The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-19

WARRINGTON. Dec. 1S.-President
Cleveland had many callers today
from senators and representatives
who came to congratulate him upon
the ATTITUDE he had assumed in his
message.
The kilograms which began to come
in yesterday, commencing his course.
were supplemented today my many
letters Secretary Olney had his
share of callers.
No Retreat.
Although there is no suggestion of
any abatement of our claims, and,
indeed. it is generally recognized that
the president has left no avenue for
retreat: it is still confidently believed
here that the difficulty can and will
be settled peaceably. This belief is
based upon the expectation that Great
Britain will reestablish diplomatic re-
lations with Venezuela. AS the revolu-
ton in that country has been quelled,
and the internal peace Lord Sails
bury demanded as a condition to re-
sumption of Venezuelan negotiations
is restored. he will treat the subject, 1t
is believed. and as he practically prom
Uses in his last note. in a more compH-
ant spirit than the British government
has exhibited heretofore in the nego-
tiations and thus speedily reach an
agreement satisfactory to Great Brit
ain and Venezuela. and so, as a natur-
al result. acceptable to the United
States. In this way Great Britain
would avoid any concession of the
right of "a third party to interpose and
likewise escape an admission of the
acceptability or applicability of the
Monroe doctrine.
1t is entirely probable that Great
Britain will abstain from presenting
any evidence in support of her title to
the proposed commission, for by so
doing she would admit our right to
interpose which is the vital point In
the controversy.
A Source of Danger.
Our source of present danger, it is
conceded. lies with the Venezuelans
themselves. as it is feared that, carried
by enthusiasm, they may be led to at
tack the British outpoStS of the UT7Ian.
Lord Salisburys responses to Secre-
tary Olney's arguments are not regard
ed in Official circles in Washington as
being weighty or logically strong. The
the Alaskan boundary question and
the Venezuelan boundary controversy
utterly falls. it is said, when viewed in
the light of the definition of the Alas
kan boundary given in the Russian
treaty of cesSion. AS for his objec-
ton to the injection of the Monroe
doctrine into international law, and
the making of new international law,
as Speaker Reed once remarked of par
Low &c @t
ence'' that it is made and amended
from time to time by nations able 10
support their views, and that the
United States has as much right to
apply this doctrine to American af-
fairs as had some of the European
powers by combination to regulate af-
fairs in Europe and force their views
upon oriental nations.
Merely Acknowledge Them.
1t is improbable that Secretary Oh
ney will make a response to Lord Sal
isburys notes at this time beyond a
mere formal acknowledgement of
their receipt and the president will
probably await the action of Congress
on his suggestion looking to a COM
mission before proceeding further in
the matter.
AS the North Atlantic squadron cor
responds to the British channel
squadron in being charged with the de-
Tense of our most important coast lime,
it may be that the authorities will take
the view that prudence would seem to
neceSSitate the abandonment of the
proposed evolution cruise, which would
take the ships away from home and
leave the coast defenseless and also
would cut them off from their base of
supplies in the event of trouble, the
particular coal ports in the waters
where the drills were to take place be-
ing in British hands. The plans for
the squadron, however, will not be
fixed until Secretary Herbert returns
to Washington.
The armored cruiser Maine was to-
day attached to the North Atlantic
squadron
Wrote it All.
The message of President Cleveland
was prepared with remarkable rapid
ty, considering the length of the docu-
ment, and the Importance of the sub
ject treated. The president wrote
every line of it without having re-
course to dictation. Returning to
Washington Sunday afternoon, he had
a conference with Secretary Olney and
Secretary Lamont that night, and
then. sitting down to his desk, he work.
ed unremit tingly until nearly a o'clock
Monday morning. The result was
fifteen pages of manuscript in the
presidents peculiarly small hand, and
it was all in print before II o'clock that
same morning.