Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-10-26
MONROE DOCTRINE.
Uncle Sam May he Forced to Fight in In
, Defense.

Onclo sam may he FOrceu TO t1Kht In Iu
Defense.
LONDON, Oct. 21.-The st. James Ga.
zette says 1t is IN position to state
that Lord Salisbury has sent an ulti.
matum to President Crespo, of Ven.
ezuela, demanding reparation for the
arrest of policemen at Uruan and stat.
ing the terms upon which Great Britain
will definitely determine the boundary
dispute with Venezuela. The ultimat.
um is either on the way to Venezuela
or, possibly, has by this time been &C.
tually delivered.
Lord Salisbury and Mr.. Chamberlain,
colonial secretary, the Gazette says,
decided upon final course in the mat.
ter before Mr.. Chamberlain started
upon his vacation month ago, and
both decided that it was necessary to
end the frontier dispute at once, even
If 1t had to be accomplished by force.
LONDON, Oct. 21.-The officials of the
foreign Office practically confirm the
statement made by the st. James Ga
zette that Lord Salisbury has forward.
ed an ultimatum to the president of the
Venezuelan republic.
LONDON, Oct. 21.-The Chronicle saws;
There is no doubt that the United
States are determined to effect an early
settlement of the Venezuela dispute.
Lord Salisbury has not yet answered
Mr.. Bayard's July dispatch.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-There was a
feverish interest at the state depart
ment Saturday in the Venezuela
boundary dispute. 1t looks as If the
issue had been joined between
the United States and Great Britain
on the question of the Monroe doc
trine. Unless the British back down
from the position they have heretofore
maintained toward the time-honored
doctrine of jefferson and Monroe the
United States will be called upon short
ly to maintain the principle by an
armed force
1t is the opinion of those in authority
Saturday that we are nearer the war
crisis than we have been since the
Chilean ultimatum under the Harrison
administration.
Secretary Olney is impatient because
the British foreign office has DELAYED
its answer to his brief submitted in
August. This delay may be only in
keeping with the dilatory tactics
of the British on all diplomatic ques-
tions, or 1t may mean that delay is be-
ing asked merely to give the British an
opportunity to mass troops in the dis
puted territory and thus be better for
titled to resist when the final test
comes.
Whatever may be the outcome of the
present dispute it will settle for
all time the force and effect of
the Monroe doctrine. If congress
meets pending the settlement of the dis
pute it will in all probability strengthen
the hands of the president by passing
joint resolution affirming the Mon
roe doctrine, which up to this
time has had the force only
of executive proclamation. Congress-
man Holman in the last house called
attention to the fact that the doctrine
had never been declared by resolution
of congress and suggested the advisa-
bility of such step.
1t is believed here that one of the
objects of Eugland's delay in answer
ing the communication from Secretary
Olney is to sound the sentiment
of other European powers on the
Monroe doctrine. Great Britain has al
ways sneered at the policy, and it has
been a stumbling block in the way of
her dream of territorial acquisition and
territorial subjugation on this CONT
nent.