The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-12-27
SHALL THERE BE WAR
UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND
ARE WROUGHT UP.
Opinions of Prominent Men and News
papers Differ Greatly as to the Outcome
OF the Venezuela boundary Dispute and
the Use OF the Monroe Doctrine.

of the Venezuela boundary Dispute ana
the Use OF the Monroe Doctrine.
President Cleveland's message to
congress giving such n warlike color
| ing to the boundary dispute between
! Great Britain and Venezuela has
aroused the patriotism of both the
| United States and England and the
prospects of war are being discussed
on every hand. In the United States
nearly ever newspaper of anything
| like national prominence supports the
| President in his declaration that the
Monroe doctrine applies 10 this case
! and must be so recognized. The New
| York World is about the only notable
exception. Interviews with many
prominent men in Washington. New
York, Boston and elsewhere shows
that the Monroe doctrine is almost
universally regarded as controlling the
action of the United States in this
matter. Not many believe that war
will result from the dispute, but that
the trouble will be settled peacefully.
Lord Salisbury's responses To Secre-
tary Olneys arguments are not re-
garded in official circles in Washing
ton as being weighty or logically
strong. The parallel he seeks to draw
between the Alaska boundary question
and the Venezuelan boundary contro-
versy utterly falls, il is said. when
viewed in the light of the definition of
the Alaskan boundary given in the
Russian treaty of cession. As far as
his objection to the injection of the
Monroe doctinc into international law
| by the United States, il is recalled
that international law, as Speaker
Reed once remarked of parliamentary
law, lis not an exact science" that it
is made and amended from time to
| time by nations able to support their
| views, and that the United States has
as sound right TO apply this doctrine
| to American affairs as had some of
the European powers by combination
! to regulate affairs in Europe and force
| their views upon oriental nations.
British newspapers say that the at
| tempt of the United States To inter-
fere in this matter and especially to en-
deavor TO apply the Monroe doctrine
and the appointment of a committee
| by the United States to be the judges
of the boundary is simply preposter-
Gus. and that for Great Britain to con-
| slider either feature controlling her
movements in the matter would be d
humiliation which cannot be thought
of. Several London papers try TO
make themselves feel that the whole
matter is only an election dodge.
Above. all, however, the feeling is
shown that war would be preferable to
| forced arbitration.
In Case of War.
While war is the common theme of
conversation the comparative strength
of the two countries has been shown,
and it develops that Uncle Sam could
| muster quite a navy and already has a
respectable army. We can count on
81 war vessels now ready, besides six
turreted monitors, six gunboats and
two battleships now being built, max
| ing total of AS Then there are Is of
| the old Ericsson monitors that could
be put in preparation by having their
turret arrangement removed and two
eight-inch appearing and disappearing
guns placed in a barbette in the hold,
making them very formidable vessels
in the defense of our bays and harbors.
Then there could be extemporized for
cruisers and commerce destroyers the
New York. City of Paris, St Louis and
st. Paul. They would rank up to the
top DOLcn. III WOulu require only the
! time necessary to furnish them with
guns probably 30 days. The number
of men that the United States could
send to the front for immediate action
in case of war is l40,3 800. OF these
$3.50 are regulars and 1l4,95O militia.
There are besides %. 700 cadets in mill
tary schools and colleges. The in
fantry arm of the regular force is H.
| coo. the artillery 1900 and the cavalry
! G,600. The artillery arm of National
Guard comprises 5.150 men. and the
cavalry $3.50 The entire regular
force is armed with the new Krag-Jor-
geson rifles. In coast defenses the
supply is small, but can soon be in
creased very formidably.
/ Sir Michael Hicks Beach, the chan
cellor of the eXchequer of Great Brit
ain, made an address in Bristol which
contained an important suggestion of
] the probable next step to be taken 10y
the British government in the Vene-
zuela controversy, namely. the issu-
ance of statement by Lord Salisbury
which Sir Michael intimated might put
a new face on affairs and which, he
hoped. would result in a happy. peace
| full and honorable settlement.
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