The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-22

CANNOT SUBMIT 10 HUMILIATION,
All English Political Parties Alike Declare
That Great Britain Cannot snbmit to
the Acceptance of Mr.. CIeyeiand's
Demands-The Monroe Doctrine
Understood by the Masses.
War Woald be the Death
Warrant of Armenia.

| OF public feeling can honestly affirm
| that the country is in the state OF eX-
! element over the difficulties that have
arisen in connection with the Anglo
/ Venezuelan dispute, that some OF the
| newspapers represent.
Whatever partial efervescence existed
| over President Cleyeland's message Is
now eyaporatiDg, and If no new sur
prise is sprung upon the British people
the whole matter will soon become q
mere newspaper war.
Official and diplomatic circles have
never shared IN the extreme alarmlst
! views that have found expression in the
| press. and the placidlty prevailing IN
the Foreign Office may be judged OF from
the fact that Prime Minister Salisbury
has seen no cause 10 summon a meet
ing OF the Cabinet 10 consider the posi-
tion. 1t Is expected that no Cabinet
meeting will be held untii the views
OF the American Government, embodied
in a dispatch from Mr. Olney. the Amer
lean Secretary Of State. who, il Is un-
derstood, is about 10 send reply TO
Lord Salisbury's note, has reached the
! Foreign Office.
Upon making inquiries as TO when this
reply was likely 10 be received. the rep
resentatiye of the United Press learned
that il was expected to reach here early in
January.
LAY DOWN AND SAY NOTHING"
IL depends upon the nature and tone
Of Mr.. Olney's communication whether
the situation viii become really critical.
I'm the mean time the policy or the
Foreign Office IS to clay down and say
nothing" English jingoism. braying IN
response TO American jingoism, may 80
on. but IL does not represent genuine
public sentiment; nor can newspaper
opinion be taken as an absolutely sure
guide 10 the national feeling.
The Ignorance Of the English masses
In regard 20 the real issues between the
governments must ere long operate TO
restrain Lord Salisbury fom following AN
active policy Of sheer defiance 10 America.
The Monroe doctrine breaks upon the
bulk Of the pOpulace like the enigma of
the Sphynx The locality Of the dis
pute is TO them a geographical mystery.
Even the Westminster Gazette, which
Is an organ Of the educated classes.
thinks Il necessary 10 inform its readers
that neither British Guiana, nor Dem
erara is an island. as Is generally sup
posed, in England.
Before the Government dares TO COM
nit the country, the people will want TO
know what the trouble is about.
THE QUEEN ANXIOUS.
The Queen s. showing the keenest
anxiety in the difficulty.
Lord Salisbury was closted yesterday
at the Foreign Office. not seeing even the
diplomats.
In the evening ne sent long dispatch
10 her Majesty. at Osborn House, on
the Isle OF Wight, where she is at present
soiourning.
The Queens remembrance Of the fact
that the last official act Of the Prince
Consort was the preparing of a memo
randum counselling a peaceful settle
ment Of the Trent affair, will incline her
to interfere TO prevent rupture between
the two countries.
Continuing TO collate opinion outside OF
the leading party organs. and the Carl
ton. Constitution, and Liberal Clubs, the
representative of the United Press has
essaved 10 ascertain the feeling In the
Workingmen's Political Club on which
feeling the politicians here rely when
organizing popular demonstrations.
These clubs, though numbering their
members by the tens Of thousands, re-
mained concealed from the public, until
periods OF public agitation when party
wire-pullers, finding IL advisable 10 TO
ment excitement. supply funds TO calll out
the masses. Funds, alone, would not,
however. evoke professions in Hyde Park
nor enthusiastic crowds in the great
halls. -.,
WORKINGMEN NOT EXCITED.
The workingmen's clubs can only be
manipulated on the lines of their own
tendencies. Selecting four OF the most
notable Of these clubs, inquiries revealed
the fact that there was an entire abb
sence OF excitement, and only mid
interest IN the situation.
While fkeenly alive TO home politics.
the average intelligence of the working
men who are members Of these CLUBS
does not extend to Great Britain's for
eign relations
The Monroe doctrine. especially, is a
hieroglyphic 10 them, but they are SYM
pathizers with America, and their belief
i'm the Justice OF the American Govern
ment is profound.
To sum up the result Of the conversa-
tions had with several Of the best-lniorm-
ed members Of the clubs. IL may be said
that the opinion is that the men must
learn more about the causes of the quar-
rel before there will be the smallest
chance OF their responding TO party APP
peals for a demonstration for or against
the Government.
The recognition of the primary neces-
sity for tte spread OF information on the
subject. has led the London weekly pa
lation, TO set themselves in their issues
OF to-day 10 enhghten their readers.
one OF these papers, having a weekly
issue OF 700 90 copies, precedes its article
with the admission that many English
men will learn FOR the first time through
President Cleveland's message, that Great
Britain has a boundary dispute with
Venezuela. which IL then proceeds 10 ex-
plain. -..
MR.. CLEVELAND ATTACKED.
. The article concludes with an attack |
ON Mr.. Cleveland's- action as calculated |
to bring the principle Of arbitration into |
Another Of these papers. which has an |
enormous circle Of readers In the opera |
tive and manufacturing centres, likewise |
exnounas the Monroe doctrine, and then |
upholds President Cleveland as being in |
the right. insisting upon arbif9 ton
II. however. denounces the arrogant |
Of the United States that In |
no part OF America shall any one set foot |
excenf with the permission Of the curious |
gang of corrupt politicians in Washing |
ton"
The paper adds: Grant Ireland home |
rule. and We shall hear little Of the Mon
roe doctrine.
A0osher radical workingman's paper |
holds that II is impossible for the public |
10 support a war on the question Of the
boundary Of British Guiana or for teach
ax Uncle Sam better manners
n recalls how Lord Palmerston played
the sciyis romanus sum- doctrine for
All II was worth. to get we'll with the
,rowd when his name was ill-smelling az |
court and among his colleagues.
Mfr. Cleveland, II says Is using the |
Monroe doctrine In q similar manner, as |