The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-23
LONDON EDITORS ON THE WAR.
THE STANDARD PRINTS 4 CONCILI-
ATORi ARTICLE.
The sober Second Thought of the
American People Counted ON TO
Avert "a Conflict Between the Nn-
tions-The London Times Stili
nIOMing in SaNnge Fnshion.


London, Dec. 22.-The Daily News un-
der the caption OF Sober Second
Thought" will discuss the situation in
that light. II will say: 1T would be
improper and ungenerous to attribute
the change Of opinion to the chilling in
fuence of a financial panic on a people so
self-reliant and courageous as those of
the United States. They would never be
turned from any supreme object Of pa
triotic effort by misgivings respecting
stronger belief than we In the potency
or the great country and its people. II
power and will of the American people
that we rejoice In their rapid change OF
opinion"
The paper then proceeds to blame Mr.
Cleveland and says that the sooner his
language is forgotten, the better Il Will
be for all parties, including himself. The
commission, IL adds, Will be regarded not
as an International tribunal. but as a
form of domestic inquiry designed for the
better information of the American peo-
pie and their rulers. 1t may be positive
~ useless. Its very appointment Is In one
sense an admission that the state de-
partment believes that the Venezuelan
claims are exaggerated, and that no fur
ther action could wisely be taken until
Washington discovered some frmer basis
for negotiations than the shifty state
ments OF the little military despot at Cars
to believe that the terms of credit and
standing propose a very different line IF
demarkation from Venezuela"
The Times will tomorrow say: AL
though the reaction may not yet be tri-
umphant, il is satisfactory to find that
Americans, whether they dislike us or
not, are hesftating to incur the guilt of
breaking the peace of the civilized world
for such a contemptible cause and in
Vindieation Of claims repudlated by all
the nations of the old world.
President CleYelands S manifest inca
pacity to understand the effect OF what
he was doing when he sent such a war
like message TO congress has shattered
the confidence felt in him as a pillar of
sound finance and mainstay of the pub
lie credit The renewal, therefore, Of his
proposals OF current reform, after he him
self has made them impossible has dash
ed the hopes of his friends and set his OPP
ponents TO work TO turn his errors 70 ac-
count. II is now clear that Mr.. Cleve-
lands financial proposals have no chance
at all Of passing,
Deeply as we must regret that the
controversy has arisen we can, at all
events rejoice In the demonstration 1t
has afforded of the unity of our national
sentiment, and especially the attachment
of our Candian fellow subjects of the
crown. Good may come out of evil II
the incident should lead the Canadians
to strengthen their organiza tion for de-
fense and admonish us at home to strain
every nerve 20 retain that indisputable
command of the sea on which the em-
The Chronicle will Tomorrow say the
names of the gentlemen suggested as
members OF the Venezuelan high commits
sion are above suspicion for integrity, ex-
perience and good Judgment. Unhappily,
the body itself is in a diplomatic sense
hors de concours. It's findings will not
be recognized by Great Britain.
The Standard taking its text from the
financial situation that has resulted from
President Cleveland's message, Will, In
its issue tomorrow, lecture the United
that unless America ahandOns its pres
ent fa.llacies and dishonesties the day must
come when II will be neither able to bor-
row or pay. This, L adds, would be only
PIE, but the sufferings of a generation
having to bear the burden would be great
and memorial. 1t advises the United
Mr.. Gladstone, That only common sense
is required"