The Worthington advance., 1895-12-19
THE CORRESPONDENTS.
Important Extracts from the Voluminou'
.'G Diplomatic Notes.

ceptlOn OF the dispute WHICH mas hoW 40.
sumed 50 serious an aspect, Mr: oiney
claim for arbitration based on the Monroe
doctrine SoWn to the 1
Ing the sentiment of President Monroe III
full, and notes that its pronounce.
ment by the Monroe administration at at
to the inspiration of Great Britain, who a9
once gave to it an open and unqualified
adhesion which has never been With
Mr. Olney gives in his note a, firm in.
dorsement to the principle enunciated by
Monroe and defines Great Britain's posi-
tion in this frank and unambiguous man.
"she Great Brittany says to Venezuela
You can get none of the debatable land 6y
force because you are not strong enough
you can get none by treaty, because I will
not agree, and you can take your chance
of getting a portion by arbitration only II
you first agree to abandon to me such por
lions as may Designate -
Continuing Mr.. Olney says 1t is not per
,ceived how such an attitude can be de-
love Of justice and fair play so eminently
characteristic Of the English race, anc
holds that II such position be adhered to
stance, to an Invasion and conquest o:
Venezuelan territory.
Duty of the President Unmistakable.
In conclusion Mr.. Olney says that IL
these circumstances the duty OF the Rresi
dent appears to him unmtstakable and I'M
tion Of title and her refusal to have tha
title investigated and not to protest ant
give warning against the substantial ap
i ritory for her own use would be to ignor.
an established policy with which the honor
and welfare OF this country are closely Ny
Salisbury and said: s"They (the views.
call for a definite decision upon the poin.,;,
decline to submit the Venezuelan boundary
question in its entirety to impartial arbi.
tration." Expressing the presidents hope
arbitration' znbi end Mr. 0iney concluded with the
pointed statement that. + the president "is
to be disappointed in that hope, however,
mot to ee ae
the future relations between this country
and Great Brittain-it is his wish to be
made eHabe the ay
whole subject before congress In his next
annual message"
Lord Salisbury's Reply.
Lord salisbury's reply is addressed to Sir
Julian Pauncefote, British ambassador ~ at e
last This dealt only with the application
Of the Monroe doctrine In the case at issue
and was followed ON the same day by an
other note discussing the boundary dis
pute per Sc. At the outset Lord Salisbury
states that so far as he Is aware the Mon
d9etrne has neyse yer
any written communication addressed to
! the government Of another nation. He
gives what he believes is the British in
depreciation of: the doctrine and main-
tains the dangers which were appre-
hended by President Monroe have no re-
lation to the state of things In which we
thinly covered irony, that: 1T is intelli-
gible that Mr.. Ilney should, invoke in de-
fense of the views on which ne IS now IN
joys 50 high popularity with his own fel-
low countrymen." - = - l. t'.%, !.
The dispute between Great. Britain and
.,roVersy with which the United States
has no apparent practical concern 1. MI
Continuing in short. pithy sentences,
aiestion as saEa ineoneroversyea 4 n
rsin nrmariiy aaEi a 'intersstea That the disputed
ot s Sssens ae5hnE ae %ER
President Monroe; that It IS not q question
Of the colonization BY any european re- sa L power w
Of any portion & Ct america nGE OF ne so1h I'M
Vised in Europe. 1T is" he says, ""simply
the determination Of the frontier OF Brit
throne of England long before the rep.lb-
lie OF Venczuela came into existence 8
EaS+i i, salisbury Becomes Tart. Is II. ~ {
As he proceeds in the discussion the Lam
kuaGe Of Lord Salisbury becomes tart.
trine in itself lis sound, but tdisclain.s any
Intention. of being understood as. express
ing any acceptance Of 1t: on the part Of her
ney as saying That distance sna 5000
miles Of Intervening ocean make any poiit-
ical union between q European and an
American state unnatural and inexpedient,
necessary meaning Of these, words is that
the union between Great Britain and Cana
da; between Great Britain and Jamaica and
Trinidad; between Great % Britain and
British Honduras or British Guiana, are
inexpef1ient and unnatural. President
Monroe" says his-lordship, 'disclaims any
such inference from. his doctrine; but in
this as in other respects, Mr.. Olney de-
velops it, -.