, views of the Secretary of State grow more practical,
---and as regards negotiations with Europe, more promising. He sees,. much more plainly , now the difficulties that present themselves to us over " all-in " arbitration ; he sees the value. of conciliation as distinct from arbitra- . . , tion, in much the same light that we do ; -and he has recognized the sense in Sir Austen Chamberlain's objection s to defining aggression. We , have written ' Houseelsewhere of the passage through the uie Of Repre- sentatives of the Naval Bill for the construction of • fifteen new cruisers. Meanwhile we regret to see the StateS :getting, into 110 snoother water in Nicaragua. The Congress there has not passed the Bill giving to the States the right. to supervise the coming elections. General Sandhi° receives no serious check in his operations, and further drafts of United States troops are being sent into the country.
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