The record-union., 1896-01-10
WHOLE NO. 16,

sonally. But Hit of Illinois, the Chair
man, is veteran diplomat, having been
Secretary of the American Embassy IN
Paris, and for years the Assistant Sec
retary of State here. Him found most
sympathetic. Replying to the above
question, he said: Tt would be the best
work they could do for the two nations
and for mankind, and it should, If possi-
ble be made to imply, if not pledge,
their endeavor to settle all the disputes
they have, not only with one another
but with all other nations
Il asked him if I might regard him as
expressing the sentiment of the COM
mittee. and he said: Not only of the
committee, but of the whole House of
Representatives For the wise search
for right results we are agreed here
"He told me also how General Grant,
the greatest fighting President America
has ever had, and who he accompanied
officially during his European trip,
never lost an opportunity to urge
crowned heads and Prime Ministers to
adopt arbitration instead of war. Presi-
dent Grant was keenly interested in the
treaty of Washington of 1871, by which
all outstanding differences were arbi-
trated, and it was chiefly owing to his
zeal that this treaty was brought about.
''The above represents the weightiest
and most important body of opinion
that could possibly be secured in the
United States. In it there is not sin
gle dissenting voice And these are
men to whose consideration any ques-
ton between England and America
would be first submitted, and by whose
decision the Senate and House would be
guided Tt it impossible to believe that
British sentiment will not be moved to
respond to such unanimity and such
enlightened utterances. If not, then the
world will see that America is ahead of
England in the most striking character
istic of a civilized people.
"It is cabled to-day that the British
Guiana police have occupied the ex
treme limits of the territory claimed by
Venezuela. The American Government
has brought heavy pressure to bear to
prevent the Venezuelan Government
from committing any overt act and
thus precipitating a hostile situation.
Therefore it is imperatively necessary
that the British Government instantly
deny and repudiate such a monstrous
and fatal act as the armed occupation
of territory while the question of arbi-
tration is pending.
MY work is done. propose to leave
Washington at once. The Schomburgk
line is now abandoned. The English
public, understanding the American at
titude, has changed it's own attitude,
and nothing blocks the way to prompt
settlement, not only of the Venezuelan,
but of all other matters (and they are
numerous) now pending and creating
international discord, thereby placing
our relations upon an amicable footing
for the future.
MY last words shall be-and they
must surely express British no less than
American sentiment-that the nation
desiring arbitration is in a civilized at
titude, and that the nation refusing it
is in an uncivilized attitude"
A GROWING DANGER.
LONDON, Jan. 9-The Times"
dwelling upon the many dangerous ele-
ments which tend to make the Anglo
American situation still more serious,
this morning refers to George Small
ley's renewed plea for the fullest and
earliest disclosure of the English case
in regard to the Venezuelan frontier dis
pute, and continues:
1T is impossible not to acknowledge
the force of the contention, and, really,
if no more serious obstacle to the course
he advocates exists than the technical
rule as to publication of official docu
ments, the sooner some ingenious
method of propitiating the Goddess Red
Tape is hit upon the better.
The paper urges the Ministers to ac-
celerate the preparation Of the neces-
sary documents and concludes its arti-
Gle thus:
1--WE should, regardless of precedents,
set out our case fairly before the world.
We firmly believe that it is a good
ca use, and that, if produced before pas
sion gets the upper hand of Judgment,
will be received in a fair and amicable
spirit. But the danger is a growing dan
ger, and if it is to be stemmed success
fully must be stemmed at once
A REPORT DENIED.
LONDON, Jan. 9.--The Colonial Office
has issued q note declaring that the
statement printed in New York news
paper to-day, in an alleged cable dis
patch from Caracas, Venezuela, that
British troops and cannon have arrived
at Cuyuni, is absolutely unfounded.
vENEzUELANS AROUSED.
NEW YORK, Jan "a special cable
dispatch to the Mail and Express"
from Caracas, Venezuela, says:
1.-THE newspapers of Caracas this af-
ternoon demand that the Government
shall send troops to the Guiana frontier
Immediately"
WHAT TIE PAPER SAYS.
LONDON, Jan. 9.-The Chronicle
commenting on the dispatch it will pub
lish tomorrow from Herman Norman,
its sDecial cOrrespOndent in Washing
ton, will claim the opinions that Mr.
Norman has obtained represent the
most important, weighty and powerful
views of the American political system.
1t adds:
I'VE know that outside of the mes
sages of President Cleveland and Mr..
Olney no announcement of greater i'm
port ever crossed the Atlantic. We
place it before the nation, expecting
with absolute confidence a national re-
ply"