The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-24
THE FRUIT OF DIPLOMACY.
Rich Reapings of the RampagIng MonrO'
DOctrinaires.


Doctrinaires.
So that is what it has all been about.
We supposed it was something great,
but were scarcely prepared for any
thing as great as this. When the Con-
secrated One went into profound Sc
clusion at Woodley. and the faithful
Thurber, with finger at lip, stood
guard and whispered to all comers:
'Hist! There's hen onl'' and the
government printing presses fairly
whizzed in turning out copies of the
Monroe doctrine, and the vastly deep
of the Atlantic began to sizzle with
the heating of the cables under pres
sure OF assurances" there was no room
for doubt. Something was going to
happen. 1t now has happened. And
without hesitation we must declare
that it surpasses our most sanguine an
| ticipations.
| The country has been assured a
thousand times that the government
at Washington was looking out for the
/ Nicaraguan affair. No matter if it did
seem slack and negligent. That was
merely the shrewd disguise of deep
diplomacy. The Great Mind was at
work, making deal with John Bull,
in which John Bull would surely get
the worst of it British ships at Corin-
| to? British dominion established over
part of Nicaragua? No matter
Those were trifes. Mr.. Bayard was in
| London, and the Great and Good
Friend of all earthly potentates was
at WOodley. What more could rea-
sonable man want? The matter would
be settled with dignity and honor; be
sure of that.
Well, it has been settled But by
whom? Sir Edward Grey should be a
competent witness. He tells us square
| ly that the United States has never
rendered its good offices in the matter,
and has never even suggested terms for
an amicable settlement. What, then,
were all those assurances" about? At
what has all this Cleveland-Bayard-
Pauncefote diplomacy been driving?
Unless Sir Edward Grey speaks falsely,
and of that he has never been accused,
the Washington government has done
nothing, attempted nothing, suggested
nothing. 1t has passed by on the other
side, without even a word, leaving
Nicaragua to the tender mercies OF
whosoever might play the role of inter
national highwayman.
Oh, but really nothing could be done?
Nevertheless, something has been done,
and the affair is settled. But it is lit
tie Salvador that has done it. That
petty commonwealth, not as big or as
populous as single county of one Of
the United States, has with ease ac-
complished that which this whole coun-
try could not do. At its word Nicara-
qua is saved, and the British fleet re-
tires from Corinto. Salvador is the
champion of American independence,
the tutelary genius of the western
hemisphere. Henceforward all the
states, from Mexico to the River Platte,
must look to Salvador for guidance and
protection. Perhaps even the United
States may one day be glad to nestle
under the Salvadorean wing.
What consummation it is of conse-
Grated diplomacy! But the big presses
keep on reeling out copies of the Mon
roe doctrine, and Buffer and Boots
rush franticaliy about town in cabs,
and the Woodley sky is deeply, dark
ly, desperately blue" and Mr.. Bayard |
is, beyond all doubt, the most popular |
Englishman in London. What Secre- |
tary Gresham thinks of it may be left |
unexpressed. He, at least, is an
American, and would, if unhampered |
by his consecrated chief. act as BELTS |
one worthy of the name. What the |
American people think about it, even
the wayfaring man must know. And |
as for what Mr.. Cleveland thinks |
about it, his own especial handiwork,
who knows? Who cares?-N. Y. Trib- |