The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-19

LONDON, Dec. 1S.-In spite OF the
prominence all the newspapers give to
President Cleveland's message to Con-
gres on the Venezuelan boundary ques-
ton, the general public here refuses to
! get excited or even Interested Those
who read the correspondence resent Presi-
dent Clevelands attitude; but the al
most invariable answer received to in
quiries for expression of opinion is.
What is it all about, anyhow"
The message. however. is being used
on the stock exchange to hammer Ameri-
can securities. Consols also declined. but
| there was no excitement.
| One newspaper Remarked:
Yankee jobbers are the only persons
injured by the message and they have
! just ground for complaint
| The editorial comments of the New
YORK World and the New York Evening
J POST on the situation, are received here
with approval, as indicating the Amert-
/ can opinion
The radical evening papers take a most
serious view of the situation.
! Edltor1ally the Star remarks:
1T is difficult to exagSerate the srav-
1ty of the situation. The United States
may be assured that Englishmen. re-
gardless of party, will abide firmly by
Lord Salisbury,s claims and viii not SUBJ
nit to bounce"
!
Public opinion" saws the Wesfrnfn-
ster Gazette. will undoubtedly support
/ Lord Salisbury, but ii is d pity that ne
has enlarged the dispute and attacked
the Monroe doctrine
| Continuing, the Westminster Gazette
remarks:
THE fact is that the present situation
| IS the result OF an unfortunate coInbina-
| uon: on one side a foreign secretary.
who was once a Saturday reviewer and
/ who could not avoid the temptation of
/ scoring IN an argument. and on the
| other side a president who could not
resist the temptation of scoring in an
| electoral campaign. but the mass OF the
people of both countries regard the pos
sIblhty of war on any such issue With
The Evening News says: THE cleo
ton dodge does not give US a moments
| uneaSineSS.
st. james Gazette.
The st. James Gazette heads its article
on the Venezuelan developments War
] or WireePulling' and says:
| President Cleveland's language in the
mouth OF an European diplomat would
mean the instant mobilization of ar
mics. 1t is rather too late to say hands
| Off to the empire which includes not
| only British Guiana and Jamaica. but
Canada. The pretensions of President
| Cleveland and Secretary Olney are so
exaggerated and the language so Of
fensive that one could not be surprised
If there was a similar explosion of vio-
Il K
his temper in this unpleasant correspon-
dence, and the nation will do likewise
until the time comes when we shall do
| well to be angry, and that time may
come. We are all anxious to give the
American government an opportunity of
! forcing it."
Quotes the World and Post.
The st. James Gazette then discusses
| the theory that the matter IS merely
an election dodge" and quotes the edi-
| subject. adding: We are entitled to rely
upon the sense of the average respect
able American who is not a ward boss,
or offfce-seeker, and who has no inter
est in Venezuelan concessions. ON
these millions of shrewd, hard
| headed. well educated anglo-Sax-
/ onS and Anglo-TeutOnS, who have no
reason to be other than friendly with
| Great Britain, We count. But it is not
| only in that country where the selfish
! ness and ignorance of dena goeues NAV
! cent people. The laundering diplomacy Of
Mr. Olney and the selfish intrigues Of the
Democratic managers may leave no solu-
| ton but one.
Let it Come.
of it comes to that-wen, we won't inli-
| tate CleVeland's buster; but Englishmen
| would not expect to get whipped. In the
meantime, neither the government or the
nation will be quick to take advantage
| of the United States administration. or to
refuse them any reasonable opportunity
of Withdrawing from a position which
they have wantonly and gratuitously
made dangerous
The Pail Mall Gazette ridicules the
/ whole matter saying: 1T flashed across
US at first that President Cleveland was
/ mad and second that he was hypnotiZed
/ by Mr.. Olney, who in turn was hyptonized
! by Mr.. Lodge. But we conclude that it
! is only an election address, and we adj
| wise President Cleveland TO appeal to the
| country Observation-Disclosures the Ameri-
cans have time to study the Monroe doc
.. -
| too late. for the World has already given
the word 'bugaboo'-alas bugaboo-
Talking Self Respect.
The Globe remarks: NO seIf-respecting
nation would for moment entertain such
pretensionS, and no one doubts that Pres
| ident Cleveland'S heroicS are due to the
necessities of politics. His Sackviile-West
action shows the length TO which he is
! prepared to go in the sacred cause OF
spread-eagleism. Exceedingly inoppOrtune
is the time for bluff and buster when
| the strongest ministry OF modern times is
in office. The possibility OF war between
the two great nations of common ances-
try and interest is too dreadful TO con-
! template. But it would not be wise for
| American craftsmanship to cont1de TOO
much in the anlicable sentiment that
| blood is thicker than water, or to imagine
! that England can be inundated Presl-
dent Cleveland must also reckon with
France if he insists upon carrying out
| his modern construction OF the Monroe
doctrine in its entirety.
For the Irish Vote.
The Evening Standard observes that "it
seems impossible for any public man to
! issue a. document in those offensive
TERMS recalls the Sackville-West incl
dent and says: 1T is a fresh attempt for
| the Irish vote and the tagrag of the large
The Globe, ST. James Gazette and
other papers, publish comparisons OIL the
| British and United States navies-
| The Globe for instance says: OF
Americas twenty-siX ironclads against
Great Britain's sixty-four, many are
useless and of torpedo gunboats Great
Britain has SO, and the United states
one
Continuing the Globe states that OF
the torpedo destroyers Great Britain
has forty-two and the United STATES not
one. Great Britain is also said to have
ninety-fiVe torpedo boats against two