Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-12-11
WARLIKE DEMAND
HIS BEEN MADE
Great Britain and Germany
%Haye Forwarded Ultima
= -tums to Venezuela.
TIME LIMIT HAS BEEN SPECIFIED
Custom Houses Are to be Seized
Unless Castro Yields.
The DipoIoma,ic Representatives OF the
Two Governments Have Left caracns
and Gone Aboard Crusiers-Insultins
Disregard of All Representations.

London, Eng, Doc--9.-Gfaat Britain
and Germany have presented ultima
runs to Venezuela, which will be fol-
lowed by the seizure of the custom
houses unless satisfactory settlement
is forthcoming within q brief reriod.
The ultimatums have a time limit,
but the exact date cannot be ascer-
tained here. A representative OF the
Foreign Office States, with regard TO
the time limit;
-"It-is reasonable time in which
Venezuela can satisfy the injured
governments. Both notes are practi
cally Identical, although the amounts
of the claims differ. The notes merely
reiterate the continued disregard by
the Venezuelan government OF all our
represen ntations, specify our claims and
demand immediate action on the part
of President -Castros government in
connection with them.
There is not the slightest desire to
coerce Venezuela, and if any answer
had been made TO our repeated protests
and demands no such action as now
| takon would have been proceeded with.
| 1t was the persistent and insulting DIS
| regard. of all representations which
| compelled US TO move. Now 1t is too
late for anything but purely Diplomatic
arrangements to be accepted in salts
faction for our injuries. When the
fleets have assembled there is scarcely
time to deal with bankers. A financial
settlement should have been suggesten
long ago and would have been well
coined hy both Germany and ourselves,
However, any bona tide proposition
will receive careful attention. Recon
| Ia al
always, better than liquidation, and il
the reconstruction OF the. Venezuelan
finances oan be accomplished to tht
satisfaction of our diplomatic claims
and Individual losses, both German,
and Great Britain. will have achieved
their ends.
Should the British ultimatum NEE
hostile reception the British minister
W. II. d. Haggard, has been INSTRUCTED
to go aboard q warship, or, il that il
impractjcable, to go into the neighbor
ing. British COLONY OF. Trinidad. Th'
Foreign Office does not appear t.
. anticipate such contingency.
, a oomplicating circumstance ha
arisen in tho inability Of the Foreigi
, Office to communicate with Ministe
Haggard. The officials hero belev
, that he is still in Caracas, bat owinl
, TO a reported break in the cable the
are ignorant as to what steps he !
taking or what the Venezuelan govern
! ment Intends to do. The Foreign Olfic
is hourly .nwaiting important dis
patches. While the government i
:. worried at its inability to get al ahswp
from Minister Haggard serious alart
!, isnot felt, especially as inquiries has
a revealed the fact that tho Venezuela
' representatives are in a similar situa
tion. - -'' A.
r Premier Balfour announced the ulti
: matum in the House of Common
yesterday afternoon. Whom questione
, on the situation by the Liberal leadei
a Sir Henry Campbelt-Banrerman, b
a said- '',---'
"For the last two years we have ha
t grave cause for complaint on vdtiot
. occasions OF uniustitiable interfereht
by the Venezuelan government wit
o the liberty and property of Britis
J. subjects. No efforts have been spare
. by the British government to obtain a
a ainlcahie settlement of these cases, bl
in none If them have satisfactory o.
Il plantations been forthcoming. Latter
y the repressn tations- of the Britif
Il minister have been practically vi
:. noticed. Tbsro are also cases in whit
British asubieots and companies hay
II largo claims.
"We have been acting in conjunetit
with the German government, Whit
also has large claims against Venezuel
d A final communication has been ma
10 to the Venezuelan government by d
10 British minister and the Germt
j. charge d'atIairs. If no satisfaoto
20 reply is received the governments ha
ip decided 10 take such measures as m
i'd be necessary to enforce their claims