New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-09

slick mill, an extensive Irvine walk, besides many
minor Industries, TO be put down as little hainiet
Not much We decidedly object TO be put tus IN inc
djmnutive Do hamets have lecture courses and base
ball teams Do hamets especially II they are little
hanletss support two graded schools WIN corps OF
ten teachersl We would not object to be called ship
buding- If IL true but the fact Is no,hns larger
than catboats yachts and rowboa,s arc p, ee How
grass grown or are used for other purposes AT West
Mystic which Is a hamlet of about twenty houses q
little sbipIuildng Is done. schooner bclng on thc
siocIss. At Noank, which lies at the mouth Of the
Mystic River "a village OF o0O lnnao'dntsh Il uc
a large amount Of work. At Masen Island opposite
Noank the United States Government Is building Scows
for carrying stone to the propo'e' ~
Mystic. Conn, March 5, 1901.
THE VENEZUELAN DISPUTE WITH ENGLAND.
To the Editor of The TIL bune
sir. Venezuela has for several years had frontier
dispute with England. Tie region Vi GUIANA ol'neu
by Venezuela successor OF Spain' was u'uonD'euN
diacovered by spaniaId. 1t was only after they had
taken possession Of it that some fsl''h auNc'er''
morc thcm Sir Walter Raleigh visited the country
simn,v 70 he driven out again. From that day Spain
held peaceful possession Of Guiana as l'r as INC
I,seoniho River though the boundary with the then
n,+cb Colony was never well defined. Until the dis
covery OF gold there. however, that lhct rcmaWea
without practical importance, since inc eh'e region
was believed to be valUeless and peopicd Dy saVases'
mt il discovered lIlhl
with gold England awoke and manifested an intention
IN seize everything. In fact she has almost done So
venezuela having neglected to lay firm hold upon
what is undoubtedly her own. Hence the quarrel
1boo can be no question ms to where the right be
longs There can be doubt that 1t does not belong
to ENGLAND though she claims an abundance OF docu-
entary proof of her title to the country as lar aS INC
Crvunc River. But, il this be so, who does she 50
ohstinately refuse arbitration TINS would DC thc
ouickcst wav Of settlement. That England refuses
creates the suspicion that she fears to come out secohu
hest Tie manner in which that vast empire IL scat
tered freouently brings her into boundary Collisions
and the policy she adopts Is modified according 10 her
antagonists resources TO rampant Russia she oncIs
The Suayitcr i'm mOdo: 10 puny Portugal inc loriVcr
in no And when OF weaker vessels Sho uchanIs a
nrompf acceptance OF her ulmatuins tho ucnanu u
an, 10 he accompanied by threat liidisgiIseu oo
neath Diplomatic phraseoogy the unlted Slaus NV
taken certain interest in the venezuelan ques,lH,'
Imt should take more. Venezuela Is sister Tepipi,
0ur Government instead Of remaining neutral souu
nrotcst against the plundeing Of the weak ny u,o
tfronr and should vigorously urge upon f.SIanu uc
Justice and propricty Of recourse 70 apiu ,n,
: Lei him take who has the power nnd Iet MN NJ
who can is merely brutal claboraton oi -. tho
makes right" We live in the bright age, n"t t,I
dark and ought to have developed BEYOND tne i''
of such selfish sophiStry. fhANh 'iNNH'
New-YoIk, March 3. 1891.