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THE CORRESPONDENTS.
Important Extracts from the volumlnous
Diplomatic Notes.

diplomatic Notes.
Although the matter submitted to con-
in IT With the
oiney's note to Mr.. Bayard concerning the
Great Britain and Venezuela is first in the
correspondence. 1t is dated July 20 last
and deals with the boundary question at
ception of the dispute which has now as
sumed SO serious an aspect, Mr.. oiney
carries his argument of the American
doctrine down to the present time and
| gives emphasis to his statements by quot
Ing the sentiment Of President Monroe IN
ment by the Monroe administration at
that particular time was unquestionablyd due
to toll the Inspiration ta OF Great Britain who at
adhesion which has never been with-
drawn"
dorsement to the principle enunciated By
Monroe and defines Great Brltain's posi-
tion in this frank and unambiguous man
ner:,
"She Great Brittany says to Venezuela:
You can get none of the debatable land by
force because you are not strong enough:
not agree, and you can take your chance
of getting a portion by arbitration only If
you first agree to abandon to me such por-
Continuing Mr.. Olney says 1t Is not per-
ceived how. such an attitude can be de-
Tended nor how 1t is reconcilable with that
love of justice and fair play so eminently
characteristic of the English race, and
holds that If such position be adhered to.
it should be regarded as amounting, In sub
stance, to an invasion and conquest OF
Venezuelan territory.
Duty of the President Unmistakable.
In conclusion Mr.. Olney says that in
these circumstances the duty of the presi-
dent appears to him unmistekable and i'm
perattve. To ignore Great Britain's aSser-
ton of title and her refusal to have that
title investigated and not to protest and
give warming against the substantial APP
| ritory for her own use would be to ignore
an established policy with which the honor
and welfare of this country are closely
identified. He therefore instructed Mr..
sbu y any saa Sa1ere se@s
call FOR DEFINITE decision upon the point
decline to submit the Venezuelan boundary
question in its entirety to impartial arbi-
that the conclusion will be on the side Of
arbitration, Mr.. Olney concluded with the
pointed statement that II the president lis
to be disappointed in that hope. however,
result not to be anticipated and in his
Judgment calculated to greatly embarrass
the future relations between this country
made acquainted with the fact al suci,
early date as will enable him to lay the
whole subject before congress in his next
Lord salisbury's Reply.
Lord Salisbury's reply is addressed to Sir
Julian Pauncefote, British ambassador at
Washington, under, date of November &c
of the Monroe doctrine in the case at issue
and was followed on the same day by an
other note discussing the boundary dis
pute per Sc. AT the outset Lord Salisbury
states that SO far as he is aware the Mon
roe doctrine has never been before adj
vanced on behalf Of the United States in
any written communication addressed to
the government Of another nation. He
gives what he believes is the British in
depreciation, of the doctrine and main
hended by President Monroe have no re-
! lation to the state of things in which we
h, at the present sent day and adds With
gible that Mr.. Ilney should invoke in de-
Tense of the views on which he is now In
| sisting an authority (Monroe) which en-
joys SO high a popularity with his own fell
| low countrymen.'
The dispute between Great Britain and
! troversy with which the United States
has no apparent practical concern
Continuing In short, pithy sentences,
he says it is difficult. indeed, to see how the
question in controversy can materially at
feet any state or community outside those
primarily Interested; that the disputed
with any Of the questions dealt with by
| President Monroe: that 1t is not question
Of the colonization by any European power
| position upon the communities of South
! America Of any system OF government de-
vised In Europe. 1T Is" he says, simply
the determination of the frontier Of a Brit
| ish possession which belonged to the
throne of England long before the repub-
lie Of Venezuela came into existence"
| Salisbury Becomes Tart.
| AS he proceeds in the discussion the Ian
guage of Lord Salisbury becomes tart.
He argues In theory that the Monroe doc
trine in itself is sound. but disclains any
] intention of being understood as express
4 Ing any acceptance of 1t on the part Of her
majesty's government. He quotes Mr. Oh
ney as saying: That distance and 5000
miles of intervening ocean make any polit-
ical union between a European and an
American state unnatural and inexpedient.
will hardly be denied and adds that the
necessary meaning of these words lie that
the union between Great Britain and Cana
da; between Great Britain and Jamaica and
Trinidad: between Great Britain and
| British Honduras or British Guiana, are
inexpedient and unnatural. President
Monroe" says his lordship. ''disclaims any
such inference from his doctrine; but in
this, as IN other respects. Mr.. Olney de-
velops it."