The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-12-24
DISCUSSING WAR RUMoRs.
What "Prominents" Now In New York Say
About It,

ABOUT lts
NEW YORK, Dec Ex-senator Thomas
Fl. Carter, Of Montana, chairman Of the
Republican national committee, was at
the Imperial hotel yesterday. Concerning
the Venezuelan boundary dispute he said:
"As understand 1t, and / believe the
public does, too, the commission will not
be appointed to fix the boundary lines at
all, but to let the American people know
something about the nature of the dis
pute and the justice or injustice of Eng
lands claims. That commission will not
settle the dispute at all, although the Ian
guage of the message so indicates"
Major II. B. Gillespie, of Colorado, said
he was for peace. But II war does come"
he added, Colorado and the west will
raise in few days million soldiers to
overrun Canada. All Of the young men in
my state have telegraphed to the governor
their desire to enlist"
General w. S. G. Wiley, who is on Gov
ernor Morton's staff, said: ~ think at
moments notice we could put 1o, 900 effec-
tive soldiers Of the national guard In the
field. That is about the fighting strength
of our military force in this state. In case
of war have no doubt the retired mem
bers of the guard would join again and
raise the effective fighting force to 10000
at the least. They could be placed on a
war footing at once. They are nearly all
sharpshooters.
President Roosevelt, of the police board,
said. ~ cannot too heartily praise the ad-
s.irable message Of President Cleveland
He and Secretary Olney deserve the ut
most credit am delighted that the house
and senate rose to the level of the occasion
and acted in spirit of broadminded pa
triotism. The essence of the Monroe doc
trine is that the European powers shall
not be permitted to increase their terri
tories on American soil at the expense of
independent American states. hope there
will be no backdown. We should stand
right up TO the position we have taken"
Hon. Charles w. Foster, of Ohio, who
is stopping at the Fifth Avenue hotel,
said: MIR. Cleyelands message was quite
surprise to the country. He has been
pandering to British sentiment SO long,
and his policy seemed so un-Ameriean in
the dealings Of the administration with
other countries, that the 81 arp way in
which he takes up the Venezuelan ques-
tion is as refreshing as It is pleasant to
everyone. His message is patriotic through
and through and 1t meets with general
appreciation. 1t Is time that some one
called John Bull to time Things are not
going 10 emu tiiiS tlIlie no tlty ulti III loff,
when England bluffed us out of a big
strip of land in the northwest"
Senator r. f. Pettigrew, of South Da-
kota, who is also stopping at the Fifth Ave
nue. hotel, said: England probably will
bribe the way with the Yenezuelans 10 a
settlement of the boundary dispute. And
once tho Venezuelans agree with the En-
glish about the line, then what we have
done in the matter will seem more or less
ridiculous. 1t will make n laughing stock
of us. Why, England could invest n half
million or SO Of dollars in Venezuela in
the way Of bribery or purchase money and
settle the dispute in regard to the bound
ary line. This is more probable than a
war with us
The World publishes many cablegrams
from representative men in all parts of
Great Britain, in response TO queries, all
breathing a spirit of peace.