Griggs courier., 1896-02-07
SALISBURY IS HEARD.
He Declares He Is . Supporter OF Il
Monroe Doctrine.

He Declares He IL Supporter Of tho
Monroe Doctrine.
London. Feb. 1.-The banquet of the
Mont -Conformist Unionist association
Mt the Hotel Metropole Friday night
was the occasion for an address by the
marquis Of Salisbury, prime minister
and secretary for foreign affairs. In
the course of his remarks he said. with
referance to Venezuela:
81 have been held up as the denouncer OF
the Monroe doctrine. AS matter Of fact.
although the Monroe doctrine is no part
OF international law. my dispatch to Mr..
Olney, the secretary OF state OF the United
States. supported 1t as a rule OF policy In
the strongest and most distinct terms.
but when stated in that dispatch, and
reiterate now, that as a rule of policy we
are the entire advocates Of the Monroe
doctrine we mean the Monroe doctrine as
President Monroe understood it. In that
sense you will not find any more convinced
supporters than we are.
Lord Salisbury then turned abruptly to
the Armenian question. and he reproached
the religious communities with labortng
under mistake when they supposed that
England had bound herself in honor to
Euccor the Armenians, which means to go
to war with the sultan in order to force him
to govern the Armenians well. The Ber-
lin treaty. Lord Salisbury said. merely
bound the signatory powers that IL the
eultan promulgated certain reforms they
would watch over the execution Of those
accommodating more. He did not think
anyone could interpret that as an under.
taking to go to extreme measures. He con-
ttnucd:
'Mr. Gladstone wrote letter that Eng
land could cope with five or six sultans.
servation. II the sultan would meet us on
the open. undoubtedly we could cope with
five or six sultans. But 1t il not worth
arguing the possibility of England occu-
pying these inaccessible provinces.
II am not bound to answer the question
why Europe did not interfere. say con-
fidentfally that none Of the powers wished
to interfere, and I believe their view is that
with patience the sultan's prestige, which
is the only power left in the country, will
ultimately reestablish order and allow in
dustry' and commerce to take their usual
secure course That is their view. and it
is our duty to give the sultan time. 1t Is
not for me to pass judgment on that view,
but no other remedy has been suggested.
1t Is some encouragement to find that al
ready some degree Of order is being re-
stored.
IF you do not act with the great powers
you must act against them and produce
calamities far more awful and terrible
than the Armenian atrocities
London, Feb. IAN editorial in the
Chronicle QiberaD this morning describes
Lord Salisbury's speech '::As the most
amazing utterance that ever fell from the
lips Of the governor of great empire at
| the crisis of its fortune. Lord Palmerston,
in his widest after-dinner escapades. could
not have beaten 1t. 1t will do England
grievous harm in the eyes of the world.
| He bestowed but one word on America,
and 1t had better have been unspoken
We take leave to tell him thar he is play
| ing with fire again. He should have said
either less or more. His confession OF
| failure with regard to Armenia is a most
ignominious admission"