The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-04-11

lowed for compliance, the time OF grace
will expire about the middle OF Apri-
Az regards other injuries inflicted on BTU
ish subjects. II IL proposed 10 sppo'n, q
Joint commission. with one OUTSIDER ~
cd who must not be citizen OF ene
United States. But this body VIII not
have any jurisdiction over the indemhi,y
question; unless that is paid withh .ne
prescrbs ID term, other and more iorc'pie
means will have to be adopted 10 en
force complance. Except that the time OF
grace appears unduiy long, we have no
fault 10 find with the conditions OF TINS
prItisb notification considerable pc
Rod has elapsed since the deportation OF
MFR Hatch. but so far as Is known, the
NIceraguan government has never taken
any steps to atone for that unjustifiable
outrage II seems TO have trusted TOT
immunity to the possibility OF American
intervention. While this cantankerous
little state Is being brought 10 book. Sir
Edward Grey seems to imply that Ven
ezuela Will come In for similar treatment
unless her rulers afford reparation for
the gross Insults they have systemati-
caIlv offered TO the British flag and It's
defenders. We trust there VIII be no
delay In giving effect to this intimation.
OF course. II would be absurd TO expect
such semi-sayage countries to comply
with the prescriptions of civilization at
all times Whenever they believe that
they can insult a great power with i'm
punity. they are pretty sure to indulge
In that recreation. 1t Is form Of self
advertisement much in vogue with petty
States all over the world. But when car
ried 10 such extreme lengths as these to
which Nicaragua and Venezuela have
carried II. the fun must be stopped at
any COST
The Washington Post. I'm an article upon
this, headed "a Red-Hot Cockney lingo"
finds IT to contain evidence OF "a policy
Of encroachment. seizure and acquisition
We see nothing OF the sort in it. II is
declaration that the English people ex-
rect their government to maintain the
dignity of the nation whenever that is
ish citizens whenever they are outraged
in any part OF the world. We most hear
tily commend the spirit of the article and
we urge upon our own government the
Identical policy upon all proper occasions.
The Post allows this extract from the
Globe to excite II so that 1t very ex-
plicitly intimates that when England pro-
ceeds to enforce her demands upon Mic
aragua and Venezuela she will find the
United States government there to fight
the battles Of those two countries. 1t
says
Meanwhile we hope that both Mica
ragua and Venezuela will stand uIcn
their dignity and their rights. and re-
member that the United States is 10 be
reckoned with at some stage CT the pro-
ceedings-not very advanced one either,
by the way"
Now, we think we shall give Nicaragua
and Venezuela some much sonnder adj
vice when we tell them that they rad
better place no sort OF dependence upon
the United States. The people Of the
United States have not thought much
about the matter yet, but they will
think about 1t, and they will think very
earnestly about 1t before they allow
themselves to be drawn into brawl be-
tween Great Britain and any Of the South
American Republics. And what is more,
when they do begin to think about H.,
they are going to make up their mind
that the thing is no affair of theirs. and
they are going to allow Nicaragua and
10 get out of the scrapes they
have got themselves into in their own
way. They are both Independent nations,
and they must meet their responsibilities
as other independent nations do.