Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-04
REJECTED BY ALLIES.
England, Germany and Italy Turn
0 Down Castro's Offer.
WON rDlVIDE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ke10se to Agree to Equal Treatm ent
{: to Other Creditors-A Compromise
q Proposal Presented-Out-
81 line of the Plan.

Il to other Creditors-A Compromise
= Proposal Presented-Out-
II line of the Plan.
= Washington, Feb. 2.-The allies have
rejected Minister Bowen's last propo-
Eal that all nations having claims
against Venezuela be given the same
4reAtment as the blockading powers.
Nhe answers of the allies have been
received here, and they reject in toto
4he proposal
Baron Speck Won Sternburg, the Ger
man envoy, after long conferences with
4he state department and the British
aembassy found the outlook for relief
from the deadlock exceedingly
Efoomy, and he cabled this fact to the
4oreign Office at Berlin.
: Bowen Denies Berlin Statement.
Minister Bowen, when shown the dis
patch regarding the explanation given
IN Berlin of the apparent hitch in the
Venezuelan negotiations, said:
"An settled foreign claims are COW
sered by the 10 per cent. arrangement.
Ihe 30 per cent. proposition now Of
3ered refers exclusively to unsettled
@e3eims which not only the blockading
powers but the peaceful powers are
Pressing for settlement. 1t is abso-
autely false that the 10 per cent. ar
engagement is included in the 80 per
9eent. proposition. It is entirely dis
Jtnct. There has been so much confer
1tcn1,ccS1n
ing in regard to this question of per
seentage that am willing to make this
&tAtement."
=. France Refuses to Yield. :,
] France refuses to yield from the po-
eitaon taken Friday. NJ de Margerie
anformed Secretary Hay that he had
received specific instruction from his
government to insist that France shall
not be disseminated against in the set
1ement of the Venezuelan claims
shaving the personal assurance of Mr..
l8owen that the French claims shall
not be Disseminated against, M. Mar
Gerie refrains at present from action,
but as soon as he shall be assured bv
Mr. Bowen that the allies refuse tc
permit such treat ment to the French
claims as he expects, he VIII take steps
to lodge formal protest against the
proposed discrimination, and in do
ing so he expects to be joined by the
Representatives of the other claimant
nations here.
Allies Reply Held Back.
1t developed that the answers of the
allied powers to Minister Bowers
latest proposal arrived here Friday,
<but were not immediat ely presented to
The minister. Knowing the conse-
quences thatwere to follow the presen-
tatdon of this answer the representa-
slves took upon thems selves, the respon-
<ibihty of withholding the notes of
their governments and Of gain ca bling
urging retraction Of their preferen-
@ial demands. The exchanges are still
an progress between the Italian. Brit
ash and German embassies, but there is
no evidence that the allies intend WELD
ing. If they hold out their representa-
tives must present the joint refusalan
the Washington negotiat ionswill come
10 standstill.
Compromise Proposed.
washington, Feb. 2.-Propositions
1nvolving compromise of the allied
powers contention for preferential
Hreatment in the settlement of their
claims against Venezuela have been
submitted to the governments Of
Areat Britain, Germany and Italy by
their representatives at Washington,
and while no answers have been re-
celVed as yet, there is reason for the
belief that the allies will see a. way
10 accept the latest proposition. This
compromise has been suggested by
Une of the representatives of the al
lies here, and while it has not for
mally received the endorsement OF
Minister Bowen, it is felt that he will
not enter serious objection to it's
adoption, provided the United States
and the other claimant nations out
side of the alliance can be convinced
that their own interests in Venezuela
will not be substantially injured by
yielding to a plan which seems TO
offer a solution of the present seri-
sous hitch in the Washington negotia-
Hions. l.
The Plan.
= The details of the proposition now
under consideration by the three al
lied nations are not obtainable, but
In general way it is understood
that they be recognized as Venezue-
las preferred claimants in the pay
ment of the indemnity. The plan
suggested provides that for short
period perhaps six months or a
year Great Britain, Germany and
Italy shall receive exclusively 80 per
cent. of the customs receipts of the
ports of Porto Cabello and La Quay
IA, and that at the end of this peri !
cd, the exact length of which is yet
open to decision, all the claimant ma.
lions be placed on the same footing,
and at the expiration of that time
the 80 per cent. of the receipts Of !
these two ports be divided among all |
the claimant nations in ratio based
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