The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-14
GUIANA ISSUES.
Counsel or Hartshorne Talks
of International Matters
Before the Cosmos
Club.
VENEZUELAN TROUBLE DIsCUSsEB
History of the Monroe Doctrine
and Its Relation to Free Gov
ernment ON This Continent.

Members of the Cosmos Club at their
usual monthly dinner last night in ths
Hotel Washington had their thoughts d.
Verted into new lines:-ThAt .of internas
tional law, the Venezuela dispute and
me Monroe Doctrine. 1t was Mr.. Charles
H. Hartshorne. a lawyer of this city,
VINO acted as switchman- and very in
teresting paper he read on the two ques-
tons which might precipitate a war be-
tween England and America.
Ihe first part of the paper dealt with
the boundary dispute and Mr.. Harts-
horne began with a description of tha
territory In dispute and an historical
statement of the settlement of the coun-
Try The facts as stated. said Mr. Harts-
horne, appeared to Indicate that with re-
tory the Dutch and their English sue.
xs-sSls hasts peen IN Possession Irum one
re Mo enfurIes f rs VIII respect to the
had been apparently Mr.. Hortshorne
1eaa 40 cnntlnuous possession prior to
s-spule between Venezuela and Great
Britain. began
ued by. the English were made on both
sides Of the mouth of the Essequibo Riv-
ternational law right, giving iie'pth the hold ID
ers claim upon the whole watershed
dralned by the river.
along the coast in the neighborSoodY Ih,oS idYi1f 81
Point Barin-a no evidence of possession
prier to 1870 is now accessible to the
Dutch. Er9m this position SS.'SS the Butes ten
so9p Wepe et,s dslodged d9s;l by s Spanish attack
Mr.. Hartshorne devoted the second part
Of 6istary ms paper pa I to consideration Of the
cribed it not to the Canning source. but
said that it grew out of TWO opposing
poIit1cai pon,,lsa tendencies: a leaning toward
monarchy.
sketched by Mr.. Hartshorne. who traced
their progress through centuries past, and
showed how at the time of the formation
of the Holy Alliance there was a tendency
to despotism eliminating in a anited ef-
fort on the part of absolute monarchs of
Europe, not only to suppress political lib-
erty within their own domains but to as
law of nations.
This principle" said Mr.. Hartsho.ne.
was by them intended to assert the right
to interfere in the internal affairs of other
states and to suppress popular government
among them on account of its evil AMI
infectious example to their own sub
jectS. :"
The lecturer quoted authorities showing
that Immediately before the announce
ment of the Monroe Doctrine there we're
the strongest reasons for the belief that
the allied powers would attempt to en-
force the new principle of subverting free
government in other states on the South
American Continent. 1t was also demon
strated by the lecturer that the United
States entertained very real apprehensionS
that these efforts If successful in South
America. would be applied toward suppress
sion of the bad example of free govern
ment in the United States"
Concluding. Mr.. Hartshorne said that the
| spirit of democracy in the Anglo-Saxon
race, which at the critical iuncture in
| the conflict between Democracy and DeS-
! potism, found its expression in the prin-
| ciple of the Monroe Doctrine. made it es-
| sential to the safety of the United States
| that the system of despotism on the Con-
tinent of Europe should confine itself to
| that Continent
Much APPLAUSE greeted Mr.. Hartshorne at
| the close of the reading of sfngularly
| thoughtful and clear exposition of two
| vexata questio. The members freely dis
| cussed the views and then adjourned. az
| tar oa~eino a vote of thanks for the
| treat afforded