St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-12-19
CLEVELAND RECEIVES CON-
CALCULATIONS FROM ALL
QUARTERS.
REVIEW OF THE SITUATION
STRONG PROBABILITY THAT SAL
ISBURY WILL NOT PRESS
MATTERS.
If Britain Re-establish Friendly
Relations They May Settle
Without Our Intervention.

WASHINTON, Dec. 1s.-President
Cleveland had many callers today,
mostly senators and representatives,
who came to congratulate him on the
attitude assumed in his message.
The kilograms, which began to come
in yesterday, commencing his course
were supplemented today by letters
through the mails. Secretary Olney
also had his share of callers. AL
though there was no suggestion of
any abatement Of our claims-and,
indeed, it is generally recognized
that by announcing his determina-
tion to hold Great Britain outside the
boundary to be defined by our own
commission the president has left no
avenue for retreat-it is still conf
IDENTIFY believed here that the diff
Guilty can and will be settled peacea-
bly,, and with honor to all parties
concerned. This belief is based on
the expectation that Great Britain,
as Lord Salisbury indicated in his
last note, will re-establish diplomatic
relations with Venezuela. AS the
revolution in that country has been
quelled and the international peace
Lord Salisbury demanded as con-
dition to a resumption of Venezuelan
negotiations is restored, he will treat
the subject; it is believed, and as he
practically promises in his note, in a
>i,,;+ ho R1,it-
ish government has exhibited here
tofore in the negotiations, and thus
speedily reach an arrangement sat
isfactory to Great Britain and We
neZuela, and so, as natural result,
acceptable to the United States. In
this way Great Britain would avoid
any concessions of the right of
third party to interpose, and like
wise escape an admission of the ac-
ceptability or applicability of the
Monroe doctrine. 1t is entirely prob
able that Great Britain will abstain
from presenting any evidence in sup
port of her title to the commission,
for by doing SO she would admit our
right to interpose, so that the COM
MISSIONS report is likely to fall SUBJ
ject to the criticism that Lord Sails
bury applied to Secretary Olney's
statement, namely, that it is ex parte
and based entirely on the Venezuelan
records.
SALISBURY'S NOTES.
One source of present danger, which
gives some apprehension to the ele-
ment that looks for a peaceful solu-
ton of the problem, lies with the
VeneZuelans themselves, as it is
feared that, carried away by their
enthusiasm, they may be led to at
tack the British outposts on the
Uruan Lord Salisbury's responses
to Secretary Olney's arguments are
not regarded in official circles in
Washington as being weighty or log
ically strong. The parallel he seeks
to draw between the Alaskan boun-
Diary question and the Venezuelan
boundary controversy utterly fails,
it is said, when viewed in the light of
the definition Of the Alaskan boun-
Diary given in the Russian treaty of
cession. AS for his objection to the
injection of the Monroe doctrine into
international law and the making of
new international law by the United
States, it is recalled that interna-
tional law, as Speaker Reed once re-
marked of parliamentary law, 'is not
an exact SCIENCE" that it is made and
amended from time to time by ma
tions able to support their views; and
that the United States has as sound
right to apply this doctrine to
American affairs as had some of the
European powers, by combination,
to regulate affairs in Europe and
force their views upon Oriental ma
tions. 1t is improbable that Secre-
tary Olney will make a response to
Lord Salisbury's notes at this time
beyond a mere formal acknowledge
ment of their receipt, and the presi-
dent probably will await the action
of congress upon his suggestion
looking to commission before pro-
ceeding further with the negotia-
tions.
OUR ATLANTIC FLEET.
AS the North Atlantic squadron
corresponds to the British channel
squadron in being charged with the
defense Of our most important coast
line, it may be that the authorities
will take the view that prudence
would seem to necessitate the aban-
donment of the proposed evolution
s1l,
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 principal coal
ports in the waters where the drills
were to have taken place being in
British hands. The plans for the
squadron, however, will not be fixed
until Secretary Herbert returns to
Washington. The armored cruiser
Maine was today attached to the
North Atlantic squadron.
The message of President Cleveland
was prepared with remarkable rapid
ity, considering the length of the doc
ument and the Importance of the sub
ject treated. The president wrote
every line of 1t without having re-
course to dictation. Returning to
Washington Sunday afternoon, he had
a conference with Secretary Olney and
Secretary Lamont that might, and
then, sitting down to his desk, he
worked unremittingly until nearly 4
o'clock Monday morning. The result
was fifteen pages of manuscript In the
presidents peculiarly small hand, and
1t was all printed before II o'clock that
same morning.
Members of the house today fell at
once into the discussion of the mes
sage, which was the topic foremost
throughout the city. One point Of The