The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-24
PROTESTS FROM
ALL DIRECTIONS
American People Do Not Want
Roosevelt to Arbitrate.
CABINET FavORs The PLAN
THE REQUEST NOT OFFICIALLY
MADE as YET.

VTTASHINGTON, Dec. 23--The formal
wv proposals Of Great Britain and
Germany that President Roose-
welt arbitrate the Venezuela dispute
die not arrive here over night nor
were they at hand when the cabinet
met, but it is expected that they VIII
reach Washington within a day or two.
Strong pressure is being brought to
bear upon the president to decline the
Invitations to act ar arbitrator This
pressure comes from the newspapers,
from public men and from senators and
representatives in Washington. Sena-
tor Cullom called at the state depart
ment today with a bundle of tele-
grams, all entering protests against
the embarkation of the president upon
this arbitration scheme.
The following cablegram was re-
caived at the navy department from
Commander Diehl of the Marietta,
dated La Guayra:
Germany establishes blockade of
Porto Cabello on Dec. p, Maracaibo,
Dec. "a Steamers from the United
States and West Indies ten days grace,
sails twenty days. Steamers from the
other ports, twenty days. sails forty
days. Vessels not Venezuelan in
blockaded port fifteen days grace"
Ambassador Tower reported yester-
day from Berlin that the blockade Of
Porto Cabello would be effective Dec.
q
Session Was Long.
The meeting was prolonged more than
two hours. All the members were
present except Secretary Moody. who
is out OF the city. Secretary Root was
first to arrive at the executive Office.
He entered the Office shortly after 10
O'Clock. The president denied himself
to all callers and remained in consul
tation with the secretary of war I'M
til the arrival of the other members.
Secretary Hay brought to the meet
ing practically nothing relating to the
situation. No response has been re-
ceived to the presidents original Sug-
gestion to the powers that they con-
sent to the reference of the Venezue-
Ian controversy to the arbitration of
The Hague tribunal, and no formal
request had been received for the pres
ident to act as arbitrator That such
a request viii be received formally and
officially is now practically assured.
IT is known that the president and all
members of his cabinet at first pre-
ferred that the question should be re-
ferred TO The Hague tribunal. It is
known that the presidents plan, If he
determines to arbitrate, contemplates
the appointment of a board of arbi-
tration. He would not confide this inn
portant undertaking to any one man
nor does he feel able himself to spare
the vast amount of time necessary fol-
an examination in detail of each OF
the many claims that would be pre-
scented against Venezuela. Necessarily
the presidents own arbitration board
would include some members of higf
order of legal talent as we'll as others
thoroughly Versed in the practice o.
international law
The "Calvo Doctrine"
It is said the crucial point before
the arbitration board is the famou;
''CaIvo doctrine" This doctrine, which
was laid down by the greatest Latin
American international lawyers, anC
for very many years has been regard
ed as beyond question by all of thu
Latin-American republics, denies thu
right of any nation to intervene dipIo
matically in behalf of one of it's sub
jects where the courts of the cOuntr!
afe open to the application for justice
Thus Venezuela has asserted that al
of these claimants-British, German
Italian and French-Tnight have gOn
before the Venezuelan courts. and i
their causes had been just and SINGER
and decided by the courts the govern
ment would have paid the judgments
The objection to this view is that n
account is taken of miscarriages Of jus
tice.
But so determined are the Soutl
American countries TO adhere to thi
declaration that some of them hay