Show TH WAY OU HOW THE VEXEZCELA TROEULE MAY RE SETTLED Situation JVH Vlcived Bj the Com nxloBloner of the London Chronicle Chron-icle Sentiment in America LONDON Jan 7Mr Henry Norman Nor-man special commissioner of the Chronicle cables his paper from Washington Wash-ington D C as follows There Is a heroic way of settling the whole difficulty fraught with honor to both governments and with results of priceless worth to both peoples The present delay consists in the fact that the United States government considers consid-ers Its honor bound to insist upon a certain course which the British government gov-ernment considers itself honor bound t refuse to adopt Every day spent here a convinced me strongly that It i impossible to exaggerate the seriousness se-riousness of such a international battle bat-tle tleNow Now the kernel of the dispute being the principle of arbitration the solution solu-tion may be found therein also I Lord Salisbury will say that he must maintain his refusal to arbitrate the Venezuela by itself but he is prepared to conclude a treaty with the United Stte under which all questions fall ins of diplomatic settlement shall be submitted to arbitration and this of course would include Venezuela a the greater Includes the lesser the American Ameri-can government I know will receive Ills communication with warm sympathy sympa-thy Here is a dignified and indeed the most simple and friendly escape from the deadlock Bcmembsr a resolution to this effect was adopted by congress on April 4 1890 and responded to by a resolution of the house of commons supported In their decision by Gladstone on June 16 1593 1593Two Two things blocked the way The first is that if any arbitration treaty laid I was ever under discussion it w aside when Congress by refusing that 450000 temporarily invalidated the Paris Bering sea commission award The second difficulty is the English feeling that any action taken now would ai > Dear to be due t American threats In reply t this it is Quite certain that neither President Cleveland Cleve-land nor Mr One consider themselves them-selves to be threatening England They only desire after years of fruitless fruit-less diplomatic discussion to make the attitude of their own country clear beyond be-yond the chance of further misunder standlncr I Lord Salisbury is aggrieved by the expression of the American government gov-ernment the American government in Its turn considered itself legitimately aggrieved by Lord Salisburys tone and his virtual poohpoohing of a doctrine which they had formally declared they rewarded a vital to the national welfare wel-fare Therefore these sentiments balance bal-ance each other and there is every ground for mutual agreement and assurances surances that no offense was Intended If Lord Salisbury Is able to move diplomatically in the direction indicated cated It Is certain that the meeting of the Venezuelan commission would be Instantly adjourned until the time was ripe for common discussion of the question ques-tion when the treaty should become law I will add if it were my last word that i would be a lamentable mistake for England to believe there Is any division of opinion worth considering in this country Washington far more than New York is the pulse of the United States and I have been feeling that pulse for over a week and I assort as-sort despite criticism or contradiction that Americans will speak with practically prac-tically one voice in support of the cabinet cab-inet in the Venezuelan matter If Lord Salisbury decides that i is I impossible t take any step let him and England at least recognize what I is the alternative |