New-York tribune., 1896-01-08
mRETURNING REASON"
CONCESSION OF "THE TIMES."
.rs PROPOSITION FOR ARBITRATION OF
THE VENEZUELA DISPUTE.
.,r WAR SPIRIT STILL VIOLENTLY DIRECTED
.c,,xsT GERMANY-EMPEROR WILLIAMS
PEOPLE SUPPORT HIS ACTION.

.c,rxsT GERMANY-EMPEROR WILLIAMS
PEOPLE SUPPORT HIS ACTION.
fey CABLE TO THE TRIBuNEl
>ro,y,,oht 1896: by The Tribune dssocianonJ
,ondon. Jan MIR. Normans campaign as a
.sacemaker drags. owing. perhaps. to the excess
', ,sa, with whion "The Chronicle" conducts It.
r,e nrovino a press is taking considerable notice
o,n hut most journals either rdcule the alleged
,,s,orical discoveries content to allow Lord
salisbury 10 manage the diplomacy of the coun-
.-v Tnglishmen are still smarting under the
ca,man Emperors affront and are not in mood
N he conciliatory to anybody. from fear Of being
.ccused Of showing the white feather Their con-
,ention ,s that they have attacked nobody. that
they have insulteG nobody. and that they have
Kept cool and unruffled when twice affronted. and
remain in purely defensive position
"The Times" makes an important concession
when II describes the Schomburgk line as having
m particular sarcity. and as useful mainly for
marking off the practically settled from the un-
occupied districts BY suggesting that Il ought not
% be Difficult. to determine and exclude the dis
trcts actually occupied either side it opens the
way for arbitration of the boundaries Of the un-
ee,tled districts whole. without dealing with
the Schomburgk hne at all. The precise method
nroposed BY The Times is not important: wha:
"a significant is its concession that the Schom
turgk line which Lord Salisbury's irredu-
chile minimum. lacks Ihe sanctity of fixed from
tier Of the British Empire That was the line
which Lord Salisbury said could not be dis
cussed. yet the leading English journal deals
with II as though II we're a convenient geographic
cal expression. and argues that arbitration could
be arranged without reference to 1t.
member of the Senate Committee on Foreign
Affairs is quoted here saying that 1t is not
the function of the Commission to judge be-
tween England and Venezuela. or TO arb.trate
in any way but merely to report its opinion
a. TO the real divisional lire. II that be true
explanation. it ought not TO be difficult for that
Commission 70 meet similar English commits
sion, exchange views. and agree upon some basis
for arbitration by another tribunal. The Eng
llsh are not strongly impressed with newspaper
diplomacy; they would pay more attention to
an appropriation for the construction Of half
dozen commerce -des,royers or active measures
Tor tortifying the principal American ports.
The people remain in an excited mood over the
German Emperor. Any Joke about him In n
concert hall sets the audience wild with delight.
A line Of doggerel at his expense at the Gaiety
Theatre last night was received with tumultous
favor At a public dinner the usual toast 10 the
health OF the royal family proposed with
the qualifications Except the German Emperor"
and was drunk with mingled laughter and Kisses.
An afternoon paper states that the Queen has
written a letter 20 her grandson at Berlin re-
buking him for his dispatch 10 President Kruger.
II she has done this the newspapers would hardly
know It. 1t is evident. 7wever. that the EN-
peror has pleased HIS own subjects and that he
Is not disposed TO apologize for his action either
10 his grandmother or anybody else, although the
official press has received warning not to make
too much noise over It, The excitement over the
affair will soon subside there is nothing to
keep it alive
The details OF the Transvaal disturbances now
pouring in leave little room for doubt that Dr
Jameson was nsled and betrayed by the political
organizers OF the National Union at Johannes
burg. VINO left him to fight their battle without
striking blow themselves. The Liberal journals
are beginning t. tell the truth about the Char
tered Company ard especially the combination
OF capitalists who had much t. gain from the
overthrow OF the Transvaal Government. They
have nothing TO abou, the new chartered
company formed at Georgetown al Mr. Chamber
lains suggestion. for opening and developing the
gold country in the disputed belt in Guiana and
Venezuela Y r