The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-30
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, March IS,

WASHINGTON, March IS, 1895.
President Cleveland and Secretar,
Gresham are having as much trOubl
with the influential jingo element in tn
United States as with the PandOra's DO,
of complications which has been dump
ed upon the Department of State. Thu
jingoists can see no excuse for Spain no
having made the apology demanded Gal
though it is patent to all cool heads tina
the delay is caused by the change O.
ministry, and would like to SEQ the
President send a fleet over to seize Cubs
at once. The same hot-heads also inter.
pref the Monroe doctrine to mean tha1
the United States should attack Greal
Britain, it that country carries out its
threat to compel Nicaragua by force tc
the country neither the President no
his cabinet has any touch of the jingo
fever consequently the numerous for
eign complications are being handled in
a business and common sense way.
No further demand will he made upon
Spain until it's new ministry has been
given ample time to reply to that already
made; then the demand will be renewed
III a tone that will either bring the apol-
ogy by cable, or war. As to the Monroe
doctrine, President Cleveland does not
interpret that doctrine to mean that this
country will prevent a European power
from insisting upon honorable and pro-
per treatment in its dealings with the
countries of Central and South America.
President Cleveland thinks it was ORR
ginally intended by President Monroe
to insure fair play for the comparatively
weak countries of South and Central
America, and to prevent the absorption
80 kl-s, <.n:k~,-, H.,
and Ambassador Bayard has been ill.,
structed to inform the British govern
ment that the United States would main
tain that construction Of the doctrine.
The general belief here is that Great
Britain was making one of her usual
bluffs in dealing with weak nations
when she threatened to lombard the
Nicaraguan seaports it her demands
were not acceded to by a specified date /;
but should that threat be carried out
there is a wide difference OF opinion as
to whether it would be regarded by this
country as a violation of the Monroe
doctrine, with the majority, however, ia
the affirmative.
The only unfortunate thing about Sc
cretary Grerl.m.> demand for the re-
call OF the Hawaiian minister, because
of his repeated violations of diplomatic
etiquette, is that it has reopened the
whole tiresome Hawaiian question.
The United States is on the eve of a
diplomatic victory in the controversy
with Germany over it's claim that Amer
lean cattle were diseased and were sole
~ for that reason shut out of Germany,
and the prohibition is expected to be
shortly removed, the German govern
ment having been convinced of it's error.
When Germany removes the prohibit
ton, the other European countries
which followed her in adopting it will
probably do the same. This victory will
bear testimony to the wisdom of Presi-
dent Cleveland in refusing to order tar
lit retaliation against the countries
which shut out our cattle.
One of the busiest bureaux of the
government just now is that of In
ternal Revenue. Secretary Carlisle
has had. to detail clerks from other
bureaux to assist in handling the
income tax returns, which are pour
ing in by every mail. Already it is
apparent that the estimates Of the re-
ceipts from this tax, made while it was
before Congress-, were very much too
low. The returns are required to be
made by April Is, with a penalty for
failure, but the tax is not due until July
l, next. Notwithstanding that, more
than $4,000 has already been paid in.