The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25
MORGAN,S VIEWS.
Says Sdfisbmry's Foreign Policy Is Likely
to BE q Liberal One.

Says Sdisbmry's Foreign Policy Is Likely
to Be a Liberal One.
WASHINGTON. D. c., June 24.-Sen-
ator Morgan of Alabama, chairman of the
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations,
was asked to-day as to the effect Of the &C
cession of Lord Salisbury and his party to
power in England upon some of the diplo-
matte matters now under consideration.
'Of course it will have no direct or i'm
mediate effect in this country" said he,
"but in an indirect way it would influence
all of those subjects in which this country
and Great Britain have been involved
Lord Salisbury is not only statesman,
but great statesman, and he will bring
to the consideration of all foreign ques-
tons complete information and liberal
and prudent policy. For that reason his
formation of the Ministry will doubtless
have an influential effect upon the Boring
Sea question. He understands that SUBJ
lect thoroughly, and it WAS through him
that the present arrangement was effected
He devised the plan for protecting the
seals on broad and liberal lines, as it was
to the interest of the people in England
almost as much as in this country to see
that those valuable animals were not ex-
terminated. To that end his first arrange
ments with Mr.. Bayard were thoroughly
satisfactory; but Canada stepped in the
way, and 1t was impossible to execute the
policy which had been devised.
Under the Rosebery Ministry Canada
has had controlling influence in all Ber-
ing Sea affairs, and as result there has
been little breadth or liberality in the pol
icy he pursued. The Canadian policy is
due to desire to gain favor with the peo-
pie in the Canadian province on the Pa
cific, without much reference to the gen.
eral merits of the question. But with
Salisbury at the head of the Ministry
Canadian politics will not be SO much a
factor.'
The Senator was asked as to Lord Sails
bury's general foreign policy on such ques-
tions as Venezuela, Nicaragua, Hawaii,
ETC., and he replied:
Although nominally Conservative he
is liberal in his general foreign policy. He
believes that Great Britain already has a
vast territory, and that her best interest
lies in looking well after what she has in
stead of reaching out for more. It has
been noticeable through Rosebery' s admin
| istration that he has reached out constant
ly and sought further acquisitions. He
has gone into Madagascar, where the Eng
lish have come into conflict with the
French.
can arbitrary tone has been assumed as
to Venezuela. Under Rosebery the British
have occupied Corinto, and in the Ill
| timatum which has been given to Mica
ragua 1t yet remains to be determined
what course Great Britain will take con-
corning Chief Clarence of the Mosquito
Territory. The same spirit of acquisition
was noticeable under Rosebery as to Ha-
wall, where an effort was made to secure a
cable landing on Neckar Island. But the
general policy of Salisbury is not of that
| nature. 1t tends more TO the development
of what Great Britain already possesses,
and to that extent think it may have a
favorable influence ON pending questions y
ANTI-PARNELLITE APPEAL.