Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-03-27

NOT QUITE SO VIGOROUS.
Administration Makes q Difference Be
tween Great Britain and Hawaii.

Washington, March Pup to this
time the vigorous policy of the ad-
ministration has been limited to Ha-
waii and Spain. 1t has not yet extend
ed to the Venezuelan and the Nicara-
guam affairs. Reports that a warning
has been given Great Britain are not
well founded. The most that has been
done has been in the form of inquiries
through Minister Bayard as to Great
Britain's intentions. And these re-
quests for informations have been
couched in very moderate and diplo-
matte language. The time may be near
when the United States will hustle up
to Great Britain, but it has not yet ar
rived. No demands or ultimatums
nave been issued in that direction. At
the conference of the president and
Mr.. Grsham and Mr. Carlisle, nothing
was done about the Venezuelan and
Nlcaraguan matters beyond discus
sion. No decision as to definite action
was reached. Mr.. Bayard was cabled
in the ordinary course to make in
quiries and to keep this government in
formed as to Great Britain'S inten-
tions. That was all the conference
amounted in that direction. The ad-
m1niStratiOn does not take the position
that Great Britain has no just ground
for claim against the Nicaraguan
government, and does not propose to
interfere with any steps that Great
Britain may take to collect any fair
indemnity, so long as the action Of
Great Britain does not amount to an
infraction of the Monroe doctrine.
The statement is made from an ad-
ministration source that Secretary
Gresham does not propose that the
United States shall assume the role of
the big brother and defend all the Cen
tral and South American countries in
fl,SAs-
without regard to whether they are
right or wrong, but that the admins
tration simply proposes to see that
there is fair play and to uphold the
Monroe doctrine. President Cleveland
and Secretary Gresham, 1t is said,
would advise Nicaragua to try to come
to an understanding with Great Brit
ain by which the amount of the in
demnity to be paid might be settled
in way satisfactory to both nations,
and by which all other questions aris-
ing might be adjusted. If Great Brit
ain, on her part, is inclined not to deal
fairly, but insists upon extreme meas
ures and shows a disposition to en-
force her claims by the occupation of
N1caraguan territory, or by the con-
fiscation of the revenues of the Mica
raguan government, or in any other
way that would interfere with the in
dependence and full sovereignty of the
Nicaraguan government throughout
the whole of its territory, 1t would then
be time for the administrat ton to as
sert the Monroe doctrine and serve no
tice upon Great Britain that such in
reference with the affairs on the Amer
lean continent could not be tolerated.
Strong political pressure is being
brought to bear OH the administration
from certain quarters in favor of TAX
ing a very aggressive stand in this
Nicaraguan matter and giving Great
Britain at once jingo warning to keep
her hands off the Central and South
American states. So far this pressure
has been without result. Mr.. Gresham
is willing enough but the president is
slow to become belligerent toward
Great Britain