Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-12-18
HOW IT IS VIEWED.
Comments at Home and
Abroad on the Message.
Americans Agree That Our Stand
Should Be Firm and Decided.
Iohn Bull Not So Enthusiastic As He Miaht
Be Over Message.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE diplomatic
representatives Of the American republics
in Washington, are highly clatcd over the
| Presidents message, and nearly all cabed
copious extracts Of the document to their
| respective governments
| Ever since the Corintu affair they have
been somewhat respondent over the sup
posed indisposition of the United states To-
resist foreign aggrcssons on the Ameri
can continent, but, today, they could not
iiud Language adequate TO express their ad-
mirstiou OF President Celvelauds forciblr
uttcranocs particularly IN regard to the
possible resort II othtr COMPETITIONS than
those "in the arts of peace.
None Of the American ministers or
charges 'aflaircs consented to speak au-
thori' atively for their governments, in the
absence Of instructions, nor would any bo
led into public intcrs Jew on the subject.
One who has had more experience Ia the
international affairs of the United States
than moss Of his colleagues in the tiplo.
matte corps, said that whilo he was graft
fled to see that the United States had
finally taken firm stand on the Monroe
doctrine, it would be unnwiso TO consider
il established in the code Of nations. and.
although he believed that European ma
tions would be compelled 60 recognize its
force, hereafter il was not by any means
sure that its effect could BE- made retroac-
tive, rs It's application TO the Venezuelan
matter certainly would be.
Aside from this he hoped land In this
he believed that all american representa-
tives would support the United States),
that England would be forced, by war II
necessary, to give up the territory stolen
from Venezuela and he trusted that Con-
gress would authorize the Executive to
furnish arms and men to drive out the
40, 900 sguatters referred to by Lord Sails
bury.
Another representative Of government
that has a dispute with Great Britain as
to a matter of land grabbing, differing
only In degree from Venezuela, declared
that IL the United States was sincere in
this matter and supported President
Clevelsnd's suggestion for boundary
commission beyond EnRland's influence.
81 would result in the greatest desldera-
tuin. an alliance both for peace and war,
Of the most progressive American re-
publcs.
The boundary question in Alaska, he
said. could then be rs quickly settled as
that in NeDeIueIa,u and the rapid cncrOach-
ments of Belize on both Mexico and
Guatemala would he terminated and the
title to the territory Of Brazil now claimed
by French ard British Guiana would be
With the bulldozing power of Great
Britain nulliled. he believed that her
supremacy would disappear,
and that trade would flow on north and
south lines instead Of east and west.
Another Of the South American Icpub-
lies is disposed, IN view Of the attitude OF
The United States ia past years and the
peculiar political conditions now existing
IN this country, 70 await the sober second
thought Of the people in regard to the
message. He thought that he should like
10 hear what Senator sherman (tLe new
Continued ON paye 2.