New-York tribune., 1895-12-31

I'll, =, tho Caribbean Sea. / ask you 10
note the strong naval sta %h,e"u une 1nence to
@ wstsard and You ind Trinidad sea tne Of
veiopment OF which has been sdoEsy, ~ y;,rPysh Hon
amfas That iine faces the south AmeFcai ocn
This territory claimed ron ,s,rs alons that coas
ppn1 the point at which 1t aims - tie ,yo,t river
% sh mouths OF the Urinoco one of tns sIe"' Of All
sHsems sHs Of South America lhe purpose ,ne o maj.
these movements Is written paan pia srItain control
~ ~ ,ne San sh Main and make the Car-ooeah OF"
little better than British ,a"e "eeresdent. and We
We Great atoms dut.es and respons o,.
Tne path which we should s ioio" in '' the Western
Heno snhere we must project our coast % IA MOI
the commerce OF that hem.spnp Neither tirvat
NEEDLE with the affairs Oh huiUpe; 10 inteslelo
Erta.n nor Europe must be perir', a,r,orv mere we
seen no ouarreIs w.tn any nation We hI'e men @
been the assressors IN any OF tne zan u h0
,r. now towering upon the nor M ,nis.ak,ng
AM Mr. tIcsluent, think there Is no m,s ,n,,
tho Temper oil the American peopie. ~. ,be ~.
,nors inry have Decn ABSORBED IN heane .,,o ~
ages OF cIvii ana in compieai's ,e inneiIranoo
20. GREAT continent when was our iii'si .a'.. nc
in ,o trn their eyes toward those inteies's ot s ,
United States when ne Deyond Nui In,erests nave
6oen nepiected They another nation hcihiS n;
Them in with forthcations ana a,s aiw,ys
rnoinns which must remain what tncy nay a. ",.i
AMERICAN They resolved tiat there sha ma,
be an OF these things Insy are scale Of na-
,inrs hui that il shall fulfil abroad as at nome re @
great destiny to which 1t has pee' e1aVe in and
cherish the Monroe Doctrine and Will ho' su"e - ~
oI m nns pceve Mr. President that the peope, oi
rnSond nave the least desire to engage IN SUI %
with the United States any more taah ma sbnS that
,hs anV serious interest In this disputed vene
zuean territory or reaze even nov Sch i we consider
vn TO TO our safety ard welfare we have no 40
desire to n,srfers WIN srca amy Fs but We cannot al
low her TO SET up claims to American territoff h Enc
then seize and hSd ha' ia venesuca She can do
WaxSco % or cuba II she can DO 4. other nations .'
also We aS noi asH np inch Xii we ask is that she
shall submit this disputed boundary 10 'e ~
% oo o osa,vas M bv the decision that tribun but
in the reference to arbitration ihcTo - no, he
eve that any English Ministry seriously intends o fso 10
force hoshtles on the United states, anu '''''
Ne have seen British forces at Corn'o Me SoX XnU~ sr
the attitude they assume In EenszueIa b1mndary
Tbcv have inst denounced the modis yveHci, anu h
reopenod in that way the peroums m diSppd nIprdent u that
northeastern fisheries 1t Is not oy o,c n an
these events have all occurred or an come oi 70 d a
acute stage within the last year iagyrcssIon upol
anvbodv Of all these difficulties which are now W
the dispute with Venezuela rhGy 'e" II Us ia re-
this territory remote and wortnie ssf Il ,,,baI
brcn the VenezueIan possession Of i woud be un
disturbed But it matters not whether It is worm IN,
less or yan2Ss 4efsscd ne to psy s It because i involved
great principle. and the attempt 70 cIcis c2caGt rhc
American plcp,e believe today just as hrihIy ~
;he nrincpie OF the Monroe Doctrine. 1hey nrsln
- T TospentaI TO their honor their safety and their IN,
teress as a nation and they are prepared 10 deiehu
1t when 1t IS assaed ,., .or tho I'm,
Mr. President, who is responsible for inc inc, uh, hc
hanni,v strained relations between England ana tnc
United States? AS | have pointed out we ma nav H
not been the aggressors on any or the points n9w W
dispute whether In Alaska or senezueia, " sr, na.
,hen has strained relations? Is III not Pc
emnforv refusal 10 arbltrate this question OF bound
e,p mp t;;,,'o Cove that refussl9 Great Britain
we have appointed a commission. not 10 ar11'risc
between Great Britain and Venezuela: put 70 IN
FORM, MS after ca reful Investigation what the true
divsional line. in their opinion. should be- Wtno
has drawn 81 arbitrary line OF boundary ana De.
cIared that they should not arbltrate 70 tne e's'
~ 10 Not the United States. but SSsat Britain
IIItimatums are what strain relations, and they
have come from Great Britain: ana NOT from Us
believe that this question will be peaGeny se9 of
lied bv the good sense OF the representatives Oh
England and the United States. but l am very
clear that such settlement only be reached py
action on the part of Congress and OF the Presl,
dent which shall be firm as II is temperate anu
which shall maintain the Monroe Doctrine aosomte
" and at all hazards wherever 1t justly app'.es
That doctrine Ia important 10 us as the po.a
OF power is to Europe. and those who MAINTAIN 100 IL"
la tier must not attempt TO break down tne prln-
ciple which guards the integrity of the Americas
and protects them from the interference ana eoh-
.rol M