| Show the position b lu lord I ord r tribur il that venezuela has ha s no claim to any terri tory except what wo was specifically granted to her by la is not tho the proper way to state it venezuela struck for or independence and when spain acknowledged that independence by that acknowledgment she conveyed all the title she ever possessed to all that region all under tile name of venezuela and that title Is good yet 7 L t the london news was waa evidently so 0 o angry on oil tuesday night that it became incoherent when it said neither secretary olney nor president cleveland seems to realize that the monroe doctrine cannot lie be quoted ns as authoritative in negotiations with a foreign power the definition oil ot of mc mon n rolsy la is a matter for americans americana them se edveg ives it binds nobody else it talked as 08 tho the foolish talk the monroe doctrine applies entirely to foreign powers and that la Is all there 1 in it it quite as an foolish it la Is when it says bays england Is nril with var mar unload isac he peralta its cleveland to adjust the t h boundary dary of venezuela president cleveland has asked tor for no such thing ire lias has asked that the dispute which has baa been on for or two gen een orations erat lonn shall be settled by arbitration and not through the bullying of 0 a slant giant power over a weak and helpless power and when the standard says great britain will reject tho the demand at as indignantly dign antly an a congress would it if america were called to submit tier her claim to alasko alaska to impartial umpires it talks at as the foolish talk england has juit stretched a new boundary line through alaska claiming all within that line the proper way will be for this country and great britain from the records or da to KO go over that boundary and agree upon it and it if they cannot it will then be the duty of both governments to submit their data to some umpire who will impartially judge and make a decision that la Is what sir cleveland wants gloat cleat britain to do with the boundary of venezuela and that la Is what great britain will mill do unless site she calls on Ceri germany nany quietly to go and make a treaty with the south american republic |
