Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-12-11
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
From Richmond.

Especial dlspatch 10 'nc
Richmond, Va, Dec. ia bill was
reported in the House today TO elect
commissioners of revenue by the people.
1t will likely pass the House and senti-
ment is growing favorable to 1t In the
Senate
The Cabell child labor bill was favor
ably reported in the House and will pass;
The Lyle child labor bill was reported
in the Senate.
The legislature will adjourn for the
holidays on December 20.
Preparing 10 Resist Aggression.
Laguayra, Venezuela, Dec. IL
There is no sign of weakening in the
Venezuelan position. Instead, reports
from Caracas state that President Castro
is gathering an army to resist German
and British aggression. Two thousand
men and eighteen guns have been sent
from Caracas to reinforce the garrison
here. The men are now encamped four
miles from the town. Fort Layigna is
being stocked with ammunition and
there are every indications of prepare
tions to resist. Castro's position is very
popular and volunteers are offering
themselves in numbers. Nearly one
thousand such have been armed here.
London. Dec. 11.-Private informa-
ton has been received here that the
Anglo-German allies have landed a force
of sailors and marines at La Guayra and
that fighting has commenced IN the
streets.
London. Dec. lit is asserted to-
day that the Anglo-German allies in
Venezuela are attempting to capture
President Castro with a view to affecting
a speedy settlement of the difficulties.
London, Dec. ia dispatch from
La Guayra, Venezuela, this morning
states that the British cruiser lndefatiga'
bic is now pursuing the Venezuelan
cruiser Restaurador, and the German
cruiser Fake has sailed in search of the
remainder of the Venezuelan fleet.
London, Dec. 11.-Viscount Gran
bourne. parliamentary secretary to thu
foreign office, replying to question by
Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman in the
House of Commons, said that the gov
ernment had not been informed OF thu
reported arrest of the British consul a
Caracas. The British Vice Consul a
La Guayra with some women and chill
dren had been taken aboard the warshiE
Retribution during Wednesday night
1t is said, Cranbourne concluded, tina
President Castro is holding British anC
German subjects as hostages. All o
these, when the last dispatches were sen
last evening, were evidently unframed
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE Stat
Department received the following dis
patch this morning from Ministe
Bowen, at Caracas under yesterday
date: president Castro informs me hi
has released all Germans and British
who were arrested"
Washington, D. c., Dec. 1L-Th'
third day of the Anglo German Vene
zuelan war finds the combined naya
forces of the two European nations il
control of the entire Venezuelan coast
| five ships of the Venezuelan navy cap
tured and destroyed and two others man
ned by German and English tars; ma
rines landed at La Guayra to guard The
customs house and the property of Brit
ish and German residents in that city
other vessels on the way to seize thu
customs houses and establish shore sta
tions at Puerto Cabello, Maracaibo, anC
Ciudad Bolivar; the British torpedo dos
troyer Quail dispatched to capture the
Venezuelan war vessel now blockadins
the mouth of the Orinoco river; anC
gunboats and launches of the allied pow
ers patrolling the rest of the coast t.
prevent the landing of vessels without
the payment of duties at other points
1t is reiterated at the State Department
that this affair does not involve any con
sideration of the Monroe doctrine f; tina
American policy, asinterpreted repeated
ly and by different jurists and admins
trations of the United States, can no
be invoked TO prevent any European
power from going to war with an Ameri
can republic nor from collecting jus
debts by force.