The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-06

Queen Victoria would support any step
taken with a view to preventing the war
and coming to the aid of the queen re-
gent. 1t attributed AT that time perhaps
too great Importance to the Intervention
OF the queen in the councils of the British
government. 1t was not ignorant of the
fact that Mr.. Chamberlain was in agree
ment with Lord Salisbury in the desire
TO endeavor to render the United States
a signal service. but information of a
very confidential character winch reached
II conveyed to the Madrid government the
idea that any mission of qualification
would be well received by England. Eng
hsh socieyy entertained the most hostile
spirit toward The United States. it had
not been able TO forget the Venezuela af-
fair, and in London IL was thought the
proper thing to support the Spaniards
Thus, the principal diplomatic effort of
spain was brought TO bear on the central
European powers and more particularly
Russia. 1t was not thought that England
would take the initiative in its favor but
being convinced, and as il appears Justly
so, that England would not dare TO stand
atoOf from a common action undertaken
by Europe 10 bring about peace Spain
thought before everything else to win
over Russia to her cause. Toward the
end OF March, 1888. one of the leading
diplomats of Spain, who took an intimate
part IN the negotiations to the proceeding,
said:
60 The key to success of our negotiations
appears to be now at St. Petersburg. We
shall concentrate our efforts there The
Austrian emperor, for family motives,
had taken the initiative in proposing to
the various powers an Intervention tend
ing to induce Spain to grant concessions.
and by averting the war to strengthen
the dynasty. France and Germany were
AT firSt well disposed to the Austrian pro-
posal, and an accord of the continental
powers would undoubtedly have been pos
slble had Russia given her support. The
Spanish diSplomat of whom I have al
ready spoken told me that at Madrid
those who We're in touch with the negO-
uauons anXiously awaited the upshOt OF
the conversation that the Spanish am
baEsador at St. Petersburg was TO have
with Count MuTavieff. When the result
became known. the disillusiOn was all the
more bitter because hope had been so
nigh. The step taken by the emperor of
Austria appeared to be utterly unknown
70 the Russian minister of foreign af-
fairs
When he was made c0gnizant of it he
did not seem 10 attribute any great eff
ucacy 10 II. II such a step. said Count
MuraVieff. is confined to simple coun-
ell, IL will have no result, and il Il i'm
plies anything resembling "A threat the
result obtained will be contrary to that
desired. This reply quickly undermined
the friendly disposition that France and
Germany had at first showed toward
Spain. and the pacific action of the pow
err Instead OF DelnE exercised collective
- and of great moral authority, reduced
itself to individual advice, counseling
Spain to make concessions.
England was not, therefore. called
upon to declare itself. The sympathy of
certain statesmen in the conservative cab
met was certainly for the United States,
but they were not required to display it.
They afterwards nsinuated that their
role had been to hold Europe I'm check
10 the advantage of the United States. As
Is seen from the foregoing, they did
nothing of the kind"