Great Britain and Venezuela. ALARMING STATE OF AFFAIRS.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 147, 20 December 1895, Page 2

Great Britain and Venezuela. ALARMING STATE OF AFFAIRS.

(Per Press Association). London, December 18. The Daily News correspondent says it is reported the President's message is merely a political manoeuvre, designed to secure the success of the Democratic party in next Presidential campaign. Londou and Manchester markets are flat. American securities have fallen. The Radical press expresses confidence in Lord Salisbury's ability to deal satisfactorily with the dispute. Mr Bayard, the American Minister, speaking at a banquet in London, emphasized the kinship ot the English nations' sympathy. The Continental Press is altogether with England. * Washington, December 18. The New York World considers the message a grave blunder, and is merely raising a " jingo bugaboo." It points out Great Britain owns more territory in America than the United States. The Evening World says twenty American warships will be stationed in the Caribbean Sea with immediate cable in the event of war. The New York Herald takes a calmer view and hopes the question at issue will be peacefully settled. New York, Dec. 19. The House of Representatives, amidst cheering, unanimously voted one hundred thousand dollars for the expenses of the Venezuelan Commission without debate. The chief American jurists do not defend President Cleveland's reading of the , Monroe doctrine. , Senator Chandler has tabled a Bill to l expend a hundred million dollars in armaments. The measure has been referred to the military committee. The New York Times, Tribune, and the Provincial Press support President Cleveland. Paris, Dec. 19. Tbe leading French papers condemn America's arrogance. They urge that England's submission to the dictation of President Cleveland would involve the betrayal of the interest of the colonising Powers. Ottawa, Dec. 19. The Canadian Press applaud Lord Salisbury, and urge the Premier of the Dominion to prepare for an invasion.