Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1895-12-20
LaD0Ctrin6 Monroe


dernier, envoy6 au Congress DIES
Unis, un message gui reste-
"a certainement CONNIE un DIES do
.uments les plus importants de
DIES Etats- Unis.
Latitude aussi ferme que digne,
prise par le President Cleveland,
approuv6e qu'elle est, par le peu-
pie ct par toute la presse de notre
pays, sans distinction de parti po-
litique, lui assursra une troisieme
nomination q la pr6sidence sill la
desire, ct fera un concurrent for
midable pour SOS adversaires po-
litiques.
Jusqu'a present, le parti r6pu-
blicain semblait absolument sur
du success, aux elections prochai-
nes.
Aujourd'hui, CO success est inf
niment douteux.
LIE message, don't nous demons
ci-dessous quelques extraits, aura
certainement pour eAet. de faire
pousser, au caduc lion britanni
que, quelques inducements inof-
fensifs, mails il aura pour effet non
MONS certain de relever le presti-
go AMERICAN aux yeux oes nations
europ6ennes.
On salt que, fdale ases instincts
de bravoure, John Bull a essay6
d'intimlder I'm petit pays d'Am6ri-
que, le Venezuela, ct de s'empa-
rer dune partie de son territoire.
A cette spoliation, s'oppose un
principe cher aux americans; Ia
Monroe ct c'est cette
meme doctrine que le President
Cleveland entend faire reconna1tre
par lAngleterre.
En- agissant ainsi, nous le r6p6
tons, le premier citoyen DIES Etats-
Unis s'est attire I'admirat1on de
tous, meme de SOS adversaires 30
l1tiques.
Extrait du message:
It will be seen from the CORES
pondence here with submitted that
the proposition Of arbitration has
been dt cllned by the British 60
vernment upon grounds which,
under the circumstances, seem to
me to be far from satisfactory. It
is deeply disappointing that such
appeal, actuated by the mostfriend
~ feelings towards both nations d.
rectly concerned, addressed to. the
sense of justice and to the magma.
nimity of one of the great powers
of the world, and touching its rela-
tions to one comparatively weak
and small, should have produced
no better results.
The course to be pursued by this
government in view of the present
condition, does not appear to admit
of serious doubt. Having lsbored
faithfully for many years to induce
Great Britain to submit this dis
pute to impartial arbitration, and
having been now finally appr,sed
of her refusal to do so, nothing re-
mains but to accept the situation,
to recognize it's plain requirements
and deal with accordingly Great
Br1tain's present position has new
er, thus far, been regarded as ad.
missible by Venezuela, though any
adj ustment of the boundary which
that country may deem for her
advantage and may enter into of
her own free will. cannot, of course,
be objected to by the United States.
Assuming, however, that the atti
tude of Venezuela will remain I'm.
changed the dispute has reached
such a stage as to make it now in
oumbent upon the United-States to
take measures to determine with
certainty for it's iasti6ca-
tion what is the true Divisional line
between the republic of Venezuela
and British Guiana. The inquiry
to that end should, of course; be
conducted carefully and judicially,
and due weight should be given to
available evidence, records and
facts in support of the claims of
both parties.
In order that such an examina-
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