The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-12-25
dent appears to him unmistakable and i'm

dent appears to him unmistakable and i'm
I.rative. TO ignore Great Britain's asser-
title investigated and not to protest and
give warning against the substantial, ep-
propraft ito 6y Great B wo,, b OF the ter
an established policy with Which the honor
and welfare of this country closely
salisbury and said: '"They Cthe views
call for a definite decision, upon the point
decline to submit the Venezuelan boundary
question in it's entirety to impartial arbf-
tration" Expressing the h presidents e hope
arbitration. Mr.. Olney concluded with the
pointed statement that if the president rs
to be disappointed in that nope; however,
Judgment calculated to greatly embarrass
the future relations between this country
made acquainted with the fact at such
early date as will enable him to lay the
whole subject before congress in his next
annual message"
Lord Salisbury's Reply.
Lord Salisbury's reply is addressed to Sir
julian Pauncefote, British ambassador at
Washington, under date or November 2G
last; This dealt only with the application
and was followed on the same day by an
other note discussing the boundary dis
pute per Sc. At the outset Lord Salisbury
states that so far as he is aware the Mon-
roe doctrine has never been before adj
vanced on behalf of the United States in
the government of another nation. He
gives what he believes is the British In
depreciation of the doctrine and main
tains the dangers which were appre-
hended by President Monroe have no re-
lation to the state of things, in which we
live at the present day, ,and L.: ADDS wiz
gible that Mr.. Olney should invoke in de-
Tense of the views on which he is now in
joys So high popularity with his own fell
low countrymen.
The dispute between Great Britain and
Venezuela, AYERS Lord Salisbury, Is con-
troversy with which the United States
has no apparent practical concern.
Continuing in snort. pithy sentences,
question in controversy can materially af
feet any state or community outside those
primarily interested: that the disputed
with any of the questions dealt with by
President Monroe; that 1t Is not question
of the colonization by any European power
position upon the communities of South
America of any system OF government de-
vised in Europe 1T Isl" he says, simply
the determination Of the frontier of Brit
ish possession which belonged to the
throne of England long before the repub-
lie of Venezuela came into existence"
Salisbury Becomes Tart.
AS he proceeds in the discussion the Ian
guage Of Lord Salisbury becomes tart
He argues in theory that the Monroe doc
Urine in itself is sound, but disclainls any
ing any acceptance of it on the part of her
ma jesty's government He quotes Mr.. Oh
ney as saying: THAT distance and 5000
miles of intervening ocean make any polit-
icai union between a European and an
American state unnatural and inexpedent
Will hardly be denied" and adds that the
the union between Great Britain and Cana
da; between Great Britain and Jamaica and
Trinidad; between Great Britain and
inexpedient and unnatural. President
Monroe" says his lordship, ''disclainls any
such inference from this doctrine; but in
this, in other respects, Mr.. Olney de-
''He lays down." says Lord Salisbury
that the ineXpedient and unnatural
character of the union between a European
and an American state is SO obvious that it
will hardly be denied. Her majesty,s gov
deny it on Behalf Of both the British and
American people who are subject to or
crown. They maintain that the union be-
tween Great Britain and her territories in
the western hemisphere is both natural and
expedient. But they are not prepared to
admit that the recognition of that expedi-
ency is clothed with the sanction which ne-
longs to adoption of International law
They are not prepared to admit that the
interests of the United States are neces-
sarily concerned in every frontier dis
pute which may arise between any two of
the states who possess dominion in The
western hemisphere; and Still less can they
are entitled to claim that the process of
arbitration shall be applied to any demand
for the surrender of territory which one
of those states may make against an
Other"
Hopes for Reasonable Settlement.
Lord Salisbury concludes with the state
ment that her maJeSty'S government have
not surrendered the hope that the con-
troversy between themselves and Vene-
zuela will be adjusted by reasonable ar
rangement at an early date.
The second note, of November 26, is
boundary dispute exclusive of it's relation
to the Monroe doctrine. This dispatch,
however, sounds the keynote of Great
Britain's position with reference to Mr.
Olney'S representations. Lord Salisbury
states that Great Britain has repeatedly
expressed it's readiness to submit to arbf-
tration the conflicting claims of Great
Britain to territory of great mineral value
and follows this statement with these i'm
portant words: But they (the British gov
ernment cannot consent to entertain or
power or foreign jurist. however
eminent, claims based on eXtravagant pre-
tensions of Spanish officials in the last
century and involving the transfer OF large
many years enjoyed the settled rule of the
British colony to a nation of different
race and language, whose political system
is subject to frequent disturbance and
whose institutions as yet too often af-
ford very inadequate protection to life and
property. No issue Of this description has
ever been involved in the questions which
Great Britain and the United States have
consented to submit to arbitration, and
her majesty's government are convinced
that IN similar circumstances the govern
ment of the United States would be equal
ly firm In declining to entertain proposals
of such nature"
BACKS HIM UP.