St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-23
IN BRITISH EYES
Continued From First Page.


the representatives of that large popu-
lar constituency which Bismarck, i'm
| his time, described as Gentlemen of the
| pavement But | do not think the best
| Americans approve of this new meth
| cd of influencing legislation, nor will
even submit permanently to the leader
| ship of Messrs. Chandler and Lodge"
| OF names which are suggested for
membership in the commission the COR
respondent mentions ex-senator Ed
munds, eX-Minister Phelps and Andrew
White, of New York. and Chief Justice
Fuller as excellent names"
"Mr. Coudert, of New York." he
continues, "a Tammany Democrat, be-
longs in different category. He
is an able lawyer, very hostile to En-
gland, who last Tuesday declared his
conviction that Venezuela was right
and England wrong. If the president
wants commissioners who have made
up their minds i'm that sense Mr.. Cou-
dert will do as well as anybody. Men
like Messrs. Edmunds, Phelps and
White, and the chief justice, may per-
haps feel a difficulty in serving on a
scommission nominally judicial, but in
fact purely ex parte in it's objsct and
composition. tt has, however, been
suggested that thorough patriotism has
here an opportunity of service. What
ever the president may intend, COM
mission of independent men of high
character might arrive at a conclusion
which would make for peace
The dispatch concludes as follows:
ct is upon the various grounds that
are indicated at the beginning of this
dispatch and upon the evidence which
I give and much more which l do not,
that L venture to express my belief in
a better condition of the general mind
of country than that which existed last
week.
1.-THE end of jingoism is not yet, but
there is at least a beginning of better
things and brighter hope for the
immediate future
Mr. Labouchere in Truth regrets the
bullying tone of Mr.. Cleveland, but
contends that England ought to sub
NIT the whole boundary question to
arbitration.
1.-The Monroe doctrine has become
doctrine of faith with Amercica," says
Mr.. Labouchere.
"Plenty of Americans are willing to
fight for it. Such a war would soon
become stalemate on both sides. After
incalculable injury on each other is
committed we should both realize what
fools we had been, shake hands and
go back to where we were.''
Edward Dicey, c. B., who has been a
writer of some authority on political
questions, has a long letter in the Sun
day Observer which is likely to carry
considerable weight. He says:
"Englishmen would make any con-
cession short of the national honor
sooner than go to war with America.
Tha only weak point in our case is the
refusal to submit the dispute to i'm
partial arbitration. If our contention
is as strong and just as we imagine,
we have nothing to fear from an in
dependent and fair inquiry. Arbitra-
ton on President Cleveland's lines is
utterly inadmissible but the refusal to
admit the principle of arbitration lays
us open to the imputation that we have
doubts of the justice of our contention.
Even now, without the loss of dignity,
England might announce to submit the
dispute to some good authority. But
if necessary we must fight sooner than
tolerate President Cleveland's pre-
tentions.