The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-09
ULTIMAIUMS
 PRESENTED Germany and England Take Action. VENEZUELA MUST PAY UP Has Disregarded Demands of the European Nations. London Foreign Office Unable to Com municate with Its Representa- tive in Caracas, Owing to
 Break in Cable.
VENEZUELA MUST PAY UP

London, Dec. s.-Great Britain and Ger many have presented ultimatums to Ven ezueIa which will be followed up by the seizure of the customs unless satisfac- tory settlement is forthcoming within a brief period.
 The ultimatums have a time limit but the exact date cannot be ascertained here. The Foreign Office states. with re- gard to the time limit:
 Ut is a reasonable time in which Ven- ezuea can satisfy the injured govern ments. Both notes are practically identi- cal, although the amounts of the claims differ. The notes merely reiterate the continued disregard by the Venezuelan government of all our representations, specify our claims and demand immedi- ate action on the part of President Cas- tros government in connection there with"
 Inc British governments case Is prac- ticaIy identical with the statements made in previous dispatches from London, in which it was first announced that the present action was contemplated Should me British ultimatum meet with a hos
 
 Ii. b. haggard, nas been instructed to go aooaro d bIiusn waisnip, or. if that Is impracticabie to go into the neighbor- ing colony.
 Nothing Startling Anticipated.
 The Foreign Office, however. does not appear to anticipate such a contingency, nor. Indeed, does 1t look forward to any startling development within the next few days. -t-
 Premier Balfour's announcement in the House of Commons this aftertioon 'is re- garded as merely the obvious culmina- ton to the situation which has daily been coming more critical for the past three months.
 learns that complicating circumstance has arisen in the inability of the Goreign Ofilce to communicate with Minister flag gard. The officials here believe that he still is in Caracas. But owing to the re- ported break of the cable they are igno- rant as to what steps he Is taking or what the Venezuelan government intends to do. The Foreign once is hourly awaiting important dispatches from Car acas but up to late hour tonight none had arrived. While the government is rather worried at its inability to get an answer from MT Haggard. serious alarm is not felt. particularly as inquiries have revealed the fact that the Venezuelan representatives are in a similar situation.
 Foreign Office Statement.
 The Foreign Office says:
 There is not the slightest desire to coerce Venezuela and if any answer had been made to our repeated protests and demands no such action as now taken would have been proceeded with. It was the persistent and insulting disregard to all representations which compelled us to move. 1t is now too late in-the day for anything but purely diplomatic ar engagements for the satisfaction of our injuries When the fleets have assembled there is scarcely time to deal with bank CTS and a financial settlement should have been suggested long ago and would have been welcomed by both Germany and ourselves. However. any bona nde proposition will receive careful attention Reconstruction in commercial affairs is always better than liquidation and if the construction of the Venezuelan finances can be accomplished to the satisfaction of our diplomatic claims and individual losses. hoth Germany and Great Britain will have achieved their ends."