The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-31

mouths of the Orinoco. one Of the great
river systems of South America The
te PURPOSES OF all these movements is writ
zen zen PLAINLY on the map. II successful
they viii give Great Britain control Of
the spanish main, and make the Garth
OTall sea little better than British lake"
ne concluded as follows: I'VE have
seen British forces at Corinto we know
1le attitude they assume in VenezueIa
tIS ttIneS are attempting 10 take land on the
xAIaShdn boundary. They have lust de-
hounced the mOdus vivendi and reoDen-
"a IN that way the perilous dispute of
-. - IlOIlueastern nsheries. 1T is not by
agSIueht that these events have all oc-
cured or all come to an acute stage
MllHln the past year. They are not due
- ~ us, Tor we nave committed no aggres-
s!iOi upon any, but of all these difficult
Iles which are now upon us the most inn
S.I nlSeyldte Is that involved in the DISPUTE
t,,,i "ISI y ehezuela. They tell us that this
roLllloIy Is remote and worthless. It is
remote, perhaps, but it is not worthless
III III III II hau been, the Venezuelan pos
session - OF 1t would be undisturbed. But
~ matters not whether il is worthless or
Ndiuable. The tea tax was trivial hut
our Iorefathers refused TO pay it be-
SSause IL involved a great principle and
AN her North American colonies These.
american people believe to-day Just as
1HaLiiy IN the principle of the Monroe
uocflne. They deem is essential to their
honor, their safety and their interests
a. nation and they are prepared to de
lend II when it is assailed.
MT. President, who is responsible fO.
the unhappily strained relations between
england and the United States? As
nave pointed out we have not been the
aggreSsOrs on any of the points now i'm
dispute, whether in Alaska or Venezuela.
- w nat, then, has strained our relations2
Inc peremptory refusal to arbitrate this
question OF boundary Who gave that
refusal? Great Britain. We have ap-
pointed a commission, not to arbitrate
between Great Britain and Venezuela but
10 inform US, after careful investiga-
~ fng amsra.. a
their opinion, should be- Who has drawn
an arbitrary line OF boundary and de-
clared that they should not arbitrate TO
the east of it? Not the United States
but Great Britain. Ultimatums are what
caused strained relations, and they have
come from Great Britain and not from us
l believe that this question will be peace
tully settled by the good sense of the
representatives of England and the United
States, but 1 am very clear that such
settlement can only be reached by ac-
tiOn on the part of the congress and of
the President which shall be as temper
ate as ii is firm. and which shall main
tain the Monroe doctrine wherever ii just
ly applies. That doctrine is as impor-
tant to us as the balance of power is to
Europe and those who maintain the latter
must not attempt to break down the
principle which guards the integrity of
the Americans and protects them from
the Interference of foreign powers"
In the course of Mr.. Lodges historical
review of the Venezuelan boundary ques-
llOils ne Was dehtu DN MI "i1ill MneiNGf
Venezuela had ever at any time refused
arbitration. Never" Mr. Lodge replied.
II refer TO that" Mr.. Hill explained,
''on account of published interview with
Mr.. Lincoln in a Chicago newspaper in
which Venezuela refused arbitration So
far as / am aware, she has sought arbi-
tration constantly She has rejected one
or two of the compromises offered by
Great Britain. She rejected one of them
because Great Britain Insisted on the free
navigation of the OrinOco. / do not think
that Venezuela has ever rejected arbitra-
ton. on the contrary, she has always
sought it.
At another point in the narrative Mr.
Lodge was asked by Mr. Chandler wheth-
er he had discovered any trace of the
Indians with whom treaties had been
said to have been made.
II have not" Mr. Lodge replied. 'They
must be concealed in the British Case "
At the close of Mr.. Lodges speech, the
correspondence on the subject of the vice
consulates in Erzeroum and Kharpoot
was laid before the Senate and referred
to the committee on foreign relations.