Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-14
VENEZUELA'S CRISIS.
The Cincinnati Sails to Protect Gu
Interests at Barcelona,
REVOLUTI0NISTS CUT CABLE
Unlikely That Definite News Will
Come For "a Few Days From Town
Which Has Been RepOrt-
ed PillaEed.

Washington, Aug. 14.-The navy de-
partment has received word that the
Cincinnati has sailed from Puerto Ca
bcllo for Barcelona under instructions
cabled to Commander Mclean, direct
ing either the Cincinnati or Topeka to
proceed Immediately to that point.
Commander Mclean, who is the senior
officer present. evidently decided to
go himself and leave the Topeka to
protect American interests at Puerto
CabellO.
1t is probable that the Cincinnati al
ready has arrived at Barcelona. but
that fact may not be known officially
here for several days, as Minister
Bowen has cabled the state depart
ment from Caracas that the cable
from Caracas to Barcelona again has
been cut by the revolutonists. On
Monday he reported that this cable had
been cut, but presumably it had been
repaired in the interim, and his last
dispatch indicates that the connection
again has been lost.
Neither the state nor the navy de-
partments has received confirmation
of press dispatches from Port of Spain.
which were conveyed there from Bar
cplona by boat. Of the extent of the
lighting Mt Barcelona and of the re-
port that the American. Italian and
Dutch consulates had been pillaged
.tti, ,IJ. .,f h., Il III tllA ant
are confident that Commander Nc
Lean with the Cincinnati will be able
to take care of American interests
there.
May Send Another Warship.
Owing to the general disturbed con-
dton of affairs all along the line of
the. Venezuelan coast and the appeals
Of Minister Bowen for war>hips, the
question whether our naval force in
those waters is sufficient to take care
of the existing situation and to meet
future contingencies has been can
vassed. For the present it has been
decided that it is unnecessary to send
an additional vessel. We now have
three ships ut the three critical points
the Cincinnati at Barcelona, the To
peka at Puerto Cabello, where the
Germans already have landed force.
and the Marietta at the mouth of the
Orinoco, which has been declared
blockaded by the Castro government.
The question Of Attending an asylum
to President Castro aboard an Amer
lean warship in case he should be
obliged to flee from the country and
should have no other means of escape
has not been seriously considered by
the state department. as it is not be
lieved that his condition at present is
desperate enough to make such a move
imperative. Besides. it is reported
through the press dispatches that he
has vessel at La Guayra upon which
he can embark for France if the ne
cessity should arise
Victory For Haitian Rev"lutionists.
Minister Powell cables the state de-
partment from Port au Prince that
Gonaives was in the hands of the
Haitian revolutionary forces under
General Firmin. On Monday he cabled
that the Ves4ueZ government had no.
titled him that GonaiveS, with three
other provinces, We're in rebellion.
A press dispatch from Paris says:
IAN official telegram from Cape Hal
ten states that very many persons
were incinerated during the burning of
Petit Goave on Saturday last. The tel.
egram adds that the blockade Of Cape
Haitien by the Firminist gunboat
Crete a -PierrOt has not been recognized
by the American government.