'— r By True m Merit Only can any article attain such a high standard of favor among the people as that enjoyed by " 17 "x .J. 3 .4.” w .. - k,... -«_ For years no other soap in New England has ever approached it either in sales or quality. It has proved its value over all substitutes. It . is soap, all soap, and nothing but soap. ,the United'States. u those of Sir Walter Besant, John Morley. ' John Ruskin, Hail Cains, Rider Haggard, Sir Edwin Arnold, George Meredith, Prg- - lessor W. E. H. Leaky, Martin, Carmen, THE Puma PEACE Wales Speaks Briefly on Venezuelan Imbroglic. APPEAL FROM THE AUTHORS. the Great English \Vriters Ask Their American Contreras to Protest Against War—Views of Professor Dana on the President’s Message. — NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—-The World this morning publishes the following cable- grams received in reply to its request for opinions upon the Venezuelan situation: From the Prince of Wales: ' "SANDRINGHAM, Dec. 25. "To Mr. Pulitzer, New York World: “Sir Francis Knollys is desired by the f Prince of Wales and the Duke of York to thank Mr. Pulitzer °for his cablegram. They earnestly trust and cannot but be- lieve the present crisis will be arranged in a manner satisfactory to both countries and will he succeeded by the same warm feeling of friendship which has existed be- tween them for so many years.” From the Bishop of London: ' “LONDON, Dec. 24. “The World, Pulitzer, New York: "With all my heart I pray to God to avert from this country and the United States the crime and disaster of war be- tween them, and I hold it to be the bound- ~ on duty of every man in both countries to avoid all provocative language and do all , can to promote that he conscientiously ' E, London. ” peace. From British Masons: '\ “MANCHESTER, Dec. 24. “To Mr. Pulitzer, New York World: “Christmas greeting Freemasons’ club, Manchester, .to American Freemasons. ‘ Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. ” British Authors Issue an Antiwar Appeal. ' ,LONDON, Dec. 26.-—-An antiwar appeal has been issued by British authors, signed . with 1,300 names, to their confreres in The names include homes Hardy, R. D. Blackmore, Wil- 1 am Black and Alfred Austin“ The. ap- peal says: - “At‘this crisis in the history of the ‘ Anglo-Saxon race there are two paths. One leadswe‘know not whither, but in legend. tbrnush W31]; mix. was acclim- J_ , _._.,'7 “Equal and Exact J lasting to all Men'iof - WhateverStateor Persuaswn, Relzgwus or Palitiadl.”—-Jafianaa » Nor-walk, Conn. Thursilay:Even1ng,il)e“cémber 28, 1895.. \ ’ Sale «ON MONDAY, D so sucu BARGAINS EVER or" ill NG ll - “ ' vvnrcnr autism ran ones cumin THE thm‘srx have, - .. l. Common a: .1. 1 ._ ’ .' v °cr~$8.oco WORTH m: aclock HAN All IMMENSE STOCK TO SELECT FROM. SOUTH NOBWALK, 0 fi‘ gianimcnts of Carnage, unspeakable suffer- ing and hideous desolation to the inevita- ble sequel of hatred, bitterness and dis- ruption of our race. It is this path We ask you to join us in an efiort to make impos- sible. Not on the grounds of political equity do we address you, but we are unit- ed to you by many ties. We are proud of the United States.» There is nothing in our history that has earned us more glory than the conquest of the vast, American continent by the Anglo~Saxon race. When our pride is humbled by a report of some- thing that you do better than ourselves, it is also uplifted by the consciousness that you are our kith and kin.” After dwelling upon the intimate ties of relationship and brotherly sentiment, the appeal continues: Ho Anti—American Feeling. i “There is no anti-American feeling . among ‘Englisimien. It is impossible that i there can be any anti-English feeling 3 among Americans. For two such nations i to take up arms would be civil war, not 1 differing from your calamitous struggle . of 30 years ago, except that the cause would be immeasurably less human, less tragic and loss inevitable.” After referring to the tie made by liter- ature, the appeal continues: “If war should occur between England 1nd America, English literature Would be dishonored and disfigured fora century, to come. PatriOtic songs. histories of de- feat and victory, records of humiliation and disgrace, stories of burning wrongs and unavenged insult—these would be branded deep in the hearts of our peoples.' ”They would so express themselves in ossible for any of us who live through the fratricidal war to take up again the former love and friendship. For the unit- ed Anglo-Saxon race, that owns the great names of Cromwell, Washingtom Nelson, Gordon, Grant, Shakespeare and Milton, thereis such a futureas no other race has had in the history of the world—a future that will be built on the confederation of sovereign states, living in the strength of the some liberty.” . ' ‘ ~ - ' The document concludes as follows: “We appeal to all writers in the United States to exercise their far reaching influ- ence to~save our literature from dishonor and our race from lasting injury." ‘ Lord Piayfair For Peace. Lord Playfair, whose wife was Miss Russell of Boston, writes to The Times this morning as follows: ‘- . “We are apt to forgetthe numerous ex- pressions of friendly and even brotherly sympathy that both countries have inani- fasted toward each other. " . He cites his numerous visits to the United States, especially in 1887, when he introduced the English deputation c; Q poems, novels and plays as to make it im- . members. of the 110"“‘01 90931.net who. g were in f:-:v0r of arbitration, to President Cleveland, “who then spoke noble words as to the need of friendly relations between the two countries. Mr. Blaine also wrote sharp dispatches, as American politicians are apt to do, but on one occasion he au- thorized me to tell Lord Salisbury that nothing would ever induce America to go to war with England. My object in Writ. ing is to emphasize Mr. Gladstone's ad- vice upon the necessity for common sense. ” The Times he? a dispatch from La Guayra, Venezue a, saying: “Meetings approving the attitude of the United States and antagonistic to England continue to be held. A decree has been published ordering the immedi- ate embodiment of the militia in the va- rious states.” ' j A dispatch to The Standard from Mad- rid says that their correspondent under~ stands that Spain will not object to the American commission consulting the Spanish archives about Venezuela, - but will clearly intimate that this is an act of sourtesy, which does not apply the slight- est admission of the Monroe doctrine. Russia Not Averse ti) \Var. A dispatch from Moscow to The Stand- ard says: “The entire Russian press dis- cusses the chances of a conflict between England and America with an ardor ap- proaching enthusiasm and in a tone of frank hostility to England.” The Vienna correspondent of The Standard quotes a journalist who had an interview .in Paris with Dr. Raim‘undo Palacio, ex-president of Venezuela, in which he declares that neither Venezuela nor the United States could yield, and that the question could only be settled by ur- bitration. but that it was well known both in Venezuela and the United States that there would be no war. All the morning papers have editorials J this morning breathing a Christmas sen- timent of peace and good Will with refer- ence to Venezuela and Armenia. Various English religious bodies have cabled to their brethren in America their sympathy with their efforts for peace. THE VIEWS OF. RICHARD DANA. The Opinions of an Eminent Political Econ- ' omist and Rinancier. BOSTON, Dec. 26,—Mr. Richard H. Dana of Cambridge, well known as apolitical economist and financier, is of the opinion that there seems to be no sufficient cause for the general alarm which has so injur- ed business, nor for the criticism that have follOwe'l the president's Venezuelan message. Mr. Dana said to~-a press repre- sentative in discussing'the situation :» : ' “There has been for many years a Great Britain, . be such, pureafnd simple, .or it “maybe made \a pregextgforgcguig ditionai at boundary dispute between Vengzueia and A boundary dispute. may territory. It requires no extended fcl'er- ence to history, ancient or modern, for sign or domestic, to establish this ,dis- tinction. _ “Now, Venezuela claims that Great Britain has gone far beyond a genuine boundary dispute, and under color of a real doubt seeks to appropriate lands which of right belong to Venezuela. Eng- land, of course,~denies this, and at the same time refuses to arbitratmthe whole dispute. Now, what is our proper cougse? . Are we to accept England’s denial with- - . . l a purpose. out investigation? We have the statements of the evidence on which England makes this denial. If this and all the other evi- dence in our possession make it at dhce perfectly clear without investigation that there was no such attempt at appropria- tion, we should have no further concern with the question, it seems to me, beyond offers of arbitration, but the truth is the facts are very complicated .and the evi- dence apparently conflicting. “There seems to be a prima facie case: of excessive claims on both sides. Eng- land’s present claims, on a partial inquiry at least, seem to go far beyond former claims made by her, Very likely on a more thorough investigation these appar- ent inconsistencies may be reconciled. and J England may prove to be right in her de‘ nial. . “Under these circumstances, however, in fairness to Venezuela, in fairness to our interests in the integrity of the pres- ent American government and indeed in fairness to Great Britain herself, what better can we do than to appoint a com- mission of inquiry, made up of men of in- ternational reputation for high character, ability and fairness? Such a course gives greater publicity, dignity and importance than would attach to a finding of subordi- nates in the state department. ‘This course the president has taken in his mes- sage. “The whole gist of the me age seems to me to lie in the exact th 3 which it opposes, and that is ‘the appropriation by Great Britain of any lands or the exercise of governmental jurisdiction over any ter- ritory which after investigation We have determined of right belongs to Venezuela’ ’—that is, it is not in regard to a genuine _ boundary dispute that we are concerned, but only to a possible appropriation of lands to which we object. ' _ ~ -,_ “The commis'sl on’s iinding’flvith ltsrea- sons in full, will doubtless settle, the whole matter. And even if the commie: sion is unable to draw the exact boundary line, and even if Great Britain should reg fuse to accept the finding in full, 1‘ think no'one believes that shewill insist upon, , "an ‘appr’opriation’ of that portipn if any of the disputed lands, which the commis-. sionewill 11nd _‘of right belung'lng to an. 222019923“ 1 a iii/5 till. 9m“- ‘4."- this betrue. than than: .abgw ,, lgtlll! no~fear ofxwar. It ‘33ng, $1.15?! th .. '. in! , r \ fl. \ l H \- onco the must consistentWith our own ln~ terests and the fairest under the circum- stances to all concerned and the most like- ly to keep the peace. .“But even admitting. that the appoint- ment of such a commission of inquiry is the most peaceful, fair and dignified solu- tion of the present difficulty, it has been asserted that the message should not have ended with a statement of what we should do if Great Britainshould insist upon a policy of ‘appropriation’ before the com- mission have found any indication of such It is said, Does not this look like an unnecessary and irritating threat, added to an otherwise courteous and rea- sonable document? Taking the message apart from what has gone before, such a criticism would be merited. But Lord Salisbury’s letter oLNov. 25'contends that the whole dispute with Venezuela is no concern of ours. Now, as an important part of this dispute consists of charges and counteroharges of attempts at ‘appropria- tion’ in the shape of excessive claims of territory, the position of Lord Salisbury comes to this, that it is no concern of ours even if Great Britain wars to appropriate lands rightfully belonging to Venezuela. It is to make this point clear and to get the sanction of congress to the president’s. position, it seems to me, that the message ends as it does. It is not a threat, but it is a clear, unambiguous and authoritative statement of our view in answer to the view 0:19.53 Salisbury. ” rE5€31fii . é Sweet , Caporal \ Little Cigars ° l lPrice One (lent x». P' .F' ER 23, 1895.. y . t1) muoawam ensues. l RAUNSGHWEIGER 7 units...“ A Pure Mali Extract. , A Substitute for Solid Food Highest percentage Extract. Low est percentage Alcohol. An Efi'ec- tive Tonic. An Agreeable Beverage.- A mild Stimulant. 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