The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-19
English Papers Scotf at the
Presidents Message.
SAY IT'S FOR POLITICAL EFFECT
Nobody in Great Britain Seems 10
Think There Wilde War.
one Paper says .'thc irish Vote and
1.-The DresS OF the Cities" Are APP
Papers show Their u-Wiu- Tho
French Much More Friendly.

London, Dec. IS.-Tn spite of the pr0mi-
+ nenct ~ the ncw-nape gave 10 Pres dens
4 CleNeiaud's message to congress on the
F NtnfINlau boundary question ,he general
I puhlto refuses o seI excited or even inter-
esged. Those who read the correspondence
V resent President CleNtland'S attitude but
I the almost .nVariabie ansWLr received to
+ Inquiries for ~ expression ot opinion is
W hat is il ar about. auyR ayr" The
4 message. hJCs e%0tCovpaS used or the stock
1 exchange 10 hammer American securities.
Cfcu=uls oecLHed, hut there was no excite
! m51re one newspaper remarked: The
Il Yankee lQbocrS are the only persons in
1ured hy me message, and they have Just
4 ground for complaint" The editorial COM
n>@eots If the New York W&1ld and New
I York Evening Post. agalnst the president
. Arr reprinted herr with aTpynval rs indi-
{ cAt.tlRc Nne rocar op.6ion
Edborially. The Ssar Radical. remarks.
+ 1T j. difficult 10 eN1ggeratedh gravity OF
/ the situation. TheoJTnIIed States may ha
! assured BAT Englshmen. regardless of par
I ty waI abide tl1r1sS ny Lord Salisbufy's
claim, AMI viii not submit 10 bounce"
/ Public opinion says the Westminster
Gazette. 9'Wil unanimously support Lord
/ Salisbury, nnt II e pity he enlarged tho
| dispute hy ATTACHING me Monroe doctrfnes
/ Continuing. the Westminster Gazette
| remarks. The fhct & that the present sit
J ua13on is the result of an unfortunate
| coulbinati0ne on enc side foreign sec
| ~. and WHO could net avoid the tempta-
| tion 0f scoring an argument and the
F! other SdS n president who could not re-
! sist the temptation of scoring IN an elec-
| tord c8mpaEu. but The mass of the peo-
! NE Of both countries regard The possihil-
| itv of war on any such Issue with blank
| increduity."
The Evening News says: THE election
dodge does not give ns a moment Of un-
I eas'uess."
The ST James Gazette heads its article
4 or the Venezuelan development Var or
| Wire Pulling" and says: President
| Cleveland's lsnguage in the mouth ~ a
| EUROPEAN diplomat would mean the instant
/ mobilization of armies. II Is rather late
| to say Hands off 90 the empire which in-
! chntcs not only British Guiana and Ja-
| ma.ca but Canada. The prntensions Of
| President Cleytland and Secretary Oiney
| are So exaggerated ana the language so
| offensive that one could not lie surprised
| If there was similar explosion
| OF violence here. But Lord SAL
sbury has kept his temper in this
|. unpleasant correspondence. and the ma
tion will do likewise until the time comes
when We shall do well TO be angry, and
/ that time mag come. We are all anxious
| to give the American government an on
/ p0rtupity Of forcing IL" Tire 81 James
! Gazette then discusses the theory that the
| matter is merely an election dodge" and
/ quotes the editorial OF the New York
| World IN the subject, adding we are
| entitled 10 rely upon the sense of the av-
| erage respectable American who s not a
ward boss or office seeker. and who has no
/ interest IN the Venezuelan CONCESSIONS
/ on these millions ~ shrcwd. hafd-hcadeA
! well-educatea Anglo SaN0ns and Anglo
| Teutons who have no reason q he other
| than friendly with Great Britain. No
| count. But Il is not only IN that country
| whore the selnshuess a1A Ignorance ~
! demagcEues may overhear the sense Of
| the ma iority of decent people. The blum
| der.ug diplomacy Of Mr. Olney and tho
| selfish intrlEuca of the Democratic man
! ayers may leave no solution hut one. lr
/ n comes ~ that well. won't initiate
/ clevehnd's buster. hut Enelishmen would
| mt expect Qr intend to get whipped. In
| the meanwhtle. neither the government
| nor the nation win be quick 10 take adj
i vantage ar the United states adm. nstrl-
tlon or 10 refuge them any reasonable op-
| portunitr Of Withdrawing from position
which they have wantoniy and gratuitous-
| N made dangerous
The PIll Mall Gazette ridieules the whole
| matter. saving: "ft flashed across us at
/ first That President cleveland waa mad
| and second that he was hypnotized hg Mr.
! olact who IN turn WIS h3gno1i2sf bE AR
! Lodge but We conclude that II ~ only
| an cl~tIou address. and SO adFise -I'resi-
| deut Cleveland 20 appeal - the- country
| Immediately before the Amglclns0 have
| time 10 study the Monroe deftrine. But
w. fear that even now ID is too late. for
| the World has already given the word.
| 'huEabo8' "
Tha Globe remarks. mo self-rcspecting
nation world for moment entertain such
| prptcnal0nE and no on~ DOUBTS that Prssi- 4
| dent Ctrtelaud's heroie~ are due 70 the
| necrssgies ~ politics Ills Saekville-W West
| action shows the length to which be u pre5
| pared 10 10 IN the sacred cause ~ spread
| eae'efsm Exceedingly inopportaae Is tAe
| time for hluff and hFuster when thecs r9rig-
| est ministry - modern times ~ IN office.
| The possibility of war between the CtWo
| great nations ~ common 7llef stpy and In
/ ,.raet Is too dreadful % contemplate. Bun
| IL would not he wsae for American states
| rnanshfo to connde TOO much IN the amica-
/ hia sentiment that apgd Is thicker than
/ watsr ar 10 imagine thar England can he
| fa.{rni3afed President Cleveland must al
| 80 reckon with France n he insists upon
| carving ont bis modern construotio1 Of
! th~ Monroe doctrine in IT. entirety"
The Evening Standard observes thar 'it
| seems impossible for any public man a
| issue 4 document in the&~ offensive terms
j then reeaus the sarkWl.e-Wcst incident.
/ and e4vat "It IS a fresh attempt for the
I Irish vote aud the dregs of the largs
| towns
A lBzratch 70 the Press Association from
/ liverpool says that the message 81 tne
| president - congress ~ii thoroughly dia1
| o-xau1za the American railroad market n
/ ,fa stock exchange The Press Association
/ fhls evening says. Neither the fqreiga
afEce Abr me coonlal officials have ANY,
/ h.ysr 10 say at0It President cleveiarbs
/ rnfssaa- 10 CONGRESS. which, however, does
| not af,near ID X regarded with alarm We
are assgre8 tsaF Ia unasuaH 5cgce5l Inf fofmef
/ fIuarfsrs there Ia a srFeEa aIsuGTonA re-
/ gara5na, fne real objects r. the message,
/ and r45R is regarded a. sufiieient tustltca-
ton for derlin'n1s 20 lake President Cifye-
| land 700 seriously
4 ai.-.,,rn ron Liverpool says thar one