Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-24
BL0CKAUE EFYECTVE.
10 Gables Commander Dichl In a
Message Prom La Guayra.
CARACAS REPORTED QUIET.
TAoUEht In Washington That the
Powers VIII Insist on President
Ho"sevel Being Arbitrator Of
the NenexaeIaa Dispute.

Washington. Dec 23.-The following
cablegram has been received from Com
inander Dichl of the Marietta, which
now lies at La Guayra. The message
comes from La Guayra via Haiti:
British vice admiral established ef-
fectiVe blockade from and after Dec. 20
OF La Guayra, Carcnoro. Guanta cu-
mahan. Curapano and the mouths Of
me Orinoco. Vessels sailing from the
United States and the West Indies be-
fore the date of the notification allowed
grace. steamers ten days. sailing YES
S"i> twenty days. other ports. steamers
twenty; sails forty days: vessels in
tiockad"i ports fifteen days: full text,
If desired
Ambassador Tower has notified the
state department. from Berlin that b"
has received official notification from
ihe German government that the Ger
man squadron has bIocladed Maraca-
he and Puerto Cahclio. effective bee %,
allowing ten end twenty days respoc-
lively fer steamers aud sailing vessels
from the United States and West In.
dian POI t. and twenty and forty days
from al g her ports and fifteen days
for Vessels. except Venezuelan vessels
10 Lave Venezuelan ports.
Ambassador Meyer, at Rome. has ca
hled the department that he has re
ccNed from the minister for foreign af-
fairs an official note, dated Dec. 20. an
nouncing that Italy has decided to par
ticipate with her naval forces in the
blockade Of Venezuelan ports which
had been declared by the British anN
German governments.
Lieutenant Marhury Johnston the Of
Gtcr detailed by Admiral Dewey to 20
ia the relief Of Minister Bowen ut Cara
cae. has advised tho navy department
Of his arrival there. He will be sta
rio "a n tnu American legation as as
si4anl to the minister. When Lieuten-
ant TuhnSun alTi} ed, the city was quiet.
| Though the antiloreign feeling was still
| intense
| pot.r"s Insist on Roosevelt.
Tie United States government is
| awa.ing ,.p reception OF formal an
swers from the allied governments TO
The presidents last suggestion that the
| Venezuelan dispute he referred to The
! Iit+.tEp. - far these responses have
| NOT come +, band but it is pretty well
understood that they will hold out fol
| the arbitration of President Roosevelt
| himself.
Signs point to the presidents uli
mate acceptance OF the trust. though
nothing positive is yet known on TINS
point. The state department ha:
learned that President Castro wou'
welcome the selection of Preslden
Roosevelt as arbitrator, and as all the
parties interested are united the pres
sure will he hard to resist
Opinion varies as to the termination
of the blockade of the Venezuelan
ports. In some quarters it is assumed
that if President Roosevelt accepts tn
duty of arbitrator the allies will cal
off the blockade at once. On the othe
hand, it is pointed out that custom re
ouires the terms of the arbitration II
he accurately defined, and this vii
consume some time, pending which tn
blockade will continue.
A dispatch from The Hague has bee
received stating that the government
of the Netherlands has decided to OF
serve a strictly neutral attitude In tn
Venezuelan trouble. Ships Of tn
blockading powers will be prohibite
from coaling at ports Of the Dutc
colonies.