The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-10
he WONT ARBlTRATE
A Seml-0fflcial Statement That Lord Sails
bury Will Not Change His Attitude.
THE SITUATION STILL DEEMED SERIOUS
nIiSbury sticks to Iuis Position With
E'rovcrbiul pnII-Dog PcrtiIaneity
The I.on4on Times Calls for IA
DISCLOSURE OF Englnnd's Case
The Danger Growing.

Glasgow. Jan. 9-The Glasgow Her
aid claims to have u semi-oiiicial au-
thurity for the statement that Lord
Salisbury's attitude i'll regard TO Nene-
xuclu Is wholly unchanged and that
upon no account will he submit to ar
subjects who are relying upon Great
i5ritain'S protection. Lord Salisbury,
| the Herald says, is ready to nrbitrutc
all questions which the diplomatic dis
patches have admitted to be open and
Is also ready to conccde any mconSid-
transfer OF allegiance of British subjects.
London. Jan. 9.-'rhe Times, dwelling
uLon the many dangerous clements
which tend to make the Anglo American
situation still serious. this morning re-
,rcrs to MIR. George w. Smallcy's renew
ed plea for the fullest and earliest dis
closure Of the English case I'm regard
10 the Venezuelan frontier dispute. aud
continues:
1T is Impossible not to acknowledge
the force OF the contention. and really,
If no more serious obstacle to the course
he advocates exists than the technical
rule as to the publication of official
documents. the sooner some ingenious
method of propitiatinE the Goddess red
tape Is hit upon the better. Blue hooks,
1t is whispered, may not be issued with
lmpunity. save while Parliament is sit
ting. Parliament VIII not SIT for anoth-
| er month, and, therefore, both America
and England must wait. Events, how
ever. may not wait and IL events do not
wait the feeling Of passion and preju-
dice viii not wait. and we may have Il
| renewal of the crisis upon us"
The Times asks whether or not this
blue book tradition Is worth uphoding
at the risk of prccipitating n war from
which two great peoples shrink with
horror and suggests that the London
| Gazette be utilized TO give the nformn-
tlon needed. The paper urges the Min
listers To accelerate the preparation of
I he necessary documents and concludes
its article thus:
We should. regardless OF precedents,
set out our ease fairly before the world
We firmly believe II is n good case, and
hat, If produced before passion gets the
| upper hand of Judgment. Will be re-
ceivcd in fair ana amicnble spirit.
lSut the danger is growing and II it is
To be stcmmcd successfully. must he
Stcmmcd al once.
Liverpool. Jan, 9.-Thc Earl Of Derby.
| speaking i'm his capacity as Mayor OF
| Liverpool. to-day expressed hope that
Il peaceful issue CT The present difficult
| ties might be reached. He and his
countrymen knew that they must trust
| in themselves in the time of Il crisis
and knowing the goodness and justice
| of the cause at heart, the people were
with the government
London. Jan. 9-The Westminster GA
Hcttc puDllSneS Il report of an Inter
view with Sir john Lubbock. NJ p. for
London University, in which he says
IF the trial Venezuelan frontier dis
putcS shall result in Great Britain and
| tho United States settling all the dlni-
cultics by arbitration. where diplomacy
| fails, then the disputes are a great
| blessing. but President Clrvcland's gra-
tuitouS threat of war Is not calculated
TO promote an amicable settlement
England only refused to arbit7ute terri
| h.i'S which our colonists have cccu-
| pied for many years. As regards jus
| iicc Ilarlan'S precise proposal to sub
init disputes between the United States
and Grcnt Britain to Il commission com
posed of an equal number of justices Of
| the United States Supreme Court and
| of the high cart of Justice of England,
| I should require time to think II ovtn,
| carefully. though cordially approve
| OF some such tribunal
The Sun prints a report of an inter
| view with Henry NJ Stanley. NJ. p.
| the explorer. in which Mr. Stanley Is re-
| presented as saying: I'VE shall reach
an amicablc settlement of our difference
with America as soon as possible Then
| we shall not fear Germany if she in
| terfercs with British suZerainty in the
| Tran svaal"
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