New-York tribune., 1896-03-31
any warrant in any interna-

| tionai law Of the world. -,
Let me ask II my legal friends VIII pardon me
for being 80 didactlc wha is international ,aw any
way? 1t is International morality a. ana JIi1d J1s.Sde M
Kind Put morality and justice not enough now
In the application to which they are suDJvTs, w.
creaT ,ritain which has occupied British Guiana
for over century, and probably two centuries;
putting with Venezuela, its neighbor. as to boun-
dary line The dispute is more than century ,, oiu
much Effort at settlement on either side; which is
involved in such obscurty as to It's eannesv ea. e
gagged in finding out the right OF it. And after te
months work they have nc not bsr been bor abe 10 We
have invited Great Britain TO arbitrae the question
with Venezuela The British Government nj IN ad pd
mlted its Willingness 10 submit part OF tne uIspu.e @
to arbitration but declined to submit Pan
| It's own territory. occupied by its own citizens
TO DEFINE IT BY A COMMISSION.
| Well. what is reply to that? We intimated
| that we must proceed to define that boundary by
| commission and when that definition is obtained
| Great Britain must acquesce to our finding That
| is what is claimed by the Monroe Doctrine as now
| presented. But have any interest in II? Apply
The test which ! have tried to point to you as the
| true and only test, and II we have any con-
ceyabe interest in the settlement OF that question
| Whether n line shall be drawn through that jungle
and swamps never occupied by cv.!lzs4 man, ana ot
no va:ue at ALL but for the finding OF gold IS of 10
interest to us No man has undertaken 10 STATE
| to the American people now we should De haiIieu
| II that line Grawn few miles further TO the
east or to the west On the contrary, our propo-
s!tion for arbitration SHOWS that We cannot SUM.
| by the settlement Of this question way or the
other. Even II we did pretend that our Interests rests
were involved In this question the pietehcs oI coue
not be supported by any reasonable people because
any yb bere nSw dd Go little
evidence is there that Great Britain is in the wrong
trying to lind out / know nothing. about the de-
tails OF the controversy, but | can find nothing IN
(, should attend 10 own business, and keep our
hands away from the disputes and controversies OF
To that rule there only two exceptions. one is
where interference Is necessary Tor humanity sake
place in Armenia But Great Britain has not mani
Tested any disposition to bring to bear her superior
forces toward the settlement Of this question She
has taken arbitrary grounds with Venezuela, and
has not her ships or armies to enforce her
claim.
Then the other exception to the general rule is
whore the necessity for Intervention in a quarrel Is
forced through own interests becoming involved
or being in danger We'll. until some man can stand
forth and inform US how We are to be injured by
the adjustment Of that boundary line, until then
snail venture respectfully to assert that the |ehez-
any rgh; to interfere. our right being determined
We'll. sometimes i have seen in the multitude of
that 1t Is not with international law but with Amer
lean policy that We have to deal What do you
there BE- sucn a thing as policy on the part OF a
nation individual where there is no interest? II
that suggestion perishes when you
ask. What do you mean by policy? Policy ana IN
80 sna S b2 are f@n hnye
supposing we had an interest where we have not
When Ne undertake 10 supper, a demand where
have right We :ransSress the right to enforce It,
believe It should be the policy OF every nation TO
enforce It's rights, whatever they are. believe IN
mat. and It would have been better for us II we
had always been acute to maintain that policy
can there be such a thing as policy to be enforced
against he M ht rig ia OF 9e We o'1or av p"n in that
question. then we could have no policy. NOBODY
autonomy Of NenczueIa or TO estao'ish aNotnsr
Government or 70 do ANYTHING. In fact but to settle
about the details OF this question and where the
line ought to be- believe It will turn out that
ihe.o was no line al all
WHAT HISTORY SHOVE
I, has been the history OF the uncivilized nations
Of the earth that these questions Of boundary lines
have frequently arisen In respect to country that
has long been unoccupied and worthless. BY and
by civilization comes along. its resources begin To
be discovered. and then comes the Inevitable ques-
lion about the boundary line: and It is frequently
,ourd that the lire WAS designated In 40 loose
STYLE that 1t could not be drawn, ana arbluatoh
has been called in 10 settle the boundary Inc more
,ou delv. into the archives OF Spain on the one
hand and Holland on the other the more clearly
am certain II WI pl nplear ,ht, i you are '0''''e "
II the phrase Monroe Doctrine has meaning, meaning,
il now FAR il Is to go and where It is to stop: But
when you undertake TO apply Il TO case N wniGn ,h
have interest. and win whch we nav MN u,
Ing and when you carry 1t to the iength OF
saving we nave ser'ta, s hssmsnhere il is moth
lng else nut the language or DuIly ,t"t ~
exactly the language or DullN III PIiEaN
told nobody can afford to set himself up against
,inrsi law is as Important TO as TO anybody else
G1rses come home to roos II assert proposi.
ton OF this kind, IL may be apphed 10 d.
some future time How would you relish that!
The great wave OF public se'itlihett .aa. 20 /, -
70 be- hoped has terminated the difficulty. we are
not OF II. but II Is to be hopeu ma n mi
ment on both sides OF the water VIII put an enc 10
the difficulty and restore that confluence "''"'''
90
THE QUESTION WITH SPAIN.
A., .. ~orsress "a giving its attention Spain.
7, eavs II We cannot fight England. II the Just ana
Intelligent people won't let fight England iet us
fight Spain Well what about Spain SPAN mas
owned Cuba for very .ong perlod OF ''"e. i"e
recent rebellion. far as can learn IL repeilion
OF banditu with no central organization. no capital
or government; a rebellion OF pillage. anarchy ana
murder And yet We have a proposition TO go 10
war with Spain and set up these people IN the con-
troll OF Cuba? What is said TO JUSTIFY TINS IL 10
the Monroe Doctrine We had rebellion o. OF our
own some years ago. II not an insurrection OF
worthless banditt, but wac the Organization OF a
good many States, OF large and intelgeht people, @
with a capital and government. ana all that was
necessary to It's cause except the rght oil rsDeiIIo
II il had had right would nave fioT S
Spain given to that rebellion? What a feeling went
was among the English people a certain class OF
people who were In sympathy with the rebellion,
Spain that which we should have resented to the
very death II II had been presented to us In the
throes OF the Civil War.
THEN 1T WOULD BE JUST
There is no American. hope, that would ever
shrink one single hairs breadth from any war. let
it's calamity and horror and destruction be what 1t
might There Is American hope, that would
hesitate a moment about war that was to vindI-
cate our National honor to protect our National
interests When that time comes we shall not be
asking about tho meaning Of the Monroe Doctrine.
L potb hest
that peace that Is Indispensable TO prosperity? Is
IL not best TO maintain the peace of the world and
the prosperity that that peace Will bring, by refusing
10 intcrmeddle In the affairs OF the everlasting con-
troverses between different sections OF mankind?
That is the way IL seems TO me. Americans should
try preserve the peace OF the world notwithstand-
ing the exertions OF men who want to war for wars
sake for its contracts and plunder, for its ofces
and all the of the spoils that follow In Its track.
Notwithstanding the efforts Of such men, and am
tha country capiaina them | helinXn