The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-28
MONROE DOCTRINES STRENGTH
Made Plain by Our Success In
Securing Arbitration.
secrecy Obscr, ed As 10 the Conditions or
Preliminary Protocol to lie signed
Before the blockade Is Raised--tastro
Expected TO Accept Terms After
some ObJcctiOn-Rcbels PrepariHg
TO Wake More Trouble for Him.
Special cable Despatch to The srs.

LONDON. Dec 27.-The depth Of he popu-
lar aversion ia + gland To any kind OF an
alliance with Germany may DO measured
by the complete cquanmity with which
the public received to-days news from
Washington. II IL uncomfortable that the
quiet, mastery assumption Of control In
direct ing the se't cement by the American
President and Secretary Of - ate would be
allowed TO pass without a considerable
display of a feeling Of injury To England's
self-e-t Gem and Independence of action
but for the overwhelming sentiment that
any exit from the present c, Operation with
Germany Is a consuinmation devoutly
TO he wished
II is true that the Globe still leads the CID
guard OF consistent fire caters and dares
the dictatorial Washington Government
TO mortal combat, but il stands alone. even
in tho Tory press.
The Globe says the reference OF the Vene-
zuelan matter to The Hagte tribunal IL en-
tirely lsat isfactory, a. hat body Is without
the power to enforce its pronouncement.
II possesses the addii ional dement, Of being
slow and cumbrous. The only wav Of
Fastening It's deliSerat ions is by maint aiming
a strict blockade Ia { an award is made.
There is one point of extreme importance
in this matter. the Globe says, which has
been too much overlooked. Whenever
England and the United States resort to
arbitration the Washington Government
inv ariably appears to the outside world
as playing more or less diota orial part,
while Great Britain has the appearance Of
being ready to accept any terms for the
sake of peace. The result il that more
and more the people Of Canada fall into
the habit Of regarding the supremacy
Of the neighboring republic as inevitable.
The almost universal attitude Of hos
ti!ity to Anglo-German cooperation IL
doing notable service toward the estab-
lishment Of the Monroe Doctrine In tho
eyes OF the people of Europe. They now
see concrete case Of the United States
A ADMINISTRATION directing effectively from
its executive capital how and where three
leading Powers OF Europe are to settle their
differences with minor South American
Sate-differences which they have elected
to settle by the arbitrament Of war. Moth
ing in modern diplomacy has 80 struck the
minds Of European peoples as the events
Of the last couple of DAYS. There II no
sign Of any cutlery, but the demonstration
is regarded as absolute that any European
government seeking to use force on either
American continent must hereafter reckon
on the inevitable circumstance that the
Government at Washington will e6ec-
lively decide Just how far such force shall
go, If it permits il at all.
The sober view Of the present dispute
taken by the bulk Of Englishmcn is illustra-
trated by a statement in the Unionist to-
day. II says
"The Powers doubtless meant well when
they suggested that President Roosevelt
should arbitrate the trouble. Al tho same
time their appeal to him dealt a. heavy blow
to The Hague tribunal. a court still in its
infancy. almost untried and dependent for
its future entirely on the confidence OF
the European Governments. 1t was the
British representative at the Peace Con-
ference, the late Lord Pauncefote, who
proposed the creation of permanent
bureau 10 arrange for the peaceful settle
ment Of disputes among nations. II that
permanent machinery of peace were TO be
passed over by the very Power which
created 1t, its career Of usefulness would
have ended before il had well begun. For
it's ackno wledgmcnt on this occasion We
have to thank neither King Edwards nor
the Kaiser's Ministers, The United States
has proved, az il did seven Christmases
ago, that it is great force for peace In
the world
The completeness of the diplomatic sue
cess Of the Washington Government In
deciding along which way it should tread
in the settlement of the disputes is as moth
ing in the eyes of the people Of England
and the Continent compared with the full
ness and clearness of the proof that all
such business must henceforth be settled
at Washington. Some thought the locus
standi of the Washington Government
would I've disputed, Instead they find that
il is the only authoritative directing force
in the whole business, without which it
would be impossible to emerge from an
inglorious deadlock