New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-08
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
SIR FREDERICK POLLOCK PROVES TOO
MUCH
THE VENEZUELA DISPUTE CASE FOR ARB1T11
rIoN-CUBA HAS NO FRIENDS IN EUROPE
THE woRKINGMENs DWELLING BILL
DEGREES FOR woMEN-oILBERr
AND sULLIvANs NEW
OPERA. THE GRAND
DUKE" WINS Pop
UI,AR FAVOR.
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ccopyrisht 1896 by The Tribune %'oe'as'o~'
London. March 1.-The Blue Book on sns
Venezuela case justifes the summaries ana fore'
90 sfs which have been sent across the Atianu~
Sir Frederick Pollock and his associates havs
done their work well. They have collected all tns
historical evidence bearing upon the nr'us"
claims. including much material from '"s
archives of Holland and Spain. wnicn mas never
before seen the light Copous extracts appear
in to-day's journals, with leaders asser""s
that an irrefutable case has been maze OUT 1o'
British ownership Of the Cuyuni Basin as an '"'
heritance from the Dutch. Possibly the evidence
nroyes too much. II the British case De as eo"'
elusive as is now claimed. why was I" NOT s"S
,njtted 10 an arbitrator long ago. and why were
so many attempts made to compromise H' "hen
the archives have been raneacked, and every )os
and tittle OF evidence produced. the fact remains
that rho Foreign Office ras proposed six or seven
lines and has never been willing to settle the
disnute by submitting its so-called irrefutao's
case n arbitration. The fact that the evidehee
Il, 80 voluminous as to fill a bulky volume wnioo
no ordinary mortal will ever have time 70 reao.
is a convincing demonstration that the services oa
an arbitrator ought long ago TO nave oeeh ei.'-
ploved in settling the question; nor Is IL uhkeiy
,bat venezJela. by sending experts to Madrid
and The Hague, and by epitomfzirg the reco'"s
~ fftv wears Of diplomacy. could supply com-
panion volume equal in bulk. But the necessity
for arbitration is already proved by the puon-
cation of the British case. and that Is the ''ai"
American position.
Meanwhile negotiations are dragging oome
,rograsa has been made toward settlement, but
the processes are slower and the results 'ese
satisfactory than Is gel orally supposed Loro
hoa
while Mr. Chamberlain has carried on all honors
IN Tho Transvaal Naturally the Prime Mih-
tutor does not want to retreat from the po-
sition taken in the Venezuela dispute, when nis
dinlomacy has been a signal failure esewnere'
and President Cleveland, with commission Oh
his hands is equally reluctant to compromise "'s
case Public opinion In each country mas ~
stroneIv declared In favor of a speedy settlement
that this result cannot be long deferred.
The Cuban question is discussed here with
languid interest and without trace OF SYM
pathy for the insurgent cause. Inc Enshso
were on the side Of the Gillian insurgents anu
the Brazilian rebels but those were naval re'oi'A
II the Cuban3 had ships OF war the Ensns"
might take interest in their revolt asainss
corrupt administration and ruinous misrulsS
as backwoods patriots conducting sue'An.
warefare. they are despised. and the conduct q
| Congress I'm passing a resolution on the subject
/
| 10 condemned as gratuitously offensive. One
Journal remarks that the United States seems
| ANXIOUS to play a great part in the world, out
that II Is difficult TO distinguish between the de-
sire to annex Cuba AMI that lust OF conquest
Of which American Jingoes are fond or accusing
Great Britain. The French press Is also sai
castle in referring 10 the action OF congress
and unsympathetic in dealing with the CUBAN IN
surgents Large blocks OF Spanish railway oonds
riA
made one financial deal with Paris bankers In
providing for war expenses. Germany with i's
beet Industry. takes no interest IN sugar isiands'
its beet-growers would like to have the CUBAN
rebellion prolonged indefinitely The Reichstas Is
r,r disc,,.qng A measure for the increase OF ex-
rort ho,,ntles by when beet sugar has been
forced ,r,o the markets of the world. Tne
! C,hans have no friends in Europe; every ROVER
krows that the Cuban question, ir the last
anayss is the American question
The defeat a, Adowa has shaken ltaly 10 its
foundation, and even imperilled tne mohafen''
English sympathy with Italy in TINS cr'sis Is s'"'
c-re for the relations OF the two countries nave
always been friendly; but British pride Is srau'
fed by The evidence that other nations fall IN
governing seni-civilized countries. whereas Eng
| land succeeds General Raratieri made fatal
mistake IN extending the Italian sphere or In
huence unduly and aiming to establish a pro-
tectorate over Abyssinia. General Baldissera'
who succeeds him, represents different policy'
! that OF consolidation, not OF expansion out !"
will be difficult to arrange an honorable peace
| with Menelek and appease the passionate resent
ment Of the Italian people. Signor Crispi 5 GOWN
| fall leaves Lord Salisbury the only survivor os
the Berlin Congress now in power, and ne mas
witnessed the complete collapse OF all the arti'
fetal defences Of Turkey established by that
! body Meanwhile. The little British war Is over'
ANA the Ashantee clown jewels are exhibited at
the Colonial Office They are poor lot, on
which judicious pawnbroker would refuse %
grant advances.
Mr. Chamberlain is never at his best when
forced to explain away the plumbers OF MS as
sociates For two days he has been baited Win
| injuries respecting the terms OF the Jameso"
troopers surrender, but he has not YET suS
ceeded In making 1t clear why President hiues'
should have been thanked for his maghan'"''.
| in sparng the lives Of those VINO hao p'o',
for their own safety. or how Sir Hercu'ee 49, 49,
son rescued DR.. Jameson by procurihs '"e -
| armament of johannesburg ""en e
wurougbbv had settled the matter In black ana
.,, NJ Chamberlain has complained bitterly
that his diplomatic work has been upset oy '"s
., - h.d faith on the part OF President
imputation oI D'i IAN" o -. r,...,aon.
,yu.r What has been said Is that fresioens
1ru;,asr managed TO outwit even so resoirceiui
an os Mr. Chamberlain. That Is not an !mpu-
,ation OF bad faith. but high compn'"-"' "
the sagacty OF the Boer President
Mfr Rider Hagssrd gave the New Vasaooho
C,rh dramatic account which he received from
Sir John WlIloughby Of the scene at the sur
render. Many details were entirely new ana
startled that body VI Bohemans. 1t Is aito'
gether probable that many surprises are In store
for the audience at the Jameson trial. Well-in-
formed men assert that many important facts IN
regard TO the invasion Of the Transvaal have not
vet been brought t.. light The story that jane
| son was lured across the border by 'orgeo