The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-31
FRANCE TAKES NOTICE.
Johnny Crapaud VIII Help Block
Anglo-German Game.

Paris, Jan. 30.-The foreign Office here
received today lengthy official advices
giving details OF the rejection by the
allies of the proposal that France and
other countries receive equal treatment
in the Venezuelan settlement The
French officials had not doubted that
equal treatment would be recognized
and this unexpected turn of events has
caused much surprise and concern. For
the present it does not appear to be the
purpose of the French authorities to
assume ar imperative position. but
rather set forth what they regard as
the manifest equities of the French po-
sition with the view to induce it's fur
Their consideration and acceptance. Aft
er comforting with those in authority
an official said that the French posi-
ton is based on two principles.
The first is that a pacific settlement
between two sovereign nations is emit
tied at least to equal treatment with
a war settlement. If not, a precedent
would be established, the officials say,
which would be an incentive to war,
as countries first adopting force in the
collection of claims would have su-
perior rights to those observing the
usual pacific means of settlement. The
view is strongly held here that the
United States. France and Belgium are
in effect pacific allies, as they did not
| resort to force against Venezuela. 1t is
| insisted that the present attitude of the
allies tends not only to prejudice the
rights of the pacific allies. but also es-
tablishes the dangerous principle that
, a resort to war is preferable to efforts
to maintain peace.
The second principle of the French
position is that the French Venezuelan
settlement is in the form of a treaty
which entities il to international rec
| ognition. This was formally executed
! prior to the adoption of force by the
allies. and while Venezuela retained
! full inder 7dence in the exercise of her
| sovereign right TO make treaty,
| therefore, 1t is maintained, that this
/ antsdates rights rising from resort to
| force. 1T is not insisted, however, that
i this prior treaty settlement entities
France to priority in the division of the
| customs receipts. as the officials hold
! that all the powers having claims
/ should receive equal treatment. 1t was
at first supposed that Great Britain,
Germany and Italy favored this view,
and that the opposition came from the
/ personal attitude of their representa-
! tiyes. But the latest advices indica te
the sympathetic attitude of the British
ambassador al Washington. Sir Michael
1 Herbert; the German charge, Count
Won Quadt, and the italian ambassa-
4 0oA. SiStlOT ueS HtaHCHSS, VINO are re-
stricted by their instructions. Full rec
! ognition is given of the evident fair
ness of Minister Bowen. The subject
Is receiving careful consideration. and
| there probably will be further negotia-
tons toward the presentation and ac-
| ceptance of the foregoing principles.
| The council of ministers today was
occupied chiefly with Foreign Minister
Delcasses presentation of the state of
| foreign affairs. II is assumed that
the Venezuelan situation was included.
but the official statement of what oc-
CURED at the meetings mention only
| Morocco and Macedonia
NJ. DeIcasse's views have been fully
communicated to Ambassador Jusser-
/ and. wf1ojsis expected to arrive at
L Washington tomorrow.
| The position of The French officials