The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-27
is MUCH IRRITATION.
congressman Are ResentfuI Of the
Attitude Assumed by Germany.
END TO THEIR PATIENCE
Is Near al Hand and an Outbreak
May Come Soon.
A TEST OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE
Seems 10 Be Desired aud II May Be Grant.
ed If Occasion Presents.
NOT MUCH IS BEING SAID ABOUT IT
As the congressman Have Learned by
Past Experience 10 Keep still
Mouth About Such Matters.
Seems TO Be Desired aud II May Be Grant.
ed if Occasion Presents.
NOT MUCH is BEING SAID ABOUT IT
As the congressman Have Learned by
Past Experience TO Keep still
Mouth About Such Matters
Especial to The rost }

Washington, January 20. A smolderng
fire Of resentment against Germany ON Sc
count OF her Commandment of Venezuelan
forts Is burning In Washington. There are
as few evidences OF iis presence as In the
case Of tire 10 peat bog, but Il is burn
ing nevertheless. one of the lessons learned
by congressman ana other officials during
the period immediately preceding the dec
dops not pay to talk too much about the
possibility or probability OF conflicts With
foreign countries. The result Is that tner'
is not only no jlngoisttc comment on the
Venezuelan situation, but little comment Of
any kind 1t is plain. however. that there
Is much suppressed feeling, which with all
proprlety might he characterized MS lrr-
tntion. While not one man In a hundred
viii allow to be quoted any remarks in
dicatng that he cntcrtans this feeling, II
is not dincult to ascertain that the general
trend of opinion is toward the conviction
that Germany has gone altogether too far
and that It will not take many more steps
TO provoke some action on the part Of this
government
Aud all this. II should be understood, is
despite tho fact that the arbitration ucgo-
tlauons being conducted by Minister Bowen
seem To- be promising favorably The Brit
lsh government is willing TO ngrec to the
arbitration plan, according 10 statement
made by Secretary Hay this afternoon, aud
this is taken to mean that within the next
day or two It will he surely up to Ger
many 10 show whether or not she has been
sincere in the representations made by hcl
ton Of this kind on her purt IL not soon
forthcoming, or II auy further overt act.
are committed, 1t Is almost foregone con
cusion that the FIRE which IL now smolder
ing win be famed into flame and truubly
Of more or less serious nature made i'm.
minent, Congressman and other officials Of
this government have 80 far pursued M
cmlnently careful and conservative course
and have said little or nothing 10 indlcat,
how really serious they think the situation
But there Is an end to all things and on
Of the things which may be brought to Ii
close In the near future Is The patience
with which Germauy's thoroughly mIusti
fable attitude toward Venezuela hns been
tolerated. II has been realized that the
lax business methods of the Venezuelan
government have afforded much proyocatiop
for aggressive movements on the part OF
the nations which ore her creditors II 1.
NOW thought however. that all due allow
ances In this direction have been made and
that any further overt acts on the part Of
Germany, such as fresh bombardment of
Venezuelan forts, should be considered as
hostile TO the Monroe doctrine of this gov,
eminent.
IL is apparent that the situation Is grave
and that It's gravity may increase unles
the arbitration plans go forward Success
fully, rapidly and unintcrruptcdly,