The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-12

the government do not resehO or repe
this intervention! they announce that
they are willing to cooperate. l1 mas
been said that the United States commits
sion is offensive to Great Britain, but
that is not the view of the government.
for Mr.. Groschen at Bristol declared that
he did not think there was cause or COM
plaint. That was complete acceptance
of the commission. (Cries OF hear,
"hear") 1t cannot b5 denied thaG the
ownership of q portion Of the dlsputeu
territory is doubtful, but it IS the pual-
ness of diplomacy to settle the mau1sr. 10
is not creditable that the question should
be allowed to tester until it shall break
into dangerous sore,
BREEDING RAD BLOOD
between the two gerat nations 1t is tirss
the duty of the government to adopt
measures without delay to heal the trou-
BILE. CHEERS The country without
distinction of party demands the earli-
est solution of the question. c"Hear,"
hear.") There are two methods of set
tlement. One by amioable convention
setting aside archive research. II that
cannot be attained, what objection can
there be to reference to arbitration OF
States and Great Britain to their honor,
profess to be great advocates Of arbltra-
tion throughout the world. There are
questions beyond the reach Of arbitration,
but this is not one of them. According
TO Lord Salisubry's despatch of NoyeR-
of arbitration. You ought not TO be
too strict and arbitrary. 1t is not for one
party to dispute, TO define, what is in dis
pute.
Believing that both governments are
sincerely anxious to co operate, it ought
TO be an object of every man on both
sides of tho Atlantic to do what he can
to bring about settlement. ("Hear,"
''hear.' ~ Diplomatic punctilions over
past transactions ought not to stand IN
the way. We must obliteIate past con-
troversies and apply our minds solely
and singly to the question as it now
stands, and to make known to the world
that sincere
JUSTICE SHALL BE DONE
and adopt the best means to see it done. +"
Upon the conclusion of his speech Sir
William was greeted with cheers.
RIGHT HON. ARTHUR ]. BALFOUR
first lord of the treasury, and the govern
ment leader in the House, followed Sir
government does not ace any reason for
Offering any criticism of the Monroe doc.
trine, and so far as from looking at the
appointment of the American commits
sion as an insult to Great Britain, the
United States government having appeal
ed to US in ordinary diplomatic inter-
course to aid them, with all the informa-
ton at our disposal, at the earliest mo-
ment, we shall give it. Since 1874, Eng
land has made O serious and honest at
tempt to get the Venezuelan
BOUNDARY LINE SETTLED,
for reasons not CONNECTED with English
politics, ambition or greed. Each attempt
has failed. and we will not be prevented
now by diplomatic punotilios or false
pride from trying to finally settle it.
| (Cheers.) There may be interests alto
gether apart from the future settlement
of boundaries. We owe duties to our
| children in the colonies which we must
perform. It is impossible to foresee what
general conclusions the American COM
mission, OF those inqDiring into the Brit
ish case here may arrive at. l am certain
that every one, American or British, who
is impartially considering the subject.
will be convinced that there never has
been, and is not now, the slightest inten-
tion on the part of England to violently
attack Jhs substance or sense of the
Monroe doctrine.
NO ILLEGITIMATE AMBITION, 4
nor unworthy greed for territory or desire
to step beyond the due limits of the from
tiers Of the empire, ever animated the
British policy throughout this long con-
troversy. The country and the public
opinion of the world will rejoice If out
Of this shall spring the good fruit of q
general system of arbitration. If thai
shall be the result of these controversies
shall feel all the evil done will have
been more than compensated for, and a
permanent guarantee OF the good will of
the English-sDeaking people en- both
sides of the Atlantic will have been ob-
tanned for all time" CHEERS
| Mr.. Balfour referred to the Transvaal.
| The government. he said, did not in
| tend to permit the treaty Of 1884 to be
| taInpered with under any circumstances.
He hoped that if Presiden5 Kruger came
to England 1t would bo under the assur-
ance that nothing of that sort would be
attempted He added that the forces of
| the British South African company
would be transferred to the control OF the
Imperial government without delay.
| 3 de treated the Armenian question and
made a long defence of the government s
policy in this matter.
| Nantucket Catches Gale.
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