Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-12-13
UP TO THE ALLIES.
How Far They Will Go In Operations
Against Venezuela.


war preparations and his public utter
ances are r--sr lied in official quarters
here as -d,~j-e-d to see how far the
allies are wIala- 20 go. as a test of the
further Attn lde IF the administration
at Washington and, above all, as et-
forts to unite his own people and re-
concile them to his dictatorship.
The foreign office received a cable
message. yesterday, from the German
charge d'affairs. Herr Won Pilgrim
Baltazzi. filed at La Guaira. This is
Il sure indica ON. the foreign office
thinks. that r.- situation is not so
tense as the ~. : kilograms represent
il to be.
Regarding the reports lhdt the Ger
mans destroyed the Venezuelan YES
sells captured at La Guaira. it is said
here that according Ia the official adj
vices received up to the present, only
one vessel was disabled and none
were sunk and that the British par
ticipated equally with the Germans
in the action taken.
While the marine ministry is not
considering the immediate dispatch of
achievements. if il is necessary TO oc-
Cupy port. the marines will be sent.
The navy department garrisonS the
= coast -aefepees and has to its DISPOSE
ton fifteen battalions Of marines who
are serving on shore.
Later in the day the following dis
patch was received here from WiIlem-
stad. Curacao:
The German warships have emhar-
COED three Venezuelan ships and dis
abled a fourth near La Guaira.'
The dispatch was semi official and
was filed at WilIemstad. yesterday.
The warships engaged in the affair
We're the German cruisers Panther and
Nineta and the British cruiser Retri-
button.
As the result OF fresh inquiries made
regarding the reported sinking OF
Venezuelan vessels off La Guaira. the
correspondent of The Associated
Press is informed that the orders given
to the German and British commanders
We're to capture the vessels before he
ginning the blockade. No orders were
given to sink them. If. however. any
vessel has been sunk this was a mill
tary measure necessary in carrying out
the enforcing of orders. No report has
vet been received from Commodore
SCheder. the German commander
Only report from Herr Won Pilgrim
Baltazzi has reached here on this sub
jeCt up to o'clock. this evening. It
was as follows:
Four Venezuelan vessels captured
one of them disabled. Two German
vessels. the Nineta and Panther. and
one English. the Resolution (Retribu-
tionD participated in the seizure"
The foreign Office here refuses to be-
lieve the vessels were sunk and will
not credit the report until confirma-
tory news is received officially from the
German representatives on the spot. At
any rate. it is added, if the vessels
We're sunk 1T was the result of the joint
#ction of both squadrons and in conse-
quence of resistance.
Nothing is known at the foreign Of
flee here about the reported seizure Of
the French steamer ossun. The Ger
man cruiser Fakes going to Porto
rabello is understood here to have been
for the same purpose of the operations
at La Guaira. IL as reported a British
collier was seized by the Venezuelans
at Porto Cabellc. the Fake may land
marines and retake her.
4 ne ntN1i orutf> huptlSHSG. TO-DAY.
report the German school ship Stosch
as sailing from Curacao, yesterday. for
La Guaira-
The newspa peers editorialize lengthily
ON the Venezuelan situation. They
generally treat President CTstro.s pro-
ceedings lightly and ridicuie the dis
proportion of officers in the Venezuelan
army to the men. The papers which
treat the subject more seriously say
that no matter how unpleasant the
Venezuelan business is growing il must
he seen THROUGH for 1T would be inpos
sihle otherwise Tor Germany to protect
their concerns IN that country. 1t is
added that without Greet Britain's
participation the game would not hay,.
been worth the risk of mourning the in
Viii OF the United States.
Y All the newspapers having govern
ment leaninss carefully bring out the
fact that thanks are due for the i-nitad
States for its resoIute protertion
through Minister Bowen. of German
and British subjects at Caracas
Throughout the official press there an
pear inspired reaffirmations OF the
statement that Germany does not in
tend the slightest infringement OF the
Monroe doctrine as defined by the state
department at Washington.