Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-04-04
UNCLE SAM rs FIRM.
NO EUROPEAN ENCOURAGEMENT
ON THIS CONTINENT.
the Unlted States 0overnment Win
See that Justice IL Done In Latin.
America-Many Republics May Unite
10 Oppose Europe.
Rnssia Our Ally.

10 Oppose EUROPE
Rnssia Our Ally.
Washington correspondence:
o. the numerous foreign complications
IN which the United States finds herself
embr0iled those with Great Britain over
Nicaragua and Venezuela are BY far the
most serious. Few think that ct present
there II any danger Of q wal between no
and Great Britain, but there are not want
ing statesmen u considerable knowledge
and acumen who predict that in q few
years war will come. The present atti.
tude Of Great Britain In bullying the in
dependent republics Of South and Central
America must be checked soon or else the
~all-grabbing European monarchy will he
making Asia or Africa out Of this con-
tinent.
This governments will 60 to wGr before
permitting Great Britain to occupy n
portion Of Nicaragua, thereby curtailing
the autonomous powers Of the republic.
If England II allowed now to encroach
Npon any independent Latin-American
aation, a precedent will have been estab-
aished for future e-ncroachments else
where and the force Of the Monroe doe
trine. which has been the safeguard of
Latin-Americn for more than seventy
years. will be undermined.
In this connection It ma be noted TINT
the rebel admiral, Da CANA, was sup
ported. BY the combined monarchies Of
Europe In his attempt to overthrow the
brazilian republic and 1t is with Just pride
that We can point the fact that it was the
shot fired by Admiral Benham in Rio
.Janciro harbor that broke the back of the
rebellion and served notice on European
monnrchies that they must keep their
hands on this continent. In gratitude for
that act the Fourth of July, our national
holiday. has been declared q national
holiday BY Brazil and a monument to
PRESIDENT Monroe, the author of the doc
trine that bears his name, is now being
erected in the Brazilian capital.
Yet not all Of Europe's monarchies are
hostile to our republican institutions and
to-day, just 10 during our civil war, we
have q steadfast friend in the ereat Rus
sian empire. It 10 now known that a cou-
pie of weeks ago France and Germany.
under the influence Of England, were 70
ing to Join in a debt-collecting expedition
to South America. Guatemala, Nicaragua
and Venezuela have defaulted in the pay
ment OF interest on bonds to German,
French and English creditors. England
sought to form a combination of the cred
ttors to compel the debtors to pay. The
plan wal to make a demonstration of
force, and place agents Of the creditors in
control OF the revenues of the debtor
countries until such time as the obliRa-
tions were satisfied. This was the policy
that England adopted in Egypt. The re-
suit 10 practical British absorption of that
ancient country, as the sovereignty of the
Sultan or Khedive is now scarcely a
formality. Our ambassador to Paris was
instructed to demonstrate with France
that such an act on her part would be
considered u%nfriendly to the United
States. France felt disposed to yield to
our remonstraEce; but soon a stronger
pressure was brought to bear. Our am
bassador at the court of st. Petersburg
urged the government of the Gear to use
its influence with France to abstain.
Russia. ever the friend and ally of the
United States, promptly informed France
that any action by that country unfriend-
ly to the United States would be deemed
an unfriendly act to Russia. AS an alli-
ance with Russia is the hope and ambi-
ton of French statesmen, the French gov
eminent promptly took the cue and served
notice on Great Britain that she would
not join In the debt-collecting expedition.
In the Venezuelan boundary dispute
with Great Britain and in which the
United States has a deep interest, there
are no new developments. save a DISPOSE
ton of Great Britain under certain condi-
lions to submit the difficulty to arbitra-
ton. A continuation of American firm
ness in this matter will force Great
Britain to consent to arbitration without
any conditiOns-an act Of justice which
England has been refusing for over half
. century.
These later instances of European in
tervention In American affairs have al
eeady caused a powerful sentiment in Cen
trail and South America for a Latin-Amer-
lean union, and many prominent states
men In America are anxious that
the United States enter the union and
thus make it a continental league. Such
. union would more than anything else,
except q good thrashing, teach Great
Britain to confine her traditional policy
81 bully, blood-spiller and land-grabber to
Asia or Africa.
Meantime another complication has
arisen in the east between France and the
United States, due to the action of France
In having tried an American citizen and
ar ex-consul to Tamatave, Madagascar,
by court martial and sentencing him to
twenty years imprisonment on the ground
that he was in correspondence with the
Hovas, the ruling class in Madagascar,
with whom France is at war. No official
correspondents from Madagascar has yet
reached the State Department and no &C.
ton will be taken until the government il
IA possession Of all the facts in the case.
Should France be in the wrong, NJ now
seems likely. a protest will be made in the
matter. At present a United States gun
boat II ON her way to Madagascar.
In the Alliance affair no official reply
has yet been received from the Spanish
Government and ample time will be &C.
corded that country, owing to her unset
tied political conditions, before this gov
ernment will press for action. Should an
apology be delayed unnecessarily long,
however, a further demand for reparation
will be made.
FARMERS WANT RAIN.
An Alarming Drouth In All North
Western States-No Relief In Sight.