New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-18


SUBJECT '''o'' RICHARD OLNEY.
The british side OF the dispute is embodied in two
notes from Lord Salisbury TO Sir Julian Paunceio'e'
dated the same day. The first is as follows:
Foreign Office. Nov 6 1880
cSnch copy Of the dispatch from Mr.. olney which
Mr. RayarA had left with me that day, ana Q.
whiG S ne S"a that sf"H could not until i
had been carefully considered by the Jaw onceis .;
The Crown. have therefore deferred replying u u
iii after the recess. ,,,
viii not now deal with those portions OF iTo wasn
are concerned exclusively with the conuoNe..fSS
Rsn,b na Of Venezuela and Her Majes,ys Govern
menu in regard to the boundary Which separates
their dominlons / take a very different view from
i Mr o IN that part Of the dispatch but win dc,
fer for the present all observations uIym ~ as -
concerns matters which are not in themselves OF
drst-rate Importance. and do not directly concern
The relations between Great Britain ana 'he '"i'eu
latter pa,s " Yer e 1o1 aS aae9
proceeds to deal with principles Of far widsr fhsT
acter ana to advance doctrines of internatonai Jaw
ions whose dominlons include any portion Of me
Western Hemisphere. The contentious SCI lo,am r ny
Mr. Oiney in this part of his dispatch are repre-
sented by him as being an application of the pGni,
zeal maxims which are Weil ko Wn,r ri nocrine
As far as aware. this doctrine mas never
been before n ev %yeS addressed
the government OF another nation, Dut II mas oeem
eminent writer's and politicians in the United States
II is said 20 have largely mtuen ,ea me HoVeiiig'
OF that country IN the s9nduct OF us 1Tar,sn "a Sn
under President Taylor expressly stated tnat ilat
Administration had In no way adoped u but our
ing the period thar has elapsed since ne inessase
81 ,Ib rre5aa'n mnpsone very notable development
az SpS me inlT fers Widely rom is Character
it first sslet iron ,He zen q Prsi5emi Monroe laid
down % That America was no Longer TO De
looked upon as field to' Eur IN coi oiMtS0,i,
political system 10 America. Of 20 control the poit-
who have recently declared their independence
NOT IMAGINARY THIN, AT LEAST.
The dangers against which President Monroe
thought it right to guard not as imaginary as
the, would seem at the present day. The formation
&C the Holy Alliance. the Congresses OF LeyOach
and Verona; the INVASION of Spain by france Tor
the purpose of forcing upon the Spanish people
form OF covernr.rnt which seemed likely to disap-
pear unless il Was sustained by external ana; We're
incidents fresh L the mind OF P.esiaeh' THO onT T
lem OF snrecat's. APPLICATION to the American
nntineni was Ire system then adopted by certain
powerful states upon the continet OF Eur4Pr U1
In other countries Of political institutions which
they dislike and to Uphold 10y eNteThai pressure
Various portions o. south America had recently
n5 noi hNen rc"6rniz.d bv the Governments OF
Spain and Portugal. 10 which, with small eAceptloh
inallv subject II WAS not imaginary danger tnat
he foresaw, If he feared that The same srI whl{n
insnire The more powerful Governments of Europe
N wm Inc soa,h American Communities the form OF
government ana the political eonheGtoh Incl nite3S
states would resist any such enterprise If II was
Contemplated President Monroe adopted poicy
which received the entire sympathy OF the hnsAsh
Government OF that day. ,,a,,.
The dangers which were apprehended by PRESIDENT
Monroe have relation 10 the state OF tnnsS IN IA
which we 1--we at the present day there Is no udl
Of any Holy AsnGe imposing s tys ad heT
is no danger of any European state ireatNihs any
part of the American continent as III OBJECT 'o'
II is Ineligible that Mr.. Olney should invoke n
defence of the views on which he is now INSISTING
al lis own fellow-countrymen But the orcum-
stances ' with which President Monroe dealing
and those which the present Aneilc9n in
common Great Britain is imposing no system
upon Venezuela and is not concerning herself IN any
way with the nature of the political INSTITUTIONS
under which the Vene zuelans may prefer TO live
But the British Empire ana b ,He baIs dered for
some time past, and continue TO differ as TO the i'he
is controversy with which the United States
have no apparent practical concern II Is Nm Nm,
any State or community outside those primarily
Interested. except perhaps Other parts Ti Ls s
puted frontier OF Venezuela has nothing TO 30 Win
any of the questions dealt with by PTesldeni mon,
roe 1t is not question Of the colonlzauoh py
any European Power of any portion, OF Amerl Ca
6m mot 9 a soEth AmeT Of any System Of
government devised in Europe II rs Simply me
sion which belonged, 10 the throne OF England long
before the Republic of Venezuela came into exist
e"''' MR.. OLNEY's DECLARATION.
But even If the interests of Venezuela were so
far linked those Of the United States as TO give
10 the latter locus standi in this controversy
their Government apparently have not formed and
certainly do not express any opinion upon the
actual merits Of the dispute. The Government OF
the United States do not say that Great britalh
or that Venezuela is in the rght IN hne ma or
that in issue. But they lay down that the w
trine Of President Monroe, when he opposed the
imposIon 81 EuloPSSh n o hem the Tig6
of demanding that when european rover mas d
munity. the European Power shall consent to refer
tina; controversy to Aspiration ana NY; 1lney
cede to this demand it VIII greatly ernbarrass the
future relations between Great Britain ana inc
Whatever may he the AUTHORITY Of the doctrine S;%
his language to SHOW that he ever thought OF
Claiming this novel prerogluve for the United
assert protectorate over Mexico or the States Of
Central and South America. Such a c!alm Wouli
answering for the conduct Of these States ana con
seQuently the responsibility of controlling II. ms
cay 10 deprecate the addition OF so serious a bur
den those which the rulers OF me Unted 9iat t
Government Of the United States VIII not control
me G9aaec, OF nro,ect them from the consequences
attaching 10 any misconduct of which they may De
II they violate in any way the rights Of another
State or of its subjects il is not alleged that lhe
OF The United States in escaping from any repara-
ton which they may be bound by internauonal
an inference from the principles he lays down Bul
the claim which he POUNDS upon them is that II
any Independent American State advances a de-
;nand for territory OF which its neghbor claims
10 be the owner. and that neghbor is the colony
OF a European State. the United States have right
TO insist that the European State shall submit the
demand and it's own impugned rights to arbitra-
ton.
THE ARBITRATION PROPOSAL.
will not now enter into discussion OF the merits
O. this method of terminating interna tonal differ
ences- 1t has proved itself valuable in many cases
but 1t IL not free from defects. which often op-
crate as a serious drawback on its value II j. not
always easy 10 find arbitrator who Is compe-
tent, and who. a; the tiree. IS WHOLLY free
from bins ard The -ask nf --.ur.n. cnmLLian cs