The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-31

aid. Copyright, 1901, by the Herald Pub
fishing Company.
CARACAS, Dec 3O.-Germany' pro-
posed naval demonstration against Vene-
zuela has been postponed. This delay is
owing to representations made by United
States Minister Bowen, who is striving
earnestly to bring about peaceful and
satisfactory settlement of the trouble be-
tween the two countries.
Venezuela has asked the German Gov
eminent to dismiss Herr Knopp, manager
of the German hallway, ana his eXpul-
sion is expected.
The OmcIal Gazette published to-day
contains a resolution OF the Venezuelan
Government, setting forth that Herr
hnopp Is unit any longer 10 deaI with the
Government, as he Is an accOmpnce in
the present revolution, ana must be dis
charged. The resolution IurInef says
Herr hnopp propaDIy will De cNpeIIed
from eneAueIa. franc over pne GTerInAn
halfway continues TO be suspended.
German Government Attitude.
BERLIN, Dec. 3O.-Ihe German For
eiSn Once authorizes the ammo uncencnC
uhat there is no truth Whatever IN the as
paUcn from Caracas saying that the Ger
man Minister mas lett the Venezuelan
capital alter heated exchange Oh woraS
WIN President Castro. Inc German
Charge q AnaIres, Herr Won Pilgrim
BaIIaZZi, IS sun al his post ana is cOnJln-
ulng negotiations with President Castro.
There mas not been any question OF
breaking OH diplomatic relations with
Venezuela.
The German Minister to Venezuela, DR..
O. SchInldt-Leda, who has been on a va
cation here, is now on his way to Ca
racaS. The Foreign Office SOlemnly reiter-
ates the statement that it does not con-
template territorial acquisitions in Vene-
Zuela.
Replying to Germany's assurances to
the United States regarding the formers
plans in connection with Venezuela, the
toreign Ohice here has received an an
sWer from Secretary Hay expressing full
satisfaction with Germany's position.
Germany still hopes to collect her claims
peaeea by.
To-day the small German cruiser Ga
zelle vas ordered to sail Immediately
from Kiel to Venezuelan waters. The
Government intends to send one or two
oLheF small Warshlps 10 reinforce the
present German squadron in the Carib-
bean Sea. The additions to Germanys
naval force in the Caribbean Sea Will not
be sufficient to give rise to suspicious
among the people Of the United States
that Germany meditates anything beyond
the collection OF claims due the German
subjects The German Government de-
slres beyond anything else in this matter
to avoid disturbing the Government or the
people of the United States. German
newspapers published to-day are full of
expressions of this kind and many of
IheSe expressions are so much alike that
II Is easy to infer that their utterance
was suggested by the Government. A re-
markable thing is the fact that there is
not single unkind expression toward
the United States in any of these news
paper comments.
Public Opinion Erroneous.
I'VE hope that this opinion" says the
Berliner Neuste Nachrichten, (which
grew out of the Spanish war and which
We consider to be wholly erroneous, will
soon give place to a more correct con-
ception OF Germany aims. 1t is quite Tn
reasonable that the people of the United
States holding such opinion should con-
meet this opinion with the Venezuelan af-
Lalf, lnSomuch as Washington has been
fully informed of Germany's intentions"
The Lokal Anzeiger says: THE task
for our diplomacy is to make German in
terests prevail against Venezuela without
at the same time, losing touch with the
American Government. The authorities
at Washington have up to the present
sion Of the situation and such DISPOSE
ton toward Germanys wishes that no
grounds for apprehension exist at this
point
The United States ambassador. Andrew
White, informed the German newspaper
men who called at the embassy to-day
that the reports Of the possibility of war
between the United States and Germany
were the 'thinnest kind Of sensational
nonsense
Moreover said Mr. White, president
Roosevelt, commander in chief of both the
al Alg dllu the navy, II Is wei Known, en-
tertainS not only official but personal pre-
objections for Germany, which have been
known not only officially to the German
Government, but which have long been
Germany, reads and loves German litera-
ture and has a most sincere personal re-
spect for the German Emperor. Any ut
terance Of the kind alleged by an officer
of either service would be sternly rebuked
by President Roosevelt"
Battleships Guard Our Interests.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3O.-The Navy
Department has been notified of the de-
parture yesterday from Acapulco, Mex
leo, of Rear Admiral Silas Casey, COM
aboard his flagship, the Wisconsin, bound
for Callao, Peru. BY the time the Wis
consin arrives at the latter port. it is
expected, the battleship Iowa will be
ready to merge from the dock at Talca-
huano Chile, and at the Navy Depart
ment it is thought probable that Admiral
Casey will transfer his flag back to the
Iowa, from which vessel it formerly flew
This state of affairs will leave the larg-
est two battleships Of the Pacific squadron
cruising in the waters off the coasts of
case the threatened hostilities between
Chile and Argentina materialiZe American
interests in that quarter would be we'll
looked after.
NORFOLK. Va, Dec so.-The United
States cruiser Prairie sailed to-day for
the Port of Spain, Trinidad, near the coast
Of Venezuela.
LONDON, Dec. 31.-Most of the morn
ing papers comment upon the gravity Of
the German-Venezuelan dispute. They
are generally agreed that Germany is nor
anxious to provoke complications and
will be careful not to ruffle American sUs-
capabilities. The Daily Chronicle says
that the United States has no interest in
seeing its guaranty against foreign ag-
gression turned into a cloak for bad faith
toward foreign powers.
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HERRERA TAKES THE FIELD.
Noted Revolutionary Leader Lands
Expedition in Colombia.
COLON, Colombia, Dec. 30.-GeneraI
Herrera's expedition debarked at Tonosi
on December "a from the Liberal steam
Liz Darinra o Z