Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-26
e.,ludss From Arbitration a Claim
Of 100000 Bo|ivars'
rBE PAID FIRST OF ALL.
- wiring to submit Case TO
w tribunal French Govt 10
!. ,u.rpelIs,ed on the snbiee.

-. noe 25.-The Lokal Anzeiger
publishes today the following ..ras. state, t..
tbe foreign office
' 'srhe German government has ex-
,,,a ,rom the scope Of arbitration Of
49, venezuelan difficulty a claim Of
.o OOo bolIyars, which must be paid
Immediately in cash before arbitration
shall be begun
nh Tho uaper adds that II is understood
,.,s that President Roosevelt's under
,ssioe TO arbltrate involves an Indirect
Guarantee for the payment OF the sum
TO be awarded.
cooadenee has grown In government
.,soIas during the past twenty-tour
s s"nr. that President Roosevelt VIII ac-
emit psoI the task Of arbitration.
FRANCE INTERESTED.
paris. Dec. g5.-Baron dEstournelles
a. constant has written TO Foreign
w,rls,er Delyasse notifying him that
~. n wriier viii mterpellate the govern
Wv 'r, an ihe reassembling OF the
' nnan,hsr concerning the disregard Of
sr,lcIs n Of The Hague convention
s shown by the allied powers in coercing
Venezuela ,c..,,.
.,,o,gly supports the contention of the
yinl,ed states that the Venezuelan
,,onble should be referred TO The
usgrle court After pointing out that
,ss preqent Is Just the contingency
contemplated by article q, the writer
says 49,,
Ia and several Of the signatorles TO
The Hague convention, and the formal
ALLEGATION that France and the twenty
Ave- other powers signed IL not only
helng ignored. but we observe a syste-
matte Introduction of The Hague court
Of arbitration by the European gov
emments. An explanation has become
necessary. II cannot be objected by
,he allied powers that Venezuela took
ma part In the conference; as she Is
asking for arbitration an occasion ex-
It's for reminding the powers of the
obligations they signed and ratified.
Nor can the reply be made that states.
unlike individuals, are free not to OBJ
serve their engagements and that moral
obligations exist only for individuals
or for the weak, as this point OF view
Is precisely contrary to the principle
that The Hague conference sought to
secure,
CASTRO ACCEPTS.
Caracas Dee 25--President Castro
has telegraphed from La Guayra his
acceptance Of the proposal of submittal
OF pending differences to the arbitration
OF The Hague tribunal subject 10 GER
tain conditions. which include cessa-
ton Of the blockade and the return TO
Venezuela Of the fleet seized by the
allied powers.
President Castro's acceptance has
been transmitted to the Washington
government, from which the proposal
emanated.
ITALY's CONDITIONS.
Rome, Dec. 25.-The only conditions
which Italy has attached TO her ac-
ceptance Of arbitration OF the Vene-
zuelan difficulty are that all points In
the dispute shall be submitted to the
arbiuators so that no question shall be
left undecided and so that Italian
claims may be considered on an equal
iiy with those OF the other powers.
VESSELS DETAINED.
Willemstad. Curacao, Dec. 25.-The
American Red D line steamer Caracas
has brought the remainder of her cargo
here, The warships OF the allied pow
ers are using searchllghts to watch the
coast Of Venezuela. Forty vessels are
now detained AT La Guayra,