The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-12
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Caracas, Tuesday. December 9.-It is
said on good authority that the captain
of the British cruiser R~etributon. today
sent a special courier from LaGuaira
to Caracas with an ultimatum for COM
pliance with the note deposited yester-
day by the British and German minis
tiers at the home OF the foreign ministei
before their departure from Caracas.
1t is said the ultimatun gives a maxi
mum of fOrty-eight hours in which Ven
ezuela is TO accede. The note, it is said
requests the immediate cash payment
of $34, 900 each to Great Britain and Ger
many and for the settlement of claims
arising from past revolutions by a mix
ed tribunal. the same as the agreement
that United States Minister Bowen has
assumed charge of British and German
interests.
Demonstration in Caracas.
Wtllcmstad, Curacao. December 10
There was a great patriotic demOnstra-
ton in Caracas at s O'Clock last night.
when the ECws arrived that the British
and German warships had seized the
Venezuelan war vessels at LaGuiaira.
Crowds quickly gathered and paraded
the streets and squares Of the capital,
displaying banners and singing patri-
otto songs. Violent speeches were de
livered at various points. The populace
marched to the Palace Of President
Castro, who addressed it. Tine mob then
moved on to the German legation shout
ing Deaf to the Germans" The win
dOws were shattered with stones and
attempts were made to force the doors,
but the latter resisted these efforts, and
Nine. Won Pilgrim-Raltazzi, the wife Of
the German charge d'affaires, who has
been IL in bed for the past two months
and therefore could not le..Te Caracas
with her husband was nus saved from
violence. The crowd then marched to
the German consulate ard then to the
residence of DR.. Koehler, again stOning
the windows and attempting to force
an entrance. The police mad" no effort
to disperse the demonstration.
The excitement was still intense,
when at 10 o'clock at night. the gov
crnOr ordered the arrest of all the Ger
man and English residents. One hour
.ater, 205 persons. prominent in social
and commercial life were crowded to-
getheT in the police station. Nj the
British residents were arrested, except
Albert Cherry. of the Venezuela British
Owned Central Railway. and Mr.. Wal
lace. manager of the telephone COM
pany. who escaped to a place of safety.
Ninety-seven German residents were
arrested, among them the German con-
sui. Valetine BIohm and Herr Knoop,
the manager of the German Central
railway. Herr Simn Ross, chancellor
Of the German legation was net by The
police near Bolivar square and also ar
rested.
Amid cries of Death to the Ger
mans" and Down with the foreign
ers," the populace directed its way to
the Gernan residential quarter and
gathered outside the Hotel Klindt and
the German club, vociferating and ut
tering insults. The Belgian charged
d'affa:res. F. J.. s. Goffart, was arrested
by mistake Tor a German because of his
fair complexion. In spite of his vigor-
GUS protests he was taken to the police
station, but released ten minutes later.
On learning these incidents. United
States Minister Bowen and Secretary
". w. Russell, went at once to See
President Castro and after long con-
ference. succeeded in obtaining the re-
lease of DR.. Koehler, Nine. Won Pill
Srim-Baitazzi's physician. and Consu!
Valentine BIohm Minister Bowen also
obtained the official authorization OF
the Venezuelan government to repre-
sent German and British interests dur
ing the imbroglio.
The government has placed an en-
barge on the British railroad TO La
Guaira and on the German Central rail-
road from Caracas to Valencia.
The ~populace is still intensely excited
and the situation is regarded as critical
The British and German flags have
been publicly burned.
The Plan of Procedure.
Berlin. December 1O.-The naval plans
of Germany and Great Britain provide
for the ~patrolling of the Venezuelan
| coast by ~launces. in oder tc prevent
smuggling, n for the blockade OF
those Venezuelan ports where the Gus
tom houses have not been taken over,
n order TO prevent vessels avoiding the
norts occupied by the allies. Naturally,
this procedure. if it becomes necessary.
would require q numoer of vessels, AMI.
as Great Britain has more ships avail
able in the West Indies than Germany,
| a larger portion of the work will fall on
Great Britain unless Germany sends
| out additional ,cuisers according to her
first intention.
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