St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-18
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MIR. CIEVELAND'S VENEZUELAN
MES SAGE GIVES THE BRIT.
ISHERS A SHOCK.
THEY DIDN'T EXPECT 1T.
NEWSPAPERS UNANIMOUS IN
9 CONDEAINING HIS CONTEN-
TIONS.
THEY DIDN'T EXPECT 1T.
SOME THINK 1T is NOT MEANT.
Nearly All Pretend to Regard 1t
as in the Nature of Campaign
Material.

LONDON, Dec. 17.-AH Of the morn
ing papers tomorrow will devote more
or less Of their editorial space to a
discussion of President Clevelands
message on the Venezuelan question
and to the merits of that question it
self
The Daily Telegraph GiberaD will
puL.-Siss an editorial contending that
America has no concern in the Ven
ezue sn edispute. The article goes on
to ss. =, in truth this invocation of
the Monroe, doctrine seems, on this
side of the water, to be irrelevant, be-
cause there is no question of terrific
rial greed or the imposition Of an
European system. It is absurd, be-
cause a statement of an American pol
icy can hardly claim to attain the
rank of a principle of International
law. BY what right does the Wash
ington government demand the arbf-
tration of this matter, when the very
theory which guides their interference
has absolutely nothing to do with the
points in dispute? We say nothing of
the process Of twisting. the lions tail
generally resorted to at times of cleo
,toral excitement. Yet, if it be true
ezuela originated in partisan intrigues,
there is still less reason why we should
submit to what, from the British
standpoint, is wholly perverse- and
inadmissibIe claim
ITS EPITAPH.
Daily Graphic: 1.-The ep1taph of the
Monroe doctrine has been written in
the Venezuelan correspondence. Pres
iHe1f ftlpVE1a nI'S iS
ment which self-respecting Americans
will not read with either pride or pleas
.ure. 1t only serves to illustrate anoth-
,er of the inherent abSurdities of the
modern Interpretation of the Monroe
doctrine. President Cleveland does not
propose to instruct Mr.. Bayard to de
mand his passports, nor does he con-
template an invasion of Canada or an
expedition to Demarara. He is struck
by the awkward fact that he must first
ascertain what there is to fight about.
Does President Cleveland seriously
think that we can admit the proposition
that the frontiers Of European colonies
in the two Americas are to be held at
the good pleasure of a. community Of
WaSh1ngton gentlemen? What would
the United States have said in 1S48 if
we, as an American power, has ad-
-Vanced the claim based on this prin-
tonly aggressive war by which Presi-
dent Clevelands predecessors settled
the Texan boundary dispute?''
The Times: 1T is impossible to dis
guise the gravity of the difficulties that
have arisen between Great Britain and
the United States. President CIeve-
lands message and its reception on
both sides of the Atlantic give addi-
t1onal Importance to the dispatches be-
tween Washington and London. The
details of the boundary dispute are
Insignificant in comparison with the
far-reaching claims advanced in Mr.
Olney's dispatch and emphasized in
President Cleveland's message
NO SUBMISSION.
Convinced as we are that rupture
between the two great English-speak-
ing communities would be calamity,
not not only to themselves, but to the civ
HlZcd world, we are, nevertheless
driven to the conclusion that the con-
cesSions this country is so impTerious-
ly summoned to make are such as no
self-respecting nation, least of all, one
ruling an empire that has it's roots in
every quarter of the giobes could pos
sibly submit to. the United States
themselves would never for a moment
dream of yielding to this kind of die
tation. We are of the same blood,
tional honor. We hardly believe that
the course threatened by President
Cleveland will be seriously adopted
by the American government; but if
SO, II Will De incumbent on us, without
entering upon any aggressive measures,
to protect our imperial interests and
to stand up for our rights under inter
national law. We desire to speak with
all proper reserve, but we can conf
IDENTIFY predict that Great Britain will
not admit the pretenSionS put for
ward by President Cleveland. No COM
mission appointed by power which is
not a. party to the dispute will be rec
ognized by us as having title of
any sort to pronounce upon boun-
diary question. 1t will receive no as
sistance from the British authorities.
It's decision will be null and void from
5 the outset. We shall be very much
astonished If there Is any disagree
ment among the organs of public opin-
ion in this country as to the manner
! in which such claim should be con-
Epnted'
The Times adds: "a power which
has command of the sea does not re-
|. gard 5000 miles of Intervening ocean
as severing it from its subjects"
TWISTING THE TAIL.
: The Standard, Conservative: This
extraordinary document will receive
/ from English publicists more dispas-
fsfonate treat atrnent than the decidedly
provocative nature of its contents rem
ders altogether easy. 1t was prepared
by the responsible head of state.
and will probably receive the formal