The Indianapolis journal., 1895-10-22
BI.UsTER AND RANT.
Comment of the London Press ON the
Attitude of Americans.

the Americans, the Westminster Gazette
this afternoon says: After tremendous
/. fuss the Nicaragua incident turned out to be
| q ridicllously small-beer affair, and in a
short time we shall have the same discovery
| in the Venezuela matter. Great Britain and
| the United States are not going to be set
| by the ears by pack of venezuelans. Pres
| ident Cleveland knows we have no intention
of land grabbing in South America, and
that Monroesm has no better friend than
the old country Our Coionial Minister. who
married an American. has given tokens OF
! his friendship to the United States and its
people, and he is not likely 10 go out of his
way to get the Marquis of Salisbury 10
| tread on cousin Jonathans corns. At the
same time Secretary Olney will no doubt
| tell the Venezuelans that they cannot ex-
pect the United States TO espouse quarrel
when they delibera te1y presume on their
limited resources, TO attempt to bluff great
| power We are glad that the New York
POST, which has done such excellent service
| in promoting a better understanding be-
tween the United States and Great Britain,
will unhesitatingly tell its countrymen the
enighten the blatherskite politicians and
newspapers who are seeking to foment
trouble between the two great branches Of
| the English-speaking world
| The Pail Mall Gazette says: THE Mar
quis Of Salisbury will find 1t convenient to
keep a Autographed supply OF special form
of ultimatum for South American republics.
They are perpetually making trouble, and
| the mongrel Spanish punctilio viii not yield
TO anything short of a threatened blockade.
| grabbed a big chunk beyond the Schomburg
| line We have no wish TO bully Venezuela,
but We say. off hands all the same"
The ST. James Gazette has this 10 say on
I! the subject: "The very able New York Post
| fairly applies the term .blatherskite to the
Tribune and similar. publications and, poll
= h mo- IN no hna aforl
affair are an example of their habitual use
| Of foaming tail-talk The United States
government. however. is no blatherskite,
and does not listen TO the opinions of ad-
| vsers of that order. If Venezuela has that
impression she will do we'll 10 remember the
| outcome between England End Nicaragua.
| Between governments acts and what the
| moro foolish kind of person protesting to
represent American opinion says there is
and nonsense. Unless President Cleveland
| is prepared to overthrow the traditions of
| his foreign policy and begin course OF
| courting complications, we may be sure that
| Venezuela will not receive more backing
| than Nicaragua, seeing that case exists
| for arbitration. Our frontier in Guiana was
| TO ask that 1t would be questioned because
| the cupidity of the NeneZuelans has been
! excited by the wealth Of gold on our side.
| The action of the United States government
| in presenting request for arbitration is
| friendly to Venezuela and not unfriendly TO
an act of the most unprovokei hostility. II
would be sheer folly and ignorance 10 drag
| the Monroe doctrine into the dispute. III
some Americans imagine that Monroeism
implies the general claim of the United
| States to dictate as to the relations of the
European powers with the Spanish-Ameri-
| can republics, that is no business OF ours.
| Such a claim to be serious. must go the
| whole length of a protectorate and that IL
Is needless to observe. would be fur;ously
resisted by the Spanish-Americans them
selves and would. of course, saddle the
United States with the responsibility of
keeping them IN o,, order II Is absurd % TO , sup,
such burden. and it is to be hoped that
the United States government does not in
tend to send a squadron to Venezuela, as
.the presence of hostile force keeping an
! eye on our possible misdeeds would certainly
| tend to produce strained relations
1--WE are much Obliged for Americas ef-
! forts at Cancellation In the Venezuelan af-
! fair, but the offer would come with more
| grace IL she would pay the Bering sea seal
| ing indemnity in accordance with the Paris
award. While we hope that Mr. Bayard and
Lord Salisbury will come TO terms. II is evil
| dent that America has footing beyond
| that of powerful neighbor.
The Post CONSERVATIVE says, in an edi-
torial. that 1t expects that America will
send squadron to Central American
waters, but 1t certainly will not fight on be-
half of vefezuela. There is no doubt" the
Post adds. that the American attitude will
| be the same as Ii was with Nicaragua"
The Times says this (Tuesday morn
ing IN an editorial; Some of
ouI AMERICAN If1euuS nave been
too previous in their interpreta-
| tions of report that the Marquis of Sails
bury had sent an ultimatum to Venezuela.
Lord Salisburys dispatch had to be sent
| through Berlin. Its tenor was not such al
| to raise the questions which a portion OF
| the American press seems so anxious 10
| the Cuyuni river belongs TO them does not
| justify the Venezuelans in an attack on
| the British police. Until their violent act
| is atoned for and an ample apology Is
made they are III position OF having sud-
| denly removed the dispute from the sphere
| of diplomacy and challenged it's settlement
| by force. Whether they count upon enjoy
] Ing immunity on account OF the distance OF
! the scene of action from Georgetown or
| sumo upon their insignifcance to do things
M great power would attempt, 1t is time
the careless politicians were taught a
The Chronicle publishes an interview with
/ United States ambassador Bayard. i'm
he had only very general ideas OF is the lat. lat
| est phase of the Venezuelan trouble except
| what he had gathered from the newspapers
1 His latest mission was an endeavor of the
| friendliest character TO arrange to resume
| the Venezuelan frontier negotiations. Lord
| Salisbury had listened to his argument in
| bury's reply was doubtless due to the lat
| ter's holiday and TO the subsequent occIi-
patton of the Foreign Office. The many
| ezue1a had always been amicably arranged
| by a board of concilation and Mr.. Bayard
1 SAID ne GlQ hot See WHY the same met1Ol
| should not be adopted as between England
| and Venezuela. Lord Salisbury's demand
| on Venezuela for reparatfon, he added, was
| quite outside his mission in the affair.
| The Daily News Q-iberaD says in an
| editorial: 1T is little credit 10 diplomacy
| that the Venezuelan question should be
| SO long unsettled. The successive British
| administrations have not been perfectly
| consistent with themselves or with each
| other. The most serious aspect OF the Ques-
| and the dispute will need to be managed
with the greatest tact and temper on both
| sides, especially as there Is a similar tiiffi-
we shall have to consider public senfi-
| ment i'm the United States and TO set n,
example of moderation and self-control''
a French View.
PARIS, Oct a.-lThe Figaro to-day COM
menting on the Venezuelan situation, re-
marks ssThe ultimatum that Great Britain
has issued may be prejudiciai TO the cause
of general peace.
lie Soir saws: There is a tendency on
the part of America TO abuse the Monroe
doctrine. England is right. and France viii
be compelled 10 initiate her In order TO
secure an equitable settlement OF several
questions"
Killed His Sixth Man.
MIDDLESBOR0UGH, KY, Oct. si-An-
drew jackson. negro desperate. killed
Major Campbell In Burdette's saloon. this
afternoon. Jackson has killed six men I'm