The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-21
GUzMiN ON THE SITUlrY0N.
All the Spanish- American Countries Pleased With the Presidents Attitude.

All the Spanish American Countries
 Pleased With the Presidents Attitude. Washington, Dec. 20,-The diplomatic representatives of the republics of Gen. tral America. and South America here have no hesitancy in showing their qualification at the stand taken by Pres ident Cleveland in the Venezuela mat ter. The prompt action of the house of representatives, too, pleases them nightly. They do not feel, however, that they can talk for publication, until they have received the official approval of their home governments.
 But Senor Don Horatio Guzman is re- lieved from the ban. For more than eight years he was an envoy extraordi- nary and minister plenipotentiary from Nicaragua to the United States. Less than two weeks ago he presented his letters of recall, because the Ncaraguan government had come to the conclusion from motives of economy, that it could no longer support a representative here. SenOr Guzman is a remarkably intel | lgent man, thoroughly conversant with the affairs of the Spanish-Ameri- can republics He stood high in the es- | teem of his fellow diplomats here. As | Nicaragua's representative during the | days of the CorintO troubles he came into close relations with President Cleveland's official family, and had one experience with England's aggressive and tyranniCal tactics.
 "The present firm attitude of this country ir the Venezuela trouble" said Senor Guzman, "has raised the prestige of the United States immeasurably in all the Spanish-American countries. The words of President Cleyeland's s mes sage have resounded from Mexico to Chih, and it will be long time before their reverberation shall cease. To-day the name of Grover Cleveland stands very high among thesa peoples
 "Of course our feelings and sympa-
 thes are all with the United States
 How could they be otherwise? Since such a thing as the Monroe doctrine bacame a fact all the smaller and
 weaker countries have looked up to | the United States in the light of a pro- | tector'
 Senor Guzman was asked in what way the Spanish-Amertcan republics
 regard the Monroe doctrins-how far 1 they imagined it extended and what it embraced
 "That depends upon the number of years you go back Take it in. the ] time of the French occupation of MeXi~ co" he continued. As soon as the United States government had broken
 the southern confaderacy, the French,
 under pressure. and movsd by this cuuntry's energetic action, left Mexi- CO., That was regarded as a plain eX- position of the Monroe doctrine Up to
 the time of the COrinto troubles our
 D opIe and, indeed all the countries
 of the Americas south of the United
 States. imagined that if any of them
 were oppressed by a strong European power, and an attempt was made to 1 bully them, the United Stat's would
 come to their assistance first with moral
 support, and later, if necessary, with
 force. The question of deliberate or consequential acquisition of territory
 was not q emed an essential one SO far
 as the enforcement of the Monroe doc
 trine was concerned,
 And these countries were not afraid of the United States, eith5r.. They nev- CT thought that this government would | take any of their territory from them. | They thought that would take place
 which did take place in the troubles the
 United States had with Chili. This country did not attempt to bully Chili.
 The greater nation did not say to the smaller one: I'm your master. Do ! what I say and do it quickly. or I'll prove my strength and your weakness | On the contrary, thsre was a plain statement of the case. backed up by frmness well tempered with fairness"
 But the Corinto trouble"-and the senor laughed sarcastically. Do you | know of what the COrinto fortifica tion.s | consisted? I'll tell you. Just one brass cannon made in Spain in the middle of the seventeen century. It was grand sight, truly, and one of which England | should feel proud, when Admiral Staph- enson cleared the cls of the Royal Arthur for action Think of it! The Royal Arthur a modern cruiser of 5000 tons, equipped with the best of gunsr clearing it's decks for action in the face of Corintos magnificent article of defsnse-a small brass cannon used only to fire salutes.
 Tt was a fine cannon" Senor Guz- man unused. collectively. Tt was a great work of art. Its mountings were artistic in the eXtreme. It was a gem iD it's day, almost 25O years ago. But" and Snor Guzmau became sad as he concluded, "any museum would have been proud of it when the Royal Ar thur steamed grandiy into the harbor right in the face of it's frowning and