Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-12-19
P5ys CLEVELAND Calls Eng|and's
Bluff in the Venezuela Affair,
VIGOROUS MESSAGE
$500 TO CONGRESS-
Monroe Doctrine Must be IN.
held by Every Means.
CAUSED A SENSATION.

transmitting the. correspondence be
tween Secretary Qlpey and Lord Sails
bury relative:th the Venezuelan boun
barry dispute, created a real sensatio,
In Washington today. Although thu
nature OF Secretary :Onley's yigorou!
communication and Lord Salisbury.
answer had been already accuratel,
foretold in the American Press dis
patches from America and London
there was still q great craving to learn
how tho president would deal with
Sallsbury's refusal.to submit the mat
ter to arbitration, and the message
was listended to with intense interes,
in congress and. was. read with avidit,
on the streets. Nowhere was there F.;
voice lifted in dissent from the doctrine
SO finally laid down by the president
but, on the contrary, there was ar
outburst of patriotic feeling that mus,
have been highly gratifying to the
executive.
In tue digniii:cd United States sen.
ate, Il body that rarely exhibits emo.
ton on any occasion. there was wit.
messed the unparalleled spectacle OF
hand clapping and applause, which
was tue spontaneous expression OF
the approval Of almost every senator
without regard to party. On the
street The message was discussed and
old veterans of the late war were pre-
pared again to undertake at the call
Of their country. In the great hall of
the pension building the employees
gathered and sang. with gusto the
"Star Spangled Banner and my
Country 'Tis of The At the White
House essages poured in from every
quarter Of the country and from men
Of all parties and .cf all nations con-
gratulatioTfhe president on his mos
sage
The mattir, OF course, was of great
interest in diplomatic circles, ana the
general impression on a sober second
consideration of the notes. was that
the matte4 ,had not yet reached a
stage whcie war was imminent, and
that the hint Of Great Britain's pur-
pose to reopen negotiations with Ven
ezuela. looking to a settlement Of the
dispute among themselves, perhaps
may be regarded as an indication of
how the WHOLE matter may end.
Minister;Andrade, Of Venezuela, Sc
cured a copy Of tile message early in
the day and cabled it by way Of Cuba
and Hayti I'd his government. The
time OF transmission is eight hours,
and it is felt. that it's reception at Car
acas will be tho signal for IN enthus-
iastic demonstration. Mr.. Andrade's
satisfaction was almost beyond the
poltef of expression. 1.-THE message
10 ouperb, /" said he with much enthus
faln, "It was even a surprise to me
in lis vigor, in the nobility Of the SEN
tinlents expressed, and in the mas
te11y exposition OF the Monroe doc
trine. There can be- no doubt OF
miocontruction of its meaning. In my
country it cannot but arouse the keen
estapprcc!ation on the part OF the
government and the people for this
powerful expression of friendship
from strong country in behalf OF a
comparatively weak one"
1fr. Andradf was asked what the
next step Of Venezuela would be.
"There is nothing further for us to do
We have announced our. policy. In
that We haves the cooperation and
support Of the United States. we are
little more than spectators now"
IFS the plan to investigate the ques-
ton and establish the line feasible?'
the minister was asked.
Perfectly so," he replied. The
evidence can readily be furnished SO
far as Venezuela is concered- 1t Will
be q laborious work, as the documents
and maps orr: very voluminous and
from many sources. including those
OF Holland. Spain. and other countries
M well as those Of Venezuela.
At the British embassy Sir Julian
Pauncefote andshis extensive official
corps shared IN The general interest in
the question. It was stated that the
foreign Office made public at noon the
SaliShary, answer simultaneous with
its 3asblication here. But as the pres
idents message is to congress and mas
not zone through Diplomatic channels
it waanot d part Of the matter gwen
70 Ne British public today by the Tor
oian office. This presents the ano.
maly Of a country interesting ltseli
wfthrthe phase Of a question most ae-
coptihlc to itself.
Tie Mcssa4e.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE pres''
dent sent TO congress today the Venez'
.~.,,aev,nndence accompanied Dy