The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-29
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Correspond ent Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
From our Correspondent

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Gresham are having rs much trouble
with the influential jingo element in
! the United States as with Pandora's
/ box of complications which has been
dumped upon the Department of State.
| TIE jingoists can see no excuse for Spain
not having made the apology demand
ell (althOugh it Is patent to all cool
/ heads that the delay is caused by the
change of the 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
doctrine to mean that the United
States should attack Great Britain, if
that country carries out its threat to
compel Nicaragua by force to accede
to its demands. Fortunately for the
country neither the President nor his
cabinet has any touch of the lingo
eign complications are being handled
in business and common sense way.
No further demand will he made
upon Spain until its new ministry has
been given ample 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, President
Cleveland does not interpret that doe.
trlne to mean that this country will
prevent European power from insist
ing upon honorable and proper treat
ment in its dealings with the c0un-
tries of Central aud South America.
President Cleveland thinks it was orig
inaliy intended by President Monroe
to insure fair play for the compare
lively weaks countries of South and
Central America, and to prevent the
absorption of their territory hy the
European nations, and Ambassador
Bayard has been instructed to inform
the British government that the Uni
ted States would maintain that con-
s;ruction of the doctrine. The gen.
eral belief here is that Great Britain
was making one of her usual bluffs i'm
dealing with weak nations when SIZE
threatened to lombard the Nicara-
aguan seaports if her demands were
not acceded to by specified date; but
should the threat he carried out there
is wide difference of opinion AS
to whether it would be regarded hy
this country as Il violation of the Mon
roe doctrine, with the majority in the
affirmative.
The only unfortunate thing about
Secretary Gresham's demand for the
recall of the Hawaiin minister. be-
cause OF his repeated violations of di-
plomatic etiquette, is that it has re-
opened the whole tiresome Hawaiian
question.
The United States is on the eve of a
diplomatic victory in the controversy
with Germany over its claim that Am
erican cattle were diseased and were
solely for that reason shut out of Gei-
niany, and the prohibition is expected
to be shortly removed, the German
government having been convinced of
its error. When Germany removes the
prohibition the other European coun-
tries which followed her in adopting
it will probably do the same. This
victory will bear testimony to the wis
dom of President Cleveland in refusing
to order tariff retaliation against the
countries which shut out our cattle.
One of the busiest bureaus of the
government just now is that of Iuter-
nal Revenue. Secretary Carlisle has
had to detail clerks from other bureaus
to assist in handling the income tax
returns, which are pouring in by every
mail. Already it is apparent that the
estimates of the receipts from this tax,
made while it was before Congress,
We're very much too low. The returns
are required to be made by April Is,
with penalty for failure, but the tax
is not due until July |, next. Not
witbstanding that more than $4,000
has already been paid in.
, Ii is now about settled that new
treaty concerning the Behring Sea
seizures shall be negotiated between
the United States and Great Britain.
1t is understood that Sir Julian
Paunceforte, the British Ambassador.
assisted by Sir Charles Upper, minis
! ter of marine and fisheries for Canada,
and other Canadian officials, will rep
resent Canada, and that the nego,ia-
tons are to be carried on in WASHING
ton.
Secretary Carlisle has Just returned
from New York, where he went IN
meet his son, who has been to Europe
for his health, and incidentally t. give
little personal attention to several Of
fetal matters Connected with the Fed
eral offices under his department in
that city. The Secretary has entirely
recovered from his own iudisppsition
although he still shows the effects of
the hard and continuous work he did
during the past winter.