New-York tribune., 1896-01-26
MISA PPREHENSION BY BOTH.
MIR. CHAMBERLAIN EXPLAINS THE VEN
EZUELAN MISUNDERSTANDING
HE QUOTES FROM SENATOR wOLCOTr'S SPEECH
AND Is CHEERED-wOUI.D SEE ENGLAND
AND AMERICA MAKE COMMON
CAUSE AGAINST THE TURK.

London. Jan. 2j.-The Rt Hon. Joseph Chamber
lain Secretary Of state for the Colonies delivered
a speech Birmingham this evening. He congratu-
.ated the country upon having at the head OF It's
affairs Lord Salisbury, whose judgment and resoiu
tlon had placed him the very first among the Euro
pean statesmen
Referring to the Guiana boundary dispute Mr..
Chamberlain said 1t had been trivial until 1t sud-
denly eevated to grave Importance by the inter-
vention OF the United States. There seemed to be
some misapprehension both sides. The opinion
seemed to have prevailed in England that American
statesmen wished to pick quarrel while the Amer
leans seemed to have thought that the British were
disposed to lmpugn the Monroe Doctrine which they
rightly held to be the most important to their own
security They aso seemed to have thought that
the British disposed to deal In a harsh and
arbitrary manner with smaller state.
He believed that the American people and all
that is best IN the United States would regard with
horror needless with their own blood and
kindred. He also believed that President Cleveland
whose acquaintance he had the honor Of making
whi,e he was In America, and who had high repu-
taton for straightforward. honorable dealing would
never drive the two kindred nations strife on the
other hand. the Americans could be assured from
the utterances OF Lord Salisbury and Arthur Bal
four, the First Lord OF the Treasury that Great
Britain had desire for a single inch OF Ameri-
can territory beyond what she already rightfully
possessed. All that necessary to settle the
trouble was more time and fuller knowledge Mean
While. he would re-echo and reciprocate from the
bottom OF his heart Wolcotts noble words Blood
Is thicker than water cloud cheers) That would
always be the sentiment OF every Brlton
The two nations We're more closely alliea IN senti
ment and interest than any others and while the
British looked with horror on anything approach
ing fratrc.da strife they looked with pleasure upon
the possibility OF the Stars and Stripes and the
Union Jack foatirg together In defiance of n COM
mon cause sanctioned by community of sentiment
He added that while the Continental nations re-
garded the sufrerings OF the Armenians with COM
parative Indifference, the United Kingdom and the
United States felt the deepest sympathy and In
dgnation
Mr. Chamberlain paid tribute to the excellence
or the American missions and declared that the
Americans were also interested in the sufrernxs of
humanity for humanItys sake. and not for any ter
rItorial ambition. Mr.. Chamberlain then added:
Would II were poss BILE that instead OF waiting
breath IN a petty South American boundary dis
pute. we could count on the powerful support Of the
unlt.d states In enforcing the representa- tions
wh:ch hitherto we have frutlessly made In behalf
0i those VINO are suffering by Turkish tyranny and
Turkish fanatic.sm (Cheers)
lie concluded by declaring that the condition of
Armenia was a danger and disgrace to Europe but
ne ana not believe that the OF civilization
had been entirely exhausted.
Upon the conclusion OF his address Mr. Cham
berain was greeted with prolonged cheering.