Arizona republican., 1895-12-18
TIE MONROE DOCTRINE Warmly Supported by
 the President. Great Britain Must Withhold
 Her Hand. C!eveland's Message Received in Congress with che Warmest
 Commentator.


 prisingly bold and uNra-American in tone and seems very unlike the usual Iprosy utterance of the chief executive. It takes the ground that, inasmuch as Great Britain has rejected all over lures for a settlement by arbitration of the line between Venezuela and Brit ish Guiana that an American commis sion be appointed to definitely fix the proper boundary and upon the commits sioners' report shall this Nation stand. regardless of consequences.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-Pres: dent Cleveland has laad before congress the between representative of Great Britain and ilhe United States over the Venezuelan controversy in volving the Monroe doctrine.
 He states that in reply to the que5- Ition asked in his message why the dls pute over the Venezuelan boundary should not be submitted to arbitration is embodied in the two commun;ca- tions from the British prime minister to Sir Julian Pauncefote, British ann bassador to the United States. One of trheir communications is devoted ex- rclusively to observations on the Mon roe doctrine and claims that in this instance a new and strange extension is insisted upon fby the United States, that the doctrine is inapplicab.e to the present state of things and the pres ent day and cannot be applied to the Venezuelan boundary dispute.
 The president says: 'Without at tempting extended argument in reply to these positions it may not be amiss to suggest that the doctrine upon which we stand is strong and sound, because its enforcement is impor' ant to OUT peace and safety as Nation, and is essential to the integrity of our free institutions and tranquil mainte- nance of our distinctive form of gov ernmen't. It was intended to apply to every stage of OUT National life ard cannot become obsolete while our re- public endures. If the balance of power is justly cause for jealous anxiety among the governments of the old world subject for our absolete non-interference, none less is the ob- servance of the Monroe doctrine of vital concern to our people and to our government. Assuming therefore that we maV properly insist upon the doc urine without regard ito the state of things in which we live or any changed ,nN1c f ie, apparent why it's application may not be invoked in the present controversy. 'N any European power by an eX- tension of it's boundaries, was in pos session of Ehe territory of one of our neighboring republics against it's will and in deragalsion of its rights it is dificulty tyto see why to that extent surh European power does not thereby at tempt to extend its system of govern ment to that portion of this continent which is thus taken. This is the pre- else action which President Monroe declared to be Dangerous to our peace and safety, and it can make no differ ence whether the European system is extended by an advance of frontier or otherwise
 EUNtl plOlJUSCu u ullC government of Great Britain to resort ito arbitration as the proper means of settling the question, to the end that the veXatious boundary dispute be tween the two contestants might be determined and our exact standing and relation in respect to the controversy might be made clear. It will be seen from the correspondence herewith sub m1tted that this proposition has been declined by the British government upon the grounds which under the cir cJmstances seem to me to be far from satisfactory. It is deeply disappoint- ing that such an appeal, actuaI.ed by the most friendly feelings toward both nations directly concerned, addressed in a sense of justice and to the mag
 nanimity of one of the great powers of the world and touching it's relations to one comparatively weak and small, should have produced no better results.
 "The course to be pursued by this government in view of the present conditions does not appear to admit of serious doubt.
 Having labored faithfulIy for many
 years to induce Great Britain to sub init this dispute to impartial arbitra- tion and having been finally apprised of her refusal to do so, nothing remains
 but to accept the situation and to rec ognize its plain requirements and deal with it accordingly.'
 The president recommends That con- gress now appoint commission to de-