New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-12-17
BOMB CITY
British and German arships Fire
on Puerto cabello.
On AGEMENT IAsTs BU1 SHORT TIME
Fortresss n Soon SiIenced--No Daa1n-
4@e 70 the City u ReportedActio
Takes, II II sai 4 !, 10 Ave..sE 3
SUN 10 British F1aG.

.sul3 10 British F1ag.
Puerto Cabello, Dec. The Brit
ish cruiser Char bdis and the Ger
man cruiser Vineta bombarded the
fortress here at 1--WE o'clock Saturday
afternoon and quickly si1enced it.
The bombardmentl lasted for As mi ilt
utes The fortress is composed Of
Fort Solano and Castle Libertador.
After the firing ceased the Charyb dis
sent marines to occup he castle.
The fortress was almost demo ished.
IT is probable that only a few per-
sons were injured BY the Smelling.
The commander of Castle Libertador
has been taken prisoner. The
cruisers. are still here.
M At seven o'clock Saturday morning
the Charyb and the Vineta ar
rived here searching for Venezuelan
gunboats The two cruisers sent
their boats into the inner port, but
finding no gunboats the boats re-
turned. The captain of the British
merchant steamer Topaze, which was
seized by the mob here last Wednes-
day, then visited the British commo-
dore on board the Gharybdis and
lodged protest against the viola
ton Of his ship. The British captain
returned an hour later with de-
achment Of SO marines who took
charge Of the Topaze. The populace
was greatly excited at this incident
and raised the cry: '..To arms l'' but
there was no disorder. .#z IA.
Demanded satisfaction. 4
The British commodore then sent
"a message to the authorities at.
Puerto Ca bello, demanding iimmedi-
ate satisfaction for the action Of the
mo in having hauled down the Brit
ish flag from the Topaze, saying that
Sif this satisfaction was not forth
coming in two hours, al five o'clock.
the fortress and the custom house
would be bombarded. On the receipt
of this demand the authorities sent
q message to President Castro ask
ing for Instructions. 3s5.$. h
S A committee of the merchants of
Puerto Cabello then approached the
American consul here, petitioniny
him to intervene. The consul accept
ed this mission and visited the cruz
ssers, but he could obtain no altera-
ton in the decision Of the allies
Opens Fire. By
At a quarter before five a reply
was received from Presiden Castro.
who auth orized the chief official here
to give the British commod lore ample.
satisfaction. Before this answer
could be communicated to the Amer
lean consul the hour stipulated for
its receipt had arrived. The cruisers
i M diately opened fire on the fort
.ress. The fire was returned from
For. Fort Solano and Castle Libertador,
but the Venezuelan guns were soop}
sllenced. While. the firing continued
there was intense excit ement in this
port Every house in \ town \. was
closed. 81 81 a
4 The people Of Puerto Cabell 10 cam
not ll, account for this precipitate ac-
ton on the part Of the allies, which
they consider to be proof that Great.
Britain l and Germany intend forcing
war upon Venezuela. The British.
marines purpose to make use Of the
cannon non in Castle Libertad or No.
damage was done to the town. The
exc excitement Of the people is subsid-
ing. ss.g .ss.
Caused Excitement.
@ Caracas, Dec. 4 :. - q he news Of the
she ] Hin Ling Of the fortress and custom
house at Puerto Cabello by the British
cruiser Chary bdis and the German
cruiser Vineta reached Caracas at a
late hour Saturday night. II caused
considerable excitement and in spite.
OF he. preventive measures taken by
a IT,