Morris tribune., 1895-12-18

t.
4 has sent the following message to con-
Egress, together with the correspondence
Eimthe Venezuelan matter "a ter B
To the Congress:
In my annual message addressed to
the congress =; on the third instant,
called attention tothe. pending bound.
airy controversy between Great Britain
and the Republic Of Venezuela. and, re-
hited the spbstahee$df "a; REPRESENTATION
made by this .government.to herS Britain
mic majesty's government, suggesting
reasons why such disputes should be
submitted.te naturalization settlement,
and inquiring whether it would be SO
submitted.
Devoted 10 observations on Monroeis m.
:aahe answer of the British govern
ment, which, was. then awaited, has
since been received and together with
the dispatch to-. which, it is a. reply, is
hereto appended; Such reply is en-
bodied III two communications ad-
dressed by the British prime minister to
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British am
bassadsf at this capita, ~ 1t Will be. seen
that one of These eoninFHni cations de-.
voted exclusively to observations upoa
the Monroe la octSiile Il and claims that
Il he present anee~~tlrene land
strangeextension #and development OF
[ tllisi dottrine 4ds 55sn siste1 .spiI spF the
United sstatess that the reasons jnstify-
ing an appeal to the doctrfne e7id11ciated
by President Monroe are generally in
applicable t>if'to the state: Of things in
which we live at5the present day, and
especially inapplicable to a controversy
involving the boundary line between
Great Britain and Venezuela. ''"r
e. Thinks she Dectrina i sound: Ii
Without attempting extended argu1
ments in reply to these positions, it may
not be amiss I'd suggest that the doc-#
trine upon which we stand is strong
and sound because it's enforcement Isl
importantato our peace, and safety: as "a
nation, and is essential to the integrity
of our free institutions and the tranquil
maintenance of our distinctive form of
government. 1t was intended to apply
to every stage of our national life, and
j
public endures: '".@'I If the balance Of
power is justly a cause for Jealous anx
iety among the governments Of the ol{F
world, and subject for our absolute.
non-interference, none the less is an OBJ
servance of the Monroe doctrine OF vital
concern toforlr people and their govern
ment.
Doesn't See Whore 1t Doesn't Apply.
Assuming therefore, that !. we may
properly insist upon this doctrine, with
out regard to 1.-THE state of things in
which1we live," or any changed condi-
ent why its application may not be in
voked in the present controversy. If a
European power, by an extension of its
boundaries, takes possession Of the ter
ritory of one of our neighboring repub-
lies against it's will. and in derOgation
of it's rights, it is difficult to see why, to
that extent, such European power does
not thereby attempt to extend its sys-
tenn Of government to that portion of |
this continent, which is; thus taken.
This Is the4precise action which Presi-
dent Monroe declared to be dangerous
to:oaf peace: an safety;f31*;aand it can
maxi no i'll ference whether. the
Europ efils lis ended by an adj
yance tlf eiitiersor otherwise. Ill
=It ia the British
reply TIL that we Should not seek to apply |
the Monroe doctrine to the pending dis
pute because it does not, embody any I
principle Of International law which {
sis founded on the general consent of
nations, - and that Z no sst atesman, how
ever eminent, and no nation, however /
are competent to insert intot
the code of international law, novel T
which was never recognized
before and which has not since been ac-
cepted by the government Of any other
I
ssf:ssJt Is. Peculiar toaThis coqauntfyi
Practically the principle for which
we contend has peculiar if not exclus-
e.relation~to+ the. United States,
1t may have not been admitted in SO
mai words DFhe code 81, International
law, t14 sin6ein intdrnatiShal councils
every .iEtiiad aihslentitlkd III the rights be-
longing to it, if the enforcement of the
Monroe doctrine is something we may
Justly claim, t1has its place in the code /:
III In te1nati 0Haf lawns Garfai1Tty and as
securely as if it were specifically men.
toned, and when the United States is a
sutton before The high tribunal that adj