The Worthington advance., 1895-12-19
He Strongly Indorses the Mon Monroe 2.
Doctrine Declares i Inter-
national Law. :: .
England Must Be Brought to
Terms Boundary Line to
.,-as Be Determined. a@f-ss :.
President Asks for Power to Appoint
Commission to Settle the ,Boun-
Diary Line at Once. !:

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE president
sent to congress Tuesday the Venezue-
Ian correspondence, accompanied by
the following significant message:
To THE CONGRESS-: In my annual mes
third instant. I called attention to the pend
Britain and tn republic of Venezuela and
neeep made BY Ut this Js government to her Britain
sons why such dispute should be sub.
inauirins haiH g whether rot it would be so sub
| nitted. .a..s
which was then awaited, but has since
| been received, together with the dis
patch to which it is a reply, is hereto ap-,
such reply is embodied in two commune
cations addressed by the British minister,
to Sir Julian Pnuncefote, the British am
at this eapfa 1t W s1
voted exclusively to observations upon the
| Monroe doctrine, and claims that in the
instance neW and Sir stsaage aeetna exte1 Is
insisted on by the United States; that the
reasons tustifying an appeal % t9 the doc so
Feneraiiy eFsns si1 inapplicsbie TO the State Of
things III which we live at the present
day" and especially inapplicable to con-
tween Great Britain and Venezuela
The Monroe Doctrine strong and Sound.
Without attempting extended argume ent
in reply to these positions. 1t may not be
amiss to suggest that the doctrine upon
which we stand Is strong and sound De-
cause it's enforcement is important to our
Essential to the integrity Of our free insti:
t%ioGs ana the td1m tranquil ~
was intended to apply to every stage of our
national life and cannot become obsolete
while our republic endures II tn the 9aiaanee 3aan,,e
anxiety among the governments of the old
world, and subject for our absolute nom
ance Of the Monroe doctrine Of vital con-
Germ to our people and their government.
Assuming, therefore. that we may prop
ssly said ns:s to Spsn State e'o thnes
five," or any changed conditions here or
elsewhere, It is not apparent why its ap-
Il ESrePesn power ,Sy,as.eE by an exte1,tSn q; tSe
9e ferrfopy is pyu of one Of % our pneEhborine re-
Of its rights, it is difficult to see why, to
much to ts not
goyernment ] to that portion Of this cont.-
nent which is thus taken: This is the pre-
ciared to be dangerous. to our peace and
safety" and it can make no difference
| whether the European system Is EXTENDED
It is also suggested in the British reply
! that we should not seek to apply the Mon
roe doctrine to the pending dispute, be.
International law which is founded on the
general consent of nations. and that no
statesman. however eminent, ans no ma
insert into the code Of international law
novel principle which was never recog-
med before, and which has not since been
] o6 NJ ho q0v other
Country"
| A Place In International Law.
Practically the principle for which no we
contend has peculiar + not exclusive rela. "a.
have been admitted in SO many words to
the code Of international law, but since
in international counsels every nation is
te'tef the enforesnent @ of the Monree Doctrine is
something we may justly claim It has its
place In the code Of international law as
specifically mentioned. and vixen the
United States Is a suitor before the high
tribunal that administers international
law the question to be determined is
whether or not we present claims which
the justice 81 that code of law can find to
The Monroe doctrine finds its recogni-
ton in those principles Of international
law which are based upon the theory that
every nati9n shell have Its rights
confident that under the sanction OF this
sed claims Ts heye Ner fs9E Is Fshs anS
Mt 5'iad admittine df4 that hat the Monroe doctrine
I'm declaring that the United States would
lresist any such enterprise If it was con-
templated. President Monroe adopted a
of' 81 the English government Of that date"
He further declares: Through the Ian
guage of President Monroe is directed to
l = ~ o@of
Englishmen Would agree to be salutary.
is impossible to admit that they have
been inscribed by any adequate authority
he says: "They (her majesty's govern
penD fully concur With the ysW Mhish
fitorial distribution in that hemisphere by
my fresh acquisitions on the part Of any
European state. would be ashlghly' mex
The Proposition to Arbitrate. -
/ In the belief that the doctrine for which
We contend was clear and definite, thatit
/ WAS founded upon substantial consider
that it was fully applica Bile 10 our present
conditions and, to the state Of the worlds 8
progress and that It was directly related
i to the pending controversy, and without
Any conviction as to the final merits Of the
dispute, but anxious to learn IN q salts
Great Britain sought, under 2 claim Of
/ boundary, to extend her possessions on this
1 continent without right, or whether she
merely sought possession Of the. territory
\ ship, this government proposed to the gov
ernment Of Great Britain q resort to arbi-
tration as the proper means OF settling the
! boundary dispute between the two contes-
tants might be determined and our exact
| STANDING and relation in. respect to the con-
troversy might be made clear.
| { It will be geen from the correspondence
| herewith submitted that this proposition
ment upon grounds which in the circun-
| stances seem to me to be far from satis-
| factory. 1t is deeply disappointing that
| friendly feeling towards both nations
directly concerned, addressed to the sense
| OF justice and to the magnanimity of one
l OF the great powers of the world dtoucha
| ing It's relations to one comparatively weak
and small. should have produced no better
results.
/ l,o fl,ia oeo,xorxa~