The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-02
lRlOND0N Gable LETTER.
PC PUBLIC TONE ON THE vENE-
pE1AN QUESTION IS MORE
CONCILIATORY OF LATE.
lEARNESTNESS HIS, ANED THEM
ything Possible Being Done to
bid a Friction-An Antarctic Ex-
EDITION organized-Comment on
\ the Tariff Bill.
haon, Dec. 2s.-(Copyrighted, 1906,

: NcdlHfr, SleeI ana udlnpueSS, WHICH HAS
been d feature of the Christmas week,
seems Ito have cast gloom over politics
in general, although the Venezuelan
question, chiefly from it's financial and
commercial standpoints has been upper
most ip the public mind. 1t takes some
time to convince the average Britisher
of anything, and there has been NO eX-
ception lin the case of impressing upon the
minds If those in authority here that the
United Estates is thoroughly convinced
on the question of the Monroe doctrine
Flas a whole, although there may be differ
fences of opinion as to its applicability
to the boundary dispute between Vene-
zuela and Great Britain.
In consequence the tone of the press
and. the general public is now striking
ly conciliatory and everything possible
is being done to avoid friction, which
9 might result in further unpleasantness.
Although the attitude of the people III
authority and those not in authority Is
peaceful, the possibilities which the flu
ture may bring forth are not overlooked.
This is shown by the stress laid by the
st. James Gazette this afternoon upon
the latest advices from British Guiana
look IL che colony.
The St James Gazette has from the
first and up to the present had the good
fortune to be distinctly Informed on the
developments from this side of the water
in the Venezuelan question and there is,
therefore, a 'slrewd suspicion that it has
been more or less directly or indirectly
inspired by the secretary of state for the
colonies, Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain.
Consequently more than ordinary in
terest is manifested in an article which
it publishes today, giving prominence
to the mail news just received from Brit
ish Guiana, and i'll which'it is announced
that meeting Of influential residents of
Brit | Guiana recently held at George
towi., capital of that colony, provision
al board of directors was appointed
which is to be known as the British
Guiana Charter company, organized for
the purpose of developing the interior of
+ British Guiana.
A sign of the interest taken here at
present in American military matters is
(; shown in the fact the Army and Navy
q Gazette published short biographical
. sketches of all American generals.
IN The crisis is regarded now as being
/" over from a political standpoint.
The reports cabed over here that the
United States commission, which will in
% into the boundary question, is ex-
include cX-Minister Edward j.
Minister Robert Lincoln and
.Ieiville w. Fuller, have
sfaction. All the gentle
as likely to be members
on are referred to here
to the greatest respect
assurance that they will
tier in spirit of the most
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cling in connection with
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| says: we might as
ae Lord Russell of Mr.
himself to lingo intrigue
e Chief Justice Fuller,
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but that of get
Lot be said,
expected to be
it is pointed
Phelps Anglo
of Wales to
'tates through
lch asked for an
the venezuelan
,ensation here, as
pr ce was entirely UNI
But TIDE tenor. and language
&c has met with nothing but
According to one account, be-
ing the message the Prince of
Entered into communication with
Leen and with the marquis of Sails
:. Her majesty who has followed
( -,sery development OFF the incident with
eager interest, is said to have assented
readily. The marqhis OF Salisbury, it
appears, was less yielding. but discover
ing that the action commended itself to
the royal family, whose dignity was most
concerned, he abandoned bis scruples and
approved not only of the princes action,
but the precise tone of the message.
The little Ashantee disturbance has not
4 been entirely forgotten and up to the pres
.ent there is talk of another British expe-
dition being started to that section. The
malarial fevers, which are more dreaded
/ than the Ashantees, have been the most
felt, yet only few soldiers, however,
4 have been affected and only one died from
\ the effects.
- King Prempeh has sent several tenn
porizing messages to the British authori-
ties but no notice has been taken Of them
and it is generally believed he will fight
when the expedition enters the bush.
Parliament will be asked, when it reas-
sembles, to vote a special appropriation
to the duke of Cambridge late command
er-in-chief of the forces. As colonel of
the grenader guards, the duke draws
f11,000, which is held to be an inadequate
in yinyv of his lanuth nf