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Day
29
Month
March
Year
1895
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Public Domain
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i Krom our Kogular Correspondent .) Washington, D. C, Maruh 25, 1695. President Cleveland and Secretary Greshem are having as much trouble with the influential jingo element in the United States as with the Pandora's box of cotnplications which has been dumped upon the department of state. The jingoists can see no excuse for Spain not having made the apology demanded (although it is patent in all cool heads that the delay is caused by the change of ministry) and would like to see the presidentsend a Heet over to seize Cuba at once. The same hot heads also interpret the Monroe doctrine to mean that the United States should attack Great Britan, ïf that country carries out its threat to compel Nicaragua by forcé to accede to its demands. Fortunately for the country neither the president nor his cabinet has any touch of the jingo fever; consequently the numerous foreign complications are jeing handled in a business and common sense way. No further demand will be made ïpon Spain until its new ministry has been given ampie time to reply to that already made; then the demand will be renewed in a tone that will either bring the apology by cable, or war. As to the Monroe doctrine: President Cleveland does not interpret that doctrine to mean that this country will prevent a European power from insisting upon honorable and proper treatment in its dealings with the countries of Central and South America. President Cleveland thinks it was originally intended by President Monroe to insure fair play for the comparatively weak countries of South and Central America, and to prevent the absorption of their territory by European nations, and Ambassador Bayard has been instructed to intorm the British government that the United States would maintain that construction of the doctrine. The general belief here is that Creat Britian was making one of her usual bluffs in dealing with weak nations when she threatened tobombard the Nicaraguan seaports if her demands were not acceded to bv a specified date; but should that threat be carned out there is a wide difference of opinión whether it would be regarded by this country as a violation of the Monroe doctrine, with the maority in the affirmative. The only unfortunate thing about Secretary Gresham's (iemand for the recall of the Hawaiian minister, because of his repeated violations of diplomatic etiquette, is that it has re-opened the whole tiresome Hawaiian question. The United States is on the eve of a diplomatic victory in the controversy with Germany over its claim that American cattle were diseased and were solely for that reason shut out of Germany, and the prohibition is expected to be shortly removed, the Germán government having been convinced of its error. When Germany removes the prohibition the other European countries which followed her in adopting it wül probably do the same. This victory will bear testimony to the wisdom of President Cleveland in refusing to order tariff retaliation against the countries which shut out our cattle. One of the busiest bureaux of the government just now is that of in] ternal revenue. Secretary Carlisle has had to detail clerks from other bureaux to assist in handling the income tax returns, whioh are pouring in by every mail. Already it is apparent that the estimates of the receipts from this tax, made while it was before congress, were very much too low. The returns are required to be made by April 15, with a penalty for failure, but the tax is not due until July 1, next. Notwithstanding that more than $40,000 has already been paid in. It is now about settled that a new treaty concerning the Bering Sea seizures shall be negotiated between the United States and Great Britain. It is understood that Sir Julián Pauncefote, the British ambassador, assisted by Sir Charles Tupper, minister of marine and fisheries for Canada, and other Canadian officials, will represent Canada, and that the negotiations are to be carried on in Vashington. Secretary Carlisle has just returned from New York, where he went to meet his son, who has been to Europe for his health, and inci dentally to give a little personal attention to several official matters connected with the federal offices under his department in that city. The secretary has entirely recovered from his own indisposition, although he still shows the effects of the hard and continuous workj he did during the past winter.

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