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TIKI O. THE DEMANDS.
Authentic Copies Of Notes Presented
to Venezuela by German and
British Ministers.
LATTER NAVE AsREEp TO ACT JOINTLY.
l,str,etiou. to Ministers state Clear
II That Communications Must he
Taken NJ an NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
tion of Castro's Government Not
SatiafactOry.


Token NJ an NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
tion of Castro's Government No
Satisfactory.
Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 15.-Th'
following are authentic copies of thu
demands presented by the German
and British ministers Monday, Decem
Der 8, before embarking at La Quay
ia:
The British Note.
ITO the Minister of Foreignn Al.
fairs:
Replying to your excellency's note
of the 4th inst, have the honor
TO inform you that I have received
instructions from his majesty's gov
eminent to point out to the Vene-
zuelan government in writing that re
garding the steamer Ban RICH tbs
British government have given full
explanations and have shown thai
there exists no legitimate ground TO,
complaint. Nor does his majesty's
government think that there is any
reason to attribute blame to the au-
thorities of Trinidad, who only act
ed conformably with instructions.
81 have the honor to further e1-
press that his majesty's government
regrets the situation which has arisen,
but cannot accept your note as suf-
fcient reply to my communication, nor
as indicative of the intention of the
Venezuelan government to satisfy the
claims which his majesty's government
have brought forward, and it must be
understood that they include all we'll
founded claims which have arisen in
consequence of the last civil war and
the previous ones and the ill-treatment
and imprisonment of British subjects,
and also include an arrangement for
the foreign debt. have asked the
Venezuelan government to make dec
laration that they recognize in princi-
PIE the business of these claims, that
they will immedia tely make compensa-
tion in the navigation cases and the
cases above mentioned and in those in
which British subjects have been un-
justly imprisoned or ill-treated, and
that respecting other claims they will
accept the decision of mixed commits
sion as to the amount and guaranty
which should be given for payment.
have also expressed the hope that
the Venezuelan government will defer
to these demands and not oblige his
majesty's government to take steps to
obtain satisfaction.
II have added that his maiesty's gov
ernment has been informed of the
claims Of the German government
against Venezuela and that the two
governments have agreed to operate
Jointly for the purpose of obtaining an
arrangement Of all their claims, and
that his majesty's government will
require the immediate payment of a
sum equal to that which in the first
case should be paid to the German gov
eminent. Any balance after the pay
ment of urgent claims shall be held
pn account for the liquidation of
claims which might 60 before the COM
mission.
have, moreover, instructions from
his majesty's government to state
clearly that this communication must
be taken as an ultimatum.
(SlEue0J dAGGARU,
"Britlsh Minister"
! To His Excellency, Senior Lopez Ra-
ralt, Minister OF Foreign Affairs, Cara
cas-, Dec. 2.
The German Note.
! "Ar. Minister: In the name Of the
government of his majesty, the Ger.
man emperor, have the honor to make
the following communication to the
government Of Venezuela:
The imperial government has been
duly informed Of the note OF the min
lister of foreign affairs OF Venezuela
note the Venezuelan government re-
fused the demands of heimperial gov
eminent relative to the payment Of
German claims arising out OF the civil
wars of 1898 to 1900 and to support
their refusal referred to arguments al.
ready put forward. The imperial gov
ernment even after examining those
arguments anew do not think they can
consider them satisfactory. The gov
eminent Of the republic argues in the
Arst place that owing to the interior
legislation of the country it is not
possible to arrange the claims of for
eigners arising from the wars by the
diplomatic course. thus asserting the
doctrine that diplomatic intervention
Is excluded by interior legislation.
That doctrine is not in conformity
with international law, since the ques.
tion of judging whether such interven.
Non is admissible must be appreciat.
ed not according co the dispositions of
the interior legislation but in accord
npce with the principles of interna.
hional law. The Venezuelan govern.
ment. with the object of making dem.
nnstration of diplomatic defense. claims
that this is inadmissible and relies on
the twentieth article of the treaty ~ |
hmity, commerce and navigation BE-.
tween the imperial government and
the republic Of Colombia of the aad
Of July. 1892. This argument is want
ing II e@cjMty. firstly, because TIA
tteaty Is Nsdtd only between ths Co.
man eupG6 ana C0Iowhia and bscsusa
section , u nid article puts po oh.
stacle n the wsy Of . diplomatic de.
tense against German claims arisiur
out OF acts committed by the Colon.
hian government Or its organs. Like.
!Cise,tthe sdarmstiops ofthe venezue.
aa1 government are not correct that |
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