
appeared and his confidential clerks de-
clared with much emphasis for some hours
afterward that the British ambassador
had not been at the state department. to-
day and that the British note had not
been yet received
Great disappointment was expressed
by members of the House to-day
that the President should have
lett the city yesterday and thus nave
delayed laying before them the informs
ton contained in Lord Salisbury s reply
to Secretary Olney's letter, which reached
Washington last evening. Such OF the rep
resentatives as felt a keen and patriotic
interest In the Venezuelan boundary Ques-
tion-and these constitute practically the
whole House-have expected that the Brit
ish premier's answer would be Immediately
forwarded by the President In q rpeciat
message to congress. The Presidents abb
sence will prevent the House for possibly
ten days, from receiving this Information
unless some other method OF procuring IL
/ is reached. Mr. Livingston OF Georgia, who
is conspicuously friendly 20 Venezuela, be-
lieves that he has evolved plan which
will get the Salisbury fetter before tho
House by next week. This plan looks TO
the introduction of a resolution, when the
House reassembles on Monday, calling up
the Secretary of State for his letter TO Lord
Salisbury, written in July last and the
British premier's reply, received yester-
day, II this be not incompatible with the
public service. Mr. Livingston will ask the
Immediate consideration of his resolution,
which, if it be adopted, may be followed by
ty-four or forty-eight hours.
London, Dec. lin accordance with un-
varying precedent, the reply OF Prime
Minister Salisbury to the note OF Hon
Richard Olney, the American Secretary Of
State, on the Venezuelan dispute, VIII
not be issued by the foreign Office until
il is presented to parliament. 1t will be
a surprise to every one II Lord Salisbury
in his reply, has not firmly declined TO
admit the right Of the United States 10
interfere in the dispute between Great
Britain and Venezuela, especially to in
sist that the whole case snall be sub
mittsd to arbitration. The English pub
the attitude OF the United States on the
matter. Not the remotest reference to
the subject has been made on the politi-
cal platform during the period that the
prime minister has been wrestling with
Mr.. Olney's note and the reply thereto.
The comments in the press alone indi-
cate the line of British opinion, which,
according to the newspapers, is unani-
mously against any arbitration concern
ing the territory within the Schomburgh
The Statist says: Neither for it's own
sake, nor ours Is it expedient for the
United States government TO put forward
a claim as Of right to dictate how we
shall conduct dispute with another coun-
try relative to territory that has long
been held by the British. The United
States government Is entitled TO offer its
good offices, but there is a wide distinction
between these and Intervention based on
the ground that the United States has the
right to forbid any government in the
world to enlarge the area under its jur-
isdiction in any part OF the American con-
tinent. Still there is no occasion for he
roics. The bit of territory in dispute is
of small value, while good relations with
the United States are of the highest value
to US and civilization"
The Spectator says: president CleYe-
land addresses Great Britain in the tone
of a master in laying down terms abso-
lutely. His sentences read as II Great
Britain had been ordered to choose arbi-
tration or war Negotions will not be car
red on in that tone unless the President
and the American people are seeking war,
crime of which we not even mentally
accuse them"
The Economist. treating Of the same
subject, declares that Mr.. Cleveland's s
words mean that Great Britain must not
defend what she considers her own soil
against any Spanish-American state un-
der penalty Of the United States declar-
ing war. It is impossible for Lord Sails
bury TO yield to such pretensions, yet II
is more difficult for him to deal with
them so as to avoid exasperating Ameri-
can feeling. His only sensible course is
to repudiate seeking for any extension of
territory and do nothing leaving on Ven-
ezuela or the United States the respon-
sibility for aggression.
All Of these supposed leaders of high
class opinion in England make the usual
common place references TO the Ameri-
can vote influencing the utterances Of
those in political life.
Quarantine, S. l., Dec. THE steamer
Venezuela, from Venezuela, brings news
of a serious insurrectiOn at Maracaibo and
Curacao against the Crespo government,
which was still in full swing when the
steamer left La Guayra.
Particulars of the exact causees leading
to the revolt against the established gov
eminent were very difficult to obtain up
to Dec. J. when the Venezuela left La
Guayra, but Gen. Crespo, the president,
had taken most energetic measures for
the prompt suppression Of the revolt. He
had at once dispatched two armed schoon-
ers in tow of tugs from La Guayra and had
shipped 800 men aboard of them. Business
at MaracaibO was practically at a stand
still. The leader Of the insurrection is
said TO be Rojas Paul, who has been at
Curacao for some time laying his plans.
All sorts of indefinite rumora were afoat
at that time of the Venezuela's depar-
ture, but. strange to say. no anxiety was
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