The record-union., 1896-01-08

zue1an matter. If Lord Salisbury de-
cides that it is impossible to take any
step let him and England at least rec
ognize what is the alternative
The Times editorial cabled to the
papers here to-day is calculated to pro-
duce a great and favorable effect. A
few more such wise and statesmanlike
utterances on both sides and the nations
viii be marching hand in hand the
Christian road of peaceful negotiation"
LONDON. Jan. commenting on
the foregoing dispatch, the Chronicle"
will tomorrow say: "The vital and alb
sorbing feature of the controversy is
that America wants arbitration, and
we cannot refuse the request 1t is
slowly we hope surely, entering the
minds of our statesmen that in order
to do justice to the American case we
must look at the Monroe doctrine from
the American point of view. Herein the
hair-splitting of ingenious lawyers and
academic essayists help very little We
have to take account of a deep-rooted
national sentiment which has way of
getting itself recognized in policy and
in action without the sanction of the
oretical schemes. Lord Salisbury may
urge this, that the American doctrine
is not incorporated in the code of in
ternational law. The American an
swer is, What we call international
law is merely the customs observed by
European Powers. England filled Eu-
rope with glory and was herself a ben
eft to mankind in the period of Napo-
leonic vars
LONDON, Jan. 7.-Speal1ing to his
constituents at Plymouth to-day Sir
Edward Clarke, NJ P, who was Solic-
itor-General from 1886 to 1892, said
that if Great Britain refused arbitra-
ton on her claims within the Schom-
burgk line, submitting to arbitration
those claims outside of that line, there
would be war with the United States.
in which Great Britain would not be in
the right.
TWAS A THUNDERBOLT.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. Professor
w. Hudson Shaw of Oxford University,
in speaking of the Venezuelan contro-
versy between England and the United
States, expressed some opinions of the
feeling over the question in his country
that are at variance with the idea that
prevails here of the position of Great
Britain
I am only eight days from England,
and was there when the war scare over
the Venezuelan affair first started, he
said. Being an university extension
lecturer, and constantly going from city
to city and town to town. had unusual
opportunities of meeting all classes of
nn ofT
Of the country. I am sure I know the
sentiment Of the people.
President Cleveland's message came
to the English people like a thunderbolt
out of a clear sky. The feeling there
was one of unutterable astonishment
that any trouble could occur between
England and the United States This
feeling pervaded all classes. The feel
ing Of the English ror their American
cousins is year by year becoming more
sympathetic.
There is no single Englishman that
does not accept the Monroe doctrine as
laid down by President Monroe. and
which it might be called the extension
to it which hold that no European
Power should encroach an inch on this
continent. This is, of course, what Eng
lish as a people think; it is not what the
politicians say. The Venezuelan affair
is entirely a Government matter. The
universal opinion at first was that Pres
ident Cleveland's message was sent out
for political purposes. Now we believe
the British Government was wrong, and
drew down President CIeveland's anger
justly. We accept the justice of Mr..
Cleveland's claim
Lord Salisbury's action in refusing
arbitration is regarded as a political
blunder, and, may say, a crime, by
many right thinking Englishmen. I be-
lieve a great deal of good will come out
Of this trouble. 1t will be the cause of
the formation of permanent arbitra-
ton court that can settle all such dis
putes between all nations"