The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-18
the VENEZUELA TRousLe.

THE VENEZUELA TROUBLE.
Let England Recognise the Arter..ssv
"A Settlement DagessssA.
London. Jan 0.-Heury Norman
special correspondent Of the Chronicle
csbied his paper from WaahinRtm. D
G.. ~ follows:
There 10 heroic way Of ssttlip,
the whole dif1culty. fraught with homo
20 both governments, and with result,
Of pfs0sles worth 10 both people. n,
present delay CONSISTS in the fact tha,
the United States government consider,
it:ef honor bound to insist upon . Ger.
tain course, which the Britfah Govern.
ment co0sfders itsslf honor bound r
refuse to adopt Every day spent her.
mas convinced mo strongly that it /,
impo2ible to exsggerats tho serious.
nsas Of such m International bsttla
Now the kennel Of tie dispute beins
the principle Of arbitratiou, the solu.
taon may b found therein also. II
Lord Salisbury will say that hs mus
maintain his refusal to arbitrats With
venesuela By itself, but l. preparing
20 oonclude treaty with the United
States. under which all Questions fail.
ing Of diplomatic settlement ahalI b
submitted to arbitration, and this. OF
course. would include venexuels n the
greater includes the Les, the American
government, know. will receive his
communication with warm sympathy.
Here u the digniHed. and, indeed. the
most simple and friendly. escape from
the deadlock.
Remember. that q resolution 70 this
eject was adopted BY congress ON Auril
Z, 1880. and responded 70 BY q resolu.
tion OF the house Of commons, support.
Cd IN their decision BY Mr.. Gladstone.
On June Is. 1898.
Two things block the way. The
nrst u that IL any arbitration treaty.
was ever under discussion, il was Laid
aside when congress, BY refusing that
1850. 600. temporarily invalidated the
Paris Behring sea commission award.
Inc second difficulty il the English
feeling that any action taken now
would appear to be due to American
fhfeatA In reply to this, it ID quite
certain that neither President Cleveland
nor Secretary Olney considers that he
Is threatening England. They only
desired. after years Of friutless diplo-
matte discussion, to make the attitude
d their own country clear beyond the
shance OF further Misunderstanding.
II Lord Salisbury is aggrieved BY
he expression Of the American govern.
nent. the American government, in it,
turn, considers itself legitimately
aggrieved by Lord Salisbury's tone
md his virtual pooh-poohing q doc
'rine which they had formally declared
'hey regarded - vital to the national
welfare. Therefore, these sentiments
balance each other. and there il much
sround for mutual agreement and a..
'urances that no odense was intended.
IF Lord Salisbury ID able to remove
iiplomatically in the direction indi.
:aeed, 1t Is certain that the meeting Of
ne Venezuela commission will be in.
'eantly adjourned until the time il ripe
or common discussion of the question |
when the treaty should become q law.
viii add. as if it were my Last words,
hat 1t would be lamentable mistake |
or England to believe there is any
livision OF opinion worth considering
n this country. Washington, far
more than New York. is the pulse of
he United States, and l have been
ceiling that pulse for over q week, and
assert despite criticism or oontradic.
ION, that America will speak with
one voice in support of the
abinet in the Venezuela matter.
IF Lord Salisbury decides that il
impossible to take any step, let him
nd England at least recognise what is
he alternative
London, Jan s.-In An editorial, the
chronicle justifies American aspiration
dominate the formation of interua.
lonal law on the American continent,
England. in her time, dominated
EUROPE 1t must be recognised that
america never acquired an inch of
lvilized territory without the consent
I its owner.