The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-01-30
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c., January Goth.

WASHINGTON, D. c., January Goth.
Mr. EDIToR:-That Germany has gone
too far in her treatment Of Venezuela and
should be called upon to halt is the con
viction of many of the leading men in
Congress. Senator Bacon, when seen
yesterday by your correment (of San Car
los). 1t is possible that the German navel
officer may have exceeded his instruc-
lions but doubt if his Government will
disavow his action if this is true. The
harsh attitude of Germany is open to very
severe criticism but at the same time it is
probably prudent not to stir up any bad
feeling by harsh expressions of opinion.
If Germany wants to blockade the port
she may be justified with the consent of
the United States, but bombardment is
not part of a blockade" Senator Elkins
said 1.-THE situation looks alarming to me
ME for the first time Germany, this coun-
try begins to believe, is not acting fairly
nor openly" Senator McLaurin of Miss
issippi said eff had my way 1 would
drive Germany and England out of Vene-
zuela. After that the matter might be
settled by arbitration. l do not believe
that Germany ought to be allowed to take
the brutal course she is taking solely be-
cause Venezuela is the weak power"
At the State Department it is said that
the United States will not at present take
any cognizance of Germapy's action. 1t
is further admitted that President Roose
welt has, by his definition of the Monroe
Doctrine, placed this country in most
unfortunate position. Relying on that
definition, any European power can intimi.
date and bully any South American re-
public and so long as it does not lar d
troops and attempt the acquisition of
territory the United States cannot logi-
cally protest, at least cannot do so with
out repudiating the Roosevelt definition
of the Monroe Doctrine. Minister Bowen
is in Washington and is doing all IN his
power to bring about peaceful settle
of the difficulty, but is meeting with grave
obstacles which are giving rise to serious
suspicion as to the honesty of Germany's
purpose.
That set of men known as the leaders
of the republican party is perpetrating in
the United States Senate one of the most
outrageous filibusters in parliamentary
history. After a test vote by which it
was demonstrated that seventeen republic
can senators and practically all of the
democrats, constituting majority of the
Senate, desire to vote on the Statehood
bill and vote affirmatively, the Senate
leaders, Aldrich, Hanna, Spooner, ALI
son, Lodge, Hale, ct al, have announced
that they will not permit the question l.
come to vote if their determination
necessitates the calling of an extra ses-
SIGN to make appropriations for the regu-
lar expenses of the Government They
are openly defying the will of the ma
jo1ity and are setting themselves up as
oracles whose will the Senate must
obey.
Among the reasons which are doubt
less prompting the continuance of the
Statehood blockade by the republican
ring may be cited desire to prevent anti
trust legislation which will prove mimi
cal to the interests which have placed
these men in the Senate and the hope of
preventing the passage of the Immigra-
tion bill and other legislation in the inter-
ests of the whole people.
With view to further complicating
the antitrust situation the members of
the Senate are now preparing number
of antitrust bills which it is we'll under
stood are intended to head off the ad-
ministration measure just reported to the
House and likely to pass with the help of
democratic votes at an early date. When
it gets to the Senate, however, it will be
met with the argument that one clause
has been covered in the Elkins bill, an
other in some other and so on and it is
the hope of the republican leaders to in
this way prevent all affective antitrust