Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-14
Commander Mclean Sets Sail Immediately
After Rscsiving Orders.
CABLE FROM CARACAS REPORTED CUT
Minister Power Says Revolutionists Com
mittsd the Depreciation.
SITUATION ONE OF eaEAT DlsoRDEF
puestion OF whether Naval Force I'm
These waters Is strong Enough
20 Protect American In
terests Causes Anxiety.

WARRINGTON, Aug lss--Over night the
Navy department received word that Gin
cinnah had sailed yesterday from Porto
Cebello for Barcelona, under the inatruc-
tions cabled yesterday to Commander Nc
Lean. directing either Cincinnati OF To-
peka TO proceed Immediately to that point.
Commander Mclean, who Is the senior
bficer present. evidently decided to 60 him
self and leave Topeka TO protect American
interests at Porto CabelIo It is probable
that Cincinnati already has arrived at Bar
celona, but that fact may not be known
officially here for several days, as Minister
Bowen cabled the State department from
Caracas today that the cable from Caracas
70 Barcelona again had been cut by the
revolutionists
On Monday he reported that this cable
had been cut, but presumably 1t had been
repaired in the interim and his last dis
patch indicates that the connection again
has been lost.
Neither the State nor the Navy depart
ments have received confirmation Of the
press dispatches from the port OF Spain.
which we're conveyed there from Barcelona
BY boat. Of the extent OF the lighting at
barcelona and OF the report that the Amer
lean, Italian and Dutch consulates had been
pillaged. The oficials OF the Navy depart
ment are confident that Commander Nc
Lean with Cincinnati will be able to take
care Of American interests there.
Naval Force Sufficient.
Owing to the general disturbed condition
Of affairs all along the line Of the venezue-
Ian coast and the appeals Of Minister Bowen
for warships. the question whether our ma.
val force In those waters is sufncient to
take care OF the existing situation and to
meet future contingencies has been can
vassed. For the present Il has been de-
clded that Il Is unnecessary TO send an ad-
dltional vessel We now have three ships
at the three critical points. Cincinnati at
Barcelona, Topeka at Porto Cabello. where
the Germans already have landed a force
and Marietta at the mouth Of the Orinoco,
which was declared blockaded by the Castro
government.
The question Of affording an asylum to
President Castro aboard an American war;
ship IN case he should be obliged to hee
from the country and should have no other
means of escape, has not been seriously
considered BY the State department and It
is not believed that his condition at present
Is desperate enough to make such a move
imperative. Besides. II is reported through
the press dispatches that he has vessel
at La Guayra upon which he can embark
for France IL the necessity should occur.
Calls for Intervention.
BERLIN, Aug. lathe newspapers here
display the news from Venezuela promi-
neatly and print everything from New York
ON the probable landing of troops by the
United States or Germany or both. Great
interest Is taken In events in Central
America. especially on the comments Of
American newspapers.
The Lokal Anzeiger refers 20 the great
interest Of foreigners IN the preservation
Of order and thinks the landing OF American
and German marines altogether justified
considering the half civilized people. The
Tageblatt says that anarchy in Venezuela
calls for intervention, especially on the
part Of the United States.
The foreign ONCE repeated today to local
journalistic 'inQuirers the statement made
70 the Associated Press yesterday that
nothing is known there Of the reported
landing Of German marines.
SAN JUAN. p. r.. Aug. 1s.-News has
reached here by the Red d. liner, Caracas,
that the Venezuelan revolutionary forces
under General Matos and the government
troops under President Castro are expected
soon to meet on the plains outside OF
Caracas IN a decisive battle. The revolu-
tlonists are said to have received a large
ehipment OF Mauser rifles and some cannon
with ammunition from Germany. Plots
against the life OF General Castro are said
20 have been discovered.