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y0UNDi,D 3Y H0EACE G^EELEY.
MONDAY, DECEMBKIt .30. lSf)."..
POURTEEN PAGES.
TJ1F NEW8 TB18 M0RN1N0.
FOREIGN. -Kx-Prmo UlnlStST Rossbery
- arrota a i<:;.-r to the preaa aaylag that the Balla
tury Govenunenl is aolely reaponalble for the
eoadltloa <>f affalra in Armenla.' - = Yeaterday
was Mr. Oladstoao'a elghty-alath blrtbday, and
many Liberal elubs telegraph,-,1 eongrstulstlons
t,-> him. -?? The arnst of Baron von Hsmmor
ateln. the abseondlng Edltor of the "Kreuz
Zeltung. ereatscl great exeitetnent ln Berlin.
DOMESTIC.?Mr. Wbltelasr Held, as-atlalater
to Franee, rtlariiBafUl the Venesuelan queation In
an interview at Phoenlx, Ariz. r=ss The Cor
oner*a J'^O' la ihe uVqaeal over the vkdlma of the
Baltlmore theatre disaster declded that the au
difnce was to blanie for the panic. ?? A few
leglslators have arrlved in Albany, preparatory
to the openlng of the aesskm = A white wo?
man was bu-ned to deatn by a mob in Kenttn kv,
and hor pa.amour was kill.-d. : : = Three fr,-e
eilver organizatiens W8TS COBlblaed in Chleago
under the name of the American r.irnetallic
IUnion.
CITY AND iUBURBAN.?CentraJ Offlee men
end Captaln Plckett'B staff arorkad on the Bur?
den robbery mystery without apparent result.
rizr= Albert A. Nclba, ln whoae areaway the
body of Mrs. John A. Runnett araa found Satur
day night, was arreated at Coroner Hoeber's
. order. s== The annual featlval for the llttle
chlldren of tho atai,'e was held at Toay I'astor's.
r- - Bovoral e'ergymen referred in thelr ,?er
m.-ns to the Venezuelan difllculty, coiinselling
peace._The Rev. Dr. Peter Btryker preached
his far-wei! aormon at the Thlrty-fourth Btreet
Jteformed Chureh.
THK WEATHER?Forecaat for to-day: Falr
and slightly colder; westerly wlads. Tempera
ture yesterday: Highest, 42 degrt-s; loweat, S9;
average, iu1.._
It ls now ten days sinee tha bill eraattRg the
Commi-slon askcil for by the Pregtdent tO in
TtaffigBtg tho Venezuelan boundary qiiesiion W&g
aeied on liy UM Senate and pot in llr. Cleve
ln* Vs hands. bad as yet ROthlag haa been done,
l'ar as the pablk haa beaa informed. toward
1 ? ajipolntment of th?J C,,mmissii,n. There lias
been no end of g,,ssii> regardlng poaalble aalee
tions bf the l'reisident, lmt tiie only actual in
f,,nn;ition on the suh.leet ls of a BCgRtlva eli:ir
aeter. The latest ii"ivs <if tiiis natuiv SHMRateg
from .Tiistiev Hrewer, of tlio T'nitiil BthtM Su
jireme Court, wiio ggra lhal he h:ts nol been
flsked to aeeept a plaee OB the CoRUnlflakaB, In
hla opinion it is not unlikeiy that aaefa an oaTer
?will l>e made tr. Chief Jusilee Fuller, lmt .Tnstiee
Itrewer n-gards his acceptanoe as doobtfnL Evi
dently the 1'resident ll eitlier havlng tnuible ln
gettlng Bttea men aa ha aranta to aerva <>n tbe
Cmmlssion or else liis unwonted and siirprising
aeal on behalf of Venesuela bag nndergona a
marked deellne. _
We desire to eall tbe attention of our readers
m.?st earnestly to tbe Bppea] iu behalf of tbo Ar
nienians made by tbe eliairman of the Bxecntive
OaauBlttea of tbe KatkmaJ AnRenlaa Battef \
?u>eiation. which is ptlnted ln BRother rakuna of
thia paper. The gentr.il aobUc must be pretty
well Informed by this time regRTtHnf the d.-s
perate oonditiou of tbe wOT*Aj allli'ted Ar
meuiana. but thus far n >t mu.-li bas been done
fur Tiieir relief. A good deal OUfhl t ? be done :it
once. The appeal issmvl by Mr. Tt;i-k getsforth
the faet.s anoetBetlj and em;.liasizes the aecd ,.f
prompt and dberal eontrlbiiflons. Money is tbe
<li!ef tbing wanted. but BOpplleg of a certiiin
ebaraeter will be useful. The addi-ess of tho
local oommittoe is No. 4."> WllllaRI-st.
OtaaffBM biis been ba BeaalOR just four weeks,
and ln tbat timo bas disp.-itehed an uinuisi RRBTSe
edented nmuunt of business. This ls SBpeclallj
true of tbe House. wltOgB ?< tivity ls deservlng
of bonorable mention lieiause s<> large a pro
portlon of the members are novi'-es in the work
of laaSaaaitteaa, <>ur Waabiagtoa corraspoRdeat
properly lays emjibasis ilils gaofRlRg <>n UM
contract between tb- pfoR***l resimtise of iiii?
Republlean Houao to the Tre-ident's gpnajRla.
and tbe getJOfl of tbe House ln tiie LlfJd lOon
gre8s, when tiie Iiemocrata were in full eORtTuL
It ls a eontrnst that tbe eountry eaniiot but
ohaerve with Interest; nnd lt must ba prOTOeatjTO
of thougbt in the PrsaldeRtaal m!n,]. partbularly
ln vlew af the strang,- Bttttade nssume,] hy S,-. -
retary Carllsle toward the Bond bHI BSBaed on I
Baturday.
Whlle the l>**l*satnr? af Maiybui,] arflj i?.K|n :
Ita aeaalon on WmmMtaj, ths ln*haiHrallaa af ?
tbe firat Republlean Gorernor tuat tbe Staio b.-iB
j h.'i.l ln thlrl.v yi'iir* wlll a?t t:iko place unltf
j .laniiiry 8. ln tb* metm tlme. ns appear* from
a N|..v!.ii dlepatch freaa Baltlmore, there is ?
, plan on fool for Qoreraor Browfl la amke ?
I number of gpp iintHU'iit*. iuni thaa deprlre Oor
I *ra*f Lewadea af patroagf* tbat la rlghtfBfly
hi*. WKhoai doajbi tli" Deameratlc majorlty
! tn rb* Benate would bo wUHag t.? belp in canry
| Ing out thla schomo. bul we are glnd 10 DOt*
ilint Mr. Qanagi haa dedared hla opp*?ltlofi lo
1 t!u> grah. iu ktfe vicw. the BepahttcBlg w<?n Ihe
j electlon falrly. iuni gn falrly eotltled to tbe
! fmits ..f their rlctorjr. Th*l will he the oplnlon
! of all rlght-thlaktag nea in Maryland or oul of
it.
TIip Dunrnvon invesMimtlng COBMBlttee hM
not yot completed Hh work, nnd .miy Barmteea
.?.?in be bMhdged in n* to rhe teathaoay gnd the
conrlaaUmh to be dratra fmni It. Bal it is la ao
aooae :t dUBcall taak to draw lafereacc* from
what is known to hiivo taken place. and e*pe
dally from th* nbrnpl depnrture of lae noble
lord wltbont walttag t.. learn iho reaull of hla
trlp acrooa ihe AtlaatJc. From blg rapld re
tnvit only oae lafereaee ls posslble, and that ui
borae ont bj his alr au-l that of hl* cotapaaloa
ns they wer* about to MlL lt ls probaUe that
tae membera of the eaaualtjtee will not be long
in maklng ap thelr mladg wbea th* teatlmoir/ la
all ln: ko we may look for tho early eompledoB
of tbe last chapter la ? eoatroreiay tbat is un
fortaaate la all ita aspecta, nnd 1b llkeiy to ba
eapedallj so for the one man respoadta* for li.
THE C0X80LIDATI0X QUBBTIOX.
in thls issuo we report the rleurg of aamerona
gobataatlal dtlaena of Hrooklyn on the consoii
ilatlon questlon. lt ls obrloag that this gabject
wlll recelTe early and onrnest considoratlon gt
Albany, and there ls rt-nsou to BOppo** that it
will he brought to tho froat at onco with the
detendaatioa that dedatte actloa slmll be taken
ut the earlleat poasabkj moment. Undonbtedly
popnlar interest ln the questlon is much greater
in Brooklyn than ln New-York, which is not un
natural. The dlseusslon tliere seems to have de
veloped several olasses of dlspurants, including
1 tbose to whom the idea of coa*oHdatlon at any
tlme is repalMTe; those who gceept thi- maalfeat
j destlay theory, but do not bellere the time for
i oalOB has come; those who holrl that tho Greater
I New-York OUfht to eome Into exlstonce forth
witii, in pnranance of last year's popalar vote;
and tboae wbo peraonally favor eonaoUdatJon,
bal thlnk that citlzens OBght to have another
cbance to exprea* thelr wlahea al the poUa Por
all praetleal purpoae*, however. the linos are
draw* between Con*oUd*tlonlata .nnd llcsiiliinis
sionists. though among the latter may be found
some whotakethat position against their private
inclinntlons.
The grfameat of those who urgo prompt and
detinitive gctJoa by the Logislaturo is that union
would be a good thirig ln Itself, that the people
bave roted for it with full kaowledg* of what
they were dolng. and tliat there la neither a
neco?sity nor a reasonaMe demand for a second
referen.lum. They add. moreover, that if two
popnlar decisions are Insistcl on there is no
reaaon why a thlrd should not be ordered in be
half of those whom tho ?ecoad dld not sult. On
the other side it is represeated that the nattire
of the question nnd the eonse'iuenees of the vote
were not well nnderatood in Brooklya last year,
whether beCBUM of wilful deceptloa or lnntten
tlon to the aetnal fhCts; and that It would be
grossly tinfair and inoxpedient to settle the fate
of a great dty irrevocably upon a minute ma?
jorlty of a small vote at a eompllcated electlon.
espeeially sinee every indleation shows that the
opp .sition lias greatly lnereased Its strongth dur?
ing the interval. As proof of the growth of ant!
consolldation sentiment, lt ls asserted. truly ns
we BOppose, that the Brooklyn delegatlOB ln the
Logislaturo will sulidly supporc the demand for
resabmlsaloa.
Beveral weeka Bgo, after suinmlng up the
graumeata <>n both sidos of thla lmportant ques?
tion, we said that if tboae who so stoutly assert
that Brooklya is to-day oppoeed t<> consnlldation
were able to make out a strong prima-facio ease,
wo thought their plea for another popnlar vote
ought to be graated. W* have aeea ao reaaon to
revlse that Oplaloa. < >n the eontrary. aome e.m
slderations have sinco then entered into the oase
which Btroagly tead to eatabllab the proprlety
of resubmissinn. Orlglnally thla project of a
Greater New-Y..rk did BOt COBtala, or at least
was not known to oontain, tlio allgbted infusion
of politics. lt was advocated and oppoeed <>n
public grounds. The only questlon was whether
by a union of rartoui commaaltlea the welfare
ol' all would be pruinoted. of late it has become
?ppareat that pollticnl autalpalatora are eagerly
conaldering how they can eoarert the gcheme
into an instrumeiit fur extending their power
gnd gratlfylag their anlmoaltlea ln the Ught
of this disclosurc, it gppeara altogether natarel
that many good eitizens of Hrooklyn Bhofdd be
loath to surrender tbe tutuality of good govern?
ment and the coafldeat asaroraace of its per
pctalty. N.? WOUder that they are alarmed when
they see McLangblln, Tammany and their Be
publlcaa aliies coacertlag plans to rnab conaoll
datlon through Ihe I/'gislaturo!
Tlie Tribune was fraakly aml heartlty in favor
of the biiion which th.- electlon of 18M aatbor
Ised, so long as there was good reason to assuiiio
that that eleciion fairly expresscl ihe wiafa of
the communlties coaceraed. Nor bave we any
doobt that lt ls the (i(>stiny of those commonltle*
to be organically aalted at no distant d:iy. Hut
wo BT* ntterly OPpOSed to the tyrannical employ
ment of the opportunity whlch tbal electlon may
have provlded, for the sake of promotlng des
plcabl* and deatructlve peraongl iimbitiona.
Against such an nutrage as that woald be-nn
outrage which well-iiifornnd aewapaperg and
pollticlaaa poaltlvely predlct?ll is the duty ..f
honest membera of th.- Leglalatnre t.- provide
an adequate defence. They will probably flnd
that their Bafeal courae la to insist upon g resab
nii-Nlon of ull Greater New-York hills to the
THK BOXD BILL.
No Anetrakaa ever had ? boomerang more
(lea.lly t 1 titose behlnd him than lae Admlnla
j tratlon has proved to it? apologlata. They have
lun^ Blnce ceaaed lo i>c Bupporters, and g* to
( many thlnga apologlzc ao longer. Tho unprec*
j edented Indeeeacy of Secretary Carllsle'a pab
lisiici attack en a pendlng bond blll, wi.i.-ii was
' framed aolely becaaae tbe Preddeat had be
1 Booghl C<mgr**e to rellere the Treasary, proba
i blv BO respei'table Dcinocr.it will atlenipt 10
: t-xi-iise. Poaalbly it paaaed the bond bill in ihe
' Hoaae. Certalaly it galaed mauy vote? for the
meaaure, whlcb Ihe Administration wanted to
defeat, Men will WOOder why the rrosident
aought to defeat a mi-asuro which would hare
enabled him to borrow aioaey at lower latereal
and oa letter i.-rrns f..p tho Government. They
will lin.l OSM Of two answers, each dishonoring
t<. tl.e Preddeat. lf he wanted to show that his
polltlcal oppoaeata, t.. whom he had fraatlcally
gppealed f>?r rellef of the Treaaury, eould not
1 ggrea amoag theaB*ehrea und would not do any
tblag. his can' for partlaaa ratber than publlc
Interest was dtBbOBOrfaag, lf ba had priTBte in
tereets, or latereatg rffMeade to afrre by maklng
11 l.i.nd contract wlth iuirticiilar peraoB*, and f'.r
bonds whlch eould b* ndvaneo.l far nl.ove tho
prlce pald to the OovernaieBt, hla gnxlety to
havo Congreaa fail to gutborlie a better lonn ls
fxpllcable. but (ilshonorlng.
Deawcratg caa no longer deny tbal thelr ad
mlaktcatloa haa eagaged in a parttana trlck,
?t tha gacfttea of aohllc weifnre. uud ut vaat
loss Mo Indlvldunls. Tbe I're?!<lent'8 war mes
Bsge prodiuvd n flnandal axdletnenl wblch ba
w.uili! havo been BtRpId lf ln' had BOc*Bgpert?I.
IF,. waa ready t,? latenalfy II la lha tttfRoai by
bis hyaterical ?eaaage Intpierlni Coograaa to
inature Bocoe nanuure of relle/ durlng tbs boll
daya, If Congreaa bad i?fue*>J ar talled, bb ba
expected, ba mlgbl hara bad a dseanl es uee
for the bond aegottationa whlch, wiili alroo-l
Ineredlble Indlffereliee to publle respcet, 1*8
haa i.n pusiiing iiiroujfii ail tba tln*. '""I
practlraHy eempleted befare oaa House rould
act. Tbe Burprislng rlgor and proaptneaa <>f tba
Houae, paaalng both a tariff bill and a bond und
temporary loan b!il between Thursday nooa and
Baturday ni*iin, lns lefl tba Prealdent to carry
out wlthont deconl rxcuee tha bonil coRtrad
upon whleh hla Btock-Johbtag frtenda havo b.-on
bettlag,
it |g cotnaaonly remarked by Denwrata who
have som- perceptlon of publk opinion tbat ilie
Prealdenl arlll hardiy renture upon g atep so In
decent as tbe laaue of i per eenls onder tha old
law before tbe Benate haa time to aet. This. at
least.is evliient. tliat ih- Benate would not taka
the trouble to conslder tha bond bill. after the
Prealdent bad borrowed a hundred miliions
more by tbe laaue Of bonds expected this week.
Mmv.iver. as bis dlscourteona refusal even to
ronalder the ineasarea of relief propoaed by tbe
House would apply t<> tbe reventte us well as tha
bond part, II is poaalble tbat lf bonda ara laaued j
by the Prealdent nrlthout waiting tbe Senate |
wlll feel tbat It has tlme to plgce before him a |
tarlff bill ftamed ratber for tlio purpose of re- j
rlvlng industry and buslnesa, ind cofrectlng tbe
Infamoua bargalna wlth monopoliea made by ihe
last DemoiTatlc Congreaa, than to meet a tempo?
rary emergency whlch will not then exist.
The bond bill paaaed by tbe House, after lt was
so amended as to prevent tha retirement of
greenbackfli is a meaaure whlch tbe Prealdent, lf
in Ibe le.ast degfCC l:<>nest in liis appea! lo C,m
^ress, musi recognlM as perfectly ragponslva to
tbat appaaL It provldei for borrowlng nt a
lower rate, and for borrowlng from tiu- people
ratber tban by contract with a more or leea for?
eign syndle.rte. It also provldaa f'?r temporary
loans to tlde over any temporary daflciency
There ara many Republlcanj who bave bellered
that no more DOtTOWlBg by bond issues oughl to
be guthoriied or permltted. Othera have beUered
that tbe praaaat Administration had so far mls
COndUCtad affairs tliat it ahould not be Intrustel
wlth any new power. But tbe majority felt tbat
it was right for CoBgreaa t<> reapond loyally to tbe
Prealdent, as If be were boneat in bis profeaalong
and assuranees, nnd patrlotlc ratber tlian parti
san in liis aims. They responded ns prompt ly
and libei-.illy as if the app'-al bad come from tha
most bonored of Republlcaa Prealdents. Ami
then tbey bad to pass tbe bill agalnal the public
opposltJon of tha Becretary of the Treasury and
n^'iiinst th- TObS of every DemoCTSt but one in
tbe Houae,
UQVOR LEGISLATIOX IX ENOLAND.
An Interesting contrlbutlon to tiie history of
exdae leglslatloa is made by Mr. Edward Por
ritt. who wrltefl for Tbe Polltlcal Seienee <Juar
terly"' an arilele on "Flvo Cetilurles of I.iquor
Leglslatlon in Bngland." in rlew of the ptes
ent movement for new excise laws and the at
tempt of certain Intercsts, polltlcal nnd flnandal,
io foeter tiu- notton that the privilege to s,-n
beer a! any and all tlmes is ,-i aaared :in-l Inallcn
able right and tbat any attempt t.> reatrlcl tbe
trafflc is b Purltaalcal Invaalon of Indlvldual
liberty nnd an unendurable Interferenee wlth
property righta, It is worth notinu' what Kn>:lish
opinion on these questlons lias been at dlfferent
ilmrs.
The flrst fact wbleb becomes promlnent is tbat
there never was a nioment from tbe last year
uf Edward xi to the flrat of William IV when
the liquor tratlic was DOt conaldered an evil
to be regulated nnd restricted for th,. public
good. Frona ibe begtnnlng of the thlrteenth
eentury the price of beer was lixed, maglatratea
! bad power to roppresg dlBorderiy bouses and
! munldpalltlei controlled resorts, but no peneral
! resirieiive meaBurea were taken untll the aet of
i 1553 was paaaed. That araa gpedflcally founded
1 on tbe deelaration that the multlplicatlon of ale
houseg was ,Miisin^' Intolerable hurt nnd trouble,
and it was ordored that do one ahould keep an
alchouse unlesa ln- waa Ucensed by ihe magla
: traies and tr.ive recognltancea f'T good bebavior.
ln the flrat year of .lames 1 the Intenial m.in
I nioment of public bouaefl was undertaken, and
; their funetioiis were deflttCd to be ibe ciitet'tain
? mant ,,f lravellers, not the barboring of "1,-wd
j "and Idle people, lo gpend and consume tbeir
| "money and tln-ir tlme in a lewd and drunkdi
| "manner" Innkeepera were forbidden to re
eeive BUCfa persons, and flnes Onder the act went
to tbe beneflt of the poor, thua early rocoirniyni.'
the propriety of maklng the trafflc do aouMtting
to relleve tbe mlaery ii eauaed. In 1601 lines
wen- Impoaed <?n brewera who aold to unllcenaed
Innkeepera, LeghuatJon along these lines was
contlnned i'or more than a eentury, more siriti
gent lawa bein^r enacled as driinkeiiness in
creaaed. The conaumptlon of Bptrituooa Itquora,
whlch bad grown to ba niarmin^ly great, led
Parnsmenl in 1780 to establlah ;i hlgh-llcenae
sysit-m. Retailera of aplrita wera compelled to
pay a llcenae fee of CfiO a year. and it waa made
a criminal offence for empioyera lo retail spirits
I.. thelr work people. A year later tbe number
' of licenses waa restricted, brewerg Bnd otherg
' Intereated in the trafflc wen- dlaquallfled fmm
Blttlng as maglatratea f< r the granttng of
li.-eii^.-s. a ratJng quallflcatlon was eatobllahed
? for retailera, ami ii w.is made Impoaatble to en
lorce liquor bills for leaa than CI anl criminal
: to lake artlclea in pawn for drink. Iu 17.",:i an
applicant for a llcenae was compelled to have
eertlflcatea to hls character from the rlear and
ecrtaln other substantial men of the parish, bis
llcenae w.is made good for a year only, .-unl if
he broke his recognlsancea he w.is dlaquallfled
from Innkeeplng f-.r three years. Theae laws
arere llttle changed untll 1828, when moal of
them were repealed, but tii- prlneiple of magla
terlal C ? IJ11". ?1 of the s:ile of bOth beer ami SpiritS
contlnned.
Wlth 1830 ciime bb en of free beer, whlch
Utsted untll 1869. It w.is ihe resull of an effort
i,< remlt a tax unneceaaary for revenue, al a
point where tbe people w,.ul,l feel ihe rem >\al.
wlthoul at ihe same time eonferrlng .ill tho
benefll oa the brewera, The greal breweriea
,,f London taad tled to tln-m moal of tiu- licenacd
inn- gnd l.rhouses of the city. Out <f .">.ih?i
publicans <>niv .".'.? brewed their own beer, Thal
ayatem was then largely eonflned i?, tne rlcinity
of London, whlle at preaenl the brewera contrul
by mortgagea or Bcttatuy own three-quartera of
tbe becrhonaea of Bngland. To prerenl the
brewera from pecketlng ihe remltted tax the
sale ,,? beer was thrown open to ;,n comera, in
gpite ,,f rhe iry of rested Interesta arblch w.is
raUed. Those who rai>.-.l it were bluntly toll
tinit ii was absurd t., l.-.ik of reated Intereata in
.i trade, iho regulatloa of wblch mlgbl i?e varled
bj Parll iment it any time for tln- publle good,
a furtber reaaoa for ihis pollcy waa ihe dread
thal the poorer claaara were b.mlng ihe \\ ?
tima of spirii drlnklttg, and it araa tbougbl thal
free heer mlgbl Improve ibelr hai,its. Bul this
was fgr from being the case. Wlthln four years
of tii" pnsaage of the act 33,000 beershopa came
Into ezlatense, nnd in tbe neighborhood >,r Lon-.
don moBi of the placea were ln tha handa <>f tha
large brewera, who sold moal uara/bolesome beer,
nnd it was said Ihe biw had Slgnally falld <>f lts
purpoae nnd bad engendered ettorntoua Boclal
abnaea, Nevertheli -s, tiiis ln ihe miiln con
Unued to be tha law of Bngland untll IflfJO, aud
before lhal time Ihere wer* 4d,000 beewhope
in the eouatry, nnd ln soaae ragiaaa oae boaae
(?.i ,,f every (Ho was glven np to Ihe iraflta
Me,in wlllle. Iu I.!verp..ol five Ira.le ln fblly
li.vnsed hoiises was trled. The BMgletratra
gar* lici nscs io nll gppllcaata >,f good charactar,
nnd from IBOOto 1870 Lrrerpool w**pre-emlaeal
for druakeaaeag nnd crlme and foremosl la d*>
maadlag reform.
Tln- aci of 1*'?> permltled exlstlng beerbOUaCB
|0 ciuitlniie. aad there are silil 82.000 ?.f them
?i?Mit n thlrd of atf tlie llceaaed bouaea ln Eag
laad and Wiiics.. it abraptly oaded tbe aydem,
however. an.i gave tinlfotm COOtrol OTet all p
Ullera to the BMurtgtrate*. FuH Uceaaai ere
graated oaly for booac* of ratber blgb reutnl
value. Sixday Hei nses are glven on somewhat
casicr term* Uceaae* may be removed from
one aeighborbood to aaotber arltb the coaaeal
..f BMgMtratea, but lhal is dMBcall te get. ln
London bouaea rloee (ran mldalgbl on Batarday
uiitil 1 p- m. Sunday, and from 11 p. m. Hunday
to 7 a. m. Monday. and on all days fr.nn 12:30
to .", a. m. ln the tnwns aml country they are
dosed for n sllll longer tlme. The plan of lixlng
tbe aamber nf Uceaae* and sciling them t.? the
blghoet bldder has been before ParllamcBt, but
never adopted.
The Knglish oxelso laws are by no means eoii
?aidered satisfactory at home, nnd extenslve re
visi.m ls likely to come soon. But nn exper'.ence
of forty years there teaches one thing piainly. |
That ls. tliat there is ne golutloa of the Hqti'-r
nroblem by giving the bivweries freedOffl ln the
bope that they will drlve out wmse evlls. The |
hlstory of tive centurles alao glvea emphat'.c an
swer to the cry that the llquor trarMo !s a buai
neaa wlth Inherent rlght lo univstrleted acivity.
From the heginning of modern civllizati.m and
law it has been recognlaed as an .vil which It
waa ihe proper fuBCtloa of legtslatlon t'? min!
mlae. _
IXDIA AXD CBIXA.
Oreat Britaln seems, after all, to be coinlng out
ahead in Boutheastern aala. Not long ago lt
waa aiinotinced that Chln* had ceded to Fronce
tliose Slian States which had been allotted to
ber to Chlaa?oa the partitlon of Siam. That
aeemed to mean trouhle. For Chlaa had s iiomn
ly promJeed Oreat Brltala not to cede them t.>
any other Power, nnd the cession of them to
Franca mennt tlie exteadoa of tln- Freaeb colo
nla) Kmplre of Tonquin clear ncross to Hurmah,
and the cuttlng off of Hurmah and Brltlah India
fn.m dlred connectton wlth Southem Chlna.
Tlie Brltlah Oorernmeal manifcstc.i aoconcera,
however, for reasons which are now rerealed.
It comeg out that while Chlaa has indeed ceded
some of tho** States to Fran.e, ahe has ceded
more. and Indeed the greal bulk of them, to
Greal Brltala. That ls the treaty, it is sald,
Whlch Sir .Mlchael OTOBOT, lately Hritish Mln
later to Chlaa, has brought home in his pocket,
and for which he well deaerrea his promotion to
st. Petenburg.
In advanee ..f the detaill of tlie ceaeloa it
secms safe to assume that the four States Sir
Miehaei haa acqairad for Her Majesty are Iboee
lying west ..f the MekoBg Blver, an.i between
if and the valiey of the Irruwitil.Iy. Theae are the
Btatea of which Moae, Tbelm-Xee, Muang-Lem
and KblBg-Tuag are Ihe Chlef citlcs. At the
Bouth ihey border upon tboae Klameae Shaa
Htatea over which Greal Brltaln has already
estahlished a virtual protectorate, and ,",t the
north upon ihe great t'hlnes.- prorlace ef Vua
Nan. At the .-.-ist they are scpara'el Ly the
Mekong Blver from ihe |e**er Bhan Btatea,
which have l.n ceded to Prance, tind at the
weet they Jola th.- Hritish Bmplre ln Baramb
Th" value of this regtoa in Itadf is yef to be
determlaed. The country has been llttle e*>
piored. it ls known to, he mountalnous, well
watered and W*U WOOded. Prob*Wy it wlll be
found rich ln mincrals. as are Hurmah gad
Karenneo. its inhabltants are a wild. nnclvil
ized people. who are not, however, essentlally
vldous, and who may become ns tractable aa
are the Hurmese and Blameae,
The Btrategtc value of the reglon, however, is
undoahtedly rery great. lt blocka the westward
progresa of Fraace, and deetroya all bope of a
jtineiioii in Thiliet or Lasiern Turfceatan or else
where of tbe Freaeb an.i Ruaalan emplres. it
brlagi Ihe Hritish Indiaa Kmplre into dlred coa
taet with Chlna, and with that very part of
Chlaa to whlch gcoeaa is must dedred. Long
ago the Hritish planiied tO extend the Hurmese
railroad syst.m from RaBgOOB pa>t Mandal.ty
to Bhamo, and thence acro** to Ihe Chinea* froa
tler, and to btiil.l ti new line from Martaban up
tbe Balweea and Me-Plag valleya to Zimme. aad
theace acroaa to the weet bank of the Mekong
and so 00 to Yuii-Nan. The aCQUlsltiOB of. these
Shaa States will make the executloa of >ucb
achemea feadMe, and wlll thua eeeure the eaor
motis trade of Yun-Nan and Be-Chuen, two nf
the richest provlnce* of Chlna, for Hritish routea
by way of the Hay of Hengal. Indeed of letting
lt go to Freach routea, by way of the Gulf of
Tonquin. Kvidently, Great Brltala ls aot yet to
bo crowded out of aala.
BOXBY AXD BU8IXB88.
The Preaident'a rald on tho buslncss of the
country. which took some mllllon* gold out of
tho Treasury. and coat Indlvlduala many tnill
|,.ns, did not last long. I: ended Monday morn
iritr. Bubctantla, men wenl down to buy.
New-York bar.k-M-s dedded to stnnd together
and fssue clearlng Houae certlficates, baakera
of Boston und Phlladelphla dolng the sanif.
The Republlcan HOUM had tnade it known thit
gennlna moasure* of flnonclol rellef woui.i b*
passed before tbe weeb ended. Men who had
gone crazy. and aold ln f rlght. came back to
buy at higher prices. Bharp advanee began at
once; wna hastencd when the House paaaed at
one Blttlng a bill to provlde adequate revenu*.
and Btill further <>n Kridny, with r*Bortfl that
th* Preddeat bad contractad to lasue bonda
without waltlng f..r Congreaa, after his pas
Blonate appeal t.. lt t.> slt .iuritmr th.- hollday
week. On Saturday lt was Been that such be
havior would not netp anythlng, *nd th.- Btock
niftrket fell back balf a dollar per ahare, bul
oloawd with an average advanee ..f H SS per
abar*, whlle Trusts averagad J4 r.o hlgber for
the week. BuMneag of all klnds has reeelved a
*hock which was the BMI* serlouu becaua* it
was veen to ba needle**, an.i wanton. When
men resjolned thelr senscs. they saw that the
Prealdent must have known when his Venes
uelan m.ssuge wa* lssue.l bOW it would nffe.-t
tbe ninrkot and the Treaaury, and crtainly
knew Just aa well, before his panio nn-ssagc
was *ent ln. what klnd of aetlon eould be ex?
pected from Congreaa, as b* knowa now.
The hollday B***On never brlngs lmportant
gains t.) the industrl.s, and the ehange* last
week wer* rather adverse. New unoertalntlea
were not weloomo, and sorne contracts and
order* were rounterinaiided, at a tlme When
th* maln trouble ha.l been want of ord.-rs.
He*?iemer plg Aaellned 25 cents, large consuniers
asklng rellef fr-.m thelr engag.-tn. nts of nom*
uiiiiiths ago; Bnl*h*d Iron an.i steel product*
were generally w.-ak tind irr.-Kitlar, the redUO*
tion of bar iron l-y tlie g?od*tlon to |l L'5
brought no new bu*lne*g bacauaa outalda mllla
and dealers were Helllng both iron and Bt**l
at $1 1.'.. and Btructural bttda*** was amall,
thoagb "ne Plttaburg mlll ?eeared the contract
for apprahMta* Ptotrs here?1.000 tona. The
(.ok.-makeis falh-d to agreo for the neas.in, but
declded t" ttx prl.es f.u t month at a tlme.
Th.* ore produoera reaehed no agreenu-nt.
Mln.-r metal* were ratber w. akcr, and anthra
clte coal was sold here at j:i 4'). Boot and *ho*
oncerna made Bcarcely any progresa ln get
tlng new buHlneas, though j.rlc"* were con
Blderably reduced, for dealers, wlth one ae
cord. aaked atlll lower prlcea, ln bartnoav wllh
UM dscltae In b-athrr. wblch fUBUt a llttle
agaln, though hldaa rose.
Thero W88 BOHM reiln-llon ln BtUM of b> OWR
,,????. ?nd th- il.rr.and for -tion g.todees
,,,1,1-1, .......rrn for eleven moatag
n,,i anlarge. Bnttan c*po"? ,. , ?
have been K100O.M0 yarda ics* than In UM. ?* ?
N, (,?,t. Miiia prodoetnc atapka aure loba la
oemand araaeauaaulaURggaada. but therek*Isbb
coafldaaoa fail aa to tha BRtant af deasnad la
ZZ Tho weollen mffl. hav- **?*?*?
aome gradea of woman'. draaa *?aeds easjul IH
:.;;,?. ?n.i .he .?*?* ^r..,-. n ?*?*?**
,,.?t lower, r?twlth*an*ltog tbe merg hopefu.
feeling cauaad by tbe paaaaga of tba Houbb tariff
Si"order. are sttll ... far beblRd ttRt mm,
paratlvely few milla have an ^ouwin* o?0o,>^
Zlm 0f wo?l at th. three ohtef marke<S WMB
?., ,?, r^uo.oo.) poanda at firm pricas. and the tona
i. Btrongar at aanaa palRts J ^^J^
Dortlng to abow the Qunnttty of wool la ham. ?t
he andof the year. which ln former-year..ha.
beaa oonatdbrad of value. la *?^ * J?
Amerlcan Wool and mtton Reporter. thougj. t
totSBt flgi.rea are of D^emb?r 21. ar.d Ita . atj
ment for Boston, ths moat Impartant point. M .
resehed by dsdactlag reported aslea from re
ported reeeipts for the year. a. lf there were no
Lol aold a second tlme, und as lf there were no
wool on hand January l. If the flgurea g.ven ln
dieata anythlag, they Indlcate that the itockla |
Boatoa haa b-n Increaaed durlng the year? b>
about ti.ooo.ooo poanda domafltle and 3i.ooo.ooo
pounde foreign wcol.
Produce marketa were not active after the
panle. though wheat recovered a fraetlOB. WeBt
ern racslpta for four weeks have been 20.32, a,0
bUShela, agalnal UMV* tot the same weeks last
year whlle Atlaatte exports. flour Inclodad, have
been 7,526,960 buahela, against 7,763.690 last year.
Exporta from both coasts were Blightiy larger
than last year-abuut 11.130.000 buahela. The re?
eeipts of cottOB for the month have been about a
thlrd less than last year and allghtly less than
ln 189J, when the crop was Lut 6,700.000 bales
though the quantlty which has come Into alght
up to dat- ls allghtly larger than at the same
date ln 1892. notwlthstandlng the advtoe g.ven
to keep back cotton aa far as posalble. The tak
Inga of aplnnera have be*n 250.072 bales. against
3-1 830 in the name weeks of 1S92, and the exports
have been Sft.000 bales larger than in that year.
The prlce has remalned unchanged, and llttle
ohange seems probable at present Iu the market
f,,r other producta
Rallroad esminga ln December thus far wlthln
th.- I'nited Htates alone have been 6.4 per cent I
larger than last year. but M per cent leaa than ,
ln 1*92. and for November the comparison? were
| 6 per'cent Increaae over 1894. but 1.7 per cent de- j
erssse from UM. Whlle the roads are movlng
great quantlties of frelght. thelr earnings are not
correepondingty good. The paymenta through
clearlng hoaeefl were greatly BWelled last week
by tne pan'.c and the Immenac HqetdattoB lt j
eauaed, and were larger than ln the same WOtk
of 1W1, but for Deaembar thus far the dally
average has been U p-r cent larg-r than laat
year, but 12.2 per cent emaller than ln 1892.
Treaaury reeeipts f"r the month a!s> looked
amall, and Importa hav,- decllned pefeeptlbly. |
whlch is encouraglag aa reap-ets tha probable
movement of gold, bul doea aot ladicata ln
creased Induatrtal actlvlty._
Kothlag is eaaler to nnderetand than the
oppoattlon ti, the neweat Flynn schem<- mini- I
reated by th,. atockholdera nnd directors of
the Brooklyn Heighta Rallroad i'ompany who j
chance to be trustees of th.- Brooklyn Brldge.
Tha evll effecta of readlng dlme noveli baa a
freah llluatratlon ln th,- case of a youth of
etghteen arr ated on the cbarge of arrecklag a
fi Ight traln on the Ohio Boutbern Rallroad. He
turned a BWltCh nnd sent the traln Into a ditch.
but. fortunaUly, no serious damage was done and
no ilves were lost. The mlsguided young man haa
made a full ?nf BSlon an 1 Btated that he had
been resdlng a dlme novel ln whlch trala-wreck
Ing pleyed a large part. Why he ehoae to prac
tlce on a frelght laatead of a pnsaonaar train
,!,??<? not appear. it was predaely thla form of
Influence whlch led to the wrecklng of a train on
tbe New-York Central only n few weeks ago. lf I
dim>. nov la exerl auch a pernlcloua influence. will i
it not aoon he in order to coaalder whether the j
publlcatlon of these inflammatory tales should
n .1 be suppr Bsed by law?
It la noi llterally true that "tha war drums
thr !> ao longer," but they are maklng a good
d.-il leas oolae than they dld three or four days j
ago._
New-Torkera have had no rnow to trouble ,
thun thus far this winter, but it wlll be Well fOT
them t.> besr In mlnd that there is a aew Isw on
the aubject which authorlsea the Depsrtment of
Publle Worka ti> remove anow ar.d lce from alde
walka when the work is not attended to by tbe
property-ownera, tbe c st of dolng the work be?
ing made a llen up >n the property, After a
anowfall th" owner has six hours In which t'>
tlear hls walka, aad then the city wlll do i: at bta
, \p nae. This atrlkea ua as an excelleat law. it
will do away with ;i setious nnisance ln the less
tblckly hullt-up parta of tiie elty, where the re- j
moval of snow ls often neglected.
I5y Btlmulatlng eompetltlon in the bidding for
aephalt pavementa In Hrooklyn, that city has.
accordlng t<> tha report of the Commlaaloner of i
Clty Worka, Just laaued, "had the beneflt of i
the very lowest prleea ever made In any clty," !
nnd th?- lateat btdfl Bhow even lower figun-s
than those glven ln the report. Il" these hlds
are accepted Brooklyn wlll aecura good pave?
menta for $1 li per yard, wlth a gasrantee
thal they shall be k<-pt in good conditlon for
flVC years. lt is arguments of this kind that
appeal powerfully to all taxpayers ln favor of
n strict buslneas admlnlatratlon <.f munlclpal af
falra. _______??___
PERSOXAL.
Henry W, ivnison, formerly of Lancaster, x. II.
haa received from the Emperor of Japaa the d^eo
ratlofl of the Flrst Class Order of the Bflrror aad
a handsome aum of money fir his aervtoaa in the
maklng of the treaty between that eountry anl
Chlna, and alao for dlatlngulahed Bervlcea durlng
the war. M- Oenleon went to Japan ln 1M9 \* an
attache' of the Amerlcan Legatlon, when John K.
Klngham waa appointed Mlnlater. l.iter h. ac?
cepted a plaee irotn the Japaneaa Oovernment ai
cai advlaer of the Foreign Onlce, which he now
ii.,liis at a talary of ?l0,m?).
Dean Farrar, of Caaterbary, thinks it "perfectly
erroneoua to tnik of \h* f.iilur,' of ntealona, when
they atarted wlth 120 deaplaad Oallleana, and
when now there ar,- 110,090,000 Protaataata and they
! have In thelr power almost all the reeourcea of the
n orkL"
rrof.-ssor Herbert Nichoi, of Harvard, has ac
eepted hls electlon to the new chalr of acientlflc
- paycholoay ln JoSna llopklna li.lvcrsliy. In apaafc
. Iiik of the miitter "The Balttaaora Amerlcan" s.iys:
: "it la uaderstood thal if the dopartmeat wlll be
1 property aatahllahsd Profeaaor Mlcbal win ba>
; OOBM the head of it. wlth tltle of full prof.-aaor. lt
Is malnly for these rea.-mns that l'rofeasur Nlchol
hiis not aceepted aay tltla at preoeat bal that of
lecturar on peyehology. Profeaaor Nlchol is a New
Englaader t>y btrth, bal spent his early yeara Bad
part .f iiis youth in PhUadelphla. iie apeal aeveral
yeara ln stu.ly abroad, devotlng a COaaMeraMe por?
tion ..f hla tlme to atudy at the L'nlverslty of Lelp
zlc, one of the greatest cenlrio of acientlflc j.ay
chology In Oenaaag. He received the d^Kree of
doctor ?f phltoeophy la his cheaea aelence from
Clerk Unlvaralty at worceetar, Maaa., the prealdenl
Of th.it Instltutlon belnit rrofes>?or St.ii,l>-> Hall, a
pay, In.logiat of note, who waa for aome tiiu.- io,,
reaaor of paycholoay at the Johaa Hopkina C'nl
verslty, Bince Profeaaor Hall aevered nta connec?
tlon wlth tha JohOB Hopkina to heconie pr,-H|,1ent of
Clark I'nlveralty, there haa been practlcaily no
paychology taughl ;it lha Haitlmor,- unlveralty.
After recelvlng the doetor'a degree ,it Qlark Unl?
veralty, ProfeaBor Nlchol taughl hia aeteace at iii.it
plaee for aeveral yeara, H^ was called to Harvard
Unlveralty :it><>ui two yeara aso to oceupy the chalr
of paychology thut- ln the abaenee abroad >>f rr,.
f. sur Jamea, the head of the department Pro?
feaaor Nlchol in ^uii a young aasn. but ba haa eon
triiiut.-'i miii ii to ih?> knowiedge of hla aelence, and
, ls ut prea nl rngaged ln ortglaal Inveatlgatloa. and
i-|i.'-i;ii stini\ One of liis reaBona for comlag to the
! H'-pkin-i is thal io- nu, taka advantaga of tiie at
moaphere o( reaearch tliat pervadea the unlveralty,
I aclentlfle paychoii kv racolvlng much help from the
. i; a eontrlbutlona being cmunually made at tiie
Hopkina to related acleneea.''
VAG17ESPANISH HOUNDARIES
KX MINI8TER RKID DlrKTBBKH THK VEW
LZUKLAN OJUmWnOtt,
OOOTJ aMBMCAM DOCrftMBi B8JT not MTHB**V
nowati ***w Kt.-R'irKAv caaaa rea
LABPB A niT or mipI/OMatic hih
TOMt ah rn ths l/^r-isiA.VA
Mitr-iiAHK agJCaHBD ffACTB,
NOT AKOt.'MKNT. NBMUMU*.
Fan Franclse.% Dec. 29. -A 'TaU" ia*Btt4eh froM
I'hoenlx. Arlz., Jated yest*rday. ray*:
"Whltelaw Held, er-MJi) later to Fran-*, refuaed
to talk about the Wnciualan coritrovray when
tri? tolcgraphlo ab?tract* *f tho correspondence
were flrat reeelved. He nald he was tjnwllllng to
f*rm an oplnl >n. even mueh k-e* express lt. untll
he had an opportunlty to reo the full text of the
..?orreBpondence. To-dav the ex-Mlnlat'-r waa
more wllllng to be <? >mmunlcatlve He waa a?k*d
by "The Call'' rorieaponder.t whether there waa
any po**lblllty that the Unlted Btatea eould
make an ailiance with Fran * and I'.ussla against
U.-igland, us S*8gg**t*d In Kartern paper*.
"At prerent." he repMed, "BOt the tsllghteat.
They are both apa'net B* BOt that they love
Kngland, but fhat they desplse the Monroe Doc?
trine. If we ahould get inri a war with Kngland,
and a general EuropeOB war over Turkey or
EJgypt or Chlna BhOUM hreak out about the gam*
time, then France and Russia would b?- wlth u*.
But even then they *. ^uid not be In favor of th*
Monroe Doctrine. unless on the principle that
any club ls g^od enough 10 hit yoar enemy
wlth." ,??.
TJIK MONROI DOCTJUMB.
"Tou d<> not belleve, like some ct our paper*.
that the MeMSVJ* Doctrine l* good. binllng later*
natlonal law?"
"What rubbiah all thls talk ls about the Monroe
Doctrine belng Internatlonal law! Who ever
thought It waa? It ls a tremendouely good Amer?
iean doctrine, whlch we have back?-d up wlth
tolerably falr succeea for thr>-e-quarter* of a
teUlBlf alianat a* good an Ameriean doctrine
as the republk-an for.-n of government?and lt la
about a? repugnant to every Bhnopeaa govern
ment. There has not been a moment s.lnce lt wa*
llttt advanced when the natlona of Cuntinentai
Burope, without exception. have not. been i* lld'y
opposed to lt. Why phould not the/? The two
Ameriean cntineata constltute an extraordlr.a
rily attractlve pasture. The MOBTO* D.ctrine l*j
elinply a notlce to OK monurcuiea ??, keep off the
grass. and the I'nlted States la the big p .
man with a club BtondlOg by t<> enforce tha
notiee. ffuropean na'-ion*. up to thl-i tlOM, have
oaeyad it pretty we::, bul what nanaaaa* to sup
pose that they like it and would oeeept It as any
way authorltatlve, nnleea cmpolled to They
are all iand hungry -all crazy t<> be dtvldir.g up
weak eountrlea like Turk?y and <'hina. cr to ye
coionlzing barborotu aae* Hk'- Africa, Over the
B/hde stretch of the tWO Arneri.an contlnanta the
Monroe Doctrine atand* <is a nottce not to trcs
paes. There am't a natlon ln Burop* thar : 6
not reaenl belng toM to keep ou-; but thera la
nol oae atther that arlll tight us in order to get io.
They have t.i many chancis Ju-t now to Bght
n*ar*r home. and are too mu h ..fiaul they tuay
have te MBbraoe some of them.
NO DANOBR OF Vi'AP.
"Xo. we ar? not golng to bave nny war. lf
thlngs nre well managed. A llttle dlfferent turn
to th" meesagc would hav. maintalned our at
tltud* Just as well. < re-.it.d hss ah.rrn and givi-n
.:iiirlnn'l b better chance I i >r-t out Th- mea
n re is aplendldly Ameriean, but Mr Cleva*
land is nol Btrong in dlplomacy, and dlplomatle
dtuatlona whlch cotnpd elther the bumlUal a
oi' our adversary "t- war wlth him are alwaya
to b* avolded. if poodbj*. N. v.-rthel.ss, with
time and a llttle common aenoe oa both ddag
we shall get out without flghtlng. Th- wbOMJ
affair, thoagh deplorable In aome of its present
napecta, wlll turn out to be a good thtng. Kuro
pean natlon* wlll realiae at ast that tbe Mon?
roe Doctrine is more than a phraae, and wlll att
learn. as Louls Napoleon dld ln U88, that the
I'nlted States cannot be trlfbd wt;h aluut
Ameriean interests.
"There ought to be another eseeUently good
thing rosultlng from it. Thla OUght to give the
CTOWn to Mr. Blair. s apleBdtd w..rk in the
Pan-American Congreaa Ihe redprocity treat*
los ar.d his other efforta nol m*rely to
atrenatben the mlliury tlea between us and
the other Ameriean republlca, but t" ktut ua
far more cloady wlth them In tnttmat* and
cons^ant comm-rolal interc.tirse. Benater Al?
len. of Nebraaka, bo* olready offered a wlaa
r**olUtton to that end. Thls is tha gdden op
portuBlty for our merchaata to extend oa*
tra.le to every .juarter of Cengjal and S-uth
America. and never before COUld they hav*
had such a wdcoeae o* now awolta tham, if
only our dlplomacy and oar commercial enter*
prlM can work together to s.-ire lt.
MANY THlNtlS HAVE HAPPBNBD.
"D.m't mtetak* ma, however, aboul th* ia*
ternational obllgatlons of the Monroe Do**
triaa Buropa t.. be awra, has never ackaowl*
edged lt. Hut Kngland might to raeognlw and
obey it. She Inspired It originally, rejoleed over
its declaratlon, and made haste then to oeeept it.
Lord Ballabury admlt* as much even now, but
only maintaln* that alnc* then the times ha\e
ohanged. or. as DUradl once sald more cynically,
wh.-n Ukewtoa eonvlctad of an Ineonatatancyi
'A good many things have happened aUtce then."
They are right; a good many things have hap
p.n.d. one of Uaeaa is that the Unlted stat-a
has fought a great civll war ln the face of tha
scarcely dlsguised hostility of both the Hritish
and Krench emplres. and has nobly reunlte.i tha
warrtng aectloaa Another is that the tooaa*
Joint.'d, feeble Infant among natlons, whlch thla
oountry was in Monroe'a tim.-, has now loubie
(Jreat Hritaln's populatlon. N'o doubt our
eooata are oafencde**, but so is Panada our
dti** eould be bombarded; but ao eould Kng
land's commerce b* dttv, n from the 0O*M by
Ameriean pdvateera lf there were a war we
should be BUI* tO have more than one Hull
Hun at the outset. but our people dld n<>t step
llghtlng at Hull Iltiti. In the long run. It 18
not t>> Knuland's Infrest t" attack u*, and sh*
Wlll not do lt unless by awkward dlplomacy
we leave her no honorable way to avoid it."
A QUE8TIOM OP l-'A.'TS.
"I'o you thlnk there is nny Juslice in her
b.mndary cl.ilms?"
"Who can tdl? So far aa I know, the Knglllb
side never has been occMdM*, even brtefly, untll
Lord BallellUlf ? present \ er>- adr..it and skllful
letter. ln 1S90 General t'.uzman Hlan-o. !?*?
Mlnister Of Vcii.-r.uela, bad t<> 1. ave Paris bottwO
the arrival of his guecaoBOr, and desired t>. lc.iv*
the I^eRailon in my hnn.ls. an.l our State l>e
partment gave me the authority to accept lt
Oeaeral fluainaa Hi.it...., who had been Pfeab
dent and Mlnister tO Fngland and Mlnister t*
France, was at that time iti oppoettton. H'a
statues had bet n thiown d.uvn by ?he mob at
t'araca*. 111s property ha.l b**B sei/. <i anJ
there waa every rt-asun why he should dlsllke
and be wllllng to thwart the near Oavt r88a*t
Yet even then the ofM thlng whlch Mgaaed ne.ir
est his heart was that Venexuela ahould le*?
nothlng through hla departure ln her boundary
oontroversy wlth Oreat Hrltaln. He spent hour* ,
ln explalnlng to me his vlew of lt. and l ara
bound ta *ay he Impressed BM Btrongly. 1
never had another opportuBlty to eee ? fu"
preaentutlon of the oth.f Md*, BO* d* I ktio*
that anybody has untll l.-ud Sallst.ury sent th*
seond Of his letters ln the pres.-nt cottespond
ence. You will BOUBB how tlatly he N8M H
contradlct some of the staiements ln Mr. Olney*
i? sume of the ca*e."
"Whlch BtaOM 10 you ha have the better of ltf
, "Oh, that is a queatlon of fact raiher thnn of
i argumaal Mr. Olaey'g letter la uncommoniy
well done. It la a plty he eould BOt have wtlttea
an equally Btrong reply to Lord rtallsbury 8
1 latest. wlth facta to back lt up, tuate*d of lettlu|