The Washington times., 1903-01-16
LONDON STARTLED At
BERESFORD'S REMARKS
Comment on His Monroe
Doctrine Expressions.
HE EXPLAINS HIS STATEMENT
Never Suggested That British Govern
ment Did Not Support Ameri-
can Policy.

NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-The "HeraId's S"
European edition publishes the following
from its correspondent:
London. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sur
prise has been caused in London by
the cabled reports of Lord Charles
BeTesford's utterances that Germany
and Great Britain were really making
an attack on the Monroe Doctrine when
they sent ships TO whip Venezuela
Much doubt was expressed as TO
whether Lord Charles was quoted
correctly. for while Englishmen al
most unanimously condemn the
action OF their. government in
joining Germany in the Venezue-
Ian affair, they decline to entertain the
slightest suggestion that anything of a
hostile nature toward the United States
was contemplated by Mr. Balfour and
his colleagues. The st James Gazette
expresses the general attitude OF all
Englishmen, when it says:
No sensible person viii believe, un-
less and until they are compelled to do
so, that Lord Charles said anything so
astoundingIy fatuous and unpatriotic He
cannot deliberately aim at creating a
misunderstanding between England and
the United States II is, however, diff
hcuIt 10 account for the New York Her
AID putting such words in his mouth
for the American press has not hitherto
charged US with unfriendliness in the
Venezuelan business. and we cannot see
Why il should now attempt to create
such an impression by inventing so in
credible a dictum for Lord Charles
BeresfoTd-
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford
when seen yesterday was somewhat
perturbed over what he said Was a
misunderstanding Of his remarks on
the motive of England and Germany
in proceeding against Venezuela, and
denied that he had ever said or init
mated that the underlying motive wai
an attack on the Monroe Doctrine.
'T never said that Germany and Great
Britain Joined together in an attack OF
the Monroe Doctrine" Lord Beresfort
said. What did say was that I though
it imprudent for two great nations likt
Germany and Great Britain 10 join to
gether over small affair like the Ven
ezuelan dispute, for two reasons:
First, that Great Britain might
quite eonceivabIy, do something to irri
tate Germany. or Germany might d
something to irrftate Great Britain
This could not occur il both nation
worked on their own bottoms separately
The second reason was that the mer
fact OF two great European nation
joining together il a matter probabI
requiring armed forced and connecte
with a state situated on the conttnen
Of America might reasonably arous
American susceptibilities with regard t
the Monroe Doctrine
IN fact. the words that I used wer
almost Identical with opinions expresse
by the press Of Great Britain and tn
United States when discussing the ques
tion, and also represented a large amour
Of press opinion in Germany. It va
quite impossible Lord Beresford con
tinued. for me TO have inferred tha
the British government was anythin
but a supporter of the Monroe Doctrine
MY government declared to that ef
feet in the house Of commons in Deeem
Der. I am thoroughly aware Of its feel
ings on the question, and knew that tn
sentiments OF the British people ar
most certainly in sympathy with n
government