Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-02-14
MUST NOW GO 10 THE HAGUE
,.esIDENT ROOSEVELT REFUSED
TO AR1iTRATE VENEZUELA
QUESTION:.
blockade Will Be Raised Immediately
British Government Wanted Min
;ster Bowen Eliminated From Nego.
.iations-w as Disappointed Two
PROTOCOLS Are to Be signed.

washington, Feb. S.-President
RooseveiL mas deemed the invitation
If fine allied powers TO arbitrate the
ouasuon as to whether they snail re-
ca,ve preferential u eatment in the set
Element Oh tnelr claims against Vene-
vnela. over the otner creator nations.
Tne matter therefore now will be re-
ferred to The Hague. 1his will result
IN the immediate raising of the block
ade The administration, it is stated
in official quarters, was unwilling to
onnroye the effort of the British gov
arpment to eliminate Minister Bowen
from the negotiations, and, moreover,
the president could not have accepted
the invitation of the allies, even if he
had been so disposed, without the con-
sent of the other negOtiator, Minister
Bowen, and this the allies did not OBJ
tain or request in their note to the
president.
Immediately upon receipt of Secre-
tary Hays note announcing the pres
ident's declination, the British ambas-
sador sent communication to Mr..
from an attack of the grip and would
be obliged if Mr.. Bowen would call on.
him.
The Venezuelan representative i'm
mediately went to the British embas-
sy, where the British ambassador ex.
plained that he had been too ill to call
for several days and announced the ar
of ic w bp we
pared to submit to Mr.. Bowen for sig
nature. Later the German minister,
BaEon Sternberg, called on Mr. Bowen
and announced the arrival of his pro
tocol
The Agreements.
1t was developed that two protocols
are to be signed by Mr.. Bowen with
the Italian ambassador, Signor Hayor
des Planches, two with the British
ambassador and two with the German
minister Baron Speck Won Sternberg.
The first protocol in each case will
provide for the reference of the allies
contention for preferential treatment
to The Hague and the raising of the
blockade simultaneously with the sign
whether the initial protocol between
Minister Bowen and the three allies
VIII contain the same conditions,
though all the negotiators are WORK
Ing to this end
In these protocols the conditions
precedent to the raising of the block
ade will be clearly stated, namely, that
80 per cent of the customs receipts of
the ports of La Guayra and Puerto
Cabello are TO be set aside by Vene
zuea for the satisfaction of her cred.
itors and that the question as to
whether the allied powers shall re-
ceive preferential treatment or, as
Great Britain terms it, separate"
treatment shall be referred to The
Hague. These protocols also will pro-
vide that Zenezuela shall pay down
to each of the three allied powers
t5500 as partial cash payment. The
difference between these protocols, it
Is said will concern certain details,
the nature of which Is not yet known
even to Mr.. Bowen.
Having arranged for the signature
OF these first protocols, the negotiators
Will take up the second protocols,
which are to cover the manner of adj
: Indicating the claims of the various
creditor powers and the means for
the administration of the customs re-
celpts. AS previously announced, the
claims OF each claimant power are to
pe settled by commission, TO consist
IN each instance of a representative of
creditor government and Venez-
ueian, and in case Of failure to agree,
.he King Of Spain will appoint an arbi-
uator. The plan agreed on for the
Soilectlon of the payments provides
mat the Caracas government shall be
entrusted with the administration of
.ne receipts unless 80 days are allowed
~ eiapse without the prompt payment
" any one nation of its share, in which
event the Belgian government is en-
po"ered to appoint agents to take
enarge OF the custom houses and adj
minister the payments until the claims
all The nations are satisfied
III administration and diplomatic
encies the reference to The Hague is
nsarued as a victory for Minister
powen, as Venezuela thereby is en-.
aSieu TO recover from the distressing
aecI Oh the blockade before starting
pon the payment of her debts. The
i.'.uoersome machinery of The Hague,
s,s 70 expected, will delay matters con.
s.uerapiy, and the payment of creditor
a.ions can not begin until the import
she question of priority payment for
me allies is decided.