Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-01-08
FIGHTING AGAIN.
Venezuelan Rebels Attack Presi-
dent CastrO's Troops.
President CastrO's Reply TO the Pow.
ers Contains IA New Proposal that
Is Not Likely To be Accepted
-BIOckadeWIII Probably
be Continued.

Willemstad, Island of Curacao, Dec.
e9.-Gen. Vidal and five other leading
supporters of Gen. Matos who had
sought refuge here left the island of
Curacao Saturday morning in a sail
boat, which took them in the direc-
ton of Cumarebo, near Coro, on the
Venezuelan coast. The departure of
these men is taken as proof that the
revolt against President Castro is
again active.
The Venezuelan revolutionists have
assumed active hostlities against
President Castro. There occurred on
Saturday lively engagement be-
tween 1900 revolutonists under Gen.
Riera and government forces at Cau-
yarao, in the vicinity of Coro. De-
tails of the engagement are lacking,
but it is known here that the revolu-
tionists had artillery. The govern
ment forces were commanded by Gen.
Castillo. Gen. Riera retained his po-
sition.
London, Dec. ga dispatch from
Rome says it has been semi-officially
announced that under special agree
ments the blockade of the Venezuelan
coast by the allies will continue dur
ing the arbitration of the issues.
Washington, Dec. 29.-The Venezu-
elan government is now in possession
of the complete notes of Great Bri-
tain and Germany containing the
various reservations made by those
governments before the decision was
reached that the issues between Ven
eZuela and the European governments
having claims against her should be
referred to The Hague tribunal for
arbitration. The United States hav-
ing acted as an intermediary in the
steps leading up to the acceptance of
arbitration, now turns over to the
Venezuelan government the formal
work of completing the basis for a
full hearing before The Hague court.
The notes were transmitted to the
Venezuelan government through Uni
ted States Minister Bowen at Caracas.
Senor Baralt has prepared the fol-
lowing statement for the press:
Venezuela agrees to pay all her
debts, the payments to be guaranteed
by a certain percentage of the Gus
toms receipts, or by the fotation of
special loan, also to be guaranteed"
Caracas, Dee. 81. - The state of
Barquisieto, capital of the state of
Lara, which for some time past has
been in possession of the Venezuelan
revolutionists, has been recaptured by
government forces. The towns of San
Carlos and Tinaquillo have also been
reoccupied by the government. The
rcyolutioniSts at Rarquisimeto evac-
uated the town after losing 112 men
! III l,1 gD- l.1 1.
hard fighting in the streets and
suburbs of Barquisimeto for two
days.
Berlin, Jan. 2.-President Castro's
reply to the powers, through Minis
ter Bowen, is substantially an un-
qualified acceptance of the proposals
TO arbitrate and the accompanying
conditions. The foreign office here
received his answer Yesterday and is
satisfied with its spirit. A further in
terchange of views. preparatory to
signing the protocol, will take place
in Washington. The only really i'm
portant question to be settled is what
shall be done with the blockade. A
continuance of the blockade is re-
lied upon to hasten the conclusion
of the arbitration preliminaries, es-
pecially on the part of Venezuela.
Rome, Jan. 2.-Foreign Minister
Prinetti has received through Am
bassador Meyer Secretary Hays note
communicating President Castro's
acceptance of The Hague arbitration
in principle, but with an additional
proposition which the government at
Washington does not support.
Brussels. Jan. at is said here
that an arrangement has been con-
cluded with Great Britain ana Ger
many to submit the Belgian and
Dutch claims against Venezuela to
the interna tonal peace court at The
Hague at the same time the Anglo
German claims against the South
American republic are taken to that
tribunal.
Caracas, Jan. 2.-President Castro
said to correspondent yesterday:
"lf settlement is not reached it
will be because a settlement forms no
part of the plan of the allies; in this
case the prolongation of the present
situation would be disastrous for all
concerned. The solution Of the pres
ent difficulty depends more on the