The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-03-29
ORR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGToN. ID. C.. March p.
President Cleveland and Secretary Ores
ham are having as much trouble with the
influential lingo element III the United
States as with the Pandora box of com
plcat!on> which has been dumped upon
the Department of State. The jingoiSt can
see no excuse for Spain not having made
the apology demanded although it is pa
tent to all cool heads that the delay is
caused by the change of ministry and
would like to see the President send a
fleet over to seize Cuba at once. The same
hot heads also interpret the Monroe doc
trine to mean that the United States should
attack Great Britain. if that country car
ries out its threat to compel Nicaragua by
force to accede to its demands. F0rtu
natelv for the country neither the Presi-
Diet nor his cabinet has any touch of the
lingo fever; consequently the numerous
foreign complications are being handled
in business and common sense way.
No further demand will be made upon
Spain until its new ministry has been given
time to reply to that already made; then
the demand will be renewed in a tone that
will either bring the apology by cable, or
war As to the Monroe doctrine: Presi-
dent Cleveland does not interpret that
doctrine to mean that this country will
prevent European power from insisting
upon honorable and proper treatment in
its dealings with the countries of Central
and South America. President Cleveland
thinks it was originally intended by Presi
dent Monroe to insure fair play for the
comparatively weak countries of South
and Central America. and To prevent the
absorption of their territory by European
nations. and Ambassador Bayard has been
instructed to inform the British govern
mcnt that the nitcd States would main
tain that construction of the doctrine The
general belief here is that Great Britain
was maxim" one of her usual bluffs in deal
ing with weak nations when she threaten
ed to lombard the Nicarag guam seapors if
her demands were not acceded to by
specified date; but should that threat be
carried out there is wide difference of
opinion as to whether it would be regarded
by this country as a violation of the Mon
roe doctrine with the majority in the atfir
native.
The only unfortunate thing about Sec
retarv Grc-ham's demand for the recall of
the Hawaiian minister, because of his re
peated violations of diplomatic etiquette;
is tha, il has re opened the whole tiresomc
Hawaiian Question.
The nitrd STATES i on the eve of Il Iii
plomatic victory III the controversy with
Germany over it. claim hat American eat
tie were diseased and were solely for that
reason shut out of Germany and the pro
hhition l. expected to be shortly femoled,
the German government having been cor,
,Incpd Of its error When Germany re
moves the prohibition the other European
rGunlries which followed her in adopting
il will probably do the same, The victory
will bear testimony To the wisdom Of
President Cleveland in refusing to order
tariff retaliation against the countries
which shut out our cattle.
One Of the busiest hurrauX of the COY
eminent Just now is that of Internal Rev
enuc Secretary Carlisle has had to detail
clerks from other bureauX to assist in
handling the income tax returns, which
are pouring in by every mail. Already il