Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-12-20
TELLER FEELS WARlikE.
Mahs Strong Speech in Senate Why United
States Should be Firm.

Wasafnet IN. Dec. l9-The Senate, to
dav took up the Venezuelan commission
bill. Hawley said If the bill were sent tc
q committee, various amendments would
be offered to it; for instance. that the
commissioners should be nominated and
approved ny the Senate, and the time FOR
1. final report be fixed in the bill
Chandler had the Gle rk read the memo
rial submitted TO Congress and the Presi-
dent, last February, on the part OF the
English gentlemen, to have system OF
international arbitration established to
prevent war.
Teller argued that the President had
the power To determine the facts for him
self and did not need to ask Congress for
authority TO appoint commission. He
said that the doctrine set forth in the
Presidents mess sage was not the doctrine
Of Monroe; it was the doctrine Of Ameri-
canism.
If the President himself declared what
tho true boundary line was, he fTellcr)
would have stood By that declaration,
whatever it might have been. lie was IL
firm believer in the doctrine appealed to
here. and believed there was no need OF
undue haste.
This was not political question. The
political party that attempted to make
capital out OF this would be u loser in the
end. These matters should he seriously
considered This country did not want to
90 to war, but if we did go to war it
should be in spirit that would lead US to
sink every dollar We possess, and lose
every able bodied man. if need be. in the
defence of our national honor.
War between us and Great Britain
would be the most tremendous war the
world has seen from the days of Alexan-
der to the present time. 1t would be uni
versal. If anybody believed there could
be war between as and Great Britain
without bringing in the other powers
they had not studied the European situa-
ton. The European powers would not
rcrmit England to get the advantage of
US. Russia was patiently waiting for il
chance to get an opening into the sea to
make inroads into India and dominate
China.
Mr.. Teller thought there was little
chance for war, but that the chances
would be much more serious for Great
Britain than for US Neither nation could
afford to go to war unless there was q
great principle at stake.
Allen objected to the second reading of
the bill, today, and Morgan said that he
would call meeting Of the committee on
foreign relations for tomorrow morning,
ut which this matter and others of kin
drcd character would be considered. He
hoped to be able to present In the Senate,
tomorrow, the views of the committee 50
that the bill could be amended and passed
without reference to Il committee
The resolution of Call, providing for an
investigation into the charges that cor
porations had attempted to control legis-
lation aud elections. which was agreed TO,
yesterday. upon which a motion to recon
slider was pending, was taken up, and
Call moved to amend by cJntinlng the iu-
vcstigation to Florida
Faulkner, Dem, of West Virginia,
moved to refer the resolution to the com
mite, on privileges and elections, witE
instructions to report upcn the propriety OF
such Investigation. A spirited colloquy
between Call and Faulkner was cut short
by u motion to go into executive session,
which was agreed to. when the doors O.
opened. the Scnate adjourned until to-
morrow.
The Presidents message with the ac-
compaDying documents on the subject OF
the outrages on ArmeniauS in the Tur-
kish empire. was laid before the Senate,
today, and referred to the committee on
foreign relations.