The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-11
gives rise TO the growing demand for
government ownership of railways
MORE COO THAN RoAR.

With his unprotected tail in Africa
| and his much abused head in its natal
| island in western Europe. the British
lion stands bowling. Brought 10 bay
by his equals in power. il is now back
out or fight" There is but one way OF
| ascertatning public sentiment OF any
country or community, of this age. and
that way is its press. The London
Star, with a circulation almost exclus-
lively confined 10 the working classes
of England. was for ten days ar least,
for war over the Venezuela cause The
Transvaal trouble added. and II was
immediately for peace at any price
There is but little doubt now in the
English mind that Cecil Rhodes is back
of scheme for an African confederacy.
The stubborn Dutch Boer and Kaiser
Bill barred the scheme and exposed
its dupicity.
1t has taken the Thunderer long
time 10 attain any adequate concep-
ZION OF the unanimity of the popular
sentiment on this side the Atlantic, and
the determination Of the American peO-
pie to maintain the Monroe doctrine in
its entirety and It's integrity. The
Chronicle has been for a week educat-
ing the English people up to ''realiz-
ing sense OF the overwhelming de-
mand that Lord Salisbury be compeU-
ed to Chamber down from his unten-
able position The Standard quotes
with approval the New York Suns re
Election that it is better TO eat home
crow than foreign dirt" Now, how
ever. the detonating London Times
echoes the voice of arbitration. There
is no particular Sanctity," it says in
the Schomburgk line Ii ought not to
be difficult TO aI-bitrate on the unset
tied districts as whole, and we would
welcome any reasonable method of set
ding the dispute without a resort TO
force" Thus gradually is the ''cOm-
mon sense" recommended by Glad
stone reSuming ITS sway in British
councils. Meanwhile out attitude
should remain firm and unbudging.
Our position, no matter now how ar
rived at, is impregnabde. Let us re-
cefve overtures, welcome concessions,
spread a soft mattress for Lord Sails
bury to light on, but no retreat, no step
backward or downward, until the Mon
roe doctrine is established as interna-
tional law between the government of
this republic and the empire of that
gracious lady, Victoria X.
Senator Baker of Kansas, in his resO-
luton offered on Thursday. and the
passage of which he advocated in a
brief speech, embraces the entire sit
uation, as also our duty as a nation.
Self preservation comes first in and TO
everything. 1t is n law Of universal
application Washington himself, in
his farewell address, practically enun-
ciated the Monroe doctrine. Mr.. Bak-
er's resolution, which was referred to
the foreign relations committee, re-
cites that ''the United States will re-
gard it as an unfriendly act for any
foreign power, without our consent by
war, purchase or otherwise, TO extend
its territorial limits in the western
hemisphere on either of the American
continents, or TO any of the islands
adjacent thereto, which this country
deems necessary for its self-preserva-
ton. And the United States reserves
the right to be the sole judge of the
necessity for the maintenance OF their
national entries"