The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-14
PROTOCOLS
 ARE SIGNED
 s Venezuelan Blockade to
 Be Raised. THE FINAL PROBABILITIES Occurred This Morning Il the
 British Embassy.
  Question of Prsfsrsntial Tssstnss will ss Decided by the Hasus Peace Tribunal vsnssusls Representatives, ,work <
THE FINAL PROBABILITIES

washing .on, Feb. 1x--Herbert W. 0o1F< en, -Venezuela's representative n <114 peace negotiations at Washington, t0ni01It signed with each of the alice S1prnoGu3s' tatives here protocol providing for tro immediate raising Of the Nenexus1nx question of preferential treatment of f1nS claims of the allies against vensaue1n TT The Hague arbitration tribunal
 The final forma1ittes occurred 1T Go British embassy. Al 11:3o o'clock tou431& Herbert Dering. First Secretary ok n British embassy. announced to tha AG16S cfated Press that the British protocol m just been signed. The Italian protoco1 was signed at II 50 and the Gerrnnn rfo- tocol at 1z:10 o'clock, the presence CT Hr< ron von sternberg at the White Houts musicale delaying q final clcsa to tho ue- gotiatfons until after midnight,
 The British protocol was In Enx1fsh. the Italian in Italian and German, md the German in German ana Ena1Ish' 1lx. Bowen signed in duplicate for Vencsne3n. Sir Michael Herbert for Great Bx1fafa, Gignor Mayor des PIanches for Italy ma
 Baron Spec v0n StsrnberE for Germauv. Immediately on the signing of tho oak protocol. cables were dispatched to Tzsus don. Berlin and Rome announcing ths fact.
 To Withdraw Ehlpa.
 It is expected that the Commanders of
 the biockading 1eef within the next t~en- ty-four hours will receive their orders to withdraw thefr vessels ak once.
 By the provisions of the preIimiuary protocols. which have required more than three weeks of constant negotiations, venexnela makes two distinct gains, ths immediate raising ok a hlozkAda iron, which she has been sui7erfne tor eo.na weeka. and the return of all her &exs<,e. war and merchant. which have been cap. tured by the allied feet
 Great BTitafn, Germany and Italy rs. celved advance paymenfa of es.5ao eas.h Great Britain receiving her payment of, the signature of the protocol and Germany and Italy within thirty and sixty days From date. Germany in addition win re- ceive five monthly payments until the full amount paid her in advance aggrs- gates ss4o,ooo As guaranty for the sat- pledges the allies a share with the other creditor nations in 30 per cent of the es,s- toms receipts of the tw@ ports of Ia Guatra and Porto CabeIlo. This pereent- age will be set asid6 beginning March 1 and retained in the VenaxueIan treasury until The Hague tribunal shall decide whether 1t shall be distributed without preference among the claimant natfofse or whether the allied Dowers of Great Britain. Germany and Italy shan re. ceive preferential paymenfs.
 The Italian Claims. Italy. by her protocol, gains immediate payment of her first class claims without further adjudication as soon as tize 5oinf commission at Caracas shah have uaaz1ea on the remainder Of her olnims m round numbers the adjndicated Italian caatmx amount to s560.0Q0 from which wH1 he subtraeted the sz7,bo0 to be paid hew slxkx days from the signature of har alnsE rso- tocol. The Italian Ansbassador alao hna secured for his government the insertion in his protocol of an agreement that Vem- ssuela will Insert in her treaty with Isaly the favored nation clause possessed bx the other nations
 Great Britain has left her protocol szzs- changed since # was approved by tho London Foreign once some days ago
 It is stipulated by the protocols thns the claims of the creditor nations sha1i be ad3udicated by joint commissions Co consist in each instahce of venezuelan. representative Of the claimant poxsr. and in case of dlsagreament, an umpire to be named by the President of the uua- ted States
 Tho protocols in providing for reference of the question of preferential treatment to The Hague do net state in detail the
 methods of procedure by which the case Is to be laid before the tribunal This
 will be done In a second set of protocols,
 the preparation of which will begin at
 once. 1t is provided, however. that not Venezuela alone. but all creditor nations shall be permitted to appear with her
 before the tribunal in opposition to the
 allies for preferential payment
 Upon the signing of the protocols to-
 night congratulations were exchanged
 by the four negotiators.
 Mir. Bowen then dispatched brief ca-
 blegram to President Castro informing
 him of the signature of the protocols providing for the raising of the blockade.