The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-06
SALISBURY TALKS.
No Upholds the Monroe Doctrine as Under stood by EnRiaud-His visws on Arm cnis --English Press Crlticisms.

No Upholds the Monroe Doctrine as Under.
 stood by EnRiaud-His Views on Arm cnis
 --English Press Criticisms.
 LONDON, Feb L-The banquet of the Noncouformist Unionist association last night was the occasion of an ad. dress by the marquis of Salisbury, prime minister and secretary of state for foreign affairs In the course of his remarks he said, with reference to Venezuela: "I have been held up as the denouncer of the Monroe doctrine. As matter of fact, although the Mon- roe doctrine is no part of international law, my dispatch to MT. Olney, the sec. retary of state of the United States, supported it as a rule of policy in the strongest and most distinct terms. But when l stated in that dispatch, and re. iterate now, that, as a rule now of policy, we are the entire advocates of the Monroe doctrine, we mean the Monroe doctrine as President Monroe understood it. In that sense, you will not find any more convinced support. CTS than we are."
 Lord Salisbury then turned abruptly to the Armenian question, and re- preached the religious communities with laboring under a mistake when they supposed that England had bound herself in honor to succor the Armenians, which means to go to war with the sultan, in order to force him to govern the Armenians we'll The Berlin treaty, Lord Salisbury said, merely bound the signatory powers that, if the sultan promulgated certain reforms, they would watch over the execution of those reforms-nothing more. He did not think anyone could interpret that as m undertaking to go to war; As to the Cyprus convention, Lord Salisbury continued, it contains no trace of an undertaking to inter- fere in behalf of the subjects of the sultan. The speaker reminded his hearers that the reforms which the sultan had recently accepted, although very good reforms, could not be ex- pected to produce good government in two months.
 Lord Salisbury also referred to the recent Transvaal crisis as throwing a lurid light upon what might happen if home rule were granted to Ireland. PRESS CRITICISMS.
 An editorial in the Chronicle QiberaD this morning describes Lord Salisbury's speech as 'the most amazing utterance that ever fell from the lips of the gov ernor of great empire at the crisis of its fortune. It will do England griev. ous harm in the eyes of the world. He bestowed but one word upon America, and it had better have been unspoken. He should have said either less or more His confession of failure with regard to Armenia is most ignominious ad- mission"
 The Times says of the speech: "Lord Salisbury's tone with reference to Ar. menia was apologetic, and his explana. tions were rather unusual. But they will convince all fair.minded men that the fault does not lie with the British government"
 The Daily News Qiberal) comments editorially upon Lord Salisbury's ad. dress as follows: "The little monster who gloats at Constantinople over the butcheries will receive Lord Salisbury's statement as glad tidings. It will be read with inexpressible shame by thou sands of decent men and women in England. We might at least abstain from encouraging the sultan in his hellish work"