A New Page In International Law

In International Iaw mlght and not right has been the prevailing npirit. li the Monroe doctrine Is not International Iaw the United States wil] proceed to wrlte it down as such irom now henceiorth and forever. TIhtu ■vvill be a new pagel in the statutes governing nationg, and upon it wlll be written "the United States will forever control the destinies of the American continent.'' The statesmen of Russia were Avise enough to forsee that fuct some thirty or more years ago, and disposed oí what that nation possessed on this continent in a shrewd manner. Had other European nations been as wise as Itussia the present little war oloud uever would have forraed. Bul the greed of England knows no bounds. She not only cling-s tenaciously to all she gets ho'd o- if the can- but is continually grasping lor more, and manages t,o make the world lulieve iniernational law Is always on lier side. In the matter of the dispute with Venezuela she is simply carrying out her poücy of miglH agaiust right, in attempting to take irom a weak ation wliat slie would not dare suggest, even, írom a strong one. It is well, perhaps, that the tjuestion lias arisen now, (or u may save other nations trouble, and let it be Wrttten now, in all languages oï the world so that nono can iail to read it: "No ïoreign nation must lnteriere itü the 'affaire of any govemment on tho American continent. Americana wilJ govern themeelves in their own way." President Cleveland wants some help from .congress to solve the financial affalrs ol the nation whlch have been going to the bad ever since the 'Wilson bill went into effect. U he would sign a bilí restoring the tariff, our financial affairs would solve themselvcs without trouble, we could be paying tlie debt of the nation insteud of running into debt deeper, and the people could be earning money instead of laying idle a greater portion of thé time. WiU he help solve the fiknauces in the right way ?