Show VIGNAUDS BELIEF IUEASOAS WHY GREAT BR1TA1X WILLi RECEDE Sir Charles DUke Docs Not See How it is Possible to Accept Arbitration bitration NOT Mucli War Talk PARIS Dec 20The secretary of the United States embassy here Mr Henry Mignaud in an interview published in Gil Bias today is quoted as saying The Unted States cannot permit any nation to forcibly annex any American territory In this respect the doctrine of President Cleveland is more moderate moder-ate than the opinion of the immense majority of Americans Our only fear is that men of prudent minds like Mr I Cleveland will be overwhelmed I is certain that the United States will yield I nothing and Great Britain who has i everything to lose in case of war will recede for war means that Canada will enter the federation of the United States and that English trade will be destroyed within a month after the outbreak out-break of hostilities A few shells thrown into an open port will cost England dear I would be the ruin of her colonial empire Unquestionably France will take advantage ad-vantage of the occasion to settle the questions of Egypt and Siam and Russia will advance her interests in the direction of India Those are the reasons why Great Britain will recede re-cede The United States cannot yield a point of the principles of the message sage Sir Charles Dike who is now in this I city in an interview today is quoted 1 as saying that he approves of the at I itude of the Marquis of Salisbury on the Venezuelan question and considers that arbitration is impossible He is said however to have stated that an outbreak of hostilities would be too deplorable to consider and added that while the conquest of Canada by the United States was possible it would beat be-at the cost of sacrifices similar to thosa of the wa of secession Mr Francos de Lionele the anti English member of the chamber of deputies ip an interview in the Matin declares that the United States has the law on her side and that compulsory arbitration between Turope and America Amer-ica is an excellent idea I 1 1 1 1 |