Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-12-22
VERNMENT
HEARS NOTHING
OF ARBITRATION
TIE oFFIcIAL.;.NoTlcE HAS MOTE
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REACHED WASHINGTON.
MINISTER BOWEN Is BUSY
United States Representative at Cara
cas- Overwhelmed With Work and
Officers Sent There to Help Him
Deweys Vessels Leave. to est
AIIegedH"P Peaceful. Blockade" ~

Washington, Dec. 18.-Tffe: state de-
partment has received no response
thus far to the message sent the Euro,
pean foreign Offices: relative to. the
arbitration proposition. 1t is not
known here whether Castro Will CON
dent to arbitration, but it: is hoped Mr..
Bowen can induce him to do so, il this
will be SUFFICIENT to meet demands OF
the allies. 1t is pointed out here, How
ever, that the further prosecution. OF
attacks on the Venezuelan forts Will,
make adjustment much more, :dl1tic4lJ.
If apologies are rendered and accepted,
the critical phase of the situation Will
be removed and some time may be.
spent IN arrangement of basis upon
which arL itration should be con 1letetse4l 4r
This +4-iIl-he - din cult problem Tor 1t
is anticipated that the aII1es VII Ease
their acceptance OF arDtcratlOn on an
agreement by Venezuela to instruct
the arbitrator to accept certain prln-
cipIes in advance which would com
nit Venezuela to the recognition Of an
Indebtedness OF $15,000,UOO. 1t is~be-i
lieVed Germany, at least, is not anX-.
iouS to enter upon this state. A dec
IaratiOn of war would at once clOthe
the Venezuelans with IuQ rights OF
belligerency and this might greatly
pTotract the>effOrts OF the allies to sub
due Castro. Herr Won Holleben, J. the
German ambassador here, has gone to
New York and Count Quadt, secretary
and charge 'affaires. e.is transacting
whatever business the embassy has,
with the state department and is fo@-
WaTGlng to Berlin such matters OF; III
formation touching on Venezuela as is
forthcoming from IMr. Bowen. The. ex-
PLANTATION given for the ambassadors
visit. to New York is simply, *.busi.
ness" and the, length Of his absence is
not stated. The navy department has
no announcement to make Respecting
the orders to be given DeWey's ships
and it was repeated the sole purpose
and aim OF the department is to place
vessels, a few at EACH important poILL,.
that the men may. enjoy themselves
somewhat Christmas week. ~ =:
1t is. stated at the navy department
that one reason 'forAhe Sending of Off,
GERS to Caracas was the fact that Mil
lister Bowen was a1n1Qst overwhelmed
with the amount Of work IMPOSED up
on him by his manly 5charges. He has
nearly all the English residents of
Caracas domiciledi ii the American Ie.
cation and is5feeding them from his
own table. AS for the. torpedo boat
destroyer, it is pointed out it Will
serve as a dispatch boat to, keep Mr..
Bowen in touch with the cable station
at La Guaira which can be relied upon
to transmit messages to Washington
in case the La Guaira. gable is cut as
an incident to the blockade. No COM
ment is made at the department. upon
the detention Of the battleship .Wiscon-
sin at San Francisco. as it had been
planned to send hers to the Puget.
Sound Sound dry-dock K: to be- rs extensively re-
paired. 80
There will be no effort on the part
Of this government to blockade, the
Venezuelan coast against merchants
sips. Custom requires due no
tice shall be given of the blockade and
that fact taken in connection withfthe
declaration that have been, made in
the, British parliament will, tits TN
'derstood, be sufficient to justify the
neutral nations in the understanding
thatSa State of war does exist. = This
might in the end require the issue Of
a proclamation of neutrality by Presi-
dent Roosevelt, but this it.. is stated
would not be timely now "a