The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-19
IT'S THE MAIN TOPIC
Opinions Of the Press and People on
President Cleveland's Message.
EXPRESSIONS OF GOVERNORS
Some Londoners Want to Know
What All This Fuss Is About
The Executive Accused OF
Wire Pulling.


London, Dec. 1S.-In spite OF the
prominence all newspapers give Presi-
dent Cleveland's message to congress
on the Venezuela boundary question,
the general public refuses to get excit.
ed or even interested. Those who real
the correspondence resent President
Cleveland's attitude, but almost invari-
able reserved to inquiries for the ex
preston of the opinion, What Is II ali
about, anyway" The message. now
ever, was being used on the stock ex-
change to hammer American securities.
One newspaper remarked: The yam
kee jobbers are the only persons IN
jured by the message and they nave
just ground for complaint" The eoi-
torial comments of the New YORK
World and New York Evening Post on
the situation are reprinted here with
approval. as indicating American opan-
ion. Radical evening newspapers take
a most serious view of the situatlon-
Editorially, the Star remarks: III Is
difficult to exaggerate the gravity OF
the situation. The United States may
be assured that Englishmen. regardless
Of party, will abide firmly by Lord sal
dsbury's claims, and will not submit 10
a bounce"
Public opinion" says the Westmins-
ter Gazette, twill unanimously support
1 v,
| enlarged the dispute by attacking the
| Monroe doctrine"
/ The Evening News says: THE elec-
ton dodge does not give us moment
uneasiness."
The st. James Gazette heads its arrti-
Gle on the Venezuelan developments
War or wire-Pulling," and says:
president Cleveland's language in the
mouth of a European diplomat would
mean the instant mobilization or ar
mics. 1t is rather too late to say 'hands
Off to the empire which includes no.
only British Guiana and Jamaica. bu'
| Canada. The pretensions of President
Cleveland and Secretary Olney are 81
exaggerated and the language so OF
fensiye that one could not be surprised
If there was a similar explosion OF vio
lence here But Lord Salisbury ha
kept his temper in this unpleasant cor
respondence and the nation Will q
likewise until the time comes, when w
shall do we'll to he angry. ana Una
time may come. We are all anxious I
give the American government an op
portunity of Offering It."
The ST. James Gazette Tonight dis
cusses the theory that the matter ]
merely an election dodge" and quote
the editorial of the New York Wori
| on the subject, adding: I'VE are en-
titled to rely upon the sense OF the aV
erage respectable American who Is nc
a ward boss or Office seeker. and wh
has no interest in Venezuelan conces
cessions. On these millions of shrew'
hard-headed, well-educated Anglo
Saxons and Anglo-Teutons we have n
reason to be other than friendly witt
/ Ia al
only in that country where the selfis
and ignorant demagogues may ovel
: bear the sense of the majority of decor
people. The blundering diplomacy I
) Mr.. Olney and the selfish intrigues
!. the democratic managers may leave I
! solution but one. If it comes to that
well. we won't imftate Cleveland's blu
ters. but Englishmen would not expe
or intend to get whipped. In the meal
while. neither the government nor q
nation will be quick to take advantai
of the United States administration
to refuse them any reasonable opport
mites of withdrawing from a positi'
which they have wantonly and graft
tously made dangerous"
The Pail Mall Gazette ddicules I
whole matter saying: 1t hash
across us at first that President Clev
p land was mad and second that he w
hypnotized by Olney, who in turn W
s hypnotized by Mr. Lodge. But we CO
clude that 1t is only an election addrt
s and we advise President Cleveland
appeal to the country Immediately
V fore the Americans have time to stu
the Monroe doctrine"
v The Globe remarks: mo self-respe'
ing nation would for a moment EN-
{ into such pretensiops. and no
doubts that President Cleveland's
roics are due to the necessities of pc
tics"
II The Evening Standard observes Il
'It seems impossible for any pub
IL man to issue a document in those
n fensive terms" 1t also recalls
IL Sackville- West incident, and sa,
= cit is a fresh attempt for the Ir
vote"
The Globe says: "Of Americas
iron-clads against Great Britain's
many are useless, and of torpedo q
boats, Great Britain has 33, and
limited States one" Continuing,
lc Globe says that OF the torpedo d
troyers, Great Britain has AZ and
United States not one. Great Brit
is also said to have 95 torpedo be
against two American torpedo boa
A dispatch TO the Press associai
from Liverpool says that one of
largest wheat merchants there {
President Cleveland's message had
effect upon trade. The matter is nc
as an absurdity. In the event of
Mr.. Cleveland would suffer the n
in the grain trade.
The Glasgow merchants do not
pect a rise in the price Of wheat as
result of President Clevelands m
age TO congress on the Venezu'
question.
Comments In Berlin.
Berlin. Dec 1s.-A representative OF
associated press had an interview on
subject of Cleveland's message on