Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-10-25
FROM WASHINGTON
Dfazil'S Reported Recognition Of
the BelligerenS.
VALLER'S IMPRISONMENT.

Flaws In the Record OF his iTldi
That Nav Result In His Release
From the French Fortress.
About Venezuela.
The cable report from Iuenos Ayres OF
Brazil's wlllingne undr certain circum-
stances TO rec 5gnize the Cubans as belliger-
ents is causing much comment In ofiiciai cir
ces iu Washington, although cable inquiries
I'VE not yet brought either confirmation or
denial.
Under ordinary circumstances little re-
lance Is place. in the Brazilian reports COM
in via Buenos Ayres, bu. In this case IL Is
known than an extensive agitation In iaVor
Of the Cuban insurgents has been gong on
rec,nly through Brazil. The Brazilian
papers up 10 the 25 ult have been rece'v I.
by officials, and show that the press AM
public have leen besieging the Brazilian
Congress, now in session, to recognize the
Cutan insurgents.
Ex-coNsUL wALLER's FATE.
1t ha, Teen understood all along that the
iate of Ex-Consul Waller who Is still he'd In
Imprisonment by the French at MarsellIes
hinged on tie proceedings of the couit-mar'
tial wlich sentenced him, and, therefore, the
State Department has direc cd Its Efforts
ma My to obtaining a copy of tie record OF
the cour'. Now that the record Is in Paris,
careful examination OF the documents Is be-
Ing made. and already there have been de-
yeloped some points, in the nature OF what
| NAV he fatal flaws, that In the cad may form
the basis OF demand for release OF the pri'-
| oner.
In at least two points it has been found that
the rroceeding- of the court martial were In
violation OF the French law, and ii such a
case arose in the United States this would be
SUFFICIENT ground for the setting aside oil the
proceedings and the sentence, and the re-
lease Of Waller.
In the first place, the court was composed
of five officers. whereas the Frencl military
regulations are said to require at least seven
pel sons to sit on tie court. But more i'm
poriant than this, 1t has been discovered that
Waller was MOI really tried as charged, Dut
that as the trial progresssl evidence was
taken on another charge not included in the
original ma Ter, and that 1t was upon what
nigh. be called a supplementary. but irresu'
ltr charge that Waller was convicted. ASIDE
from the other pcin In the case, this matter
OF irregularity ofthe proceedings may in the
end 20 far to make up the case Of our gov
ernment, as presented through Ambassador
Eustis.
STILL SILENT ABOUT VENEZUELA
Even after the pra ct!cal confirmation from
Br tish sources Of the sta 'ement that the
state Department had addressed a strong
Iotter upon the Vsnezue an boundary dispu {
10 Ambassador Bayard for delivery to tn
British Foreign Offl,e, the officials at the
state Department refuse to make any I'D
mission touching ths subject
The guarded and evident inspired com
ment of the leading Brit sh Newspaper upor
, this letter has attracted serious attention
; among tho diplomatic body here, aud the
see In 1t a good deal Cf slsnifcance, an
c possibly a threat CT grave CON. locations
{ follow.
The atement that is held to be OF pal
D ticular significance is that the British GOV
ernment regar Is the vie Es set forth In Se(
q retary Olney's letter as so impor ant that
, long time must be taken for its considers
!. lion. As there Is nothing new to Gree
:. Br tain, espe tally IN an enunciatlon ii
|, mild form OF the Monroe Doctrine, it Is a
}, sumed here that the only purpose oil della!
u Ing a response VII ch the terms OF the lett
7 indicated would b, gratefully received,
h sent prompt Y. i, TO affc I'd the British Go
r srnment an opportunity to consult some
4. .he other great European powers upon IN
subject.
:, Most Of these powers are concerned In Il
fortunes OF American States, some dlrectl
~ as France and Spain, through Their coloni
=. possessions, and others through heavy
vestments of their citizens in securities al
10 concessions
9 The doctrine laid down by Secreta
4 O'ney. II carried to Its logical conclusio
probably would estop any interference
20 force on the part of European power
!, the affairs OF an Americ n republic, al
., also. as in the clse OF Venezuela, which m'
ind parallel in the case OF the bounda
:. DISPUTE b tN cen France and Brazil, preve
=, Any Of these European nations from exten
- ing their colonial possessions in this hem
n. phere. Therefore, it is leievel by Sol
a dinlomats to be within the range
a o ,ssibilI that Great Britain may have
We contemplation union with some OF
~ other European powers in joint refusal
=, accert the doc rine laid down by Monroe.