Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-01-18
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
A british writer Says II viii Have TO be
Observed,
on TROUBLE Will EHsUE.

washington, under date " tbs 18th inst
~ follows:
There Is u heroic way ~ settling IA,
Who'll" difficulty, fraught with honor I,
bOth governments aud with results n
priceless worth IL brth peoples. Tn,
present delay consists IN the fact thai
the nlbd states government consider,
it-elf honor bnund a. Insist upon Ger
tain course, which the British govern
ment considers itself honor bound 10 re-
fuse 10 adopt. livery day spent her. Ia.
convinced me strongly that II IL mts,.-i.
BILE Ia exaggerate the seriousness of such
an International battle.
ARBITRATION.
Now the kernel " the disput. heing
thu principle II arbitration. the solution
may lT found therein al-L u Lord Sails.
bury will nay that he must maintain hi.
refusal Ia urhitrate with Venezuela by II.
self, but lac IN prepared a. conclude "A
treaty with the l'nited States under
which all questions failing II diplomatic
settlement. shall hr submitted I" Afbiirs.
ton, aud this IT course, would include
Venezuela NJ the greater includes the
less. the American government, know
will receive this communication with
warm sympathy. Here l. n digniivd aud
indeed the most simple aud friendly ~.
cape from tue dradlwk.
Remember that resolution {" this
effect was adopted by congress "n April
T. 1870, and rosIpnisi IL by u resolution
III the house ~ commons. suplsrt~i IN
their decision by Mr. Gladstone. On June
H. lN!B. 4 second joint resolution was
introduced IN the senate by Senator Ali.
Son June ~, lN!u. and referred to the
committee "n foreign affairs, where IL
Ill remains.
~ MniINH HI'Hk-.
two things hlpkvd the way. The
iitt Is that II any arbitration treaty waS
ever discussed II was laid aside when
congress, 10y refusing these tiJn!ru. TEN.
prrariiI in,alidatr,i the Paris Brring sea
commission award hut ~ have nj.
ready cahlrd. n treaty IL partly conrlud.
81 to which America, canada and the
British ambassador IN Washington have
all aS~"Rted. placing this matter IN u III.
rect way ~ settlement. observed thai
III" statement l. to-day cahlrd from Lon.
don That this treaty l. blocked hy Canada's
refusal, The statement l. entirely base.
less. Canada has formally aud tnall,
agreed. II only awaits the assent II the
foreign office fur the treaty H. become
operative. ! reasseft there II bath sur
prs. aud regret felt her. ut the delay.
The second difficulty i The English
feeling that any actioG taken now would
appear Ia b~ due Ia Americas threats.
In reply a. this II II quite certain that
neither President Cleveland nor Mr. Ol.
ney consider themselves Ia be- threaten.
ing England. They only desired after
years ~ fruitless diplomatic discussion.
Ia make the attitude IL their own colln.
Try clear beyond the chance of further
misunderstanding.
MIGHT LEhRN SOMETHING
"It Lard s.Iishp,, has nm, L,uh,s u,n
this point. mn inquiry through the rcgu-
lar diplomatic channels. Mr. Rayard or
sir Julian Paunc"fotr, will, ! am con.
>inccd. diSpel this notion tina, the Amer.
lean government deliberately adopted a
n,.nacing attitude not proper IN iiplo.
matte communications. Morr,rr, II Lord
salisbury Is aggrir'~i l.. III" expression
~ the American government. IL" AmrIi.
can government In IT. Turn considered
itself lrgi,ima,rly nrgrirNrd h, Lord
SaliShury'S t"u", aud hl' virtual I"S'h.
IS"h-ing d"ctIin" which i!,, had for.
mall> drclaIcd the, trgarl,Nl n vital Il"
the lin,innal welfare, Therefore. th"-"
sentiments halanr" zach "thrt. and there
Is every ground iT m".nal agreement
and assurances that ~ ofIrn,r was H..
,,uJ.a
III l."fd Salish,lf, Il prepared Ia ul">"
automatically, IN the direction indicated
II il certain TINT IA, meeting uf IA. Yen.
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ahJ"ufh"i nhtii the 'iihs was ripe '"r
common discussion NJ III" question when
IA. tr,nt, sh,uId h.cou,. law.
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UNITY ~ HENI'hiNh
II will add, II II we're my last ward,
hat H.. In Al alaNa Ia.
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