The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-27
THE MONROE DOCTRINE
Respected and Approved by EngIshmen. they
Have no DesretO PreventitS Operation.
CHAMBERLAIN DOES NOT LOVE AMERICA.
Rut II Is Not F.iHciy that He VIII
Eutnm.ie 7simseir I'm IL Quarrel
With the rnitcd 'stntrs- Salisbury
Watching Hu,sin Thc Engiisli
PRESS TnnIl,t nn Engcuious Fable.
Especial London Cablo Io,,or)

Especial London Cable Lettcr)
London, Get. 26.-ln the absence of
nome events, which might furnish mate
rial for newspaper diScussion the
papers supporting the Government are
indulSing in prolonged and bcllicusc
chorus of comments ON all the foreign
happenings In which Great Britain lis
Interested. In tho meantime the Gov
CrnmGnt is on the eve oi opening uil-
other little war. The ullimatum re-
Gently sent to the King of Nshantce
which he was given until the end OF Oc-
tohcr TO answer. has met with Il prompt
response In the negative, unless there
are further negotiations. Great Britain
not being disposed TO further argue her
demands, an expedition will start inland
from the gold coast In November for
Coomassic. the Capital of Ashuntcc.
The uitimatum forwarded by the Gov
crnmcnt demands that a British agent
and an armed escort reside in the Capt
tai, the demand being bnSnd on the
charge that the Kin;; permits human
sacrifices, contrary Ia his treaty ubliga-
lions The King objects to having Il
British agents in his dumiuions. bclicv-
ing this would be the first step towards
annexation. None of the English papers
has Il word to snY against the expedition
but the Aborgnes Protective Society is
beginning to raise its voice In behalf OF
the natives of Ashantce.
Similarly, the pupcrs are almost
unanimous In their expressions with
regard TO the dispute with Venezuela,
not only as regards rcpnration for the
arrest of British officers. but also as re-
CARDS the rejection of the suggestion
that the difficulty regarding the boun-
dairy be arbitrated. The papers de-
clare that the different frontiers are
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ncmh"rs cr Tho iJn,,eo oc comnnna
bovn tuurht ,bn nrr.s Of tha,r marty on
in,,.nioue orc,,n,ni phn r,n,,s on
wcdncsJav iast nublishe1 n letter
from sir George EaJon Powell i'm which
he said that Great Britain was an cs-
In blished American power in the West
Indies. and all the great Canadian
lnminions long hcrnrn tbn Unitcd
states came into existence. and in
british Honduras. ana British Guiana
since cnrly in the century. The greater
portion of the press. both Conservative
and Liberal. Is beginning To develop
this idea with parrot-like complaccncy
The only notn bic hostile voice is that of
the Tablet. the recognized and influcn-
tial organ of the Catholics After ask
ing WHY Great Britain persists In her
refusal To arbitrate the questions In
dispute the Tablet to-day proceeds to
say that as there can not he an inde-
pcndcnt future for Il British settlement
in South America, there could he no
objection To allowing Venezuela TO
purchase British rights.
The Spectator to-day says II hc-
licves thai most thoughtful i;nglishmen
respect and approve the essential prin-
ciplc Of the Monroe doctrine. and do not
desire to challenge or prevent it's opera
tion
"WC do not" il adds, "want TO add TO
Jur possessions in America, and are
therefore willing not to dispute when
the United States gives MS notice that
she will consider herself injured if we
try 10 Increase them"
The Sheffield telegraph, the organ OF