The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-21

imperative, and hr. BayArd was Instructed
IN urge uron lord salisbury = definite decision
as 10 whether Great Britain would agree TO sub
init the Venezuela question In lts entirety u
arbitration The TaI sr whose contents are
hero outlined wns criticized by the English
press on tac ground that II was written In a
style not commonly employed In STATE doou-
ments and that II contained s'arins misTerre-
sentHtlons NJ TACT IL Mr Fosters OF inion.
on the Other hand, tho pnper Is not open 70 the
charge OF u~udIrlomatio language. and. al
though sub'sct 10 some qualification. II CON
stitites the most conplsts and satisfactory
stnt"nont Of the Doctrine thus far made
There IA no doubt that II received at tho
hands ~ Lord Salisbury very careful and
respectful consideration The British view
OF the question wah eSpounded In two de-
spatches 20 her Malesty's Ambassador In Wash
ington. one Of which was confined 70 q dis
clssion ~ the Monroe Doctrine viii q the other
dealt directly Will tho Venezuela boundary
di-put" Lord salisbury maintained that
President Monroe never thought Of claiming
tins move, prerogatlve for tho United States set
up by Mr O,uey, and that. although emitted
to great resreCt, the Monroe Doctrine had not
been admitted into International law so az 10
he binding upon other nations; that the present.
cont uys-av vas one with which the United
States u.u 80 apparent concern, that 1t Was
not a question ~ the i'm p~osition uron the IeoI!e
Of SoVtE america OF any system Of government
deylss' Ia EuIoye. but SIMPLY the determine
ti0n OF the frontier OF a British rossession that,
wh!lc the United States have a right. ike any
other nation. 70 interross In any controversy
by which their own interests are affected. their
rights ars In no way strengthened or extended
bv the fact that the controversy affects some
N1.rtNaH,s 4AIyh - ~ 1.A partrl Tint fIAtF
rights In the case Of Venezuela sre the sane ns.
and 90 greater than. they would be In the case
Of japan and China. ard that. whue he sd-
mitted that any disturbance OF the existing
territorial distribution in the American hem-
ispheIe By 4 Europesu STATE was highly mex
pedicnt. no could not admit that such . con-
dltlon was covered by the Monroe Doctrine
The British Foreign Secretary closed by re-
asserting 10 Substance the position previously
taken BY Great BitAin. namely, that. while q
portion OF the disputed territory could be sub
mitted to arbitration. there was n portion which
could not be 80 submitted.
Lord SLipburv's dispatches bore date 81
Nov "a, 1905, and on Dec. II. very soon after
tho receipt Of thefn IN Washington. President
Cleveland sent TO Congress hi celebrated mes
sage which created intense excitement In both
America and Europe. With the message he
communicated the correspondence between
Secretary Oirev and Lord Salisbury and re-
terr1ug 70 His Lorcship's declaration that the
Monroe Doctrine was lnapplicable to the state
Of things IN which we live AZ the present dsv.'
he stated d. at he regarded the coctriue as "in-
portant 10 our peace and safety as a nation
and essential to our free Institutions and
asserted his belief that Il -wss intended to apply
70 eve-y stage NJ our national life, and cannot be-
come Obsolete while our republic endures-
Mr.. Cleveland added thst. Great Britain ha
rnally refused 70 submit the dispute TO arht-
t~rltion. no hing remained but & accept the
situation and deai With II accordingly: that a
oomr's sion should be appointed to invest-
gate and determine what was the true divis-
ional line between venczuels and British Gui-
ana: that, when tho report OF that commission
was made and acoerted, II would BE- tho dyty
Of the United States 10 resist by every means
in their 20 ser the appropriation of any lands
which we had determined rishtuly belonged
% vsnezuela. and that, In making these decls-
ratlons. he WA fully alive 10 the rcsponsi-
hplre. incurred. IL 10 well known that Congress
acted with great ptomptness and unanimity
upon the Presidents recommendations by au-
tho-zlna the appointment Of q commission
and by approprtattnE tloo.o 900 N meet the sx-
penses OF the Investigation. Dir, Foster TO
mind. us that the comments OF the knsish
pres. upon those events we're suoh that war be-
I wsen the two English-speakins nations seemed
Inevitable. A. Il turned out, however, It he
came evident that no such thought was enter
tanned By the british Government Diplomatic
negotiations. instead OF being interrupted.
wer~ continued. and II was finally agreed that
the whole territory In dispute should be sub
mI,ted In arbitration. Ultimately, through the
friendly Intervention Of tho United StatsA a
treaty n that effect was negotiated bet ween
Venezuela and Great Britain. The arbitration
war concluded In 1899 and r~sultsd In fixing a
territorial hne that was a compromise between
the claims OF the contending nations, a com
promise which has boon peacefully accepted