The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-02-15

Scotland reduced the arrests of the day
seven .eighths. The Superintendent of
Police in Edinburgh, man connected
with the police force for forty years,
made this statement: after the opera
ton of the law compelling saloons to
close on the Sabbath was enforced, there
were only twenty-six men at time on
the beats in the whole Of Edinburgh,
while on week days there were seventy
eight" And again with open saloons in
Cincinnati on Sunday one-third of the
total crime committed for the year was
on that day. When the saloon door was
closed on Sunday one of the daily papers
of that city stated that it was as "quiet
as country village and the police had
nothing to do"
SOS
~. WE give place this
Liz onioaso week to the Chicago
Peace Movement appeal in behalf of
Peace and Arbitration. The suggestion
that Washingtons birthday and the fol-
lowing Sunday be utilized to secure a
definite expression of opinion as to arbi-
tration as the method of concluding diff
ferences between the United States and
Great Britain which cannot be settled
by diplomacy; and also as to the effect
of war between the two powers, is one
that must receive the approval of all
patriotic citizens and all good Christians.
England is holding meetings to voice
public sentiment against war with the
United States and favoring arbitration
as the method of settling all disputes.
1t is the purpose of the Chicago move
ment to foster and encourage such ex-
preston of opinion in this country. The
Chicago proposition seeks to emphasize
the need of this popular action and
specifies the time when such meetings
may be appropriately held. We endorse
the movement and commend it to the
attention of our churches and organiza-
tons. We may consistently support
our own government in the stand taken
for the arbitration of the Venezuelan
dispute while the English people are ad-
vocating arbitration as against the war
like policy of Lord Salisbury and his
Tory cabinet.
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If the Washington
hngiano proposes dispatches of Monday
Arbitration. ORC ~ he rol;od on
Great Britain is receding from it's policy
in regard to Venezuela, and the Queens
speech at the opening of parliament will
recommend arbitration of the dispute
and indicate that diplomatic relations
between Great Britain and Venezuela,
which have been suspended since 1887,
are now in fair way to be speedily re-
sumed. This points the way not only to
speedy settlement of the difficulty be-
tween Great Britain and Venezuela, but
to method of settlement highly credit
able to the United States. involving at
least tacit recognition of the applica-
bility of the Monroe Doctrine. The
Queens recommendation of arbitration
will do much to solve the whole problem.
The significance of it is that Lord Sails
bury has resolved to seek peace. not only
with Venezuela. but with the United
States, and that he has reconsidered the
conclusions voiced in his note to our
government last December. In other
words. Lord Salisbury is now coming
round to do precisely what the United
States for years has been asking the
British government to do, and which &C.
ton, il taken, will not in any way inter-
fere with the Monroe doctrine. Parlia-
ment meets on Tuesday, but we go to
press too early to record the exact facts.
If the Queens speech recommends arbi-
tration. the first distinct step has been
taken by Great Britain to dissipate the
dreadful contingency of war between the
two nations. 1t is also said that Eng
land will recognize the American Ven
ezuelan Commission and place its docu-
ments at their disposal.
TRUSTING THE PEOPLE.