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Propositions Involving Compromise
Submitted TO the Allies.

Propositions Involving Compromise
Submitted TO the Allies.
washington, Feb. 3. - Propositions
involving compromise OF the allied
powers contention for preferential
treatment In the settlement OF their
claims against Venezuela have been
submitted to the governments OF
Great Britain, Germany and Italy by
thor representatives at Washington,
and while no answers have been re-
ceived "a yet. there Ia reason for the
belief that the allies will see way to
accept the latest proposition. This
compromise haD been suggested by
one of the representatives Of the allies
here, and while 1t has not formally
received the Endorsement OF Minister
Bowen, II Is felt that he will not enter
serious objection to Its adoption pro
vided the United States and the other
claimant nations outside the alliance
can be convinced that their own inter
osts in Venezuela will not be substan-
TALLY injured by
Yielding TO q Plan
which seems to ofsr q solution OF the
present serious hitch In the Washing
ton negotiations. The details OF the
proposition now under consideration
by the three allied nations are not
obtainable, but In q general way II is
understood 10 be . modification of
the sllies' contention that they be
recognized as Veneruela's preferred
claimants in the payment OF the in
demnity. The plan suggested pro-
vides that for q short period, perhaps
six months or n year, Great Britain,
Germany and Italy shall receive ex-
clusively 30 per cent Of the customs
receipts of the ports OF Porto Cabello
and Ia Guayra, and that at the end
OF this period, the exact length OF
which is yet open to decision, all the
claimant nations be placed on the
same footing, and at the expiration of
that time the 80 per cent of the re-
ceipts of these two ports be divided
among
All tho Claimant Nations
in ratio based on the amount OF each
nations claim. The plan is regarded
as compromise which will enable
the allies to withdraw their ships
from Venezuelan waters without seri-
Gus loss of prestige.
Whether the claimant nations out
side the tripartite agreement will as
sent to this scheme is not yet known.
Mr. Bowen has been assured that the
representatives of the allies here will
give him final answer at the earliest
possible moment. Meantime ex-
changes are still in progress between
the allied governments and their re-
spective embassies here in the effort
to agree on a plan of settlement that
win be acceptable at once to Ven
ezuela and to the octagonal alliance Of
France, Belgium. Spain, Denmark,
Holland. Norway. Sweden and the
United States.
France May Butt In.
Caracas, Feb. 3.--The French lega-
ton has notified the Venezuelan gov
eminent that by virtue of the con-
vention of 1867 France was allowed
to collect directly part or the revenues
of several customs houses in Ven
ezuela as a guarantee for her diplo-
matte claims arising out Of the previ-
Gus revolution. France, 1t is said, re-
nounced forever by the convention of
1885 the existence of this right on con-
dition that the interest on this debt
should always be regularly paid. AS
this payment has not been made,
France, without asking the authorize
ton of Germany, England and Italy,
intends to revive her right of collec-
ton. The French charge d'affaires
has twice called on President Castro
during the past forty-eight hours. The
activity on the part of France evil
IDENTIFY ia in connection with her IN
tention to revive her rights, and lie
considered an answer to the attitude
adopted by the allied powers.