The Irish standard., 1896-01-11
SENSIBLE VIEW / o. D IT
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What an EngIishman, in AmsrIoa Writes
- -, J. -: - About tho War
KNOWS A1ERlcaNs WOULD, FIGHT
:Fhinks the iaotn,ro,sa Doctrine s. as Good
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=. made -hattering mention among other
things ef~a letter published in,thes London
Times which was. wribten by a resident
of Chicago. It said: ...,n-..- 49,
"Mentione.o,ight I'd be made, too, of a
remarkably wise and Intelligent letter in
the Times from Amyas Northcote of Chi
cago,. a young man who. is: cid vently mot
a seventh son for nothing 1t is by faI
sEthe most sensible message than any Eng
lishman among MS haswyet delivered to
his countrymen at home and I should
think that it also had: it's effect on the
Times. AT all events: :sthe English pub
lie opinion has been fairly started on a
new, helpful task and there are enough
reasons for believing that official ACTION
will be found following after it,: =;
Mr.. Northcote is a member of the firm
i.pf f-Aatlis, Adds & Northcote and lives at
No 8 Tower court. He is a SON OF Sir
/ -|.Stafford Northeote, LATER. Lord 1ddesleigh
formerly chancellor of the excheque1, and
brother Of the present Lord Iddesleight.
says the Chicago es-Herald.
The letter was written on Dec. ~ ana
follows: ';Ff -: >" .erE
"To the. Editor of the Times. AS an
Eng1ishfllarl who has resided for several
years N one OF the large cities or the
United States. and who has been brought
in contact, during that time with almost
every class Of Americans, I venture to
write you briefly on what believe to be
! the present American sentiment towards
Great, Britain in this unfortunate Vene-
zuelan ENHANCEMENT. - 90, u :.@..,
"I do not attempt to go into the ques-
ton: 0f What IS right on wrong IN the
Venezuelan controversy, but only Wish to
Fnnake clear what seems to be practically
| the unanimous: sentiment Of Americans
| q mean not newly; naturalized fore gn-
ers, but the great mass of the Anglo-Sax-
on population( on the subject, a sentl-
@nlenf Which is apt to carry them EN- - far,
whether right or wrong. The Monroe
doctrine. vaguely defined as it is, is
doctrine taught to every child in the
1 country. ii. IS on it that is based the whole
| theory of the foreign policy of the! gov
ernment; ; it is sby:maintainin ing it's lntegri-
ty that the standing ARMY OF the United
States can be kept at a mere nominal ng-
ure, and for it or. what it is supposed TO
1sbe, even war, will be faced cheerfutly Dy
all classes -"
"As, generally understood the Monroe
doctrine provides that no European pow
er shall extend it's dominions ON this hem
fisphere,s.or or transfer any it now has to-
any other European power. Followed out
| to it's proper conclusion this docLrlne IS
of the utmost value to Great Britain.
Under it, if a proper understanding were
4 arrived at between the two nations. the
United States would be. bound to guar
antee, the. Integrity of British possessions
on this continent, against any European
power in event of a war. between Great
Britain and: another nation. mo: other
1fsEtlropea n power would be allowed to per-
,na,ently hold any portion OF Canadas or
OF the islands to the south, or Of British
Guiana, To obtain such AN understand
ing would be worth all Venezuela, to US.
ssNow, speaking generally, the feeling
! of America towards Great Britain, not OF
Americans towards Britons, is not as.
friendly as that of the mother country
towards her greatest. daughter, but 1t IS
! not as hostile as the tone Of the:Amer-
ican papers would lead us to7-%believe:
Much of the present outcry even is
doubtless political, but under the surface
people are greatly stirred. When the va
rious Irish organizations declare war on
Great Britain OR. when Senators Chand-
! Ter or lodge Or others of that ilk Indulge
in turgid anti-Brttisha !, oratory, although
fiery headlines are always published III
every paper, Americans" only>,read ana
SMILE: These sensational. articles are
Bart It Of the spice Of life; which. IS ab-
sorbed in such quantities by the amer
ican people But, underlying all TINS
sensationalism, there is a. strong feeling
that theintegrity of the Western helnls-
phere must be preserved. 49,:
Ioo intn icfn
moment and recolIect what happened in
1866. when the French occupation OF.
Mexico was. in progress. AT that time
the United States, far less powerful than
now, had, just finished one Of the most:
closely contested, bloody. and prolonged
r,str1ggles of modern times; A large. part
of her people were still violenetly op-
posed to the government and had to De
held down by force, her treasury was
disorganized and her manufacturing in
terests and commerce Sfrightfu1ly in
jufBG.2< And: vet Gen. Sheridan had ac-
tually received orders to concentrate 1On
the Rio Grande river and. congress was
ready to declare war OH the most power
full of European nations had the French
emperor not receded: from his position
and abandoned Mexico, This is signifi-
cant of what Americans will do for what
they believe to be a doctrine essential to
the safety Of their country.
.No American really fears that the alb
sorption Of all Venezuela by Great Brit
ain would, per sey ,endanger the inde-
pendence-of their country, or would be
to the serious detri of the Yenezue--,
lans themselves but there is scarcely
man here who does not regard with con-
Germ the possibility Of this being the en-
tering in of the wedge which may split
apart their beloved doctrine, OF course
this is not so; Great Britain has no de-
sire to annex, Venezuela, and thinking
+ men here. knew she has not, but they de-,
sire to establish now, once and forever,
that the Monroe doctrine clearly defined,
shall be admitted to the code Of fhterna-
tional law. have, already pointed out
the importance Of the Monroe doctrine
tosthez United States, By it she controls
the Western, hemisphere, and can pre-
vent the rise Of any European or native
power thereon; by it she can confine
herself to this hemisphere and avoid Eu-. J.
ropean entangle1nel}ts, into which she
might be drawn were Soisth America to-
be partitioned.as -Africa has been. With
it, t,;inviolate, she can afford to keep next
to no army and a navy for a pleasant toy,
"Under these circumstances can it be
wondered at that an americans, and es-,
|speciSlly tie more thodlghtfllf among