Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-28
ALLIES ARE DISAPPOINTED
Pswers Express Regret at Roosevelt's
Decision Not 10 Act.
LONG DELAY is NOW EXPECTED
herman Demand for Cash ana General
Request that Castro Apologize May
Aid I'm Keeping ArbItra-
tion Back.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Omcials here be-
lieve several days must elapse before any
thing In the nature OF a preliminary proto-
col for the Venezuelan arbitration can be
made ready for signature. Germany insists
on a payment Of 10 per cent OF her full
claims before submitting her case, and pos
sibly President Castro's obligations Of honor
may cause further delay. At the same time,
II is hoped that these matters will be speed
lily adjusted and some ARRANGEMENT made
for removing the blockade, though the al
lied ships will certainly be ready to renew
It Immediately in case Venezuela efuhcts,
Washington having been the pivot about
which all the negotiations have turned up,
1t Is surmised that II may also be the
scene OF the signature to the preliminary
protocol, either by the resident representa-
tives OF the powers intereated or by spe-
cial agents sent for the purpose.
An erroneous idea has obtained in some
quarters as to the functions OF the president
and Secretary Hay, who has been repre-
scented as endeavoring to personally con-
duct the negotiations, as drawing up proto-
coils and generally taking a leading part in
all that is going on.
Disappointed at Refusal.
BERLIN, Dec. 27.-The German govern
ment is disappointed by President Roose-
velt's declination to be arbitrator in the
Venezuelan dispute, but in pursuance of his
decision will correspond at once with Great
Britain and Italy on the subsidiary ques-
tion that must now be agreed upon, such as
raising the blockade and the definite form
Of request whereby Venezuela on the one
side and Germany, Great Britain and Italy
on the other will ask The Hague tribunal
to adjudge the dispute.
The interchange OF views on these and
other requirements probably will take place
at Washington, where the ambassadors can
confer freely with Secretary Hay and obtain
through him President Castros' assent to
the precise proposition to be submitted.
Foreign Secretary Won Richtoffen regrets
the long delay which is likely to ensue be-
fore the final adjustment of the controversy.
He had relied upon President Roosevelt
personality to take up the case and reach a
decision quickly. Baron Won Richtoffen
says the declination is In strict accord with
his message OF December 2, in which. re-
ferring to The Hague tribunal, he said:
at is far better, wherever possible, TO I'm
woke such a permanent tribunal than ia
create special arbitrators for a given pur-
pose"
When Baron Won Richthof received Sec
rotary Hays note this morning he had in
his desk the summary Of the note trans
mitted from Washington by the Associated
Press.
The Lokal Anzeiger's Caracas cores
pendent says: President Castro is one OF
the Venezuelans who do not distrust the
Yankees. Mr.. Bowen has his confidence
fully. The German Wholesale merchants
would regret arbitration IL controlled by
Americans. Some OF them have declared
emphatically that II American control Is
established II would be better to transfer
their business from Hamburg to New York.
President Castro contemplates confscat-
ing the property OF British, German and
Italian subjects when the blockade ex-
hausts his resources"
The Foreign ONCE ~oficials here decline
to indicate what Germany will do regard
ing Castro's demand that the powers re-
store the feet and raise the blockade be-
fore Venezuela accepts arbitration.
Italy Receives Reply.
ROME. Dec. ~27.-Ambassador Mayer to-
day presented to the foreign once tho
presidents reply on the Venezuelan arbi-
tration.
The president says that although he IL
very gratihed at the confidence the powers
have shown in him by choosing him as
arbitrator, which position he would have
accepted II there were no other means OF
solving the question. he thinks It better
to submit the case to the Hague tribunal
especially as all the overs concerned
have shown an honorable spirit OF mutual
consideration and moderation, he is glad
to be informed that they all have agreed
to submit the question to The Hague trl-
bunal.
Move saves aEu Court.
PARIS. Dec. 27.--Baron d'Estournalles de
Constant. a French deputy, a member OF
The Hague tribunal, has written a con-
gratulatory letter to President Roosevelt
on the submission of the Venezuela troub-
les to The Hague court.
The baron expresses the view widely pre-
vailing in oficial and diplomatic circles
here, that this course will save The Hague
tribunal from practical extinction. He says,
in part;
A great number OF Frenchmen and other
Europeans are happy to join with me in
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