Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-17
ALLAN MINISTER NOW LEAVES CARACAS
PRESENTS Final Ultimatum TO Venezuela,
Which is Promptly Ignored.
BRITAIN MAY ARBlTRATE SOME POINTS
officials Hold Cash claim Nay Go to Board,
but Not Iusults to Minister.
REVOLUTIONARY GENERAL AIDS CASTRO
General HernHndeE Arrives in Capital
and stills TumuItuous welcome OF
His Followers who support
Him for Presidency.

! CARACAS, Dec. 16.-Signor de Riva, the
| italian minister, presented ltalys ultl-
matum to Venezuela this afternoon and,
receiving an unfavorable reply, has been
ordered to leave Caracas tomorrow.
Italy demanded payment of s542 900 to
meet the Italian claims arising from for
mer revolutions, and couched It's ultimatum
in stronger terms than those used by
Great Britain and Germany
The Spanish minister, Gaytan de Ayala,
and the Belgian charge d'affaires have also
! presented a joint letter asking in case the
claims of other foreign powers are paid
that the same treatment be given them.
A government official, on hearing this,
remarked that the United States and
| France are the only powers not attacking
Venezuela.
| seizure of the ships.
When the combined fleets seized the
Venezuelan ships at La Guayra the German
commander delivered to the Venezuelan
captains the following document:
BY order OF my sovereign and at the
| command Of the commodore of the Ger
man squadron in West Indian waters, l. the
! commander of Panther, request you to
lower your flag Immediately and leave your
| ship with your crew within ten minutes
Of s Is mGt bf Sne Tr S Sar The on ne Pars
! making a provisional seizure OF your ship
in order to oblge the Venezuelan govern
| case you disobey and wish TO defend your
ship / shall be Obliged TO prevent you from
I december sS' T2 /. Wv EcKERMAN, commander
The origin OF the report that the vene-
zuelan ships had been sunk is now becom-
ing known. An entry made in the book of
the signal men of the fortress OF La
Guayra says:
Tuesday, Dec. Q. 80 Night.-The adiutant
| called me to see II knew that the steamer
| Petribution of the English navy was tow
| ing the steamers Creepo and Tutuno, of
the national navy, three or four miles
| and aid the two steamers had disappeared
and understood they had been sunk by
| Nenlta and Retribution. At the end of
hour Retribution returned to the harbor
SIGNAL COMMANDER OF THE FORTS.
The fact that Retribution returned to
La Guayra alone two hours after leaving
With the captured vessels was confirmed
by English residents OF La Gusyra Con-
sequentiy II did not have time to conduct
the Venezuelan ships to Curacao or Trini-
dad. People jumped to the conclusion that
the vessels must have been sunk, not
thinking OF the alternative, which was
really adopted Of manning them from the
warships and sending them to Trinidad un-
| der their own steam
General Hernandez, the revolutionary
leader, reached Caracas this afternoon and
was received with great enthusiasm by
1900 of his partisans, who tried to un-
harness the horses attached to his car
riage and Graw the general in triumph to
the city. At the generals request, how
ever, they desisted from this endeavor.
From the station he drove to the palace
and addressed the president in friendly
terms
The followers Of "EI Mocho" have given
assurances that they will assist President
Castro to overcome the present dificulties.
German Omcer Killed.
PUERTO CABELLo, Dec. 1e.--During the
bombardment on Saturday Charybdis was
once struck in the bow and vineta twice
by the Venezuelan cannon fire. Vineta
left after the bombardment for willem-
stad, Curacao, where It arrived with its
flag flying at halfmast, a fact which is
taken to CONFIRM the local rumor that one
Of the officers aboard was killed by the
shore fire.
The American vice consul, the German
consul, the British consul and a number OF
leading citizens today interviewed with the
British and German commodores. As a re-
suit the naval oficials have ceased landing
marines and will not seize the cannon in
Fort solano, or ask for the capitulation OF
Puerto Cabello.
They have also released General Bello
who was made a prisoner after the bonn
bardment and have promised to release
the other prisoners in few hours.
May Break Friendship.
Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Coz
LONDON, Dec. 16.-(New York World
Cablegram-special Telegram.)-A private
dispatch from an American politician Il
said to have been shown to the ministry
{ today. claiming that a serious blow may be
, struck the present Anglo American rela.
tions II the present policy toward Vene.
zuela is not altered
The sender apprehends a revival in thu
1 United States of the public excitement
which marked the last Venezuelan crisis
and believes 1t would be an easy matter
for the democrats to create a state OF feel
ing highly injurious to AngloAmerican re
4 lations.
The alliance with Germany has undoubt
edly created the greatest uneasiness II
certain quarters here. and there are thos,
who believe that the kaiser has dragged
= this country into a policy from which Ger
y many alone can gain and by which in an,
8 event England is bound to lose.
The situation does not appear to be an
I nearer a settlement. Up 10 late hou
s tonight no suggestion has been made tina
s Great Britain could see its way TO sub
mitting it's claim to arbitration. the For
eign ONCE pointing out that Venezueia's Of
J. fer was extremely vague, President Cas-
2 tro providing no guarantee that the right
of British subjects would be respeete
n pending the award.
I The Foreign once claims that SOM
. matters are impossible to arbitrate, in
stancing the disrespectful treatment OF MI
Z Haggard, British minister 20 veHeEdeIo
. The financial claims. however. might b
n submitted, as any such a proposal woul
meet with no opposition in Official circle
In London. Neither Is there any desire [
= stir up opposition here by continuing un
necessarily the present armed compact wit
Germany
r At the same time Foreign once oficial
say there is not the slightest inclinatio
TO let Venezuela go unpunished for her re