The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-21
NO NOTICE HERE or BLOCKADE.
Yesterdays Red D steamer Expects to
Get Into Maracaibo.

IL the blockade Of Venezuelan ports
announced officially in .undon yesterday
is war blockade and not pea ce blockade
two steamers which sailed from here AT
noon yesterday are likely to be affected
by it and prevented from touching at
Venezuelan ports. These steamers are
the Maracaibo Of the Red L ne and III,
Prins Frederik HENRIK of the ROYAL
Dutch West Indian Line. The Maracaibo
is bound for Mara 'aioo. first stopping at
Curac)a. She is due at the Venezuelan
port in about ten days The Dutch steamer
is OF the regular service bet ween here and
Amsterdam by way Of the West Indies
and the steamer ia duo to stop at all the
Venezuelan ports beginning with Puerto
Cabello, where she should arrive on Jan. q.
Boulton. Bliss d Dallett are the agents
OF the Red d Line and Kunhardt 4 Co. OF
the Dutch line Neither Of these firm re-
ceived notice from Washington Of the
blockade and the only news they had of
it was contained in the press dispatches.
Both firms expected the State Department,
to notify them II it received an off3cial notice
OF the blockade order end as the State De-
partment had not r, ,ived any up to the
time Of the sailing Oh the two vessels the
agents Of them We're in doubt Yesterday u,
as to whether the blockade could be en-.
forced against their vessels. Both steam.
ers cleared at noon.
The Red a Line, people said that they
d did not sec how the Maracsibo could te
Kept out as they had no notification of the
order when shs sailed. At the ONCE
OF kunhardt Co. it was said that areal
deal OF doubt was felt as to her being Able
TO touch at the Venezuelan ports ard thai
orders had been given to her captain not Il
q n I'M lima ervv,vx ~
ste lped.
=, Unlike the Maracaibo the Prins Frederic
Hendrix carried no cargo for these port
but expected TO pick up some In them.
IT would not matter 30 much in her case,
whether w she MAS kept out or not. The
Of general merchandise for Msracsibo,
She also carried few passengers, among
them being Nicolas Hernandez, con OF
Gen. Maria Hernandez. commonly calleu
II Mocho. Hernandez is going down
leased from prison by Gen. Castro and who
Castro hopes will aid him In case Of trouble
Among the other passengers were said 10
be lew OF the adventurers who have beer.
Offering to enlist at the Venezuelan Con-
su ate.
The orders for the Maracaibo vore IN ~,
Ia II she possibly could. De Solo, Lobo
4 Co.. and DE Lima 4 Co., two OF the larr.et
Venezuelan houses, both sent large ain.
ments on her and both firms said Yesterday
that they expected she would get In, The
steamer Caracas. which sailed on SATURDAY
the 18th, will not reach La Guayra before
tuesday p she vii get IN, Of course; The
line which sailed from Amsterdam for
New York by the way OF Venezuela on Dec
/, is to stop at all Venezuelan ports be-
ginning with Carupano, where she n due
on Dec. 81. As she sailed from Europe
she has twenty days grace which viii allow
every one OF her stops
The steamship Philadelphia of the Red
d line. is scheduled to sail for Venezuela
next Saturday. but II by then the blockade
Is not raised change will be made in her
So far, no cargo for Venezuela has been
booked for her, the trading Arms declininr
to ship any more goods under the CIR.
cumstances