The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-29
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Editor of the Times:
4 ,,or,pit me TO offer some remarks
.ta,o,lo disnutn with thn
the uel''o'" 49, .,s.',.. -
u States wti1ch mas suiuc"iS purst
H. like bolt from the b.ue sky.
..rs oco NOT one person in a thou-
uas anv;h.ur OF The question. and
ne" Nil nn,nf out on a man where
{.o,a ar hrit sh Guiana was. Now
w. boon discuss. ng at least the
H., of n fratrlcidal war which
Nc min both count. les, and conld
,,"ssibla GOOD TO e.tner. Is IL moi
!, nf Wisdom. NOT to speak of Chr ;.
~ try and md permanent e,-
I'm his and nil similar complica-
10 tho substance of the claim of
t,i,aJ StaicsY Is il not broadly that
tno,con mower shall extend Us Ter.
~ a ther North or South America.
sarfere with The republican form
Iasnmeu,' wherever if i established?
|,.tJonroe doctrine" was first sug-
w. tbn government of the United
bv our avn George Canning. who
hv means of IT to prevent Spain
her rcyo,tcd colonies. l. thcre
| :.
I'M not We do not wish 10 in.
| nnr p0sassious in America, either
or South we have more territory
Ee rnn well govern all over the
| and Ia 20 to war with the United
on the ground of n frontier dis
kjth Veuezuelo would he almost M
Il Ms Swift's story of Lilliput and
kiaccpf island fighting abont tho
1 end of AN egg 10 brcakl No dnubt
4 IN as mt forward by President
Ind seems to MS needlnssly uffen.
h. wonder that the British puhlic.
[tandiny little of the matter. dqenly
Iii il. Ii seemed to them niece of
|inence to interfere in a frontier
\ between two independent Stntrs
70 are now beginning to understand
the American point of view. There
Ire NOT like MS. almost Ignorant of
Iue.,,on: for months. indeed for
|nasf. Venezuela has henu ontrnot.
HI great country TO save their little
From what they regard NJ the nm
|aims of Great Britain. Tho Amer
|ress has been discussing thn mes
great length the past few months
|earing only the ease of Venezuela
|rarded this country ms entirely in
hong. II has concluded that undcr
hme of a boundary disnute Ills
h has sorgbt to annoy inrco nov,
Venezuelan territory: in his woy
birds it us an infrin cement of tho
u doctrine. which doctrine. thouch
hart of international law. has boon
accepted by this country. What
|nitsd States claimed. rs I under
was that Grcot Britain shm,ld rc-
he whole d;sn,,tn To orhi,rat,on
len, Cleveland in his mnssnrn laet
referred To th;s ouestion in the |
Eng friendly terms:
y boundary of British Guiana still
hs in DISPUTE between Great Pr;t- |
nd Venezuela. believing ia carly |
hent Oh some inst basis mike hon. |
! TO both. and MS IL is in thn limo Of |
Established policy to remove from |
hemisphere an causes of ddrercncos
bowers beyond the sna. shall re-
The efforts borefoforr made TO
about the restoration of dinlo- |
relations between the disnutauts
induce Il reference to arbitration
ort which Great BRITAIN so can. |
usly favors in pr,uciple and re- !
in practice, and which is earnestly |
by her weaker adversary"
re Is nothing in this that il onnnscd |
: national feelings. Surely il was !
t mistake for MS not To have acted |
Is friendly suggestion. 7 spo that |
.therly ZONES has stated that in |
Lord Granville agreed TO nrbitrntc |
differences bctween the rontrocting
!. but owing TO Lord Snlisbury's
on TO power the offer was not acied !
)es not this po;ni Ia some mistake
part: If our cnse WAS a rood ono
lid We refuse To arb,trnfe? This
. has been going on for fiftv wears
e have all that time refused arbi-
!. Now our Government orTers n
tie on n section of thc dispnted |
ry, but declines to submit the most
ant portion Is MS really surh
question as for il 10 imnaril the
Of the world? Have we NOT been
rpmost nation 10 adyocnte interno.
arbitration? Did we moi crnatn n
precr,. in submitting tho Aln.
claims 10 this mode nf sottlcmont
ID not this wise policy make for
all the world oyerp bid NOT tho
/ parliament mass unanimous
or an arbitration trnntv with tha !
States only two or three ycnrs
nd was not n memorial IN mis- Of
gncd by over thrno hundrod nom
parliament. tnknn "a Wnshinrton
deputation of mcmbers md most
bly, received there UnJ nix
been concluded wc shnuid NOT
e confronted by this risk Of way