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THE WEEKLY LEDGER; GAFFNEY. S. C, DECEMBER 19,*1898 CLEVELAND, :::::::: of the UNITED STATES, Tells Congress the Time Has Come to Stop British Ag gression in Venezuela. TOWASTE NO MORE WORDS Salisbury’s Refusal to Arbitrate Should Be Taken as a Final Decision by England. HE CALLS FOR A COMMISSION Would Appeal to Arms if\ Defense of thi Turritory of the Little South American Republic. WASHINGTON, DecemUr IT.—Pru dent Cleveland tent to conKrea* today bia mestu^a on the Veueaualan boundary dta* pute Tb* uieaMige reached tba senate aoout 11' :3U o'clock. Senator Alorgun, ubairman of tbe coinmittee on foreign relatione,ea> aiuiued tbe mewage of tbe president and tb«n moved to go into executive tevalon. At 1 o’clock tbe senate leaumed ita logie- lative seaiion and tbo mesttage of tee preal* dent was laid before the senate Tbe executive session, it was explained eflicielly, bed been devoted to the consid eration of nominations. The senators showed the keoneat interest in the reading of the document. There wee hardly a vacant seat on tho republican aide. As the reading of tho merarge doted there was a hearty hnnuclnpping from all quarters of the chumlier. Mr. Chandler, republican, New Hampshire, leading in the demonstration on the re- publlcen side. It was indeed an Innovation to the usual decorum ef the senate, where the senators seldom if ever give vent to their feelings by applause. Veterans of the senate say it woa the most spontaneoua demonstration in their recollection. Tbe mcesaLEe and accompanying docu* menta weia rtfeircd to tho committee on foreign relations, and then at p. m. tho senate adjourned. Tbe paper created a profound senaatioa. It was as follows: To tbe Coegtsis: In air anneal msasage addressed to tbe eon- fleas en tbe third Instant, I called attention to the pending boundary controversy between (hvet Britain and the republic of Venezuela, and recited the anh-taace of a representation Bede by this goveruioeiit to Her Britanlc Ma jesty’s fovsrimjsut suggi-sting reasons why such dieimte sbeeld bo > u bin it tod to arbitra tion fei ssttisiuent and inquiring whotber It would be so aubmitted. Tbe answer of theBiitish government, which was then awaited, baa since been received, end together with the dispatch to which it ia a reply, ia hsrete appended. Such reply ia snibodiod in two cnmmnniea- tious addreaaed by the British Prime Miniate* to Sir Joiiaa Patfncefole, the British ambass ador at Ibis capital. It will bo seen that one ef t! esc communications is duvntedexelualvs- ly to obovrvatiems upon the Monroe doctrine, and claims that lit tbe present Instance a new and strange extension and development of L this doctrine is insisted on by tbe United ptates; that the reasons justifying xa app«e! ^tbe doctiiaa enunciated by President Mon- tra gt-nsrally Inapplicable “to the state bgs ia which wa live at the present * gnU wrpecialJy inapplicable to a con- involving the booudary line betweea jtjiik. md Vrnaxuels. , attempting sxtcmled argument ia vs« positions, it may not ha amias that the doctrine upon which we In strong and sound, Iwcouee ita tnforce- sent is inportaut to our p< t re and safety as a nation and is asssutial to the integrity ef onr free institutions and the trnnqnil maia- tenunoa of our distinctive form of govern ment. It was intaudod to apply to every stage of our national life and cannot become obsolete while eur vs public endures. If the balance ef power is justly e cense lev jealous anxiety among tbe geverements ef the eld world, end a fVsjeet for ear ebeelete svu-la ter feranee, m t the lees is ea ebeetveaee ef tbe Monroe dt vine of vital eoeearn te ear people end the government. Assuming, tt .refere, that we any properly Insist upon this doctrine withont regard te *'tbe state ef tbinga In wblak we live,'' or any changed conditions here er elsewhere, id is not apparent why ita eppliaetiea way m* be invoked In tbe preeeet eeaterversy. Kwnree Doctrine Inetnlned. If e Bn ropes e power, by ea axtensiea ef lie boundaries, takes poeeeeeion ef tbe territory et one of ear nelghbecing repnblies against Ita will and Ir deroaatlon of ita rigbta, it ia diSuuit to mm why, to that axtast, »sk En- to pa an power does not thereby attempt te ex- and Ita system of government te that portion 1 this continent which is tins taken. This is precise nation which President Monroe de- to be "deugeroue to our peeee end I it sen make an Whether the European 'yfterti Is an advaucA of 'rentier cr otherwise. It i» also «u» gested in the British reply tbit we should not seek to apply tha Monroe doe* trine to tho pending dispute, because it d«ip not embody any principle of international lew which “i? founded on tbe general eanaont of nations, ”a d that "no atatoaman,bowo*of eminent," an. no nation, bowevor powerfnl, are competent to insert into tbe node of talar* national law n novel principle whleb wad Paver recognized before, and wkiah baa nab atr.ee been accepted by the rrovernmnl et MV other country. Praoticelly the principle for whleb ^ earns tend has poeulier If not exclusive reletlaa t# the United States. It may not have been afe* mil ted in so many words to the code of la tee* national taw, but since m international lav eoun-els every nation is entitled to tbe rigbta belonging to it, if the enforcement ef tb# Monroff doctiine ia something wa may justly elaim. it has its pla^e in tbe node ef latei- natioual law as ceitainly and as steursiy SO if it were specifically mentioned, and whes the United States is a suitor before tbe bigb trihnnal that administers international law, the question to be determined ia wbetbsr es not we picsent claims with tha justice ef thpt eodff of law can find to be right and valid. The Monroe doctrine finds Ms recognition in tlio'o piinciples of international law which aro b.'tsod upon tbe theory that erery nation shall have its rights piotected and its just clr.imii enforced. England Once Approved It. Of roniMi this government is entirely confl- dint that under the sauction of this Oostriue wa cave clear rights and undoubted claims. Nor in this ignored in tbe British reply. Tbe prime minister, wkil not admitting that tbe Monroe doctrine is applicable to present sea- ditious, states: "In declaring that tbe United states would resist any such enter prises if it was contemplated, Piesiduat Moo- iou adopted a policy which received the sa tire sympathy of tho Fn lisb government of that date.’’ lie further declares: "Though the langu tge of President Momou is directed to the uttaimrent of objects which most Eng lishmen would agree to bu sHlutory.it U im- possibln to admit that they have bceu in- scribed by any adequate authority in the code of international law." Again he says: "They (Her Majesty’s government) fullycoucur with tlirf view which Piesid -nt Monroe apparently ciiteitaiued, that any disturbauco of tho »z- istii.g territor al distribution iu that homi- sph.iro by any fresh acqui-dtmu ou tlio part of any European slat- would bu u highly laex- I anient change. ’ ’ In the belief that the doctrine (or which wo coutand w cleat and definite,that it wasse founded upon substantial eoi.sideratio.w* Stid involved our ‘-ulety and welfare, vu.-.t it wss fully uppliruble to our yioscnt oo&ditinae end to the state of tho world's progress an4 that it was duectly related to the pending controversy and without any convictios at te its firnl merits of thff dispute, but Anxious t# learn iu a natlsfactory and condu.iivo tsaunor whether Great Britain son ;bf un'ier a cleini of boundary, to extend her j < ; esvlons on tliie continent without rinht.or wln thor she mere ly aouxht possession of territoiy fairly is- clndod within her Hues of ownership, this (lornimnent proposed to the government of Great Britain a leaort to arbitration ss the proper means of settling tin* que-tion, to the end that a vexatious boundary dispute be tween the two contestants might bn deter mined and our exact standing and relation in respect to tho controversy might b* made clear. It will be seen from the correspondence herewith submitted that this proposition has boon declined by the British government upon (rounds whicn, iu the circumstances, seem to jne to be far : om satisfactory. It is deeply liaappointing that such an appeal actuated by the most friendly feelings towards both 'lations directly cour.eined, uddreieed to tbe MnsA of justice and to tho magnanimity of me of tho gieat powers of the world nnd touching its relations to one one com para live ly weak and small, t-hould iiuvu produced ne better results. Looks f.iho War. Tbe course to bo pursued by this Bicnt in view of tho pii scnt ronditii not appear to admit of serious doubt ing labored faitl fully for many years duce Gieat Biitaiu to submit liiis di-pute to impartial aibitration, and having boon cow finally apptiseil of bet refusal to do so, nothing remains but to accept tho situation, to recognize its plain lequirenionts and deal with it accordingly. Gieat Britain’s present proposition has nevei thus fur been regi riled as admissible by Venezuela, though any adjustment t.f the boundary which tl at country may deem for her advantage nnd may enter into of In t own free will cuirot, of course, he objected to by the United btites. Assuming, liowevei, Hint the attitude of | Yenezuola will leinsin liurliau.’ed, Ha. die- pnto has reached such a stage as to make it now incunibot t uixm tin. United Stales to take meuaurn to determine with suflU'i»nt eertuiuty for its lustificetion what le the tine Alvisional lit 1 liotwomi thu republic of Vcne- ■uela end Britisii Guiana, ’ilio iiiquiir to that end should,of course, Is. coiidnctod care fully end judicially, and due weight should he given to ail available evldenc-, recotd* and facts in suppoit ol tho claims of both parties. in order that snch an examination should be piosecuted in a thorough nnd satisfactory manner, I suggest that the congress inukn an adequate appropriation for the exjs-nses of s eommiMiou to be a|>pointo<i by tiio executive, who snail rnnku tbe necess.-uy inventigatioa end leport upon the matter with the least poisible delav. When such a repoit is wade and accepted it will, in my opinion, be the duty of the United Mates to resist by every moans within ita powei us a wilful uggris sios upon Its lights and inter-sts, the uppropiia- tlon hy Great Britain of any lands or the ex- etoiee of gnveiuwantal jurisdiction over any territory whi :h after investigation we have determined of right Lol-nge to Vonesuula. Is making thaso iccomineudatious I am fully alive to the responsibility incurred, and keenly realise all the con oquencu* tfiat may follow, I am nevertheless linn in my convict on that while it ia a grievous thing to coulors- plute the two gr ut English-speaking peoples of the woild u« U-ing otherwiee tliaii frlrm'ly conipetitors in the onward muich of aivilisu- tiou and strenuous ami worthy ilvals in all the art* of pi uce, thorn is no calamity which a groat nation can invito which uqual* that which follow- u supine submission to wrong end injustice and the cousequant lose ef na tional self-respect and honor beneath which Is shielded and dt-fo ided e people's safety and girutnesa (digued) GUOVKK CLEVELAND. Executiv* Mansion, Wushiugtou, U. C,, pe* oeiuher 17, hsX. NKCUEiAKY OI.NKY'b VIEW. Strang Fre.enl alion of Hie AluerleM 014# of tha t'onli'.versy, Accouiistiving <hc jmsl -ent's massage »«rra 17 cnwr'a new m •fMDlng tha negotiatiena wit! it BrltaiEs Iboking to the arbitxatioit ef tba botiadaiy dispute, bearing data ol fair tb tail and it addressed to Mr ■ayaid. Tba teontayf begins by stating that tha fiwMant baa given much anxious though te the •ubjeet aad has not reached a eon* aiaaten without a lively cense of ita gnat importanea as wall aa of the sarlout pot- Khtlitr iatolved in any action now to he totam- |e then comments on tba long •«ration ef the boundary dispute,tbe “in- iaflalto" claims of both parties and "tba aoetianoua growth of tba nndeflnad British etatam^ *' tbe fbto of tbo various attempt* et arhttMtlea ef tb* controverey and tb* K 1 la tb* matter heretofore taken by tb* tad State* Be show* that tb* British atataas slaoe the Sebomberg lin# waa run have moved the frontier of British Guiana fart bar and farther to tbe westward of tbe Una proposed by Lord Aberdeen in 1844. The Issues at Stake. Tho secretary then summarizes the situa tion at tba beginning of this year to be as loltows: "L The tills to tsrrltory of indefinite bat emfesisdly o very Urge dispute is between Greet Britain and Venezuela. "ft. The disparity in strength of tho parties U sueb that Venaauela can hope to establish her elain^naly through peaceful methods. "a. The eonttovoiay has existed for half a sentury, despite Venasuela’s etlorts to estab lish a bound , ry. "4- Yenezuola has tor a quarter of a century striven fot arbitration. "B. Great Britain has continuously refused except upon the reuunciatiou in her favor of e large pert of Venezuela’s claims. The United States has made it clear to Great Britain and tho world by fiequent in terposition of good oSiccs that thecontinrorHy is one in which its houor and its into.eats a o involved and tbe continuancoof which it cun- net regard with indifTcreuci. This etntU' the (secretary Hays, compels those charg d with the intercuts of tho United States "to decide to v.i.ut extent, if any, Uo United States may and should in tervene in a controversy between nnd pri marily concerning only Groat Britain and Venezuela and to decide how fur it iu bound to >ee that the integrity of Ven ezuelan territory iu not in j nired by tho protentionn of its powerful antagonist. Are any uucb right and duty devolved upon tbe United Sttt*ou? If no'. Hie Uni'ed (states has already dotiu all. not more than a purely uontiiuental intercut in tho utluirs of tho two countries jut-Uflcs. and to push its interposition further would be undig nified and might well uubject it to the charge of impertinent intermeddling with afisire with which It hue no rightful con cern. What the Moure# Doctrine Menus. On the eltwr hand, If any such rigid and duty exist,their due oxereiko and discharge will net permit of any action that, tdiull not bo pflktiee* end tha*. if Hie p wer of the Un t«>d t*t»‘»e is adequate, shuli not rtv-ult in the lishrm-nt of the end in view The question thus presented, ns u mat'er «f prtncijle, a: d regard being luul ♦w tha He^tlffd national policy, does not evem dlflleult to solution. Yet Hie mo mentous pTHeHeel eoneeque: cos dependent upon its dr termination require that it piiould be .nrefully conridetcd nnd that th grounds of the conclufion arrived at should be fully and frankly ftalcd. The reerrtnrv lny< it down at- a canon of fn'ern t'iona! law t: at a nation may irM- ly interfoe in a controveiry !■ 'wren other natbuie wlenrver "what is do :e or pro, oee i l>y any oi Hie patties prin ii’Hy cot ter, rd iit a setAo s at:.! direct men-cs own lnte r:i y. trar.qiiiliiy o: v.cl. without juatbeuse treed tboee etetss II the new world which here omenolpetee themselves from Europeea control " America Decides for ■erself. ‘'American Questions, it l> eetd. ere foi American decision,” says Secretary Gluey,aid then applying this doctrine In the reverse, bo adds: "If all Europe were suddenly to fly tc ( arms over the fate of Turkey, would it not be preposterous t!:at any American flats F0ST7 MILLION DOLLA^-j -^-iaaOIT should find itself inextricably Involved ic | The Secretary's Report on the Finances of the Country. the miseries and burdens of tho oor.tmtl What have tbe st .tes of America to do v itfc the vast armies an.’ fleets of Europe and whv should they bo impovoriubed by wan in which they can have no direct concorn. Tbe moral interns of Europe ere peculiei to tier end entirely adverse to those wbick ere peculiar to*America. Europs is with A Large Part of the Keport Devoted to tbe Condition of the Treasury—An Lx- •tiaustlvu Argument In Favor of the Re tirement of the Greenbacks — Gold Would Then He Ueturm-d. Washington', Dec. 17. — Secretary to i's proi i le* y of H.c uk* when np. fit re. "iff pi:el in p < i faith will tmt He questioned in nny qu.i' <*rff (hough he ^nyff it has beer given n wiu< r ope anil too often mai e t clonk for ffchemrs of v.r.nton pjolintioi and ivjgrandize.n'nt, ') ii k Iffail-' him up to an ffkibornte revlon of (: <• M •nm* ilocfrln' ftud Secretmy Ol. r-y. a .q'i'r* rfir.t Hiff ir-jodHon t :a Am v i?n is n no part open to colouiza. Ho 1 ! 0 : ':-ff<*ti cod-i- ><1, says that >u: p:-.* - i ro’D-.’in I-* witt, ;!.• other f-rnctica jovem* a> | hr i« n ii' thff Moan. ff iloctrinff, Vz. i tlcmt Thai • iem iioii-inti" r'ffntion in Eu Hut- r iff n" <• r rily iiii|iiics Ear. ; r iu non to in- inter'i* 1 i*i in Ainffrican :iflairs, (lie iliffio g,-.rd ol Ah' h by nny European power is to bo ui'ffti a ! an act of unfrirnillinesB to wards t e United States. On thio jioint th** >■' cre'erv rajs: "Thff p'l-riff* »eop« and liniitAtions of this tule cvnnot. Sff eloarly Apprehended. Ii '’oe. not esfAblisfi s iy tffiiffisl policy f< > a pro-ec- torniff by tbs United S :i)es ovffr other Am- ri- caii fftat-*. It oeev : 'i rfflisvesny Arncr'-Aii stnto from i*s ahligstioiis as fixed by itiipi.is- timiil law. nar pioveiii su> Kurnpead power dirrctlj interff-tsd rom en'or- tig such obli- gaiionsoi 'roi* irflirtii* n:f>ritffd pnuish- iiirnt for the brearh rf tl rm. I» does no: ron- templats Any iatvifs'eneffr in Hie inirmn: mrial slfAiis «f say Airetlesn sta'ff or in the rela tin',s Ifftwern it ami othrr Anietlcsn stiiti>». It duAi not Jnvtlfy any attempt on our port to (•bnngs the esinhlliliffd fi rm of sovenmipn of nny Anterlnan stats ot to prermt the pooplo o' Nnch state franc altering thul fnrm accoid- mg to thou nws wilt and pirn uru. "Ths nils is qasttion lias Iml n single pur- po,« and nbjsst. It is thut no European pone! nr enuihlastlon of Europt-su powt-ra slinll forsiblv dspuvs an Ann rirau Htiito of Hie i ight Amt pawsr of ifflf-soiffrniiii at and of idiuping fot itself its own political for- tnuns sad destlalss. " fn Fares ftsvest jr Veers. Tha uecra'ary says it is tnsnifest that n rule which has bosn ojeuly nnd uniformly acted ur»" by tha axccutive binnch of the government far aaventy yrnrs inust Imvo bed tha uniictlan of congress. Nor, ho adds. If Mia practical results of the rule be sought bar Is tha record either meagre or obscure, ft# brat affect was indeed mo- uanttsus a*4 tar-rsaching. It was the oompousnt factor iu thu einoncipstloD of South America sad toll the IndepemJcDt •talus of that region are luigely indebted fM their *avy Mistenca. Mdoo tba* tba aiost striking single oohlavooMnt to Pa credited to tho rule ii Iba avaavatloa *f llsxicu by the French. But wo are also ludcbtoJ to it for th« CUyton-ik lost treaty, neutraliing anj tutoraattocal usual acroan Oeutrol Ameri- ea and •aalwdiaf Great Britain from nnj domlulon ttien. It bna been uted in tbt asuts of Oubt on If justify lug Hie jiositioi |b*t. while tbo auvarslguty of Spain wll Pa laspoctad, tba tslaud will not be per ^Ittnii to be name tba possession of an; other Suiopena i*>wor, U he* bean Influential In Fringing nbou tbo doflalta raliuqulshnient of in) fupgoeod prateatarate by Uieot Bri ail •rav lb* Maogalto coast, rrcsidont Foil raHofl up** It though perhaps erroneous, ly, ta gravest tb* transfer of Tuca'an Ganaral Great la tb* same spirit declsraf tbat a 11st lag 4sg»udanclcs ware no lo, rei * subjsat *f transfer from ons Euro; ac C war • aaotbar and another Jevelodi nnl feuod ii tho objection to erbitta 'on •f fleutb 1 ooriaan controversies by a ^u- rap*ana power and Bsorati y Bayard re* •Istad tb* • nferaamant of tb* Pollff’loi alalia against Baytl, declaring bat a single important excaption, committee ! Carlisle’s annual report on tho state of to the nionarchial prinicplo. America li finances has been sent to congm;.-;. It devoted to the idea that every people hai ^hows that the revenues of the Kovorn- an inallcnable right of “ H -*o;*' D “* nt . inent from all sources during the last "Any European control of our interesU , is uecesuarily both incongruous and in- fiscal year ainonuted to ^>90,-3o>, .0-1. jurious. and if tbo forcible intrusion oi ! The expenditures during tho same pe- Europcan j owerrsin American politics ii riod aggregated ITS. I'Jfi. leaving a to lx? deprecated tho resistance must come deficit f()r tlip voar b ti>* aorraspondaiics ou tb* subjaal It; MafrtaiM^lpdaad w«u|d be tb* qouaf- from the United States, the only power wit! itrength adequate to the exigency. Tier* can bo but on answer to the questior whether the safety and welfare of th« Uui'ed Sta*en arc? so concerned witii tin maintenance of the independence of everj American state as against any European power as to jusify and require our imer- po-ition wconever timt independence li endangered. Will Stand B)' Our Highls. These stutes aic oui friends and allici coinmerciady and politically and to allov tlie subjugation of any one of them by ar European power reverses the situation anc signifies a loss of all Hie advantages inci dent to their natural relation to us But that is not all. The people of thi United States have a vital i..'crest in thi cause of popular self-government, whicl ihey have secured at the cost of infiniti blood anJ treasure. The age of the crusades lias past an< they au content with such assertion uni defense of the rights of self go\eminent a 1 their own security and welfaie demands. It is in fiat view, more than any otho: that they will not tolerate the politica control of Ilio American states by tin forcible assumption of a European power. The mischiefs to bo apprehended fron such a source are none the less real be cause not immediately imminent in am specific case. The United (Hates is toda’ practically sovereign on this conMnent am iis fiat is law. All the advumages of thi cuperiority are at once imperilled if thi principles be admitted that Eurojcai powers may convert American stutes inti colonies of their own. Thi? principii could bo i?i sily availed of and nny powe doing so would immediately secure a basi of military o|x?r:itioiis against us, and 1 in not inconceivable that ttie struggh now going on for the acquisition Afric: might be transferred to South America. The weaker countries would soon be ab- his report (< sorbed and South America would be par | uiy and the (titioned between European powers. " Sentiment Not Kelleil On. Tho consequences to the United State! would be disastrous. Loss of prestigi would lie the least of them. Our own rea rivals in peace ns well ns enemies in wa: wouhl be located at our very doors. Wi must be armed ’o the teeth, convert thi flower of our male population into soldier) and sailors and thus annihilate n largi share of the prod ctive eneigy of the im lion. Our just apprehensions are not to bt allayed by suggestions of the good wll o' European powers towards us, for thi people of tlie United States have learnot in the school of exierience to what extent the lelnlioiis of stales depend, not upof rentiment or principle, but upon seliisl in'crests. Thoy will not soon forget that in thei. lour of dirtress nil Hieir nnxieties nnd Durdens were nggrnvnted by the lo-si'Dinty >f demon 1 -:rations against their national ife on the pari of powers with whom they hud long maintained the most liar- nonious relations. They have yet in mind Hint France iciz’d upon tho apparent opportunity of nir civil wnr to set up a monarchy in Mexico and had France nnd Great Britain leld important South American posses- lions to work from and benefit, the temptation to destroy our predominance sy furlliM'.ig our dismemberment might iiuvo bceii irresistible. From th«’t grave peril wo were saved in Hie past :w i may be saved again in tho future th rough ilio operation of tho sure but silent voice of the doctrine proclaimed by 1’resident Monroe. liis clear and umnisttikable position on Hie Monroe doctrine is laid down and Sec- retHty Olncy goes at ton.c length into Hie Venezuelan dispute, a dinning that the Hr it idi claim in two years apparently has extended some 139,000 iquuro miles so as to command the moutii of tho Orinoco and dismissing as valueless the contention tfiat Great Britain’s po.“issio» of Venez uela gives it any rigid to be treated us an American state, he shows where Great Britain lias arbitrated o’hct boundary dis pute,- and declares that i> in effect says to Venezuela: "You are not strong enough to get anything by force and wo won’t arliitiato unless you fiist give up a part ol Hu* toiritory. " This ho says amounts to invasion and conquest and our duty it summed up as follows: A !>• Unite AansWffr Iteqiiesteil. "In thoffo circumstances,the duty ot the president appears to him unmistakable and im|xirarivc. Great Britain’s assur'ion of title to *ho disputed territory combined with her r fusul to prove that title, Investi gated, being a substantial appropriation of the territory to her own use, not to pro’ast and give warning that the transaction would be regarded as Injurious to tlie in terests of the people of tbo United St ten as well a-* oppressive In itself would be to ignore an established policy, witii which Hie honor and welfare of this country are closely Identified. While tbe mensuros ne cessary or proper for ti o vindication of tho policy are to be determined by another branch of ho government, it is clearly for tho executive to leave nothing undone which ma tend to render such determina tion unnecersary. " Mr. Bay rd is directed to read the com munication to Loid Kuli-b'iry and ask a 'definite decision in re *nrd to arbitration. Thu pres'iiont hopcit that the conclusion will lie on the side of urbitiurion, but if he Is disap) o nted."a result not to be antici pated and n his judgment calculated to greatly en >arrass the future relations be- tween (hit -ountry and Great Britain,” he wishes > be acquainted wi'h tbe fset at such rly date us will enab'n him to lay th* w ole subject before ci ugrosi, In Lis next annual massage. of $42,805,2'.’3. As compared with tho fLval y;*av 1S94 the receipts for 1895 increased ■ 17,'i? although there was a deerOii -'* f dl,- 329,981 iu tho ordinary expemhu:. v, which is accounted for by a reduction of $11,134,055 on sugar b'mnti'*:-. The revenues for tho current fiscal y< e.r are estimated, under the basis of ' .ci ting laws, at $431,907,407 and the expendi tures at $448,907,407. which will leave a deficit of $17,000,000. For the coming fiscal year, ending June 30, 1897. tin* secretary estimates the receipts at .-101,- 793,120 and the cxpenilitun : at !57.- 884.195, or an ostimat. d surplus oi . ti,- 908,920. Tlie secretary states brn liy the facts concerning the issues of bonds during tho year, the particulars of which have already been r-p rfed to congress. The report shows that the Behring sea patrol fleet duri.'g the last season boarded and examine 1 ’.1 v< - Is, 54 of which were engage.. ,n en i ,g. Tho number of skins aemeky c c.med was 31,210. Many of tlie \ i • the revenue cutter service, the soen tery says, are very old and nearly tri.-«•:*.- worthy, and he recommends that lour new ones he provided to tak* 1 ■ uiao? of the AieLane, the Crawforn. tie- Siu'- wsird :unl o: <? for tlie port of Nc.v York. 'l'!u* secrei oy says that the : ,vern- nie r of ( : - :t Britain has rol'u •■<1 to r<‘new the aiing regulations agreed up 'ii for th" .«e;' - >n of 1894. The total catHi oi ffcais at si a in tin* award area du::i:gthe cd on was 53,291, as c • t:-i*4 with til. --S . r tlie season of 1894 T::'* ealeh ■ u th" seal i. lauds was !5.<'9i. Aeaiofu! e inr of all tin? se: ; on tic* iskinds ia-t ye. r makes the numiier a !i.: a* over 299,000, an increase of over ' iie-half since 1891. Tiie secretary devotes a large share of the condition of tlie treas- . airency, in the course of which he makes an exhaustive argu- nc ot io fav -r of the retirement of tho gi'o • oiiacks. ‘•The opinion seems to prevail to some extent that tli‘* ni". e ])o>.-e. sion of a surplus in tin* trea->ury would ;:revent vritlidrawals of tiie gold and thus n nd'-r file- ne of It mds for the ju'oteetion of t!i‘* reserve Uiineccs. c.ry, but this view of t e subje"t is founo'a,l, iii my judg ment, upon an entire misconoenri' ii of the causes that have produced tin* witli- dra wals. “Tliere is hut one safe and effectual way." the secretary says, "to protect onr treasury against I lies'* demands, and that is t > retire and cancel tin* n tes wl)i< h constitute the only means through which t in* withdrawals can ho made. "litis can lx? m >st successfully ac- compl : slii*!l l.y ant it nziug the secretary of the treasury to issue from time to time l> -nos payable iu notes, iieau g in- terest at a rate not exceeding 3 per cent p'*r annum and having a long time to run. and t*> exchange ihe b-uids for United States notes and treasury notes upon such ti rms as may be most ad vantageous to tin* government, *>v to sell them abroad for gold whenever, in his judgment, it is advisable to do so, and use the gold thus obtained in re deeming the outstanding notes. Under the operation of such a plan, if judi- cb u ky exeented, there could b * n > im- jir-iper contraction of tin* circulation be- eauffe, if it should at any time be fnuud t!::.t otlier forms of currency were not be,ug supplied to tlie extent n piured, ex •ranges of bomls for n t'*s w u!d Ik* suspended and gold would be pr cured by ?el!ing the seeuriti‘*s abroad. In -n-- der to further fivilitati* the sub t ration of ot her currency for the retirement of legal tender notes, tlie nation:: banks should lie authorized to is.-tr* notes equal in amount to tlie face value of bonds dep isited to secure them, and the tax on their circulation should i. * re duced to one-fourth of one per centum per annum. "Asa j>art of tho plan for the retire ment and cancellation of the legal ten- dfr notes, the treasury sli mid be relieved from responsibility for the redemption of national bank notes, except worn, mutilat' d and defaced notes, and the notes of failed banks, and each :i -. K*ia- tion should be required to redeem its circulation at its own office and at agen cies to be designated by tho comptroller of the currency, as was the ease prior to the passage f the act of Juno 20, 1874; or, if this is not considered expedient, and the present system of current re demption by tho treasury is continued, tlie secretary should have tlie power, altera future date, to bo fixed in the law, to require the banks to keep their 5 percent re .emption fund m gold coin and to deposit gold coin for tho with drawal of bonds whenever circulation is to be permanently surrendered or re duced.” Tho secretary also favors the passage of a law allowing national banks to es tablish branches iu small towns with a view to bringing them closer to tin* peo ple in parts "f the country rem ite from large towns and cities, and by which their usefulness would be greatly en hanced. Tnc secretary, iu concluding his re port, says that it is not probable that any plan for tho permanent retirement of United States and treasury notes will lx? adopted that will not require considerable time for its complete exe cution, and he therefore urges upon congress the propriety of prohibiting any future issues of such notes or of national bun c notes of less denomina tion than $1<> thus making room iu tlie circulation for silver certificates of small denominations. This, ho says, would increase their use among the people and prevent their frequent return to and accumulation in the treasury. TEMPERANCE WORKERS. A Number of Associations Denominations Meet In i Washington, Deo. 17. —1 from national, state and territorial 0O* cieties, leagues and alliance* of temper* anco reform workers met in convention at tho Calvary Baptist Sunday school* house. Members from religions denom* inations, associations, conferences and delegates from all organizations opposed to the drinking saloon are present. Tiio convention was called to order by tho Rev. L. B. Wilson, president of the District of Columbia Anti-Saloon league. The program included introductory prayer by Rev. Tunis H. Hemliu, D.D., pa tor of the Church of the Covenant, ami an addre-s of welcome by Rev. Samuel H. Greene, D. D., pastor of Calvary Baptist church. At’ ighta massmooting was held at the !' g Congregational church, when an adih - . welcome was delivered by Dr. S L. Whitman, president of tha G i nmbia university. k * t ai* for tlie evening was "stats un t lit rial alliance against the sa- 1 *' ii." '1 h*» speaker was Rev. Alfred J. Lawson, president of tho New Jersey li‘o::ue; Mrs. Margaret L. Pratt, in be- c done by the district league and "V. J. L. Kynett of Philadelphia, ik 'i of the Christian temperance nr -ment audits success iu Pennsyl vania and oilier states. CO’ ra i A BAD WRECK. Qu.ti- • Number of Persons Injured, but No do ratal ly. O., Dec. 17.--Following is a .<* list of those injured in tho y wre<*k at Milton: .)< • 1 Boiveln*!*. Lima, O.; Miss Rosa U n a, Custer, O.; Mrs. B. 0. Doty, ('a i' r. ().; Miff Mary Lance, Custer, s. E A. ii iliner, Custer, O.; Mat- ilauffr.iff. ( aster. (J.; John Bruch, . O.; Charles Blausius, Custer, !; s S' •nian, Custer, O.; John , Custer, O.; Engineer Clark ■'(l Fireman Jsman, Lima, O. ’se was kilb'd. Twenty-five per- • :<• injured less seriously than i • i anted hove, and were able to go i tied homes. Those brought here, *■ imdnde all those named, ara a* people were iu th* il freight,ou their way end a b dge meeting, c fire after being tolo- pa* ligor engine and F • injured in tho ca v'd befi re the flames ’ironian .Tame;, Osman injured. It i feared re er iloyt’s injuries will prove t. o ( ) • Hov N sum th t< hidi io re or lore • err cored for. '1 L'weh eah ■ .se of tli e F.c, to V,n t 1 att T!l O re tool sere the hurniMi 11. j. All bo- . •• wei'i• ; ,'onio rco.elied tin o a. r IS V* TV : Vi' 'Uffiy tb - .: Eug'.acer llo fatal. AFTE R [ Cu|«iiiin Sum !i«*r ’ tar •rt r fc?OT/iMON’V HJ.E, nel Sucu: r. coni lias ariiv 1 h':r< out at cv. ■ poi rei. • ■ ■'• ’ i r from F’ irt 1 irant can. O::'* o ’rive a tr irt rune - . iglo i < '..•oi. ni 7: "(Jor SCI.iffs, have 1 rail Whitlock i nit;: (i al Iir. ". i Tin 1 ■ f r. .oi W connt . it w nad • I; - ' : • h t. Coloner Sumner a-* fi keen troops out :: *1 ;!:at h" will spare mi pain* to cap- luie ill" r'MK'gad •>. Th."!' is •: i s' lnblance of trouble or an ■ utbroak of Indians in the Whit* r i tain i*‘: ": valio!i. The renegade Iii’ "is have been oil tlie reservation eix years. Iti*l)oi*t on Alaska’s Scliools. Sw "it : sco, Dec. 17.—The United Htat' s conimissioner of education has i .1 1 a report on education in Alaska, fn liidi it a]>p<':irs that during th* j:a? 'var tliere have been maintained t ".e !ii day .sehools with 24 teacher*. 1 i" r • Im.ve also been maintained sevea i" a' l mrhools with 49 touchers and piiij/fi.ves Tlie commissioner recom- m aa appropriation of $.50,000 for llii* ensiii'i?:’y nr fur education in Alaa- k ; One <>i i iie oldest recommendations of tbe :eport is that the government in- ereaso its appropriation for the intro- du• tioii of (ioinestic reindeer as a food siqiply for tlv* peojile Nearly 400 were introduced !a.,t year. i'wi* '•«?» KiMimI bv » DcspcraiJo. Momuom. ky, Ala , Dec. 17 — Charles Burton, a negro desperado, became in- v>ived in a quarrel with two white men at Mi 1 * hell's station, in thi£ county, and sev. ral shots were exchanged,wh*a Burt n ran. Mr Williams, a promi nent white farmer living near by, hear ing 111" ii in raised bis window and peered af As he did so. Burton turn ed in Id, flight and shot Williams ia tlie forehead with a winchester. A lit tle fuither on Hinton encountered a peaceable negro, Tohnsou Dalton.whom he -lint thmugh lli<* heart. William* and Dalton are dead Burton made hi* escape. foninil Witii His Throat Cot. Tai.i.clvh Fali-s,Ga., Dec. 17 —Newa has just reached here of a murder, on Tills on creek, in Hie mountainous por tion of Rabun comity. Tho body of Pink Anic,d was found with the throat cut fro - ear to oar Near the body were f mi a bloody knife and a hat. Tho : ,r )ea were identified hy the father of Ira L•ok- .sun as belonging to Ira, and sis h»* and Arnold were seen to gether, I th drinking heavily, suspicion was so sir "Ug that Ira was arrested and place,I in Ciayt >u c m .ty jail, although he protests Ins innocence of the crime. 8k.*riuu» Cutting AITray. Ellavit.lk, Ga., D'x*. 17.—A serious cutting affray occurred about four mile* from this place, in which .1 O Wilkin son was dangerously cut across the neck and head and stabbed in the back by Mr. Newton (4lover, once representa tive from Schley. It seems that M#. Glover’s sm started tlie fuss with Wil kins hi and as getting the worst of it, when the father came to his raaou*.