The Irish standard., 1902-12-20
ALLIES ARE WARNED.
United States Sends Ofscia Note
to London and Bsr.i1.
Powers Are Notified That T!,cy VIII
Not he Permitted to Go Too Far
in IMtIU-iEtrrvrntiun
May lie the Result.


Washington, Dec. l5.-lhcre were
no important tcv, iul,lien; in the Ncn-
ezueian situation Sunday SO far as he
state department is concerned. The
officials are Watching events with
keen inlere>, 50 as to lie able to act
promptly should such step become
necessary. but nothing was done eN-
cept to make some representations to
tie German and English governments
in the matter of the peaceful blockade
now being enforced by those govern
nIents III Venezuelan waters.
A Warming.
Notice has been scrvru by the United
States on Great Britain and Germany
that il "must not he understood as
giving its consent to any cNtcnSiun OF
the in,rrnal onal right of Il peaceful
bIockadc." This. in effect. is Il notice
that the United States will not permit
the two European nations To take any
ac1ion looking to war ON Venezuela.
In tact. il may lie a precursor Of inter-
ference by The ni,eu States to prevent
actual hostili,ieS. The right of all ma
,ions to collect their debts is reruS-
nizrd 10y all governments, but the Uni
ted States does moi assent L" the prop
oSition that SO far as this continent is
concerned European nations can pro-
crrd to actual hos,ili,ies without no.
tice.
Must Not Punish Venezuela.
In o1 her wuros. lhis guvcrnm, III will
not stand hy and see Germany and
Great Britain punish Venezuela for ,he
nunpnymcnt OF it's debts, especially
when assurances were repeatedly Civ
en- that the only means rcSorlrd to
would be Il "pracrfnl blockade" This
two at!ons going beyond he limits
uf Il peaceful hluckn,Ir i'm collecting its
claim. In official circles an extremely
bad effect WAS pruttre,i by the sink
ing of he NeEc ur!un ilrct by Great
Hritain aud Germany. Quiet sympa-
thy for NemrzneIn has been manifest
ed, and This is vniceh in the notice to
Great britain and Germany that il any
hostile act is committed in Venezuela
II will he without he consent of the
United States.
Among senators and representa-.
tiNcS who have discussed The Nruc-
Hurla question with President Ruusc-
welt. the situation is regarded as srri-
Gus. but il is not generally believed
likely that The United States will be-
come involved in he controversy.
Discussed in the senate.
Washington. Dec. l1.-Thc Nene-
zurlnn question occupied the utten-
linn of the senate in cNecut i've sesS sion
TUESDAY for almost an hour. The qucs-
tion came up informally almost in,-
mrdinrly after the house WAS en-
rIu.rd Senator Teller. disclaiming
all intention of being crit licnl ana say
ING he merely desired information,
asked Senator Cullum, chairman of the
committee on foreign relations, what
information he possessed ns to the
Venezuelan affair Senator Teller. in
nq,liring. said that the situation is
such that senators felt that the Mon
roe doctrine AT amy lime might become
involved if the complication should
continue. Senator CulIum replied to
the inquiry that lie had no knowledge
uf recent events not contained.in the
house prints. Mcssrs. Bacon, iuar,
Lodge and Stewart all maNr remarks.
In none of the nddrcssc: WAS anything
harsh or crit ical said The tore uf all
the speeches. whether by republicans
or democrats, WAS that our position
us Il mutton liould be one uf wntchful-
ness. There WAS Il general agreement
that while the means adopted by Great
Britain and Germany for the collection
of rGcbi> had been quite strenuous
they thus far had committed no in
rrinocmpmi Of the Mcnrn" doctrine
and llIcr, fore bad done nothing to
which HE United States could take cX-
crpliun.
Dixpnsi!ion Of the Fleet.
Washington, Dec. Disposition
of the men of war of Admiral
ncwc,E's fleet during the holid"ys is
to be made unhrr the direct ion Of
the secretary or lEr navy. III view of
the increasing complications arising
in connection with NcncIucln, and
the wishes OF this gunrrnmcnt not
to arouse suspicion unnecessarily by
dispatching a large naval force to
Venezuelan waters. Admiral Dewey
cabcd the department Monday in rc
gard to the orders for lis fleet dur
ing the Christ mas holidays, tiol%h
Secretary Moody did not announce
the receipt of the dispatch until
Tuesday. Orders are now in prrpn-
ration for the various vessels, and
will be forwarded TO the admiral in
the next day or two.
II can be sni,! nu, nori.ativcly that no
apprehension exists in the minds Of
any Of lhc admins rat ion officials that
serious trouble growing out of il will
accrue to this country. 1t is believed
tha, both Great Britain and Germany
will act within the arrangement which
originally was presented to this gov
arnmcnt and to which he United States
passiveIy assentrd.
A Fourth Victim.
Cleveland, o., IJtc. 11.-Jamcs Oss-
man, of Williams port, Pa, died Tues
day as "A result Of injuries received in
the explosion in the wn,crworks ,mn-
mel last Sunday. This makes four ia
taIitics among those injured in Tie ac-
cidcnt. 1t is believed that the other
men injured will recover.
New Holiday Proposed.
Washington, Dee. 17.-Rcprcscnta-
tive Martin, of South Dakota, intro
duced bill in the house making De-