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Show VENEZUELA IS SATJCY. , Caracas. April 2. The Republica, a semi-official newspaper, has recently published several indignant articles di- t . rected against the authorities of the British island of Trinidad, on account of the hospitality shown the Matos revolutionary steamer Bolivar, formerly former-ly the Libertador, and the Ban Righ. in permitting her to enter the harbor of Port of Spain, and to coal and repair there, notwithstanding the fact that friendly relations exist between Great t Britain and Venezuela. " ' The Republica urges the Venezuelan government immediately to adopt reprisals re-prisals against Trinidad by excluding all vessels from that island from the i eastern ports of Venezuela, and by the. imposition of an additional duty of 30 per cent on all goods brought to Vene- ; zuela by British steamers touching at Trinidad. The Republica also urges Venezuela to demand an indemnity from Great Britain for damages resulting from the operations of the Bolivar, and cites the Alabama case as a precedent for such action. |