The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-12
A CASH PAYMENT Germany Wants. Sum Of
 $34O,OO0. BOWEN WILL NOT AGREE The Venezuelan Negotiations
 Strike a Snag. Great Britain and Italy Renounce Responsibility for Action of the
 Kaiser's Government and
 Express Regret.
Britain and Italy Renounce

nored her previous agreement made Witn Minister Bowen by Count A. von Quadt Weykradt Isny. her Charge dAfaires, and has insisted on cash payment of s34O, 900 or a lien on the customs receipts of one of the Venezuelan ports until this amount is paid. This information was communicated to Minister Bowen tonight by Baron Spec von sternberg, the Ger man Minister.
 German Minister that he refused to yield the receipts of any port prior to The Hague's decision. saying that that would be preferential treatment. As to the cash payment of ss4o.oOo demanded, Mir. Bowen left that matter to the German Minister to determine. saying to him that if Ger fslny can afford to make public confes- sion that it does not stand by agree ments signed by its duly accredited diplo- mats, he (Bowen) is willing that they shall receive on the day the protocol is signed, the total amount asked in the original ultimatum The response has been cabled to the German Foreign Of- flee.
 Others Express Regret.
 Great Britain and Italy have renounced any responsibility for the action of Ger many, and oppressed their regret. Through their representatives. they have informed Bowen that they will stand by all agreements they have made with him and will not be influenced by the action of Germany.
 Both the British and Italian protocols provide for cash payment of e6,5o0 and for tSe, saabnlisaion of the question of preferential treatment to The Hague. They contain recommendations for the renewal of all previous treaties of amity and commerce.
 With the exception of the demand for an increased cash payment, the protocol of Germany in all essential respects will con- form to that of Great Britain. but will be somewhat more concise. All three protocols, it Is understood, will provide for the immediate return of all vessels seized by the blockading squadron.
 It Is said that the action of Germany In asking for S3lO,0OO instead of contenting herself with 6,600 pounds is due to the misunderstanding of certain steps in the negotiations which had been passed on by Count Quadt before the arrival of Baron von Sternberg. Bowen holds that Ger many is bound by the act of its repre- sentative In the original ultimatum ad- dressed to President Castro by the Brit ish, German and Italian governments, cash payment of 100000 bohvars each for Great Britain and Germany and of 2,S00.- GOO bolivars for Italy was demanded.
 Soon after Bowen's arrival in Washing ton a paper was signed at the British Embassy by the three representatives of the allies, the British and Italian Ambas- nA IA ChQTRa Count Quadt. and by MT. Bowen. to the effect that the allied powers would accept cash payment or an adequate guaranty for the eventual satisfaction of their claims as a condition precedent to the raising of the blockade.
 No Kick Was Made.
 Mir. Bowen offered 90 per cent of the customs receipts of Puerto Cabello and La Guaira as a guaranty for the payment of "all claims" Later he consented to give the British government $500 pounds. No objection was made at the time either by tn. Italian Ambassador or the Ger man Charge.
 The three powers accepted the guaranty offered by Bowen As entirely satisfac- tory. Then arose the question as to the interpretation of the term ''all claims" Bowen asserting that it meant the claims Ol all hB1lHSN NChO1uSAAG MAAlC the allies asserted thap it referred exclu- sively to the claims of Great Britain. Ger many and Itally. It was then decided that the question of preferential treatment be referred to The Hague.
 Bowen informed the Italian and Ger man representatives that he would make to their governments the same cash pay ment offered to Great Britain and an agreement was signed by all of the nego- uators accepting sufficient guaranty n lieu of the cash payment dena nded in the original protocols.
 Last Friday night a cable dispatch from the Berlin foreign office inquiring about the payment of the $34O,O0O. Mir Bowen produced the signed agreement re- nouncing this demand. The matter since that time has been a subject of corre- spondence between the Berlin foreign of- flee and the German minister, Won Stern berg urging Germany not to press this matter.
 Wants the Money.
 Tonight the foreign office refused to reinqush immediate possession of the s34o0 zoo mentioned though pressed to do so by both Baron von Sternberg and Count Quadt. who feel greatly embar- rassed because of the previous under standing and the present orders which they must execute.
 It Is expected that an answer will ar rive tomorrow from Germany to the final representations made and upon the re- ceipt of that answer the signing of the protocols probably will occur. As soon as they are signed orders will be dis patched to their blockading ships for their immediate withdrawal from Vene- zuelan waters.
 Minister Bowen tonight gave out a signed statement with reference to pub- lished statements that Venezuela or peo pie in that country were paying him for his service He said:
 'I absolutely refused to take any fee for my services as representative of Venezuela in her pending controversy with the allied powers; but agreed as cabled to the Department of State from Venezuela and announced on the first day of my arrival here to accept S5.oOO