The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-16
FEAR OF M'KINLEY
In England swallow. Pleasure at nryun'.
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lii England swallow. Pleasure at Dryan'.
Defeat.
Ballard South cables to the New
York World from London:
The English press and, think, the
English people generally have very
speedily lost all Interest In the pres
dental election In the United States,
except that, free silver being defeated,
n fear OF "Mckinleylsm' swallows up
all the pleasure oycr the monetary vlc-
tory.
A peculiar, but perhaps significant
fact, however, IL that the Times yes
terdny and to-day has thrown open Its
crowded columns to long cOmmunica-
tons pro and con upon the lnternatIon-
al bmctalllc agreement question.
The financial and other wcckl!es con-
tinue to-day their warnings OF before
the election against investment In
American sccuritles, except that Edl-
/ tor Lloyd cables to the StntIst, after
giving his observations on the result
OF the election: 1.-THE general feeling
| Is that the tariff bill will ba made the
Issue taking all factors In consider
alton and remembering that much has
yet 20 be settled.
Yankee Securities Little Safer.
81. nevertheless, believe that a slow
but steady Improvement viii occur.
Hence, judlclous Investments are like
ly to be advantageous, but careful In
vestiGation Is necessary"
The stock market demand for Amerl-
can securities this week proved mere
Hurry, and obviously was the work Of
spectators. The general public seems
to have utterly failed to respond.
The Venezuela settlement also re-
ceives sc1nt editorial reference In the
| press, but there Is grntlfled comment IN
political and other circles OF note. The
| foreign pceSs, particularly the German
section, seems TO look on It with decid-
cd dIsfavor. The Cologne Gazette. per-
haps the leading paper in the German
| Empire. and Il Eemi-otlclal organ OF the
government. said in long article yes
| teriay:
TO us Germans It may be indlffer-
ent II England. In n moment OF weak
ness, to certain extent Eivcs away her
| position. Nevertheless. In the United
States public opinion will in future try
| TO demand the Intervention OF the Fed
cra government whenever n dispute
arises between @ European power and u
l
Europe Is Interested.
This concerns not only the territor-
ial powers, but every European state
which may be obliged TO enforce a
claim for indemnity IN the same way
| England acted toward Nicaragua u
| year ago.
I've wish 60 take the first opportu-
nifty OF declaring that the precedent In
| question Is at most an English, and
| In no way European precedent. and
that Germany. at least, will never toll
crate the intervention OF foreign state
| IN the protection OF her interests In
| South and Central America.
I'VE are convinced that those states
| OF Central and South America which
| arc more ARMY founded than Eenez-
uela will defend themselves against 4
deduction that might be drawn from
| the Anglo-Venezuelan precedent,plac-
| Ing them under the guardianship OF
the linked States to-day rs proieges.
to-morrOw as subordlnates.'
A more vital fact 10 the United
States Is the perfectly compliment at
;itude OF the Times ard other London
| papers to-day over the cablsd reports
OF the prospects Of the United States
acquiring Cuba by purchase or conces-
sion.
AS have frequently pointed out IN
this correspondence. all the signs 30
10 show that Great Britain. By It's gov
eminent or public opinion, would be
gratified rather thla otherwise by this
result. Certainly, Their Is no truth IN
| the reports that Spain would have
! any real or financial support here In al
effort to prevent Il.