The Penn's Grove record., 1897-01-29
NO TREATY. NEEDED.

Them nv such A Diplomatic puzzle as
tho ,ronosed treaty..
7. ia tba h~us,ness Of the trained diplo-
mats of ENGLAND tn oyerreach and get
advantaoe of everybody with whom
tbov ,roat We have no faith in the
ob;I;tv of CIeve,and,s administration to
cone with their snperiors on the other
o;da If the Atlantic. The aggressions
of Great Britain on the rights of this
novorrment are audacious and danger.
ous The Rer;no sea arbitration de
nr,vod no ,f s,inv;no what we boupht
fr.u ppss;a and maid for in n 1t
ooo,red Tho urivileoe of British sub.
;oo,o n ao.,rov opr SEALS and awarded
them . large ann of our money for
,h,air dsnrsda,ions
nh nnld 6slds of Alaska excited the
ua;5;,n &C Eno,ond and sba danied the
ono;ont ,ondm.rks and claimed the
%,oa, v.,nobls mart Of onr nossessiops.
F,on tho arbitration of the Alabama
claims uas unfortunate for the United
sto,as We were awarded the paItry
ann of fifteen million dollars and were
comnelled TO give back Eve millions of
| II for e ,berv rights which already be.
lo,osd IN the Tinted States The re-
ca;nt of the insignificant sum of ten
millions for for more than a thousand
millions damage during the war de
n,ived us of the invaluable right of re-.
conpment in case England should be.
come involved in war. She willingly
paid the ten millions to destroy the pre-
cedent which her ill-will and .cupidity
had caused her to make.
The selection of the King of Sweden
and Norway to appoint an umpire
would almost necessarily constitute a
a tribunal favorable to England and
unfavorable to the United States. 1t
must be remembered that the mOnarchs
| of Europe constitute a family of ma.
| tions to which the United States does
not belong, and which view with jeal
| ously our free institutions. The selec.
ton of an umpire, if the officials desig.
| mated in the treaty could agree, with.
| out reference to the King of Sweden
and Norway. is hazardous in the ex-
treme. We could not expect that eth.
or party would agree to the selection Of
an umpire from the citizens of the 9TH
or. Such umpire would agree to the
| seleetion of an umpire from the citizens
| of the other. Such umpire would
| almost necessarily be a citizen of a Eu-
! ropean monarchy. subject to the bias
| of European monarchy, subject to the
| bias of European a~ristocracy against
the democracy of America.
The Nicaragua Canal is regarded as
a commercial and military necessity by
a vast majority of the people of the
| United States, The intrigues of Great
Britain in NICARAGUA are too fresh in
the minds of the people to trust the de-
cision of claims which she might make
to territorial rights i IN that country TO
any tribunal which could possibly he
formed under the provisions of the
treaty.
The Alaska boundary is too plain n
proposition and the rights of our gov.
eminent are too well defined by ancient
land marks to submit to any arbitration.
AS we'll might the United States suit.
nit to arbitration the RICH. to occupy
the White House. Mere money de-
mands not affecting the sovereignty or
| territorial rights OF either of the W
| countries are prope, subjects for arbi.
tration, but when those casesarise there
ia no difficulty. under the practice of
our government, and other enlightened
nations. of constituting a special trib-
unal to adjust them,
The p,oyision in the fourth article
which declares thai sin case 10 award
can be made by the arbitralols there
shall he mn ee,urs to hns,tle measures
of any description until the mediation
of one or more friendly powers has been
invited by n or both OF the high con.
tracing partiesn is ohieclional, We
ara opposed TO binding this government
To consult any European with re-.
card tn our riohts and partieularly our
| territorial rights. Europe does not re-
GARD the Monroe doctrine as a part of
| the law of nations. and they are not in
tere.,ed In maintaining il fo1 lis. In
! case there shouId he a fragrant viola.
tion of that doctrine by the purchase or
seizure of Territory on this continent h,
| Great Britain. il might be- very iuiur.
ions IN the United States to submit the
question TN tbe delavs of arbitration