The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-11
AN APPEAL TO SALISBURY.
The Chronicle Correspondent Advises
the Premier to Unbend.

the Premier to Unbend.
London,Jan. 6.-Henry Norman, the
special commissioner Of the London
Daily Cronicle, cables his paper as fol-
lows from Washington:
THE London correspondents of the
American papers, having revealed my
IDENTITY here. / nave been overwhelmed
with expressions of sympathy and
thanks to the Chronicle for putting the
American case and opinion before the
British public. All the papers comment
most kindly. As l have tried to explain.
Americans believe their attitude OF de-
manding arbitration is one with which
civilized men must sympathize. In sup
port of this the whole union, II needful.
will speak with absolutely one voice,
But at the same time there is here an
infinite desire to see an immediate ami
cable settlement. l have today talked
with several men who are being de-
nounced in New York as jingoes, and
The above are their earnest sentiments.
The people simply cnnnot understand
Lord Salisbury's attitude. A senator
said to me today that he thinks the case
the same as If q millionaire Quarreled
with his intimate friend because he had
lost ten cents In his house. I repeat
with every ounce Of influence 1 possess
that everybody here worth considering
desires peace. If Lord Salisbury can
and a way to make the slightest advance
toward recognition Of the American at
titude he will be received with wide open
arms.
The responsibility OF any man or min
lister holding back at sue a moment,
when England needs every friend she
has, for the a of mere dignity or OBJ
stinate adherence to the letter of diplo-
macy. is appalling to contemplate.
Regarding the Aberdeen dispatches
and h Schomburgk line, / must explain
my attitude. I assert nothing, my
means OF information being obviously
limited. / simply invite REPUTATION OF
the statement that the correspondence
1 cabled proves that England in 1S41
freely admitted the schomburgk line to
BE destitute of any authority or validity
rs the basis of a territorial claim.
The New York Evening Post, indulge
ing in some clever fooling at my ex-
pense, quotes Lord Aberdeen's letter OF
March 30, 1874, which states that Eng
land, by removing the boundary posts,
Md not cede any rights which she might
consider herself authorized to claim in
the future. Unless a better retort Is
possible. my position is indeed unas-
sailahle. I base my contention upon the
British official statements at the actual
time the boundary posts were removed,
No ex post facto explanations three
years later can affect this.
III England made any condition
when she ordered the practical destruc-
tion of the Schomburgk line in 1s41, in
response to the repeated arguments, de-
mands and insistence of the Venezuelan
government. then let us have the official
correspondence containing those con-
%tentions. If these cannot be produced,
then my documents, and my conten-
tions hold the field.
But the question at stake is infinite
ly bigger than such arguments. or any
promiscous discussion Of the Monroe
doctrine. The American government
and people would be perfectly willing
and indeed glad to see England secure
any amount of Venezuelan territory, If
her claim is capable OF historical and
diplomatic proof. They are willing to
meet England in any direction and to
any extent in finding a competent tri-
bunal to determine this. They ask, only
that Lord Salisbury's blunt refusal and
President Cleveland's menaces alike be
set aside and forgotten. They regard
the demand for arbitration as the sa-
cred right OF a great, powerful nation
standing on what 1t believes to be a
matter OF principle.
Nov Lord Salisbury is a great man.
He has a lifetime reputation for brill
liant foreign craftsmanship. Whatever
he may do, his patriotism Inc dignity
are beyond question. The American
government and 10000, 900 people ear
nestly and solemnly invite him to for
get the past and meet their national
convictions half way. If he will, the
voice of every reasonable man on this
continent will be raised to praise him.
ITO my absolute knowledge, I am ex-
pressing the heartfelt sentiments of the
American government"